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As June's sanity slips, she is compelled to kill Natalie twice. During the first attempt, she attempts to twist Natalie's oxygen pipe but gives up the attempt when it triggers an alarm. During the second time, June is stopped by [[Janine]], who has been sent to the hospital due to her infected eye socket. Disgusted by June's perceived selfishness and nihilism, she convinces June that Natalie is "one of us" because she is a Handmaid. |
As June's sanity slips, she is compelled to kill Natalie twice. During the first attempt, she attempts to twist Natalie's oxygen pipe but gives up the attempt when it triggers an alarm. During the second time, June is stopped by [[Janine]], who has been sent to the hospital due to her infected eye socket. Disgusted by June's perceived selfishness and nihilism, she convinces June that Natalie is "one of us" because she is a Handmaid. |
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June is initially afraid of Dr. Yates but he outwardly buys Serena's story that June cut herself in despair. While stitching her wounds, Yates expresses sympathy for her, privately praising her for taking on Serena. June confides that her mother once worked as a doctor who delivered babies. Yates confides that his patient is Natalie's baby but explains that he is saving the babies in order to honor their mothers. |
June is initially afraid of Dr. Yates but he outwardly buys Serena's story that June cut herself in despair. While stitching her wounds, Yates expresses sympathy for her, privately praising her for taking on Serena. June confides that her mother once worked as a doctor who delivered babies. Yates confides that his patient is Natalie's baby but explains that he is saving the babies in order to honor their mothers. |
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Revision as of 01:26, 15 August 2019
Heroic is the 9th episode of the third season of The Handmaid's Tale.
Synopsis
Confined in a hospital, June’s sanity begins to fray. An encounter with Serena Joy forces June to reassess her recent actions.
Plot
Ofmatthew's excessive blood loss means that she is brain dead and kept on life support throughout her pregnancy. An increasingly deranged June is kept in her hospital room; a means of punishment by Aunt Lydia for June orchestrating the humiliation of Natalie.
Throughout Natalie's pregnancy, she is visited by Aunt Lydia and the other Handmaids in her district, who pray for a safe delivery for Natalie's unborn child. During one of the prayer sessions, Brianna tries to hold June's hand but is struck by Aunt Lydia.
In addition, Mrs. Calhoun brings Wives along with her to pray for Natalie's unborn child. As time passes, June asks Aunt Lydia if she can return to the Lawrences but Lydia reminds her that she has to serve her punishment for causing Natalie's condition.
As June's sanity slips, she is compelled to kill Natalie twice. During the first attempt, she attempts to twist Natalie's oxygen pipe but gives up the attempt when it triggers an alarm. During the second time, June is stopped by Janine, who has been sent to the hospital due to her infected eye socket. Disgusted by June's perceived selfishness and nihilism, she convinces June that Natalie is "one of us" because she is a Handmaid.
Later, June attempts to stab Serena Waterford with a scalpel she had stolen from the medical waste disposal box. Serena fights back and cuts June in the arm. Serena alerts Dr. Yates telling him that June stabbed herself.
June is initially afraid of Dr. Yates but he outwardly buys Serena's story that June cut herself in despair. While stitching her wounds, Yates expresses sympathy for her, privately praising her for taking on Serena. June confides that her mother once worked as a doctor who delivered babies. Yates confides that his patient is Natalie's baby but explains that he is saving the babies in order to honor their mothers.
Natalie has frequent seizures, but doctors manage to treat them. Natalie hemorrhages excessively while she is pre-term, and a premature son is delivered via cesarean-section, who is quickly taken to the NICU. Doctors note that Natalie will not survive much longer. June is allowed to return to the Lawrences.
When she is leaving, she meets Rose, a young girl, who offers to carry her suitcase. She accepts and Rose asks if June had a baby, to which she says no, saying she is visiting a sick friend. Rose tells June she reached menarche and was brought to the hospital for an exam, and that she will marry and have children in a few years. June asks Rose if she wants to have children. She nervously replies affirmative before being called away by her mother.
Outside the hospital, June asks Aunt Lydia's permission to stay by Natalie's side before she dies and returns back to Natalie's room. Aunt Lydia also shows a softer side when she gifts Janine an eye patch to help conceal her disfigurement.
June apologizes to Natalie for her bad treatment, saying that she had "lost her way" in a world where they took everything away. She tells the brain-dead Natalie that her newborn son is beautiful and is a fighter. To honor Natalie, she vows to get out as many children from Gilead as she can, including Hannah, and vows to put and end to the hostile and autocratic Gilead entirely.
Notes
Serena reports a self-harm instead of an attack on her. This may suggest she wants to protect June from further repercussions.
Cast
Starring
- Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne/Ofjoseph #2
- Yvonne Strahovski as Serena Joy Waterford
- Madeline Brewer as Janine/Ofhoward
- Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia/Lydia Clements
Guest Starring
- Gil Bellows as Dr. Yates [1]
- Ashleigh LaThrop as Natalie/Ofmatthew
- Nina Kiri as Alma/Ofrobert
- Bahia Watson as Brianna/Oferic
Additional Cast
- Jonathan Watton as Commander Matthew Calhoun
- Vanessa Burns as Mrs. Calhoun
- Sadie Munroe as Rose
Music
- "Heaven is a Place On Earth" by Belinda Carlisle
References
- ↑ Name given in episode transcript
| Season 1 | Offred | Birth Day | Late | Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum | Faithful | A Woman's Place The Other Side | Jezebels | The Bridge | Night |
| June | Unwomen | Baggage | Other Women | Seeds | First Blood | After | Women's Work Smart Power | The Last Ceremony | Holly | Postpartum | The Word | |
| Night | Mary and Martha | Useful | God Bless the Child | Unknown Caller Household | Under His Eye | Unfit | Heroic | Witness | Liars | Sacrifice | Mayday | |
| Pigs | Nightshade | The Crossing | Milk | Chicago | Vows | Home | Testimony Progress | The Wilderness | |
| Morning | Ballet | Border | Dear Offred | Fairytale | Together | No Man's Land | Motherland | Allegiance | Safe | |