The Handmaid's Tale
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Janine: Mommy loves you. Mommy loves you so much. I love you so much. Make sure she knows that, June, please.
June: I promise.
Janine: Bye. [jumps off the bridge]
Offred: Aunt Lydia?
Aunt Lydia: Yes, what is it?
Offred: Does she seem alright, considering?
Aunt Lydia: She's tougher than you think. Let her be an example to you. To all of you!
May the Lord keep you in his mercy, you stupid girl.
Aunt Lydia
Praise Be, Bitch. Here's your damned package. -- Moira
Moira [in a note]
Janine: Come with me. It can't hurt very much. Just for a second. And then we'll be free.
June: I can't. I'm sorry. I can't 'cause of my daughter. Janine, listen to me. Janine, you have to do what's best for your daughter now. You have to give her the chance to grow up.
Commander: Did you like that?
June: Yes.
Commander: Let me know next time. You don't have to be quiet here. You can be free.
June: I'll remember that. For the next time.
Relax. I've done something nice for you. I'll let you two catch up while I rinse off.
Commander
June: Janine, change is coming. There's hope. All of this, it's all going to be over one day and everything is going to go back to normal. And we are going to go out, we're going to go out drinking. You and me.
Janine: And Moira?
June: Yeah.
Janine: And Alma?
June: Yeah.
Janine: Can we do Karaoke?
June: We can do whatever you want. We can go dancing. We're gonna get hammered. We can watch the sun come up.
Janine: Who would want to go dancing with me?
A perfect gift. A girl trapped in a box. She only dances when someone opens the lid, when someone else winds her up. If this is a story I'm telling, I must be telling it to someone. There's always someone, even when there's no one. I will not be that girl in the box.
June
The Commander: So, what do you think of our little club?
June: Why did you bring me here?
The Commander: I thought you would enjoy it. I thought we could just be together. Would you like that?
It's like walking in the past, isn't it?
The Commander
Commander Price: We must treat these girls respectfully in a Godly fashion, despite the moral stain for their lives before.
Commander Guthrie: Price is up. We can't afford all that window dressing. The human race is at risk. What is important is efficiency.
The Commander: So what do you propose:
Commander Guthrie: It's not rocket science. All remaining fertile women should be collected and impregnated, by those of superior status, of course.
Commander Price: You're talking about concubines!
Commander Guthrie: I don't CARE what you want to call it.
The Commander: The wives would never accept it.
Commander Guthrie: Well, that's a non-issue.
The Commander: No, we won't succeed without their support. You know that.
Commander Price: Maybe the wives should be there. For the act. It would be less of a violation. There is scriptural precedent.
The Commander: "Act" may not be the best name, from a branding perspective. "The Ceremony"?
Commander Guthrie: Sounds good. Nice and Godly. The wives would eat that shit up.
