Fairytale
Episode 5 of The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 starts with June receiving an urgent call in the middle of the night. It’s Lily. A guardian is coming across with crucial information. So Moira and Luke join her and they head out together to find a way to get the friendly through No Man’s Land. ..
Luke and June head out to find Hannah on their own. June decides to go with Luke, despite Moira’s protests. There is no name for the person they are meeting, but with a code-word and instructions they head back off again into Gilead. Of course, this brings back painful memories of the time Hannah was ripped out of their arms all those years ago. Still, June presses on all the same. ..
Serena continues to enjoy the hospitality from the Wheeler’s. They have another lovely breakfast all served up for her. Serena has plans to open up another center as she’s not going to let “rules get in the way of God.”
Warren and Joseph both call Serena, with the former unhappy with her bad press following the center being shut down. Serena has ideas about it and believes focusing on Gilead is wrong. They should focus on fertility and the babies instead. Warren is not happy and eventually hangs up on her. Warren does not want Gilead open to the world but Lawrence is quick to point out that if they don’t open their doors – at least a peek – their nation will die.
June and Luke eventually find their contact but he urges them to follow him. June and Luke are understandably guarded but follow all the same. He brings the pair to an abandoned bowling alley and hands over a USB with the details they need. They’ve uncovered footage of Hannah on there, although details are patchy. The guy encourages them to wait until sunset before heading back to the border as it’s not safe right now. Luke concedes and the pair decide to stick around for a bit and bowl.
Serena is starting to realize that she doesn’t have a lot of power and that Canada has changed her perspective. The Commanders have agreed to go ahead with the fertility center, but Serena is basically on house arrest (in a roundabout way) and told to stay inside the house. She has no cell phone either.
As Luke and June run through the woods, they hear a loud scream coming from ahead. They quickly tourniquet the wound on Luke’s leg and help him out, but as he starts screaming and calling out, they see a torchlight dancing in the distance. They run towards it, but are stopped on the open road.
The Episode Review
The episode could have been shorter by cutting out June and Luke’s meeting with their contact and Serena’s learning she has no power. This would have made the story more action-packed and less drawn out.
In the latest episode of “June’s Story,” we follow June as she deals with the aftermath of her husband’s death. We see her struggling to cope with the loss, and as the season progresses, we see her start to come back into herself. However, there are still some challenges that she must face.
