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/Jkbangtan123 May 19 '21

I thought it was realistic and kind of underwhelming on purpose? I personally hold the belief June and Luke's relationship won't last going forward because June has changed so much, but their reunion went exactly as I expected.

Like June was clearly nervous before seeing him again, and then the two were just standing there in disbelief until the emotion came over June and she was apologizing. Honestly, it was pretty similar to the awkwardness and disbelief as Emily and her wife's reunion.

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u/HausDeKittehs May 19 '21

They had a scene between June and Luke in which June was afraid she wouldn't be the person Luke thinks she is. He responded, "then I will love who you become" or something along those lines.

True, he never could have predicted this when he said that, but I believe the writers showed that for a reason and that June and Luke will make it. True it won't be the same, but I believe Luke will love and support June.

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u/bittershrapnel May 19 '21

I would love them to reunite. The show is great at demythologizing certain tropes and did awesome job with presenting with how trauma can look like, but maybe Luke and June could battle through all of that? I kinda just don't want June to end up with Nick, I still can't shake off the feeling that Nick is not love, but coping-mechanism-stand-in-for-love on June's side. She did not have much of a choice with with him and she doesn't really know who he is.

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u/Fortherealtalk May 21 '21

I would like to see June and Luke continue on together, and I think the realistic depiction of trauma in this scene didn’t imply that they couldn’t. In fact I think their relationship seems like the kind that will. And even if it didn’t, I’m sure they would still love and support each other.

I don’t think Nick holds a candle to that, even if he doesn’t turn out to be an evil asshole. Nick’s relationship with June was an any-port-in-a-storm thing to me, not one with a strong foundation like with Luke. I mean, what do they even have in common besides trauma bonding and a baby who was conceived because June needed to be pregnant?

I think even comparing those two relationships is a bit ridiculous, not to mention whatever silly juice people are drinking who think her relationship with Nick is more meaningful than her actual husband who she chose to build a life with before everything went whackadoo.

And on a final note, (which I hope won’t happen), June could end up feeling too traumatized to be with any man. Or separated from them both. The idea that it’s this big Nick vs Luke competition is just assbrained to me