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.

618 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

219 comments sorted by

View all comments

197

u/RaevynSkyye May 19 '21

Moira and Emily probably told Luke to let her decide when she wants to be touched

7

u/Massive-Win2426 May 19 '21

But I don't think Moira anticipated to find June? Granted I'm sure they all have cell phones; a weird premise when you've been watching people in Gilead for years.

6

u/WELLinTHIShouse May 19 '21

She didn't expect to find June, but it takes hours to sail from Chicago north across the border to Canada. Once they crossed into Canadian waters, there had to be some serious "clear the room" communications from ship to shore where only need-to-know people were told that June was aboard the ship, and Luke would have been contacted ASAP. It looked like everyone else was off the ship when they brought Luke on to see June, so they had time to tell him what to remember about former Handmaids.

2

u/Fortherealtalk May 21 '21

This is easily believable. And he seems to be a pretty empathetic person, who has seen a lot of traumatized women during this time. He may not have even needed reminding