Jaeden is a minor character in The Handmaid's Tale. He is a young Guardian serving in a Gileadean border region to Canada.
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“People should just be able to talk to each other, see their families, and do whatever they want.” — Jaeden about his motives to work for the resistance
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Season Five[]
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Jaeden initially agrees with Lily to come across the border with contraband goods, but declines when he learns that Canadian border patrol has increased. Instead, June and Luke meet him in Gileadean territory.
June and Luke find the meeting spot, they give Jaeden the safe word. June is about to give him the supplies, but he tells them to follow him, they can’t do it there since it’s not safe during the day to talk, and he has to go. With no other option, Luke and June follow him.
June and Luke follow Jaeden to an abandoned bowling alley, where he says he spends his shifts when it’s too cold outside. They trade backpacks full of supplies, and then the Guardian mentions the Plums, the Wives in training. He says the schools are guarded, but the girls don’t stay there long, it’s a quick process so they can get matched up and married as soon as possible. Jaeden says he doesn’t know where the schools are, it’s a new system, but he gives them a flash drive and says it’s everything that they do know.
June and Luke prepare to head out, but Jaeden stops them, saying they shouldn’t cross during the day. He says he’ll help them get across the border once the sun sets. June and Luke talk it over, and they agree to wait until it’s safer.
Luke and Jaeden bowl and have a good time. However, the mood darkens when Jaeden starts to talk about before, how he thinks he used to like bowling, but can’t remember much before Gilead. He says it’s not so bad, but when June reminds him that he’s working to take it down, he says that people should be able to see their families and do whatever they want. June and Luke agree, and June tells Luke she’s shocked because she’s never seen anyone in Gilead as pure as this Guardian. He reveals them his name.
Jaeden grabs them all beers, and Luke starts playing on the keyboard. Luke serenades June, and then brings her into a dance. Jaeden shines a light on the disco ball as they dance.
At sunset, Jaeden leads June and Luke through the woods, but stops suddenly when he realizes he stepped on a mine. Jaeden assures them it’s okay, but seconds later the mine goes off, knocking them all down. Jaeden is still alive, and when Luke and June get over to him, they see his leg has been blown off. Jaeden tells them they need to run, but June stops the bleeding in his leg. They see flashlights and hear yelling from other Guardians, so June and Luke have to leave Jaeden, taking off towards the border.