The Handmaid’s Tale

Warning ! SPOILERS about The Handmaid ’s Tale season 6 , episode 1 before .

June and Serena ’s reunion on the train go westward quickly turned distressing inThe Handmaid ’s Taleseason 6 ’s premiere , with June ’s choice proving surprising consider the long and turbulent chronicle June and Serena had . The Handmaid ’s Taleseason 5 experience June efficaciously elude Gilead and land in Canada , with her story partially mirroring Serena ’s as it did throughout the dystopian drama , as she was too in Canada , although in a direr situation given her stay at the Wheelers resembling imprisonment . The Handmaid ’s Taleseason 5 endingwith Serena and June on a refugee gear promised them both a unexampled origin .

It all quickly went sideways the moment people start out to realise who Serena really was . The tentative alliance established inThe Handmaid ’s Taleseason 6 , episode 1 ’s first moments between June and Serena was not without its trouble , as June had immediately think Serena had stolen Nichole when she could n’t find her after waking up . However , it was nothing compared to what Serena and June had to face when everyone on the train realizedSerena was Commander Waterford ’s wife and Gilead ’s inventor . The chaos and violence of the trial by ordeal precede June to make the unexpected choice of helping Serena again .

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June Saves Serena Joy On The Train Because Of Her Baby

June Knew That Noah Would Have Suffered Too If The Mob Got To Serena

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ThroughoutThe Handmaid ’s Taleseason 6 , episode 1 , Serena seemed open to sharing the trip with June , even advocate for her to be seen by a doctor despite June ’s reserve to accept her help . June wanting nothing to do with Serena made horse sense based on the revilement Serena subjected her to , but at the same time , it was clear June wanted Serena punish , not violently killed by an angry mob . This became even more evident in the path June pleaded with the policeman to take Serena , tell it was her so that she would face jurist and not brutal violence .

Serena was blessed by a " miracle " pregnancy in The Handmaid ’s Tale season 4 - but is Fred the father of her infant , and when did she become meaning ?

Elizabeth Moss as June Osborne and Yvonne Strahovski as Serena Joy in The Handmaid’s Tale season 6 episode 1

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However , the most significant reason propel June to protect Serena has to be Noah . Despite all the cruelty Serena enacted against June , even the most late reminder of have Hannah toy a part in Fred ’s funeral , June did n’t want Noah to be rear away from his mother . Serena and June ’s relationship was incredibly tumultuous throughoutThe Handmaid ’s Tale , but in season 5 they also showed kindness toward one another , and June , in particular , helped Serena deliver Noah , making his well - being what June wanted to preserve , something that would have been unsufferable had the other refugee receive their hand on Serena .

June & Serena’s Handmaid’s Tale Season 6 Story Isn’t What Was Expected

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 Seemingly Set Up Serena & June’s Temporary Truce

Serena and June ’s moments together in time of year 5 all hinted at them potentially team up up inThe Handmaid ’s Taleseason 6 , which get to their separation palpate sharp in the time of year ’s very start , as they were just reunited again . In its entire run , The Handmaid ’s Talemade a point to have Serena and June ’s journeys toward different destination mirror one another , even pushing them into hard situations where they might rely on one another . This created a compelling moral force exactly because June would have preferred anybody else to find herself with in those predicament .

June can never delay away for too long from Mayday , want to destruct Gilead and get Hannah back , and at the same time Serena is still embroiled in the promotion of Gilead [ … ] making a June and Serena reunion much likelier .

The latest ontogeny in June and Serena ’s inescapably interconnected write up tinge they might conform to again , even if their paths brought them away from one another . After all , June can never persist away for too long from Mayday , wanting to destruct Gilead and get Hannah back , and at the same time Serena is still embroiled in the promotion of Gilead because she created it and due to her diplomatic role . This can make a June and Serena reunion much likelier inThe Handmaid ’s Taleseason 6 , even more so in spark of season 6 being the last one and want to resolve their account .

June (Elisabeth Moss) and Serena (Yvonne Strahovski) back to back, trying to protect themselves in The Handmaid’s Tale Season 6 Ep 1

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The Handmaid ’s TaleSeason 6 Release docket

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The Handmaid’s Tale Fred and Serena Pregnancy

Release Date

time of year 6 , Episode 1

Train

Headshot Of Elisabeth Moss

April 8 , 2025

Season 6 , Episode 2

deportation

Headshot Of Yvonne Strahovski In The Los Angeles premiere of ‘Scrambled’ at AMC Westfield Century City

Season 6 , Episode 3

veneration

Season 6 , Episode 4

The Handmaid’s Tale

Promotion

April 15 , 2025

time of year 6 , Episode 5

Janine

April 22 , 2025

Season 6 , Episode 6

surprisal

April 29 , 2025

Season 6 , Episode 7

Shattered

May 6 , 2025

time of year 6 , Episode 8

Exodus

May 13 , 2025

Season 6 , Episode 9

Execution

May 20 , 2025

Season 6 , Episode 10

May 27 , 2025

New episode ofThe Handmaid ’s Taleseason 6 release on Hulu every Tuesday .

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