The Handmaid's Tale
Wednesdays on HuluThe Handmaid's Tale Season 3 Episode 3: "Watch Out" Quotes
To be a man watched by women 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.
June
He's testing us. We're all disposable.
Beth
Are Marthas supposed to be clean? Isn't that basic criteria for the job?
Commander Lawrence
June: Can I get the door for you, sir?
Commander Lawrence: I don't know. Are you capable of solving problems? Making decisions? Do you know what the penalty is? For Handmaids that 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.
June: You know, after everything, I'm still alive. I will always be grateful for that. But I'm not in your house now. I need you to tell me anything about Lawrence that you think could help me.
Commander Waterford: He does not like to be bored. But I bet you know that already.
Lawrence: We know women can inflate their abilities and think they belong in places they don't, but they can also be put to use. They can be fun. OfJoseph? We're puzzling out how to assess an invididual's value in the world as it pertains to gender. Weren't you a book editor once upon a time?
June: Yes, sir.
Lawrence: Are there any books on the topic?
June: Yes, sir. Many.
Lawrence: Sex Differences and Cognitive Abilities. The Descent of Man. That's what you were thinking of, right? An oldie but a goodie. I think I have it here somewhere. Would you get it for me? It's on the top of that bookcase to the right of the door. The stack on the left, third book down. Yellow lettering. Good job.
Rita: You will get through this mam, by his hand.
Serena: What's left of it.
Commander Lawrence: You seem like you'd be good at making friends. Influencing people. Good at intimacy.
June: Thank you.
Commander Lawrence: Does this really work on Fred? Not exactly an intellectual giant. Then again, neither are you.
June: Perhaps you don't know me well enough, yet. Sir.
Commander Lawrence: 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?
June: Maybe they aren't. Maybe men are just too easily distracted.
Commander Lawrence: Speaking of the Waterfords, you really mucked up that house, didn't you? Fred demoted. Serena defingered. Baby baby-napped. You left the place literally in ashes. Do you think they got what they deserved?
June: No one in Gilead gets what they deserve, sir.
Commander Lawrence: How could they not realize how transactional you are?
June: I did what I had to do.
Commander Lawrence: You think if you get me to like you, I'll help you.
June: I think you might try. I think you might try to do the right thing.
Commander Lawrence: What do you know about the right thing?
June: I know you let Emily escape with that baby, and I know you let the Marthas run a resistance network out of your house.
Commander Lawrence: You have to let the rabble-rousers blow off a little steam or they'll smash everything to bits.
Commander Lawrence: Do you wanna know why I helped Emily?
June: I think you felt guilty! I think you felt sorry for her!
Commander Lawrence: Do you want me to feel guilty and sorry for you?
June: Do you?
Commander Lawrence: 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.
June: How do you remember her? How do you see her?
Serena: In the bath. She loved the water.
June: She's gonna be a swimmer.
Maybe we're stronger than we think we are.
June
