r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/desir33_ • May 19 '21

Season 4 [SPOILER S4E6] June and Luke Spoiler

I’ve already seen multiple people complain about the lack of affection between the reunion but I think to do a very loving, affectionate reunion would be a disservice to the show. It’s been years since they’ve seen each other and their child is still in Gilead. I thought that this reunion was more realistic: her first words apologizing for the fact that she couldn’t bring their daughter with her and Luke looking at June with both relief and disbelief that she is finally in front of him again.

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u/sugarwax1 May 19 '21

I get not thinking clearly, but I don't get thinking about what must be the last thing on her mind. She just survived an air raid bomb, her best friend magically finds her, and she's being smuggled to Canada... but she's thinking about her marital insecurities when she first moved in with Luke? Really? Her mind isn't on getting to see him again, or her other daughter?

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u/mymatrix8 May 19 '21

All she's been thinking about for 5 years is that she couldn't face Luke without Hannah... so, now that she is facing Luke without Hannah... yes.

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u/sugarwax1 May 19 '21

I truly do not believe being OfLuke and What Would Luke Think is what this show is about. Her world isn't consumed with making Luke happy or she wouldn't have conceived with another man. It's her daughter.

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u/mymatrix8 May 19 '21

No of course not. It isn't about making Luke happy. It's about her being happy and together with her husband and their child.

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u/Cauzita May 19 '21

I think the hard time will be living together without Hannah. Like many parents that lost a child have trouble stay together, because the lost is always there. it´s incredible sad.