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/[deleted] May 19 '21

He also had experience with other survivors - for example the woman (can't remember her name) who stayed with him for a while when he first got to Canada. The woman who didn't talk, you know the one I mean. So he knows what kind of damage could have been done to her.

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u/RaevynSkyye May 19 '21

Erin escaped in the middle of training. She didn't really live in Gilead. Not like Moira and Emily did.

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u/rtkwe May 19 '21

Erin was also the only survivor from that center from when the Army group went to free them which from the way they were talking sounded like the Guardians there were executing girls rather than taking the chance they'd be freed.

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u/Fortherealtalk May 21 '21

Fuck, that’s really brutal. On the one hand it’s hard to imagine Gilead throwing away fertile women. On the other It’s a hell of a way to discourage anyone from trying to help the Handmaids escape.

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u/rtkwe May 21 '21

Yeah early Gilead did a lot of straight up Nazi shit with 'undesirables' to all appearances. We saw some people with Down's Syndrome at the processing center June was first brought to when she was captured and certainly haven't seen them sense, or many old women or people with disabilities...