Safe

The Handmaid's Tale 5×10

Lucas Bankole: I hate this world. I love you, though.

Commander Lawrence: She had a choice, Commander. She had 1,000 choices.
Nick Blain: She's fighting for her daughter.
Commander Lawrence: Yeah? This is what happens in a fight. Everyone gets bloody. Everyone. That you know to be true, Commander.

Mark Tuello: I will do everything I can.
Nick Blain: That's not good enough. Gilead wants her to suffer. They'll keep coming for her, then her family... and they won't stop. So I need to know that you'll protect her. I need to know you'll keep her safe.
Mark Tuello: I will do everything I can.

Naomi Putnam: ... And remember. Angela's my daughter. To say anything else, to suggest, is heresy. You could lose your tongue.
Janine: I only wish to serve, Mrs. Putnam.
Naomi Putnam: And remember, this is a trial period.

June Osborn: Luke... We have to run.

June Osborn: We waited last time, and we waited too long. And we didn't see how much they hated us. I lost you. And then we lost Hannah.

June Osborn: It's changing. Luke... this country is changing.
Lucas Bankole: No. Canada's not Gilead.
June Osborn: America wasn't Gilead, until it was and then, it was too fucking late. Luke, we have to go. We have to run. Now.

Lucas Bankole: I love you, June Osborne.

Rose Blain: You will never let go of her, will you?
Nick Blain: I try. I really... tried. But I can't.

June Osborn: We're going on an adventure... You know that? We're going to a beautiful island where the sky is blue and the water is clear. It's called Hawaii. It's your country and you're gonna love it.

Serena Joy Waterford: Hi, June.
June Osborn: Hi, Serena.
Serena Joy Waterford: ... You got a diaper?

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Allegiance

The Handmaid's Tale 5×9

Commander Lawrence: Okay. So, basically, it's a quid pro quo. You need security. I need to represent traditional Gilead values. So you can move in here with the kid if you want.
Naomi Putnam: ....
Aunt Lydia: As his new Wife and child. A sacred union, of course.
Naomi Putnam: This is a marriage proposal?
Commander Lawrence: Yep. Yep. So, what do you say?
Naomi Putnam: I have a choice?
Commander Lawrence: That's hurtful.

Aunt Lydia: Mrs. Putnam, a Wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry whom she chooses. Only in the Lord. First Corinthians.
Commander Lawrence: And who doesn't love Corinthians? Especially First Corinthians.

June Osborn: Why would you let me do that?
Commander Lawrence: Hannah's a symbol now. And like it or not, so are you. So after last night, it would be even more effective if June Osborne chose to return to Gilead...

June Osborn: Then go fuck yourself!

Alanis Wheeler: Who do you think you are?
Serena Joy Waterford: I am Mrs. Fredrick Waterford.
Alanis Wheeler: To me you're just a whore.

June Osborn: Fuck them. Fuck them, Mark. You know how we honor those soldiers? We do not stop fighting. No matter what they throw at us, we don't stop. Not for one fucking second. So what's next? What do we do now?

Serena Joy Waterford: My late husband and I, God rest his soul, we tried for many years to conceive. There was a lot of heartache and disappointment. So I do understand the yearning for a child. But Gilead helped a lot. Clean water, clean air, scrubbing all of those horrible toxins out of the environment, and above all, a devotion to God. And living by the highest of moral standards. So, you follow Gilead's path in Toronto, then perhaps you too could be blessed with a child of your own.

June Osborn: Well, this is a fine mess, isn't it?
Nick Blain: And the world's a mess.
June Osborn: Yeah. You know what I wish, though? I wish the world would just go away. Just for a little bit.

Commander Dupar: ... Not to mention, we've strengthened our alliances. The ambassadors from China, Russia and North Korea have all congratulated us for sticking it to the Americans.
Commander Mackenzie: Well, I guess we're playing with the big boys now.
Commander Lawrence: Yeah, what's the old saying? "Any club that would have me as a member..."

June Osborn: Hi, Emma. Can I help you? Say it with me? Okay. Ready? "I pledge allegiance to the Flag..."
— "Of the United States of America..."
June Osborn: "...and to the Republic for which it stands..."
— "One nation under God, indivisible..."
June Osborn: — "With liberty and justice..."

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Motherland

The Handmaid's Tale 5×8

Moira: So many more of 'em now.
Lucas Bankole: Is this ever gonna end?
June Osborn: No. It's only gonna get worse.

Commander Lawrence: There's no little America without little Americans.

Commander Lawrence: Think of it as our Hong Kong. One country, two systems... Gentlemen, I believe that Gilead will replace the United States at the United Nations. But until that day, the greatest threat to our regime is the persistent fantasy of democratic values in the world it almost destroyed. New Bethlehem neutralizes that threat.

Serena Joy Waterford: I know I acted brashly. And it was just... the pressure, and, um, and the pregnancy.
Alanis Wheeler: That's right. The hormones, they'll make you crazy.

Alanis Wheeler: Stubborn little creature cries all day and all night. He refuses to eat. We've been doing the "cry it out" method for weeks, and he just continues to resist.
Serena Joy Waterford: Well, maybe he just needs to be held. He... He needs to be hugged. So that he knows that somebody is there for him.
Alanis Wheeler: That's not how "cry it out" works, Serena. It requires a certain amount of mental toughness.
Serena Joy Waterford: Mental toughness, huh?

Lucas Bankole: When we first got here, they welcomed us with open arms.
Moira: Naw, you see, you got here before I did. When I showed up, they were still polite, but they were starting to get annoyed. It was nothing like this though.

Commander Lawrence: Lovely weather in Toronto this time of year. Got a minute?

Commander Lawrence: America is dying. It's an idea that has outlived its usefulness. ... You need to understand that everything you value, all the things you're clinging to,democracy, liberty, justice, all that feel-good crap defined by a bunch of slave owners talking about how all men are created equal. All of that collapsed under the weight of late-term capitalism and rampant consumerism. It broke our pretty little planet, almost ended the human race. And Gilead, for all of our faults, we fixed that particular problem. We're having babies again.

Commander Lawrence: Unfortunately, I had to use religious nut-jobs as a delivery system, and I underestimated their depravity, but, uh, it was triage, and it worked.

Commander Lawrence: So now, with our success, we can afford to let up a little.
June Osborn: Are you gonna let Hannah out?
Commander Lawrence: No, I can't. But I can let you in.

Commander Lawrence: New Bethlehem. A new island settlement. No Handmaids, no hangings. Hell, you can read a novel, you can keep a diary if you want. A place where refugees can get amnesty and return to the Motherland.
June Osborn: Uh, are you fucking serious?
Commander Lawrence: Where one might visit their grown children running their own houses...
June Osborn: Are you talking about Hannah?
Commander Lawrence: I am.

June Osborn: Of course you don't understand how I feel. Of course you don't understand. Look what you did to Serena and her baby...

Lucas Bankole: June. Just... Just let me protect you sometimes, okay? Please.
June Osborn: The thing is, I don't need your protection. I don't need it... Hannah does.

Serena Joy Waterford: I'm not gonna be used by you, or Gilead, or the Wheelers.
Commander Lawrence: Who have, need I remind you, legal status to care for your baby. Which you, Serena, on the other hand, do not... It's the only way.

Commander Lawrence: Come on, Serena. You wanna be with your baby? Serena, come on.

Commander Lawrence: Where's the maternal instinct? Do you want to be with little Noah?
Serena Joy Waterford: I'm not gonna live in the same house as my child's kidnappers.
Commander Lawrence: Do you have an irony deficiency?
Serena Joy Waterford: I don't give a damn. I'm not a Handmaid.
Commander Lawrence: ...

Mark Tuello: Even if Lawrence is a Gorbachev trying to open the country up, he'll be succeeded by Putins.

June Osborn: There is nothing you can do for us. And Lawrence is offering us Hannah.

Mark Tuello: I'm asking you to just trust us. Please just trust in your country.
June Osborn: What country?

Serena Joy Waterford: Look, you can dismiss it all you want, but you were there with me in that barn. You and I, we have a bond. We have been through so much together.
June Osborn: Yeah... I turned the other cheek. Turns out, after all this, I... I guess I'm a better Christian than you.

Serena Joy Waterford: How? How do you go and live in a house with a woman who's trying to steal your baby?
June Osborn: Are you seriously asking me that?
Serena Joy Waterford: How did you ever... How did you ever live with me?
June Osborn: Um... Here's what you're gonna do. Okay? You're gonna go back in there, and you are gonna act like a Handmaid. But the entire time, you will be plotting against them and planning your revenge.
Serena Joy Waterford: Is that what you did?
June Osborn: Look at what happened to Fred. And look at you now.

June Osborn: Listen to me. You cannot help your child if you're not with them.

Commander Lawrence: You think I don't know the misery that I've caused? You think... You think I'm unaware? I was trying to save humanity. And, you know, I did. I fucking did it! Then it got away, away from me. It went septic. You think I wouldn't take it back? I would take it all back. I'd let the whole fucking human race just die out, just so I wouldn't have... have Gilead on my conscience.

Commander Lawrence: Countries modernize. Countries can get better. I've seen it. We start in New Bethlehem. And with those reforms and success, five years, ten years, all of Gilead could be like that. A place that doesn't trample on human rights a place that will let you leave. Singapore of yore, with any luck. June, I need you. Come help me fix it.

June Osborn: I'm gonna have to go.
Come help me make more of a difference in Gilead than Mayday ever will.
You really believe you can fix it?
I have to. I have to believe it. I have no choice. It's either that or, or yeah... kill myself, like Eleanor, y'know. One or the other.

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No Man's Land

The Handmaid's Tale 5×7

June Osborn: Are you in fucking labor? Of course you are. Jesus Christ!

June Osborn: Come with me. We gotta get you inside... We're gonna take you to that barn.
Serena Joy Waterford: A barn?
June Osborn: Yes, a barn.

June Osborn: All right. Maybe it'll have a manger, huh?
Serena Joy Waterford: Oh. Lovely.

June Osborn: His head's out. Okay? This is it, okay? You just gotta do one more. You gotta get his shoulders out, all right? Then it's all downhill from there, okay?

Aunt Lydia: Ofclarence has fulfilled her duty in this world. I know you will mourn her, girls, but know that she is cherished. God is the true judge, and she is His vessel. She has pleased Him, and He has sent her to her final reward. Praise be.

Serena Joy Waterford: I'm going to call you Noah... "The savior of humanity".

Serena Joy Waterford: Do you think he's gonna be like him?
June Osborn: It depends.
Serena Joy Waterford: On what?
June Osborn: On who raises him. On what kind of person they want him to become. On what you teach him. And on what you tell him is his... to take.
Serena Joy Waterford: I want him to have everything.
June Osborn: We all want that for them, Serena.

June Osborn: It's funny how every tiny baby you see makes you feel like you've never seen a baby before.

Serena Joy Waterford: What if He guided my hand to save you, so that you could save my baby, like an angel.
June Osborn: Bullshit.
Serena Joy Waterford: There are avenging angels that rain down sulfur and fire from the Lord. "Rejoice with Him, O heavens, for He will avenge the blood of His children and take righteous vengeance on His adversaries". They're still angels. Maybe that's what you are for me.
June Osborn: Is that what you think of me?

Serena Joy Waterford: I just want to go home.
June Osborn: There is no home, Serena. There's just wherever you are.
Serena Joy Waterford: No Man's Land.
June Osborn: Yeah...

Serena Joy Waterford: June... Thank you.
June Osborn: You're welcome.

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Together

The Handmaid's Tale 5×6

Aunt Lydia: Do you dispute any of the facts as I have laid them out for you?
Commander Lawrence: No, no, it all sounds very likely.
Aunt Lydia: Then you agree that Commander Putnam needs to be punished.
Commander Lawrence: For what crime?.. He got her pregnant a day before she was posted. Enlighten me, Lydia, where's the sin here?

June Osborn: Why don't you sit down?
Lucas Bankole: Huh?
June Osborn: I need you to sit down.
Lucas Bankole: I'm-I'm-I'm tryin' to figure... Why do you want me to sit down?
June Osborn: Panic, it wastes the energy. Sit down.

Lucas Bankole: I'm, I-I-I'm sorry I'm being such a man about it. I'm sorry that I'm... you know, but I'm just tryin' to, like, you, you've been in this... How many times have you been in this situation? Huh?
June Osborn: A few.
Lucas Bankole: Crazy. A few fuckin' times.
June Osborn: Honestly, sometimes the box is a lot smaller than this, so...

Serena Joy Waterford: I'm not gonna date my gynecologist. I may not even choose to get married in the near future, at all... It's not actually Gilead, is it?
Alanis Wheeler: You can't be a single mother.
Serena Joy Waterford: I'm not. I'm a widow.
Alanis Wheeler: Your baby needs a mother and a father, and that's more important than your feelings.

Alanis Wheeler: Go to your room.

Commander Putnam: You know, I just wonder, if you never allow yourself to enjoy the spoils of your position, why seek it in the first place?

Ryan Wheeler: You want to see it?
Serena Joy Waterford: Bear witness... She's taken so much away from me. I need to see it. I need to see the end.

June Osborn: No matter how many times you've thought about your own death, I don't think it happens exactly the way you expect. There's always a curveball, some strategy you didn't fully think through. An enemy you didn't see in time. No matter what you do, the end is always a surprise.

June Osborn: Serena... Don't do it.

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Fairytale

The Handmaid's Tale 5×5

Serena Joy Waterford: We can't let a few simple rules get in the way of God's will.

Vicky: What's the deal with those two?
Moira: Mm... They don't quit. Through all the shit they've been through, they just... keep fighting for each other.

Lucas Bankole: Plums?
Jaeden: The Wives-in-Training. They get sent to these special schools, kept under guard?
Lucas Bankole: What, like prisons?
Jaeden: No, no. They're like princesses. Completely taken care of, the best of the best.
Lucas Bankole: What's this training?
Jaeden: To run their households--
June Osborn: To act like Wives.
Jaeden: They're not there for very long. They move them through, try and get them matched up quickly.
Lucas Bankole: She's 12 years old, all right? Our daugh... she's... she's 12 years old.
Jaeden: That's just how it works. But if she's there, if she's still a Plum, then she hasn't been married yet.

June Osborn: You don't remember?
Jaeden: Uh, everything from before is, like, foggy. You know? Like a dream.

Serena Joy Waterford: Mrs. Putnam said that the process would be simple.
Aunt Lydia: Oh! Easy as pie... Please. These are our very finest, most respectful, most fertile candidates. I've hand-picked this group myself for such an important Commander and his Wife.

Aunt Lydia: Oh, an excellent choice, Mrs. Waterford. Good bones. Good genes. She also caught the eye of Commander Waterford.

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Dear Offred

The Handmaid's Tale 5×4

Serena Joy Waterford: I'm not an American citizen. My allegiance is to God.
Mark Tuello: Then, Mrs. Waterford, you are officially released from the custody of the American government.

Mark Tuello: Good luck. With your... future endeavors.
Serena Joy Waterford: I don't need luck. I have God on my side.
Mark Tuello: Hmm. Then, may He guide your steps. Please, though, step carefully. You aren't in Gilead. This is a free country, Mrs. Waterford.

June Osborn: I warned you about her. You won't listen... God, you're such a fucking disappointment.

Lucas Bankole: June, don't worry. All right? We're gonna stop this.
June Osborn: I'm not worried...

Serena Joy Waterford: Gilead is the only country on the planet that has had an increase in live births, and I believe that I am uniquely positioned to remind the local ambassadors of that fact. Perhaps with an afternoon tea...
Commander Lawrence: Venezuela has expressed interest in some of our more successful female education programs. An informal conversation might be useful... Over tea.
Serena Joy Waterford: Yes. A lovely idea.

June Osborn: It's gonna happen here.
Lucas Bankole: No, it is not.
June Osborn: She is gonna bring it here. I swear to fucking God, she is gonna bring it here. The only way to stop her, and to stop them is to put them all in the fucking ground!

Serena Joy Waterford: ... And we can send a lovely gift basket to Germany...

Lucas Bankole: I also came here to tell you that my wife... is gonna kill you. And I'm gonna let her.

Aunt Lydia: Commander Lawrence, I have come to believe that the Handmaid system must be reformed... A new protocol.

Commander Lawrence: I'm all ears.
Aunt Lydia: Handmaids... would remain under my care. Commanders and Wives would visit each month, when it's time to perform the Ceremony.

Commander Lawrence: What are you smoking? No Commander's gonna buy into that. They're not interested in some quick... in and out to make a baby. They want those girls in their homes. Accessible. Any time. So they can... sniff the air after they walk by, or do whatever the hell they want. Get their rocks off... These are pious men. They need a little kink. You know that.
Aunt Lydia: Do I?
Commander Lawrence: Don't you?

Ezra Shaw: Ma'am, we found a secure location.
Serena Joy Waterford: Where is it?
Ezra Shaw: For those who are truly righteous, He sometimes sends a refuge.

Aunt Lydia: I want to do things differently. I want to address any problem... early. With more... compassion. We can shepherd these girls together. And keep them on God's path.

Aunt Lydia: God may test us, body and soul. But He always... rewards the most righteous.

June Osborn: I didn't do it this time. But I am not going to promise that I won't do it next time.
Lucas Bankole: I can't promise I won't either.

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Border

The Handmaid's Tale 5×3

June Osborn: What the fuck was that color?
Moira: I don't know. Her dress. I've never seen that color before. It was like a plum color. Purple.
Lucas Bankole: Yeah, purple. What... what does purple mean?
June Osborn: I don't know.
Moira: I don't know. It's not pink, though. She's not a little girl anymore.
June Osborn: .... Fuck.

June Osborn: I was lucky.
Lily: Women always say that when they've done something extraordinary.

Commander Lawrence: We have a strict "no spies allowed" policy. No hard feelings.
Mark Tuello: No. None... none at all.

Commander Lawrence: I have, uh, no plans to remarry.
Commander Mackenzie: We'll have to discuss that later. A single man has no place in leadership.

Commander Mackenzie: June Osborn is a cancer. We have to cut her out.

Serena Joy Waterford: Mackenzie's right. An unmarried man in Gilead has limited influence.
Commander Lawrence: Marrying for power, Serena, doesn't... doesn't always work out well.
Serena Joy Waterford: Depends on the marriage...

Serena Joy Waterford: I'm sorry. I thought that they would at least have put you somewhere inside.
Mark Tuello: Ah, yes. I... I had hoped to catch up to Commander Lawrence, but it's to be expected. Men in power can't resist showing everyone just how much power they have.

Mark Tuello: It's been interesting, being here. I spent so many years studying this country.
Serena Joy Waterford: Is it different than you expected?
Mark Tuello: Not particularly. No. Surface-level beauty doing its best to paper over a stunning amount of hypocrisy.

Commander Lawrence: You're an unusual woman, Serena, and we don't have the... proper infrastructure for unusual women to live within our borders.

Serena Joy Waterford: Servants of God... We're all here to spread His word.

June Osborn: Never touch my daughter again. Never touch my daughter again!

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Ballet

The Handmaid's Tale 5×2

Janine: Be good and you'll be safe.
Esther: Blessed be the stupid fruit.
Janine: You're gonna get us in trouble.

Commander Lawrence: We both know how it works here. A woman's word never trumps a man.

June Osborn: When is she going to get what she deserves?

Aunt Lydia: Mrs. Waterford. I am so sorry for your loss... And yet, the Lord has made His countenance shine upon you.
Serena Joy Waterford: I'm just grateful to be an instrument in His plan.
Aunt Lydia: Ah. Well, you are a... marvel, Mrs. Waterford.

Esther: We have to do something.
Janine: Anyone who does something ends up dead. Or worse. The smartest thing to do is just... Just follow the rules and stay alive.

Esther: I don't want to get posted.
Janine: Get your Commander to like you, you'll get pregnant faster.
Esther: Do you really think that being pregnant is gonna protect me?
Janine: It's your only protection.

Commander Lawrence: I got them to say yes.
Serena Joy Waterford: How?
Commander Lawrence: By not being a woman.

Esther: Now we're gonna make June proud...

June Osborn: What the fuck?

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Morning

The Handmaid's Tale 5×1

June Osborn: I did it... I killed him... I killed Fred... By her hand.

Danielle: Everything tastes better when Fred's dead.

June Osborn: You want to go back into Gilead and kill a Wife?
Danielle: Maybe not kill. I think I just want to take some time with her. You know? Do unto others as they have done unto you.
June Osborn: That's not what the Bible says.
Danielle: Well, that's what my Bible says.

June Osborn: It's my fault.
Sylvia: I don't care. I don't care. She's gone. I don't need it to be someone's fault. I mean, why does it matter whose fault it is? So I can hate the right person? So I can hate you? What good is that?

June Osborn: You know, I loved it. I loved it.

Prosecutor: It is not a concern of the Crown.
June Osborn: I killed him.
Prosecutor: Be that as it may. We appreciate you coming in. Have a good night.
June Osborn: There can't just be no punishment.
Prosecutor: That is between you and your deity of choice, Ms. Osborn. But the Crown has no quarrel with you. You're free to go.

Mark Tuello: I just came to say, uh... well done. You did something terrible that needed to be done. I understand what that costs... May he rot in hell.
June Osborn: Praise be.
Mark Tuello: ... Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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The Wilderness

The Handmaid's Tale 4×10

June Osborn: You won't be able to shut him up... Weak men, hmm? They do make the world go round.

Moira: ... And then he's a free man. He's free to just set up wherever the fuck he wants, with his Viking-ass wife.

Moira: I mean, shit, they've gotta listen to you. You're June fucking Osborn!

June Osborn: Well, I told my story. I got up, and I told them everything. They know what he was. What he did and how it felt. They made a deal with him anyway. So maybe what he's giving them is more valuable than what he took from me.

Serena Joy Waterford: She will refer to him as "Commander", or this interview will end.

Serena Joy Waterford: The Commander needs much faster Internet access. The press requests are becoming overwhelming, and he has a constituency that he has every right to communicate with.
Mark Tuello: Already done.
Serena Joy Waterford: Excellent. Now, house hunting...

Mark Tuello: You plan on living with the Commander... as husband and wife?
Serena Joy Waterford: As a family. Of course.
Mark Tuello: Can you explain that to me, Serena?
Serena Joy Waterford: .... I don't believe I have to.

June: My mom... My mom used to always tell me if you wanna know what they believe in? Remember that they bought a shitload more copies of the Old Testament than the New.
Emily: It's a much better read... The righteous will rejoice in vengeance and wash their feet in the blood of the wicked. It's good stuff.

June: A good mother would be able to let go. A good mother. A good mother would be able to let go.

Waterford: It's funny. I do find myself missing her.
June: Who?
Waterford: Offred. I realize that must sound strange to you.
June: No. I miss her, too. Some things, so much... I miss her strength.
Waterford: She was very special. Inspiring, in a way.
June: Mmm... To Offred.
Waterford: To our Offred.

June Osborn: I'm going to put Fred on the wall. ... On the fucking wall.

Commander Lawrence: June Osborn. As I live and breathe.
June Osborn: Joseph.

June Osborn: Joseph. Don't be a dick.
Commander Lawrence: It was worth a shot. Uh, I do have another offer. A trade, if you will...

Commander Lawrence: Glad you haven't lost your touch.

Commander Lawrence: It won't be enough, you know. Whatever happens to him if we get him won't be enough for you.
June Osborn: God bless you, Joseph.

Emily: What do you want?
June: I want him to be afraid. Because I was afraid for so long.
Emily: How afraid?
June: Like in the woods when I was caught. And they took Hannah.
Emily: More than that.
June: Mmm. I want him to be scared to death.

Serena: Call me when you land.
Waterford: Yes. Um, we could try to Zoom. I'd like to see you.
Serena: Sure, Fred. We can Zoom.

Waterford: This is absurd. This is insanity! I have rights! I'm a man, and I have rights!

Mark Tuello: You're going home, Commander.

Commander Lawrence: Go in grace, Fred.

Waterford: You're in No Man's Land, Commander... Do not be deceived. God is not to be mocked. For whatever man sows, so shall he reap. You did this to yourself, Commander.

June Osborn: Choose.

June Osborn: Run.

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Progress

The Handmaid's Tale 4×9

June Osborn: How? How do we do that from here?

Commander Lawrence: Hello, June Osborn. And hello, Canada.

Commander Lawrence: Again with this?
June Osborn: She's my daughter.
Commander Lawrence: Yeah, and you're Mother of the Year.

Commander Lawrence: Just leave the poor kid alone.
June Osborn: She needs to be with me and her father.
Commander Lawrence: Does she? Honestly. Does she, June? She has a lovely home...
June Osborn: That is not her home!
Commander Lawrence: It's all she knows. You wanna rip her out of there?
June Osborn: No one will love her like we do.
Commander Lawrence: Your love fucks people up. You're a fountain of heartache and trouble.

Commander Lawrence: The Americans don't have a pot to piss in. They still think they can boss around the Canadians. No, you have to do better.

Commander Lawrence: Come on. That's how you negotiate? The June I know would bargain, at least, to save her daughter. Say, five of those kids for Hannah?
June Osborn: ... I can't. No.
Commander Lawrence: Wow. You've gone soft in Toronto. Must be all that maple syrup.

Commander Lawrence: June, you're free. You're free. Try to be grateful for that and move on... If you can.

Waterford: Well, God has a plan for us. You must carry on, raise our boy. Spread the Lord's word. Yeah, they're ready to listen. The world should hear your voice again. Write a book. You've done it before.

Aunt Lydia: Any family would be blessed to have Janine! She has given two beautiful children to Gilead!

Lucas Bankole: So, what do you think?
June Osborn: ... I think we have to try everything.
Lucas Bankole: Yeah.
June Osborn: For Hannah.
Lucas Bankole: For Hannah.

Esther: Go on and call your Aunt friends. I don't care what they do to me.
Janine: Yes, you do. They're not going to let you die. They will keep hurting you, again and again, until you do what they say! That is their job!... It's no big deal. You just have to eat.

Janine: You need to stay alive so you can be here when things get better. I'll come back. And I'll keep coming back until you eat. And when you do, I'll tell Aunt Lydia, and then she'll let you go outside. It's a really nice day.

June: So, how... How's it all going down there in Gilead?
Nick: Hanging in there.
June: Poor choice of words.

Nick: Hey, June... Try and be happy.
June: Yeah... You, too.

Serena: Naomi said, "Come back to Gilead". As if I wouldn't face retribution. They'd send me to The Colonies. They could make me a Handmaid...

Waterford: Have faith.

Aunt Lydia: Blessed be the fruit.
Esther: ... May the Lord open.
Aunt Lydia: I hope you enjoyed your meal?
Esther: Yes... I am grateful to the Lord for His bounty, Aunt Lydia.
Aunt Lydia: Praise be.

June Osborn: I will kill you! I will kill you!

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Testimony

The Handmaid's Tale 4×8

June: I'm not nervous or worried. Or scared. I can't fucking wait.

June: You should face her. Emily, you need to... You have to get out everything you have been holding in. I promise you, you will feel better.
Emily: Well, we're not all like you...

Waterford: They need to know we're a family. Appearances matter, Mrs. Waterford. Besides, do you want June to think you're afraid to face her?
Serena: I'll see you in the morning.
Waterford: Oh, maybe wear the teal...

Aunt Lydia: It's deplorable.

Bailiff: Please raise your right hand.
June: Is there a Bible?
Bailiff: No, Ma'am. Not in this court. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

June: My name is June Osborn. Fred Waterford and Serena Joy Waterford imprisoned me, beat me, and raped me....

June: I am grateful to be speaking to you today. But mine is just one voice. Countless others will remain unheard..... Women... my friends... who lost their lives and can never be heard. It is for those women that I ask the International Criminal Court to confirm the charges against this man and put him on trial. I ask for the maximum possible sentence. I ask for justice.

Waterford: God tests us. He tests us with a heavy hand. The sacrifices we all made in Gilead were difficult. But where else on Earth is the birth rate rising? Nowhere. Only in Gilead because it works. It works. We chose God's path and have been rewarded for our suffering...

June: I am done!.. I am done. Anything more can wait for your trial.

Commander Lawrence: I know you, you enjoy inflicting pain.
Aunt Lydia: Why... that isn't true.
Commander Lawrence: I'm not judging. Everybody needs a hobby, I guess.

June: Why the fuck do you think you deserve forgiveness?
Iris Baker: We are all God's children.
June: Bull-shit! You people hide behind God every time it serves you.

Iris Baker: Please. Please, please, please, Emily. Tell me what I can do to make things better.
Emily: Nothing. There's nothing you can do.

Aunt Lydia: Look what she's done to you... She corrupts. She destroys. Everyone.

Moira: All of us are just searching for ways to move forward. Take all that shit from Gilead and just... turn it into something... useful.
Emily: I don't know if that's possible.

Emily: I feel... amazing. I'm glad she's dead. And I hope I had something to do with it.

Moira: Okay, everyone. Um... we've talked about this. Anger is a valid emotion, it's, uh, necessary, important even, to heal. But we can't live there.
June: Why not? Why does healing have to be the only goal? Why can't we be as furious as we feel? Don't we have that right?
Moira: And I think that's the hour, ladies. Pick this back up next week. Thank you.
June: I'll stay longer if anyone else wants to...

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Home

The Handmaid's Tale 4×7

June: My name is June Osborn. I am a citizen of the United States, and I seek asylum in the country of Canada.

Luke: Did I doze off?
June: Mmm. It's the next day. You slept for 17 hours straight.

Mark Tuello: What motivated you to risk your life, everything, to do such a thing?
June: It was the only thing I could do.
Mark Tuello: What do you mean?
June: I made a promise that they would hurt. The way we hurt.
Mark Tuello: Who?
June: The kidnappers. The Serenas. I thought about what she would deserve. What they deserved. They take everything from you. You know? They really do.

Waterford: I want to be a good father to my son. And a good husband to you, if you'll let me.
Serena: It's too late for that, Fred.
Waterford: Our pregnancy is proof that it's not.
Serena: My pregnancy.
Waterford: This pregnancy belongs to me just as much as Offred's belonged to you.

June: What happened to potato chips in the last seven years?
Luke: Oh, they made them healthy. I know, it's a travesty.

June: No, I did. That was my fault.
Moira: No, see that? Don't bring that Aunt Lydia shit in here. This is a Lydia-free zone, okay? She can't get us here. None of 'em can.

June: Do you guys ever wonder if you deserve this? If you deserve to be here?

Serena: I believe that the Lord brought you here so that I could make amends.
June: I brought myself here, so that I could tell you how much I hate you. You don't deserve to make amends to anyone. The only thing that you deserve is a life full of suffering and shame!

June: You have destroyed... my life, my family, my friends, my country, and my child. There is no one less worthy of redemption than you.

June: She's pathological. She's a sociopath. She's toxic. And abusive. She's a monster. And, by the way, a consummate actress.
Mark Tuello: What do you think drives her?
June: Hatred. And rage. And underneath all of that, there's nothing but pure misery. And she'll do anything not to feel that way. Anything to feel okay. Even just for a second. She'll do anything to get what she wants. Lie to you. Hurt you. Rape you. So, if you feel yourself getting sucked in by her... run. Run for your life.

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Vows

The Handmaid's Tale 4×6

Moira: Do you really think this is a good idea?
June: Which part?
Moira: All of them. All the parts.
June: Wait, so you think marrying Luke is a bad idea?
Moira: Look, I just, um, think it would be a lot easier to end an engagement than a marriage.

June: No, I'm curious. Tell me exactly why you think I shouldn't marry a kind, smart, loving man who has a good job and nice shoulders.
Moira: Because he cheats on his wives and he leaves them when they can't reproduce.
June: Oh! Wife. One prior wife. And I'm not Annie.
Moira: Not yet.

Moira: I mean, we can't just turn someone in to certain death. This is supposed to be a humanitarian mission.
Oona: Humanitarian missions are about people. Not one person.

Moira: You made it. We're goin' to Canada.

Luke: You're not gonna disappoint me.
June: Well, I mean, you don't know that... Everyone has a line, you know, something that's unforgivable. What if I'm not who you think I am?
Luke: Then I'll just love whoever you turn out to be.

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Chicago

The Handmaid's Tale 4×5

Commander Lawrence: The world fears our military. We can destroy our enemies, and they know it. But the sanctions they've imposed have put our economy in a chokehold. Guns alone will not win a war. We need money as well... I propose that we declare a temporary ceasefire along our contested borders in Chicago, California and Texas.

Commander Lawrence: I... I want to take the moral high ground in order to hasten the end of trade restrictions. A temporary show of mercy in exchange for permanent revenue.

Commander Lawrence: I was... I was deceived by a faithless woman. But now we are facing elemental economic truths. And, gentlemen, unlike women, numbers don't lie. If we can end these sanctions, we can prosper. If we can prosper, we can crush this insurgency.

Commander Lawrence: It's a big country, Commander. The Eyes can't see everything. Not even the Eyes of Gilead.

June: What kind of resistance are you?
Steven: The kind that survives.

Commander Lawrence: Let's fix this country. Let's make things right again. Together.

Janine: Well, there's... There's something here. I can get pregnant again here. I could keep my baby. I'd be like a real mom.
June: Janine, you can't have a baby here.
Janine: Why not? I mean, come on. We can be moms together. It'd be like a normal life. I mean, the world needs more baby Americans, right?
June: You sound like Aunt Lydia.
Janine: No, June, you do. You're so bossy and judgmental. I mean, I know what's right for me.
June: He's taking advantage of you. I don't understand why you can't see that.
Janine: I... I see fine. It was my choice to start having sex. You need to stop trying to save me to make yourself feel better.
June: I'm the one who doesn't wanna see you get hurt. Okay?
Janine: Maybe you should've thought about that with Alma and Brianna...

June: I'm leaving tomorrow. Come with me or stay here and be Ofsteven. It's your choice.

Lori: Fuck June Osborn. A lot of brave women died trying to protect her. Everyone that helps her ends up on the fucking wall.

June: Well, that baby's gonna be really lucky to have you.
Janine: And those rebels are so lucky to have you.

Aunt Lydia: You are the sacred vessels of the Lord. His chosen ones. Your charge will be hard. You will be tested by wicked men, and they will try to lead you astray. And when they do, I will be here to listen. Your bond with each other will be strong. From this day forward, none of you will ever walk alone again!

Janine: Handmaids always walk in twos, remember?

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Milk

The Handmaid's Tale 4×4

June: It's milk. Shit.

Rita: It's a miracle. I didn't think the Commander could...
Serena: Well, Gilead's clean water and clean air and God's grace. It's what we always wanted. What we always prayed for.

Nurse: Your body was made to keep that baby, not get rid of it. All women regret doing this, Janine. You think you'll be fine. But no one's fine after killing their baby.

Rita: Did you know in Gilead I was officially considered property of the Waterford family?.. Hmm. Registered and everything. Like my old Nissan Altima.

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The Crossing

The Handmaid's Tale 4×3

Aunt Lydia: Hello, dear...

Aunt Lydia: Ofjoseph is in good hands. I am here as her advocate. Think of me as her guardian angel.
Nick: Be strong with the Lord... and in the strength of His might.

Aunt Lydia: You wicked, wicked girl...

Aunt Lydia: Tell him, dear. While God's merciful light still shines upon you.
June: There is no light here. God has forsaken this place.

Lieutenant: Praise be. Gentlemen... Bless us, O Lord, for this holy service we are grateful to perform in Your name. In our search for justice, may You guide this sinner to righteousness and repentance. Amen.

Rachel Tapping: My grandmother used to bury a green persimmon in the backyard for luck. For what it's worth.

Luke: Did she choose this?
Moira: Who, June? No, she didn't choose this.
Luke: Because she chose to stay in Gilead, right, and she knew she'd probably get caught.
Moira: Maybe... Die trying to do something good.
Luke: It's just... It's just she knew she'd probably never see me again. Right? She knew she'd probably never see either of us again. And, um, that's the choice that she made and, uh, you know, I gotta respect it. I gotta respect her. I can't ask God for something that she didn't want.

Commander Lawrence: Well, she isn't stupid, but she is stubborn, which I guess is a form of stupidity. Perhaps it's the most virulent form.

Commander Lawrence: You can't save her. You understand that, right? She is never coming back to you. Why would she?
Nick: I know. I just, you know... I want her to stay alive.
Commander Lawrence: Yeah, well... It's always nice to want things.

June: No, the Gilead... they'd never hurt a child. That's all they care about.
Commander Lawrence: Gilead doesn't care about children. Gilead cares about power. Faithfulness, old-time values, homemade bread... That's... Just the means to the end. It's distraction and window-dressing. I thought you would've figured that out by now.
June: I thought you were gonna clean up your mess.
Commander Lawrence: I can't do it from the end of a rope. This is where we are.

Aunt Lydia: My sweet girl. Hmm? So much change to adjust to. But try to remember that all of this is your doing. Everything that has happened to you, to Hannah, to Janine and the others, to those poor Marthas, all of it, you're responsible. Your fault. Your choice. Your choice.

Aunt Lydia: All right, let's get you cleaned up. This is the start of a new adventure...

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Nightshade

The Handmaid's Tale 4×2

Brianna: I don't want to fight.
June: None of us wanted to. At first.

Rita: Well, Luke asked me, so I couldn't say no.
Moira: Sure you could. "Free" means you're free to say no.

June: Mayday should do something.
Daisy: You really think that Mayday would liberate this place? I fucking gave up on that a long time ago.
June: Hey, it isn't an army. We are Mayday. They're people just like us.

June: I think these women deserve to be free.
Alma: Is that it? Or do you just want to kill a bunch of Commanders?
June: Both.

June: I can't not do this, Alma.
Alma: So, you're just gonna Rambo in there and shoot the place up? Get yourself killed or caught? June: Yeah, that's exactly what I'm gonna do.

Esther: He's not a good man. Maybe there are no good men in Gilead.
June: I think there are good men everywhere. Even here. It's just complicated, you know? Gilead makes it really hard to be good.

Serena: You know, I thought that once you were out of Gilead, once you were out of that uniform, that you would come back to yourself.
Waterford: I am as you made me. As you made us.
Serena: As I have made us? Fred, you never once stood up for me. Not once! Not once you got a taste of power! I thought that was my fault! I thought that I deserved everything that you did to me!
Waterford: You know, I... I think I gave you too much freedom...

Moira: The kid's fucked up. He misses Gilead.
Emily: Like you said, better that they're here than there.
Moira: Eventually. I mean, right now it sucks for a lot of them. The ones that got ripped from the only families they remember.
Emily: I guess June didn't think that part through.
Moira: 'Cause that's what she does. Takes the big swing, and fuck the consequences!

Daisy: I don't think I can do this.
June: I do. We're the ones we've been waiting for. It's what my mom used to say.

Nick: I'm trying to keep you alive.

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Pigs

The Handmaid's Tale 4×1

Mark Tuello: We're still receiving details, but we believe that there was a Handmaid involved... Yours. June Osborn.

Waterford: Offred. They're gonna find her. And they're gonna kill her.
Serena: May God show her mercy.

Commander Putnam: Aunt Lydia, you've spent two weeks being interviewed by the Eyes.
Aunt Lydia: Nineteen days... The interview, Commander. It was a bit more than two weeks.

Aunt Lydia: [Handmaids...] More misled than sinful, in this case... They were led astray by a gifted and amoral liar. A Delilah. When she is hanging on the wall, justice will be done.
Commander Putnam: Ofjoseph...
Aunt Lydia: She has eluded your soldiers for 19 days. She's out there planning who knows what kind of atrocities to visit upon our righteous nation. Pray, gentlemen. Find her. And bring her to me. And a frail woman will sleep better at night... I leave you to your work.

June: Pain makes your world very small.

June: Gilead is out there. Gilead isn't afraid. It does not hurt or sleep. It keeps coming, it keeps searching for us. And they will keep coming forever and ever and ever.

June: God, it's not fair. Someone your age should never need to be this brave.
Mrs. Esther Keyes: I'm the mistress of this house!
June: Yes, you are. Ma'am.
Mrs. Esther Keyes: And if you weren't going to fight, then why did you come here? You should have just let them catch you.

Nick: Blessed day, Commander.
Commander Lawrence: Not from where I sit.

Commander Lawrence: Was there a trial?
Nick: Yes, sir.
Commander Lawrence: How did I do?
Nick: I'm here to thank you for your service to Gilead.
Commander Lawrence: That good, huh?

June: You know what I think? I think God... is just. And I think that He is gonna make those men pay. Uh-huh. For what they did to you.

June: Alma. We are not free.
Alma: Maybe this is as free as we're gonna get. Maybe we should make the best of it.

Nick: Some men need to be led.
Commander Lawrence: The Tao of June Osborn...

June: Girls. This man betrayed his own country, the United States. He's a traitor. And this man... raped a child. Repeatedly. The punishment for these crimes... is death.

June: You were right. We're Mayday. We don't hide. We fight. And in this place, we all fight.

June: Good girl. Make me proud.
Esther: I will.

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