The Handmaid's Tale
Wednesdays on HuluThe Handmaid's Tale Season 2 Episode 11: "Holly" Quotes
I'm sorry there is so much pain in this story. I'm sorry it's in fragments, like a body caught in crossfire, pulled apart by force, but there is nothing I can do to change it. I've tried to put some of the good things in as well.
June
Serena Joy: Fred! Maybe they weren't here? Well, they were. Now they've run off together thanks to you!
Fred: There must be some other explanation.
Serena Joy: Like what?
Fred: Nick wouldn't be disloyal. I let Offred see her daughter. She would have been grateful.
Serena Joy: How could you be so stupid? They hate you! She's always hated you. She keeps running away from you!
Fred: Me?! If you'd shown that girl one ounce of kindness, she would never have left!
Serena Joy: Kindness? You raped her yesterday.
Fred: That was YOUR idea! I did this to fix your mess.
Serena Joy: You sent her out here with the father of her baby to see her daughter. What did you think was going to happen? That she was going to go home and thank you? You are such a fucking idiot.
Fred: Fuck. When did you become such a fucking bitch?!
Serena Joy: To have a pregnant handmaid run away once is bad enough, but twice? They'll say we're part of the resistance.
Fred: I'll handle it.
Serena Joy: You'll handle it. Just like you handled this? They'll put us on the wall!
Fred: Yeah, maybe they'll hang us side by side. Just my fuckin' luck.
June: Look, I know you and I know your work is important to you.
Mom: And what? I think it's more important than you?
June: Just don't make promises you can't keep. K? Not about this.
You know, my friend Bridget gave birth in the woods in a stream. She YouTubed it and everything.
Moira
Holly. Your name is Holly, and you have a big sister, Hannah, and one day you're going to meet her.
June
I keep going with this limping and mutilated story because I want you to hear it, as I will hear yours too, if I ever get the chance, if I meet you too or if you escape in the future or in heaven. By telling you anything at all, I'm believing in you. I'm believing you into being. By telling you this story, I'm willing you into existence. I tell, therefore you are.
June
