Get Everything you need to know about The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 episode 6!
Easily some of the biggest swings of the entire season were delivered in The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 episode 6 tonight, and for a variety of reasons.
So how do we begin? Commander Warren Putnam was shot dead by Nick in front of other Gilead leaders for his heinous actions against Esther, and this is where the story starts.
Commander Lawrence received the news from Aunt Lydia, who is still a mystery.
Was Putnam killed because of his behavior toward Esther or was he killed because he stood in the way of his New Bethlehem scheme?
It might have combined elements from both. Lawrence still has his own goals in mind, which he guards closely.
Even though Putnam’s passing was undoubtedly shocking, most people are probably still talking about the episode’s dramatic June/Serena twist.
In this episode, Yvonne Strahovski’s character, at last, had a lightbulb moment: she would eventually lose her baby if she stayed with the Wheelers indefinitely.
She would be reduced to the status of a handmaid, just like the people she had previously treated poorly and made suffer. She made a different decision, seizing June’s capture as a chance to flee their grasp.
She understood, however, that in order to get away, she would require June’s assistance. At this point, the two women are left to fend for themselves.
Now that they are at odds, June has the ability to murder her at any time (at least once Serena lets go of that gun). She’ll she? That is a completely different query.
Serena does appear to be beginning to understand some of her past mistakes, but the real question is whether this realization comes too late.
Why did it take something bad happening to her before she understood it was wrong? Is everything here just another manipulation? We have a lot of unanswered questions in this situation.
What did you think of Putnam’s passing and the other events of The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 episode 6?
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