The Handmaid's Tale (2017) s06e09 Episode Script

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[JUNE] Previously on
The Handmaid's Tale
Why don't you find another
way to kill those Commanders?
At the wedding, did you say
there were going to be Handmaids?
All those Handmaids veiled?
Moving as one giant group, anonymous?
[MOIRA] That's how we'll hide.
They don't have any weapons.
- [JUNE] I'll smuggle them in.
- [MOIRA] How long is it gonna take?
[JUNE] One to two hours. They'll go home
and they'll fall fast
asleep and then we're on.
The bombs are still in place.
Be a shame not to use them.
Confusion in the city. Perfect
time to bring in your military.
Hell yeah.
Something's going on.
Are the girls all right?
I must check on the girls.
[WHARTON] She will help
us fulfill our duty to God.
[SERENA] No, I will not
have a Handmaid in our house.
I thought you were a better man,
but you're just like the rest of them!
Enough!
You think God wants this
abomination of a marriage?
- June Osborn.
- Nice to meet you.
Where is June Osborn?
- I'm right here.
- I knew it. You did this.
You gave us to them. If you
want to save us, let us go.
[ELLEN] First we kill the
Commanders, then our bombs go off.
Then the military rolls in.
They will never see us coming.
["LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO" PLAYING]
I don't like your little games ♪
Don't like your tilted stage ♪
The role you make me play ♪
Of the fool No, I don't like you ♪
I don't like your perfect crime ♪
How you laugh when you lie ♪
You said the gun was mine ♪
[DRIVER] They made it. Get the doors.
Isn't cool No, I don't like you ♪
But I got smarter I got
harder in the nick of time ♪
Honey, I rose up from
the dead I do it all the time ♪
I've got a list of names
And yours is in red underlined ♪
I check it once Then
I check it twice, oh ♪
Ooh, look what you made me do ♪
[SIREN CHIRPING IN DISTANCE]
Look what you made me do ♪
Look what you just made me
do Look what you just made me ♪
[SIREN WAILING]
Run!
Now!
[BOMBS EXPLODE]
The world moves on Another
day, another drama, drama ♪
But not for me, not for
me All I think about is karma ♪
And then the world moves
on But one thing's for sure ♪
Maybe I got mine
But you'll all get yours ♪
But I got smarter I got
harder in the nick of time ♪
Honey, I rose up from
the dead I do it all the time ♪
I've got a list of names ♪
[WOMAN SCREAMING] No! Help!
Help! Help!
- [HANDMAID] Fucking rapist!
- [WOMAN] Ofjacob, please!
[WOMAN WHIMPERING] No!
- [WOMAN SCREAMS WEAKLY]
- [HANDMAID GRUNTS]
[BREATHES HEAVILY]
Ooh, look what you made me do ♪
Look what you made me do ♪
Look what you just made me
do Look what you just made me ♪
Ooh, look what you just made me
do Look what you just made me do ♪
[ENGINE WHIRRING]
Mayday should have
taken the checkpoint by now.
All these trucks are gonna get through?
We're all gonna get across the border?
Ours has to make one stop first.
Posted Handmaids get on and we get off.
You're staying?
[MOIRA] We're not leaving this fight.
Tonight's just the beginning.
In it to win it.
You made a pretty convincing Aunt.
[CHUCKLES]
I guess all that community
theater finally paid off.
[AUNT PHOEBE CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
I'm Ava.
Ah, Ava.
It's nice to officially meet you.
[TRUCK RATTLES]
I'm staying too.
Look, Charlotte's still here.
Just like Hannah.
[ALL CHUCKLE]
They don't get to decide
who you are anymore.
Okay?
Go, live your lives.
[DOGS BARKING IN DISTANCE]
- [SIRENS WAILING]
- [DOGS CONTINUE BARKING]
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
[KNOCKING CONTINUES]
[NAOMI] What is going on down there?
[LAWRENCE] Go back to sleep.
I've been sleeping like a dead woman.
- [SERENA] Joseph! Joseph, please.
- [KNOCKS LOUDLY]
[NAOMI] Serena?
- Come in, come in.
- Thank God!
[NAOMI] Serena, what happened?
Where's Gabriel?
I left him.
On your wedding night?
[NOAH FUSSES]
[SIGHS] I just saw a Handmaid
kill a Wife right in front of me.
I heard bombs going off in the city.
- Bombs?
- We have to go.
We can't stay here. We have to
leave and go to New Bethlehem.
It's too dangerous out there.
Why? What's happening?
Rebellion.
[ROSE] Nick.
Nick.
Nick, wake up.
Get up, it's the baby.
- Something's wrong.
- What is it?
It's too soon.
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
There's our ride.
[AVA] Make some room.
Where are the other women?
They'll be here.
- [ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
- [DRIVER] I'll double-check. Stay here.
Hello?
- [DOORS BANG OPEN]
- [ALL GASP]
[RUDD] Hands up! Let's go! Move!
- [BREATHING RAPIDLY]
- [RUDD] Now!
- [GUARDIAN] Get out! On your knees!
- [RUDD] Out now!
- [GUARDIAN 1] Move it!
- [GUARDIAN 2] Get down!
- [RUDD] Let's go, let's go!
- [GUARDIAN 2] Move, you fucking bitch!
[GUARDIAN 1] You, let's go.
[GUARDIAN 2] Let's go, let's
go. Line 'em up. Line 'em up.
- [HANDMAID GASPS]
- [GUARDIAN 2] Move!
[GUARDIAN 1] Move!
[GUARDIAN 2] Traitor, get over there!
- [GUARDIAN 1] Shut up!
- [GUARDIAN 2] Against the wall.
[GUARDIAN GRUNTS]
June Osborn.
[HANDMAID WHISPERS] No.
Show yourself.
June Osborn!
[HANDMAID WHISPERS] No.
[HANDMAIDS WHIMPERING]
I'm not going to ask again.
[GUN COCKS]
No, no! I'm June
Osborn. I am June Osborn.
Check my tag.
Come on. Check my tag.
Take her.
- June, no!
- I love you.
- I love you.
- I love you.
- [GUARDIAN 1] Load 'em in! Move!
- I love you.
We shouldn't have let
them into our homes.
Those women hate
us, Serena. They all do.
[SERENA] Yes, wouldn't you?
They killed 37 Commanders.
It is horrendous, but you know
what they've had to endure.
We have provided every
opportunity for redemption.
We have given every
necessity. They're savages.
So, this is enough of
your liberal nonsense.
You need to reconcile with your husband.
I don't think that I can.
Well
I called him. He's here.
- [CLOCK CHIMING]
- What?
We need our men to protect us now.
Be grateful you married a good one.
[WHARTON] Mark my words, every traitor
needs to be found accountable.
Oh, absolutely. It was a massacre
[SOFTLY] We'll, uh
leave you to it.
Naomi.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
It pained me to see
you so upset last night.
Please forgive me for
speaking so harshly.
Our marriage
is a sacred union.
We exchanged vows
in the eyes of the Lord.
You broke those vows the moment
that you brought a
Handmaid into my home.
We built our love on trust
and mutual respect.
What if
we tried for a child on our own?
No Handmaid. No Ceremony. Just us.
What if we're not blessed?
We will find our own pathway forward.
God's light
will show us the way.
The most important thing right
now is your and Noah's safety.
And I've arranged escorts
for all the Wives and children to
a secure location outside Boston.
- No. No.
- Serena.
No, I'm not going deeper into Gilead.
Well then, I need you to stay here.
We'll keep Guardians posted outside.
I'm sorry my love,
but I'm heading to D.C.
I've convened the High Council.
Plan our response.
- You're leaving, now?
- Tonight.
Flying out of Bedford at 7:00.
I have to deal with those
ungodly women here first.
How could this have possibly happened?
While we slept.
Well
at least those who ate
some of our wedding cake.
It was laced with sedatives.
The blades they used were distributed
during our sacred
ceremony and reception,
all planned by that
heretic, June Osborn.
No, that's not possible.
She She's in Alaska.
No, she's in our
custody. I just got word.
I thought that we were friends.
I'm so sorry my love.
It's painful when someone takes
advantage of your kind heart.
But you don't have to
worry about her anymore.
God's justice
will be served. I promise.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[SIRENS WAIL IN DISTANCE]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- [BEEPING]
- [LOCK CLICKS]
[LOCK BEEPS]
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
[DOOR BEEPS, OPENS]
[DOOR BEEPS, SHUTS]
Hello, June.
Do you know who I am?
Of course I do.
I was actually at your wedding, so
It was a beautiful ceremony.
[DOOR BUZZES]
[EXHALES]
[SIGHS]
[EXHALES]
So was it the bride who figured it out?
Serena was the one who exposed me?
No, Mrs. Wharton was
stunned by your betrayal.
Yeah, I bet.
She worked hard to improve
conditions for Handmaids.
If only you'd been more patient.
Yeah, that's the thing
about state-sanctioned rape.
Patience is not an option.
So utter carnage instead.
[SCOFFS]
Your wicked sins are an affront to God.
And how do you know what offends Him?
I know Gilead is His
kingdom here on Earth.
It's a horror show.
Run by men who are twisting His words.
Frauds.
All of you.
It's never been about piety.
It's always been about power.
Well
you seem to feel really
powerful right now.
[SCOFFS]
This is the beginning of the end.
Hmm.
And yet, here we are.
Gilead shall endure.
I'm giving you the chance
to get right with the
Lord before retribution.
That's generous of you.
Well
You can thank my Wife.
So full of grace.
I know she would want His mercy for you.
Hmm.
See
I think that she would
want His mercy for you.
[JUNE EXHALES] For
all of those beautiful, innocent women
that you had killed.
That were trapped at Jezebel's.
Their blood
is on your hands.
[WHISPERS] God will be your judge.
Please, please.
My God,
Serena's God
is a god of love.
And he that dwelleth in love,
dwelleth in God.
Choose love.
Be the man that she believes you can be.
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR SHUTS]
- [BEEPING]
- [LOCK CLICKS]
It's just a few days
until I settle things down.
[NAOMI] How do you plan to do that?
Oh, we need to address
what incited the rebellion
or it'll happen again and again.
And the others will just want revenge.
Did you pack her paints and crayons?
Yes, I have.
- You have paper?
- Yes I have paper.
She likes to hear this before bed.
Listen, this kid
more than anything,
wants to learn.
We need to teach her.
We're her parents.
What chapter are you on?
[SOFTLY] Nine.
- [MARTHA] Now, come along.
- [LAWRENCE CHUCKLES]
There she is. Sweetie.
You're going to have so much fun.
I promise.
I love you.
[ANGELA] Me too.
[NAOMI] Okay, let's
go. Come on, chop, chop.
- Let's go. Come now.
- Here you go.
Make some more pictures for me.
Lots of colors.
[DOOR SHUTS]
[BELL TOLLING]
[DOOR OPENS]
Will you be attending the occasion?
I'm
joining the Commanders who survived.
Hear how they plan to respond.
So that's it? You just carry on.
Business as usual.
June is going to die.
I wouldn't be here
Noah wouldn't be here
if it were not for her.
Can we
pray for her?
[EXHALES]
[SNIFFS]
I lift up my eyes to the mountains.
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
the maker of heaven and earth.
The Lord will keep me from all harm.
He will watch over your life.
The Lord will watch over
your coming and going.
Both now and forevermore.
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[INHALES DEEPLY]
Let us pray.
[WIND WHOOSHES]
[WHARTON] Our Father who art in heaven.
Hallowed be Thy name.
They kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth,
as it is in heaven.
God declares
"I will punish the
wicked for their iniquity."
"And I will lay low the
arrogance of the terrible."
"For the wages of sin is death."
[INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
[CROWD MURMURING]
[MAN] Fertile women?
[WOMEN] They're not
hanging Handmaids, are they?
[MAN] No. No.
- [WOMAN] Handmaids?
- [MAN] This is against God.
[WOMAN] They're sacred.
[CROWD MURMURING]
[WHARTON] Citizens of Gilead.
Children of God.
We gather to bear witness
and to condemn these apostates.
These detestable cowards
who murdered God's most noble servants.
Aunt Lydia.
We entrusted you with their supervision.
And they became killers.
With no morality and no remorse.
This is your fault, Aunt Lydia.
By God's grace, you may atone
before meeting his judgment.
Dear Lord
forgive me.
And please forgive them.
My precious girls.
Have mercy for what they've done.
For they have been prisoners
of wicket godless men!
[CROWD GASPS]
No! No!
No, no, no.
[GRUNTS]
[WHIMPERS]
You have betrayed Gilead.
You have abandoned God.
June Osborn
was given the
opportunity to serve Gilead
and receive His divine redemption.
She was shown the way of the righteous.
And the light of His
mercy shone upon her.
Yet, she chose to poison these women
with deceitfulness instead.
You led them down this treacherous path.
You corrupted His word.
You defiled His name.
[JUNE] Please
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
May I please beg for His forgiveness?
For all of my sins
and transgressions.
The Lord is listening.
Thank you.
Thank you.
[JUNE EXHALES]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Dear Lord
I have failed you.
I, uh
I have failed my friends.
And my family.
[CROWD MURMURING]
And I have failed the people of Gilead,
with my selfish and reckless
ways.
Lord
please hear
my prayer now.
Please protect
your humble servants.
Let them know their lives
are worthy.
And their hopes
and their dreams
mean something.
For they are good people.
[ANGRILY] Who have too long
been oppressed by evil
and those who have disgraced Your name.
Rise up!
Fight for your freedom!
[SCREAMING] Don't let
the bastards grind you down!
[CROWD GASPS]
- [EXPLOSIONS]
- [CROWD SCREAMING]
Go, go, go, go!
- [GUNFIRE]
- [SCREAMING]
- Commander, this way.
- Go!
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
June!
Go!
[ELLYN] Drop it!
[EYE] Fucking get 'em!
[MOIRA] Get her down!
Stop!
[GASPING]
June! June!
- [LUKE] June.
- [GASPING]
- You okay? You okay?
- [JUNE COUGHS]
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
[MAN GROANS]
Hey, you okay?
It's all right. It's all right.
[MAN] They're here. They're here.
[WOMAN] Those are American planes!
[JETS ROARING]
[EXPLOSIONS]
[CHEERING]
[NOAH FUSSING]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[GUNFIRE AND EXPLOSIONS IN DISTANCE]
[DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE]
[TIRES SCREECH]
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
[VEHICLE DOORS SLAM]
Clear the house.
Where's Lawrence?
He left.
To go where? Is he with
the other Commanders?
- [SOLDIER] House is clear!
- Come on.
No, where are you taking us?
Someplace safe.
[MONITOR BEEPING]
Nick.
The baby's fine, my love.
We're fine now.
Praise the Lord.
Such a blessing to have you by my side.
[SCOFFS SOFTLY]
Where else would I be?
We've heard the reports.
Gilead under attack.
My father nearly
lynched by those rebels.
He's safe now.
You need to end this brazen assault.
End her.
The doctors said the
sedatives in that cake
might have triggered
these complications.
She's responsible.
You need to show your allegiance.
To Gilead
and God.
And me.
And our son.
[DISTORTED VOICES]
[WOMAN] I need a hand in here.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[WOMAN] There's three of you
downstairs, you'll be safe here.
[RITA] June, June! Hey, sorry.
- What are you doing?
- [JUNE] I'm fine.
- [RITA] No, you've gotta rest.
- [JUNE] No, later. How are you doing?
[RITA] Well, I didn't
get hung, so I'm good.
- [JUNE] Is Moira all right?
- [RITA] She's outside helping the medics.
Okay, you're busy. Don't worry about me.
Okay, well, there's a lot of Marthas
and Econopeople that need help, so
- [JUNE] Thank you.
- Okay.
[LUKE] Hey, June. You good?
- Yeah. Do you know where Mark is?
- Yeah, he's just there.
You're military?
CIA.
Top of her class, which she's
always so quick to remind me.
You're sure you should be up and around?
Yeah, what's going on?
We have a small foothold in the city.
But we need to find those
extremist Commanders,
the ones who who
survived, and finish the job.
They won't want another Chicago.
They were caught so off guard.
- They're out for blood now.
- So no drawn-out conflict.
They could bomb Boston,
kill a shit-ton of people, take
the place over completely.
Lawrence must know where to find them.
Can't reach him. I left soldiers
behind in case he goes home.
Do you know another asset
who knows their plans, or
I think Serena knows
more than she'll tell me.
Serena?
Protective custody, across the street.
[CHURCH BELLS TOLL]
[NOAH FUSSING]
[JUNE] Serena.
- [EXHALES]
- June.
Praise the Lord.
I thought you'd prefer I be dead.
How could you say that?
Oh, I don't know. I lied to
you and ruined your wedding.
Right, um
Yes, I
I guess all that seems
very trivial now, after, um
what you did to those men.
Those men got what they deserved.
It's not for you to decide.
[JUNE] You did, didn't you?
You decided who lived and
who died when Gilead started.
I didn't make those decisions.
Yeah, but you
You know what?
It's fine, we don't have time.
[EXHALES] I need to know where
the Commanders are who survived.
Do you know where they're meeting?
No, I don't know.
I don't.
Someplace secure, I imagine.
That's all I can tell you.
Can't or won't?
I really thought you'd changed.
I really thought maybe
that what you said was
for real, not your
typical bullshit, just
everything you described,
your plans, your dreams.
More freedom, more justice, it's
It's just fucking talk.
[SERENA GROANS]
I still want those things.
You're not gonna get those
things with those men in charge.
Don't you see? Gilead
is going to keep sending
more and more men just like them.
Then we will keep
fighting. We won't give up.
You're asking me
to put a target on my husband's back.
He is a tyrant, Serena.
And you know that.
He tried to kill me today.
He strung me up like I was nothing.
Is that the kind of father
you want for your son?
[NOAH FUSSES]
[SIGHS]
You know, God blessed us
with these children.
These beautiful
beautiful healthy children.
He trusts us to keep them safe.
And to raise them
in a world
that is filled with love.
Those Commanders will bring
them nothing but a world full of grief
and more suffering.
Serena.
They're flying to D.C.
Tonight.
7:00 p.m., from Bedford.
[WHISPERS] Thank you.
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Commander, thank you for coming.
I have a choice?
G.I. Joes here were in my living room.
I heard you had quite a day.
Sore throat. I'll survive.
Well, I have been benched,
sent to the locker room.
I pitched reason and appeasement,
but Reynolds, Calhoun
and the rest of the A-Team,
they're ready to knock
the shit out of Boston.
What about Wharton?
He's all fire and brimstone too.
It's his sacred duty, apparently,
to make the city safe
again for the righteous.
It's a new reign of terror.
Well, they're flying to D.C. tonight,
to persuade the High Council.
How do you know that?
Serena.
- She's one of us now.
- [LAWRENCE CHUCKLES]
Wonders never cease.
We need to stop them, Commander.
And we can.
It's a bomb, I presume?
Altitude trigger.
Please, do go on.
All you have to do is leave it onboard,
then get off the plane
before they arrive.
I'm sorry, when you said "you" just now,
I thought You were looking at me.
You're a High Commander,
you'll still have access.
Just shoot the damn plane down.
The airspace is closed.
Gilead is on alert.
We've all seen how their
defense missiles work.
I would love to bring them down, but
[CHUCKLES] I'm an economist.
I'm not James Bond.
I know it's outside
of your comfort zone.
Way outside. Have you met
me? My comfort zone is miniscule.
If we let them get away
it's over.
They win for sure.
[MARK] Commander,
if you choose to do this,
you need to leave right now.
Before the other Commanders get there.
I'll go with you. I'll be
your getaway driver.
No.
You can't do that.
You're finally safe, June.
No one is safe.
Not while those men are alive.
Let's see this through.
Together.
[ENGINE STOPS]
[LAWRENCE GROANS SOFTLY]
Courage looks good on you, Joseph.
I learned from the best.
Be right back.
I'll try not to fuck this up.
[VEHICLES APPROACH]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Gentlemen.
Commander Lawrence.
You're early as well? [CHUCKLES]
Can't waste any time after today.
Yeah, what are you doing here?
Well
God help us. Here comes another
pitch to make nice with the Americans.
No, no. He wants us to
expand New Bethlehem now
because that worked out so well for us.
Stay here, Lawrence. Watch us
burn that shit place to the ground.
That's enough.
We need a united front in D.C.
I'm pleased you're joining us. Come.
Are you with us, Commander?
Commander?
After you.
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
[VEHICLE APPROACHING]
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[NICK] Commander.
[WHARTON] Son, you made it.
How's Rose?
[NICK] She's doing great. She's strong.
She, uh, insisted
that I join you tonight.
[WHARTON] She's a smart girl.
Everyone, Commander
Blaine and my grandson
are the future of Gilead.
- [ALL] Praise be.
- [WHARTON CHUCKLES]
[CALHOUN] Let's get some cigars.
Guess you decided to join the winners.
Ah, you know how it works.
You do what you need to survive.
[CALHOUN] I don't want to know, really.
What about all your plans?
Someone better than I will
need to see them through.
[PILOT] Blessed evening,
Commanders. Prepare for takeoff.
[ENGINE WHIRRING]
[PANTING]
Is she all right?
Can't keep a good woman down.
She, uh She told
me to give all this up.
She did tell me. Many times.
You should have listened to her.
[ENGINE WHIRRING]
[ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
[EXPLOSION]