The Handmaid's Tale: Promotion

April 15, 2025 1:50 PM - Season 6, Episode 4

June disrupts the rebels' plans. Commander Lawrence gains power and influence.
posted by roolya_boolya (4 comments total)

June sure doesn't like it when her loved ones are the ones stropping off with half baked plans for dangerous political violence does she? She also has much better 'getting the job done' chemistry with Nick than either Luke or Moira. Although she and Luke were on the same page by the end of the episode I fear her relationship with Moira may have taken more substantial damage.

Janine continues to be the best and this show better let her have a good ending.

Of fucking course the commanders use a sword in their ascension ceremony.

Serena / creepy dude flirting thankfully interrupted by Lydia and both women's faces were a picture. Serena wasn't slow to start slagging off Fred to her new beau was she?
posted by roolya_boolya at 1:57 PM on April 15 [1 favorite]

That was a too much nothing episode for so few episodes remaining in the series.
posted by kokaku at 6:45 PM on April 15

I don't really get the premise of the plan where they are targeting the commanders who "shot down their planes during the failed mission to bring Hannah home." From the point of view of Gilead, this was a defensive maneuver, not some attack planned by a radical faction of commanders. Even the most "moderate" commanders on duty when the planes came over the border would have given the order to shoot them down. Sure, killing a bunch of commanders in a brothel and presumably blowing up a bunch more is time-tested guerrilla warfare but why risk people on finding out where these specific commanders are? How many are on this list anyway? Seems like it would be two commanders at most: "Hey a bunch of military planes just flew over the border, should we stop them?" "Yep, go ahead."
posted by mikepop at 12:06 PM on April 16 [2 favorites]

Dude June you don’t get to control everyone and everything. Seriously bad case of main character syndrome.
posted by LizBoBiz at 12:19 AM on April 25 [2 favorites]