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-Fred, stop! Stop it, Fred!
-[Ofjoseph] Previously
onThe Handmaid's Tale...

You let them do that to Serena.

We all have our roles
to play.

Serena needed
to be reminded of hers.

Did you try to find me?

I tried so hard.

Why didn't you try harder?

What did you do?

I did what was best
for my child.

You're getting out of Gilead.

Have a nice life!
Don't get caught!

You gave her to a murderer!

[sobbing]

I sent her away, Fred.
It was my choice.

I drove you to desperation.

It's the Handmaid.

You're sweet on her,
aren't you?

It's dangerous, my friend.

-You're helping her escape?
-Yes.

She just needs
a safe place to wait.

It's your funeral.

[Ofjoseph] Come on!

[Lawrence] Women like you
are like children.

Asking for too much,
taking whatever you want.

Damn the consequences.

-Who's in the basement?
-Just Beth.

We saw a rat. She screamed.

That's a lie.

I knew it was mistake
taking you in.

[Ofjoseph grunts]

[Lawrence] Clean it up.

[panting]

-[wind blowing]
-[nooses creaking]

[Ofjoseph] Heresy.

That's what they're
hanging for.

Not for being part of the resistance because, officially,

there is no resistance.

Not for helping people escape
because, officially,

there is
no such thing as escape.

They hang for being heretics, not martyrs.

Martyrs inspire.

Heretics are just stupid.

[sirens wailing in distance]

Was I being stupid?

[wind howling]

I don't think Cora's up there.

I don't think
Lawrence would do that.

[Ofjoseph] Do you
recognize anybody?

[Alma] It's impossible
to tell.

They're starting to smell.

Looks like the same batch
from yesterday.

And the day before.

Maybe they're done.

With Marthas.

Who's next?

[Guardian] No talking!

And, you,
go join your walking partner.

[Ofjoseph] If I'm going
to survive this,

I'll need allies.

Allies with power.

[door closes]

[Ofjoseph] To be a man
watched by women,

it must be entirely strange.

To have them watching him
all the time.

To have them flinch
when he moves.

To have them wondering,
"What is he going to do next?

Does he like me?

Will he keep me?

Am I safe here?"

Cora wasn't.

Blessed be the fruit.

May the Lord open.

-Got the groceries.
Anything else I can do?
-I got it.

[sighs] Could you plate
the pastries, please?

No problem.

Why are they coming here?

I don't know.

My old Commander said
Lawrence won't go to meetings.

They want to talk to him,
they have to come here.

That's how powerful he is.

-Hmm.
-Thanks for the insight.

-[spilling]
-[Lawrence] Oh!

Sienna!

Sienna!

[Beth sighs]

Go.

I went to the square.

I don't think Cora's up there.

[sighs] So, she's on a bus
to The Colonies?

Have you been getting
any messages at all?

Anyone who knows anything

is probably
up on those gallows.

[Lawrence] Beth, refill.

Coming.

[sighs] He's testing us.

We're all disposable.

Are Marthas supposed
to be clean?

Would you consider that
a basic criteria for the job?

[whimpering]

[doorbell ringing]

Can I get the door
for you, sir?

I don't know. Are you...

capable of solving
problems?

Of making decisions?

Do you know
what the penalty is?

For Handmaids
who open front doors?

I'm actually asking.
I don't know.

What do you think
the penalty should be?

What would be fair?

Forget it. Forget it.

I guess you're not capable.

[Lawrence sighs]

[men chattering]

[Warren] The shipment
of females from Chicago
arrived yesterday.

Well, we have needs
in the agricultural Colonies.

They're not worthy
of The Colonies.

[Lawrence] I'm looking at

a utility maximization
framework with
a deteriorating labor supply.

I need workers.

[men chattering]

Blessed be the fruit.

May the Lord open.

I hope you and
Mrs. Waterford are well.

Do you?

Is Serena okay?

Well, after what you put
us through, I'm not sure.

She's tough.

She'll be okay.

So, how is your...

new house treating you?

I pray that God will make me
worthy of my new Commander.

Oh, I'm sure
you'll prove yourself.

[Ofjoseph] What do you know
about him?

He's an interesting man.

Instrumental in Gilead's
creation. Our visionary.

Mmm. What else?

[Commander Fred scoffs]

We've always found him
a bit hard to read.

Well, if you can't read him,
I don't know who can.

Lawrence is a survivor.

Aren't we all, sir?

He is particularly
well suited to it.

He's not sentimental,
not like me.

I never found you...

overly sentimental, sir.

You were merciful.

You know, after everything...

I'm still alive.

I will always be grateful
to you for that.

But I am not
in your house anymore.

I need you to tell me

anything about Lawrence
that you think could help me.

He does not like to be bored.

[Lawrence clears throat]

But I guess you
knew that already.

Blessed day,
Commander Lawrence.

It's a privilege to be
in your home again.

Yeah, I always
hated commuting.

You two know each other.

Oh, yes.

You used to be Offred.

Do you miss it?

[Commander Fred]
Well, she's Ofjoseph now.

I should let you go.

-Under His eye.
-Sure.

[Lawrence] You working hard?

Yes.

At what?

You don't have to answer that.

-[Serena] I'm not cold, Mom.
-[Pamela] Oh, yes, you are.

Our prayer circle's
coming to the house today.

[sighs]

-I'll try and stay
out of your way.
-No.

No, they all want to see you.

What an honor for them.

I don't want to hang out
with your friends, Mom.

You're an excellent
conversationalist.

It wouldn't be a real visit

if I didn't get
to show you off.

I don't have any clothes.

Mrs. Manning gave us
a dress that she's outgrown.

I think it will fit.

[Serena] This won't
be too bad.

I'm gonna take it up a bit.

-Fix that neckline.
-[knocking on door]

[gasps] There you are.

Praise be.

You look beautiful.

[Sienna] Lawrence wants you
pouring the Commanders' drinks
instead of me.

Why?

He said I wasn't pouring
fast enough.

[Calhoun]
Pages ten through 16,

detail the expansion of
our training facility
in Fort Stevens.

[Warren] To support
the troop surge in Chicago.

[Calhoun]
Phase one of the surge.

We need to prepare ourselves
for more troop deployments
down the line.

[Warren]
One last measured push,

and Chicago should
roll up the last of
the insurgent strongholds, no?

[Calhoun]
The insurgency's contagious.

We need to look at starting
a steady, sustained
bombing campaign.

No, there is value
to be mined there.

Children, fertile women.
Move on to the next.

On page 17,
you'll see a timeline

depicting a series
of district-wide Salvagings
beginning next week.

[Commander Fred] I thought
we discussed
sending them to The Colonies?

[Calhoun] The Colonies are
a slap on the wrist.

[Warren]
They are merely women.

[Calhoun] Women under
the sway of terrorists.

We don't want our own women
becoming restless, do we?

Salvagings are an effective
tool of instruction.

It's been too long
since the last one.

We know women can inflate
their abilities

and think they belong
in places they don't.

But they can also
be put to use.

-And they can be fun.
-[men laughing]

Ofjoseph?

We're puzzling out
how to assess

an individual's value
in the world as it pertains
to gender.

Weren't you a book editor,
once upon a time?

Yes, sir.

Are there any books
on the topic?

Yes, sir.

Many.

[Lawrence] Sex Differences
in Cognitive Abilities.

The Descent of Man.

An oldie but a goodie.
That's... That's what
you were thinking of, right?

I think I have it here
somewhere.

Uh, would you get it for me?

It's on top of the bookcase
to the right of the door.

[Lawrence] Oh, the stack
on the left.

Third book down.

Yellow lettering.

Good job.

Is there anything else
I can help you with, sir?

[Lawrence] No, I'm good.

You're done.

See? Women can be useful.

[men laughing]

[seagulls squawking]

[knocking on door]

[Rita] Your mother has
a lot of friends.

[Serena] She's
an excellent conversationalist.

[Rita] I made
something for you.

Here.

[clears throat]

You will get
through this, ma'am.

By His hand.

What's left of it.

[Daniel] Though the Earth
give way,

though the mountains
fall into the sea...

[all] God is
our refuge and strength.

[Daniel] Dear Lord,
please heal my wife.

For my beloved is mine
and I am hers.

[all] God is
our refuge and strength.

[Daniel] And the Lord shall
guide thee continually

and satisfy thy soul
in drought.

Make fat thy bones.

[all]
Show us Thy mercy, O Lord.

[Daniel] Thank you
for your prayers.

Is anyone else
in need of comfort?

Serena?

Dear Lord, Serena Joy
has suffered a great loss.

Please give her relief
from her distress.

Be merciful to her
and hear her prayers.

The Lord is close
to the brokenhearted.

[all] He rescues
those whose spirits
are crushed.

[Daniel] Psalm 6:2, please.

Be merciful, O Lord,

for I am faint.

Heal me, O Lord,
for my soul is in anguish.

[Daniel] Dear Lord, we pray

for the safe return
of Serena's child.

And we pray
for her marriage to heal.

[all] For love
is strong as death.

[Daniel] Wives,
submit yourselves

unto your own husbands,
as unto the Lord.

[all] For the husband
is the head of the wife.

[Daniel] Even as Christ
is the head of the church,

so let the Wives be

to their own husbands
in everything.

[all] Let every wife

see that she revere
her husband.

This is the word of the Lord.

[Commander Fred] When we first
were married,

I'd come home and open
the door but just a crack.

I'd wait.

I'd listen for your footsteps.

[chuckles]

I'd push open the door
a little more.

I'd get a glimpse of your hair,

long and loose.

[chuckles]

I'd dole out to myself

little helpings of you,
like a kid with dessert.

The kind of man I had become.

Married to a woman like you.

Coming home to you.

Other men, I...

[sighs]

felt sorry for.

They had nothing to work for,
nothing to fight for.

They didn't get to have you.

A Commander is

the head of the household.
The house is

what he holds.

To have and to hold,
till death do us part.

I may not be a perfect man
but I...

will try to be better.

If I lose you,

I lose everything.

[Jezebel] That sounds good.

Would you like to
run through it again?

[Ofjoseph] I compose myself.

My self is a thing
I must now compose

as one composes a speech.

I'm not proud
of myself for this.

Or for any of it.

[knocking on door]

[Lawrence] What?

[door closes]

[Lawrence] You think
an accountant could make
a good cook? [sighs]

Yes, sir.

[sighs]

Binders full of women.

I thought you might
like some tea.

[Lawrence] Thanks.

Long day?

My work
is just beginning.

At least the people are gone.

[Lawrence sighs]

[Ofjoseph] It's tiring
having people around.

[tea pouring]

Does it seem like that would
be particularly difficult

for someone like me?

Oh, I don't really know
what you're like, sir.

Do you consider yourself good
at managing people?

Not particularly, no.

You seem like you'd be good
at making friends.

Good at influencing people.

Good at intimacy.

Thank you.

Did this really work on Fred?

[Lawrence chuckles]

Not exactly
an intellectual giant.

But, then again,
neither are you.

[Lawrence sighs]

Perhaps you don't know me
well enough yet, sir.

Here's what I don't get.

If women don't want
to be defined by their bodies,

why are they always using them
to get what they want?

Maybe they aren't.

Maybe men are just
too easily distracted.

Speaking of the Waterfords,
you really mucked up
that house, didn't you?

Had Fred demoted,
Serena defingered,
baby baby-napped.

You left the place
literally in ashes.

Do you think they got
what they deserved?

No one in Gilead gets
what they deserve, sir.

How could they not realize
how transactional you are?

I did what I had to do.

You think if you get me
to like you, I'll help you?

I think that you might try.

I think you might try
to do the right thing.

What do you know
about the right thing?

I know you helped Emily
escape with that baby.

And I know you let the Marthas
run a resistance network
out of your house.

You have to let
the rabble-rousers blow off
a little steam,

or they'll smash
everything to bits.

Do you want to know
why I helped Emily?

I think you felt guilty.

I think
you felt sorry for her.

You want me to feel guilty
and sorry for you?

Do you?

I helped Emily

because she
is unnaturally smart

and could be useful
to the world one day.

If you were smart, you would
have gotten on that truck.

You know why I couldn't.

I think I care more about
your daughter than you do.

I'm saving the planet for her.

I'm replenishing
the human race for her.

What are you doing?

I am trying
to be her mother!

She has a mother.

You met Mrs. Mackenzie.

She's a lovely woman. She never
stole anybody's husband.

Do you know
that she organized
1,000 food baskets

for orphans in Africa back
when there were orphans?

What did you ever do
to help anyone?

Except edit esoteric,
useless books

that no one
was ever gonna read

instead of picking up
your sick daughter
from school.

Useless.

You wrote esoteric books.

You did that.

God, it must be scary, huh?

Seeing the numbers
on those spreadsheets
turn into real people?

Real people being executed?

Knowing that if no one
had read your books,
we would all be better off.

It must be hell
being a man like that.

Far worse than useless.

You know what?
I get it.

I get why you would do this.

I suppose you would
hole yourself up
in a house like this,

playing games
with people's heads,

doing a good deed
or two every once in a while,

so that you can
fucking sleep at night.

How tempting it is to...

invent a humanity...

for anyone at all.

Come on.

Let's take a drive.

[man chattering over radio]

[clanging]

[car door closes]

[women coughing]

There will be no Salvagings.

They're bound for
The Colonies tomorrow.

[man chattering over radio]

So they'll die anyways?

[Lawrence] All save five.

I was able to requisition five
to serve as Marthas.

Good for you.

Five is better than none.

Make them all Marthas.

We only have five openings.

[woman coughing]

You get to choose...

who is worthy

of becoming a Martha.

You'll have all
the information you need.

Names, ages, occupations,

academic attainments,
moral stains.

That's dumb.

Who gets to define morality?

Just choose the best people
for the job.

[coughing continues]

[man chattering over radio]

No.

I thought you might enjoy
being useful, for once.

None of them deserves to die.

What if I told you,
if you don't choose,
they all die?

I am not responsible
for their deaths.

You are. Gilead is.

A technical distinction

that won't mean anything
to these women.

But I can see
it's important to you.

And that's more important
than anything else, isn't it?

I'm not doing it.

I won't.

[Lawrence] Close it.

[sobbing]

[breathing heavily]

[Pamela] Oh, you're all wet.

You've gotten too used to
the mild climate in the city.

She's forgotten
how we must battle
the elements out here.

Why don't you go upstairs,
dear, change?

-I'm fine.
-You need to get out of
those wet things.

No, I'm fine.

[Pamela] Let Clara fix you
some warm pumpkin soup.

Clara, can you please
excuse us?

I really wish that
you hadn't invited
those people over.

I'm sorry, dear.

You told them everything
about me and about my marriage.

You're right.
I shouldn't have done that.

[Serena] Why did you do it?

Now that I know,
I won't do it again.

What can I make
you to eat, dear?

[Serena] Stop it!

You want me to
go back to Fred.

[Pamela] I only want
you to be happy.

-I need you to know
what it was like between us--
-No.

[Serena] And the things
that we did.

Those things are private.

That's because you
don't want to know.

Because none of it matters.

Look at you,

all the gifts
you've been given.

But you need everything
to be exactly how you want.

A spoiled little girl.

I'm sorry.

You know there's no place
in this world for you
without Fred.

[crying]

You need to take a deep breath
and see things.

You're a beautiful woman.

And Fred,

you and Fred together,
the Waterfords?

[chuckles]

What a fine couple.

That doesn't mean anything.

[Pamela] It can.

It can mean everything,
if you let it.

[sobbing] Oh, God.

Stop, Serena. Enough drama!

[Serena continues sobbing]

It's the worst thing
in the world to watch
your child in pain.

The worst pain
any mother could bear.

[sniffles]

No, it isn't.

What?

It's not the worst.

It might help you
to stop indulging
those feelings.

The self-pity.

You gave that baby away.

[Serena continues sobbing]

And it wasn't even yours.

I'm going to draw you
a hot bath.

A hot bath will help.

[continues sobbing]

-[dog barking]
-[sighs]

[knocking on door]

Hi.

Hey.

You're not here for me.

[faint knocking on door]

How did this happen?

It was my due.

So you're a Commander now,
and you can go get Hannah.
You can get me out.

I'm sorry.

Why? Why can't you?

Is there something wrong
with Lawrence?

Lawrence is a psychopath.

What do you know about him?

I don't know anything.

Can you find out?

Not really.
He's too high up.

What can you do?

Can you do anything?

What are you good for?

I'm getting deployed.

To the front.

Chicago.

You'll get killed.

I wanted to say goodbye.

Goodbye.

[door opens]

[door closes]

[door locks]

[Sienna] You have a visitor
in the parlor.

[exhales]

Blessed be the fruit.

Hi.

[door closes]

How are you?

Serena?

Do you think about her?

Every minute.

How do you stop?

[sighs]

[Serena sniffles]

How do you remember her?

How do you see her?

In the bath.

[laughs tearfully]

She loved the water.

[chuckles]

She's gonna be a swimmer.

Remember how she used to
raise her hand?

It's like she had
a point to make.

That's the politician in her.

I think
she gets that from you.

She isn't mine.

Serena,

only a mother could do
what you did.

If you can just think...

If you can just think about
all the other mothers

who have...

Who have had their children
taken away from them.

Like you.

There has to be
something we can do.

[sniffles]

That isn't why I came here.

We can help each other.

We cannot count on them.

They hate us, Serena.

They are not on our side.

I tried.

You have to try harder.

I'm not that person anymore.

You're scared.

Use it.

Maybe we're stronger than
we think we are.

I made my choices.

[Ofjoseph] There was a time when women were able to choose.

"We were a society dying,"
Aunt Lydia would say,
"of too much choice.

We know the sacrifices
you are expected to make,"
she'd say.

"It is hard
when men revile you."

We have five new Marthas
for the resistance.

An engineer, an IT tech,
a journalist, a lawyer,
and a thief.

[Beth] How do you know?

I chose them.

Upstairs now.
Eleanor's sheets need changing.

[Ofjoseph] Hey, Sienna.

We survived another day.

[Ofjoseph] Mother, I think,
wherever you may be,
can you hear me?

You wanted a women's culture.

Well, now there is one.

It isn't what you meant,

but it exists.

[breathing heavily]

And here's what we do.

We watch them. The men.

We study them.
We feed them.

We please them.

We can make them feel strong

or weak.
We know them that well.

We know their
worst nightmares.

And, with a bit of practice,
that's what we'll become.

Nightmares.

One day, when we're ready,

we are coming for you.

Just wait.

[waves splashing]

[seagulls squawking]