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}}'''A Woman's Place''' is the 6th episode of Season 1 on the Hulu series ''[[The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)|The Handmaid's Tale]]''.
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}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is the sixth episode of the [[:Category:Season_1|first season]] of ''[[The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)|The Handmaid's Tale]]''.
   
== Plot ==
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==Synopsis==
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==Plot==
Flashbacks to [[Serena Joy]]'s life before Gilead reveal her deeply complex and complicit nature. [[Offred]] and [[Nick]]'s illicit relationship continues, as the former learns her husband may still be alive.
 
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{{FbVidLeft|473603583000245|220|Offred talking with Mexican diplomats}} [[Mexico|Mexican]] delegates visit the [[Commander_Fred|Commander]]'s home in an effort to create partnerships in trade and see the effects of the [[Republic_of_Gilead|Gilead]] cultural movement. The head of the Mexican delegation, Mrs. [[Ambassador Castillo|Castillo]], is a woman who questions [[Offred]] about her experience in Gilead. With great self-control, Offred tells them, "I have found happiness". After the meeting, Offred visits the Commander's office for their usual discussions where some tensions flare up between them. He asks her to kiss him "like you mean it". She kisses the Commander and leaves, ferociously brushing her teeth afterwards.
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{{FbVidRight|438869543140316|150|[[Serena]] presenting children at the<br>gala dinner{{ThemeRef|Children in Gilead}}{{ThemeRef|Fertility Crisis}}}}
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The [[:Category:Handmaids|handmaids]] are then taken to a party to honour Gilead and show the foreign delegates their success, including presenting the children of Gilead. [[Serena Joy]] instructs [[Aunt Lydia]] to "remove the damaged ones" of the handmaids from the banquet due to their visible mutilations done by the regime, among them [[Janine]], [[Oflyle]], [[Ofthomas]], [[Oftim]], and [[Ofjohn]]. [[Alma]] later remarks to [[Offred]] that the delegates are interested in fertile women as a commodity to be traded between the two nations.
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{{FbVidLeft|440714176289186|220|"Please remove the damaged ones":<br>[[Janine]] is sorted out}}After the dinner, Offred visits Nick, fiercely blaming herself for keeping quiet about the brutal truth of her fate. She reveals him her real name June.
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The next day, as the delegates are leaving, Offred tells them the brutal truth about Gilead and accuses them of human trafficking. She pleads for their help, but the Mexican ambassador claims that she cannot help Offred and explains her own country's dire situation. When Offred is left alone with Mr [[Assistant Flores|Flores]], the ambassador's assistant, he informs her that Luke is alive and well in [[Canada]], whereas Offred had assumed he was killed when they were captured at the border (though she did not witness his death, she heard shots being fired and never saw him again). Mr Flores knows Luke's full name, birthdate and birthplace, and also knows Offred's real name prior to meeting her, implying that what he says may be true. Mr Flores offers to help Offred contact Luke he can send a message to him.
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Flashbacks detail [[Serena Joy|Serena's]] and Fred's life before and during the beginnings of the [[Sons_of_Jacob|Gilead movement]]. Serena is revealed to have been a conservative cultural activist during the "life before", with a passion and intelligence equal to that of her husband's (as well as a special fondness for movie popcorn). She even wrote a book about her beliefs, titled A Woman's Place, which contained the famous line "do not mistake a woman's meekness for weakness", as Castillo recalls. Commander Fred was one of the conspirators who devised the (alleged) "terrorist" attacks against the Congress, the White House, and the Supreme Court. Though Fred was reluctant upon receiving news that the attacks were given the confirmation to proceed (with the FBI closing in on several of the [http://the-handmaids-tale.wikia.com/wiki/Sons_of_Jacob Sons of Jacob] conspirators), Serena was confident that the staged attacks themselves would help quickly propel the envisioned society that was conducive to her own theocratic beliefs.
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After the takeover, Serena is shown to be completely shut out of the new government planning since the new society won't let women "forget their real purpose" again, as [[Commander Warren]] points out to a dismayed Fred. Rather symbolically, as she prepares to accept her new limited role in the society she helped create, a copy of her book is seen being thrown out in the trash.
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==Trivia==
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Serena Joy sees fertility as a national resource. {{ThemeRef|Fertility Crisis}}
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==Cast==
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===Starring===
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* [[Elisabeth Moss]] as [[June Osborne]]
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* [[Joseph Fiennes]] as [[Fred Waterford]]
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* [[Yvonne Strahovski]] as [[Serena Joy Waterford]]
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* [[Madeline Brewer]] as [[Janine (Series)|Janine]]
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* [[Ann Dowd]] as [[Aunt Lydia]]
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* [[Max Minghella]] as [[Nick Blaine]]
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===Guest Starring===
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* Christian Barillas as [[Assistant Flores|Mr. Flores]]
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* Amanda Brugel as [[Rita]]
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* Ever Carradine as [[Naomi Putnam]]
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* Zabryna Guevara as [[Ambassador Castillo|Mrs. Castillo]]
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* Tattiawna Jones as [[Lillie Fuller]]/Ofglen #2
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* Stephen Kunken as [[Warren Putnam]]
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===Additional Cast===
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* Jenessa Grant as [[Dolores]]
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* Nina Kiri as [[Alma]]
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* Todd Thomas Dark as [[Commander Chambers|Derek Chambers]]
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* Glen Schultz as [[Commander Deeds|Glen Deeds]]
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* Angela Vint as [[Leah]]
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* Edie Inksetter as [[Aunt Elizabeth]]
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* Alastair Thorburn-Vitols as Young Singer
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==Quotes==
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{{Quotes|What are you going to trade us for? Chocolate? We're human beings.|Offred blaming [[Ambassador Castillo|Mrs. Castillo]] for trafficking}}
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==Gallery==
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Revision as of 16:09, 2 September 2019

A Woman's Place is the sixth episode of the first season of The Handmaid's Tale.

Synopsis

Plot


Offred talking with Mexican diplomats

Mexican delegates visit the Commander's home in an effort to create partnerships in trade and see the effects of the Gilead cultural movement. The head of the Mexican delegation, Mrs. Castillo, is a woman who questions Offred about her experience in Gilead. With great self-control, Offred tells them, "I have found happiness". After the meeting, Offred visits the Commander's office for their usual discussions where some tensions flare up between them. He asks her to kiss him "like you mean it". She kisses the Commander and leaves, ferociously brushing her teeth afterwards.


Serena presenting children at the
gala dinner (Children in Gilead) (Fertility Crisis)

The handmaids are then taken to a party to honour Gilead and show the foreign delegates their success, including presenting the children of Gilead. Serena Joy instructs Aunt Lydia to "remove the damaged ones" of the handmaids from the banquet due to their visible mutilations done by the regime, among them Janine, Oflyle, Ofthomas, Oftim, and Ofjohn. Alma later remarks to Offred that the delegates are interested in fertile women as a commodity to be traded between the two nations.


"Please remove the damaged ones":
Janine is sorted out

After the dinner, Offred visits Nick, fiercely blaming herself for keeping quiet about the brutal truth of her fate. She reveals him her real name June.

The next day, as the delegates are leaving, Offred tells them the brutal truth about Gilead and accuses them of human trafficking. She pleads for their help, but the Mexican ambassador claims that she cannot help Offred and explains her own country's dire situation. When Offred is left alone with Mr Flores, the ambassador's assistant, he informs her that Luke is alive and well in Canada, whereas Offred had assumed he was killed when they were captured at the border (though she did not witness his death, she heard shots being fired and never saw him again). Mr Flores knows Luke's full name, birthdate and birthplace, and also knows Offred's real name prior to meeting her, implying that what he says may be true. Mr Flores offers to help Offred contact Luke he can send a message to him.

Flashbacks detail Serena's and Fred's life before and during the beginnings of the Gilead movement. Serena is revealed to have been a conservative cultural activist during the "life before", with a passion and intelligence equal to that of her husband's (as well as a special fondness for movie popcorn). She even wrote a book about her beliefs, titled A Woman's Place, which contained the famous line "do not mistake a woman's meekness for weakness", as Castillo recalls. Commander Fred was one of the conspirators who devised the (alleged) "terrorist" attacks against the Congress, the White House, and the Supreme Court. Though Fred was reluctant upon receiving news that the attacks were given the confirmation to proceed (with the FBI closing in on several of the Sons of Jacob conspirators), Serena was confident that the staged attacks themselves would help quickly propel the envisioned society that was conducive to her own theocratic beliefs.

After the takeover, Serena is shown to be completely shut out of the new government planning since the new society won't let women "forget their real purpose" again, as Commander Warren points out to a dismayed Fred. Rather symbolically, as she prepares to accept her new limited role in the society she helped create, a copy of her book is seen being thrown out in the trash.

Trivia

Serena Joy sees fertility as a national resource.  (Fertility Crisis)

Cast

Starring

Guest Starring

Additional Cast

Quotes

“What are you going to trade us for? Chocolate? We're human beings.”  — Offred blaming Mrs. Castillo for trafficking

Gallery

References