The Handmaid's Tale
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Jim: Is there really enough here to trigger an emergency removal?
Lydia: The child is vulnerable to a corrupting influence. We are required by law to report moral weakness, Mr. Thorne.
Aunt Lydia: Tell your friends to cool it.
June: I'm sorry, Aunt Lydia. I don't know what you're talking about. You want to take my tongue out? Burn my arm? Better hope they don't need me on TV again for Nichole.
Aunt Lydia: Get on the bus, dear. I don't think we'll take you all home just yet.
Jim: Hard to believe teaching's your second career.
Lydia: Oh.
Jim: You're a natural.
Lydia: Well, family law was good practice. I mean, the system now is better because it's all been privatized, but then it was very frustrating. 'Cause you couldn't help as many children as you wanted to. You know?
Jim: I've never seen anyone so devoted. I've always admired you.
Lydia: I'm fond of you too.
Commander Lawrence: So. A boy or a girl? Mrs. Lawrence will want to know.
June: Dead.
Commander Lawrence: Oh. Well. She... She doesn't have to know that when you tell her. Maybe you could spend some time with her tomorrow. Playing Cards or something. You're... You're good with her. You're good for her. Anyway.
June: You act like you care about your wife. I mean, I... I know you don't give a shit about the rest of us. But you do realize that this world that you built here is destroying her. And that with one phone call, you could have her out. But you're keeping her hostage. You're not protecting her. You're killing her.
Commander Lawrence: I'll bet that felt good.
Moira: So, Luke will probably be cool. Uh, he might freak out. It's unclear. How 'bout Syl?
Emily: I honestly have no idea.
Moira: Well, um you're a prison bitch now. She might like that.
Emily: Maybe. No, if Syl is mad, she won't tell me. She's trying to give me space.
Moira: Space.
Emily: There's a lot she doesn't know. I killed a wife. In the colonies. I poisoned her.
Moira: Okay.
Emily: I'm not sorry.
Moira: I killed a Commander. I didn't have to. He was asleep. But I did it anyway.
Emily: Look at what they've turned us into.
Moira: You killed anybody since you've been out?
Emily: No. You?
Moira: Nope. So I think we're good.
Ofmatthew: You should be thankful. Your temptations been lifted.
June: What did you do?
Ofmatthew: I saw you at Loaves and Fishes talking to that Martha. Aunt Lydia told me to watch you. To try and protect you.
June: What did you say to her?
Ofmatthew: I saved you. We saved you.
June: You "saved" me? What did you do? What did you do? Do you have any idea what you did? Do you? You fucking bitch! Do you?
Alma: June, stop it!
June: Do you know what you did?
I had no intention of putting her in any danger, sir. You should've seen her out there. She came alive. You should have seen her.
June
June: Mrs. Lawrence?
Mrs: Lawrence: It's hard not to imagine what my own daughter might have looked like. Or little boy.
June: You and the Commander tried to have children? Before?
Mrs. Lawrence: I wanted to. He disagreed. I was teaching full -- time but it was a struggle. They were always adjusting my dosage. I wish we could've.
June: Being a mother in Gilead must pose its own challenges.
Mrs. Lawrence: Maybe. Maybe we did the right thing.
June: Mrs. Lawrence, I lied to you. My daughter's school is in Brookline. Today may be my only chance to see her. So... I'm sorry. I really am. I'll take you home if you want.
Mrs. Lawrence: No. Let's go. The t stops only a block away. I think I'm keen on an adventure.
June: Okay.
Sylvia: You know I don't care what you did there, right? You don't have to deal with this on your own.
Emily: I'm fine.
Serena: That's nice. The silence.
June: You could return the favor.
Serena: You know, let's just stop. Please. This is all gonna be over soon. You're gonna get to go back home, and we're gonna stay here. And you and I will finally be free of one another.
June: You will never be free of me. You will never be free of me until both of my children are safe.
Serena: That is my constant prayer for Nichole.
June: I trusted you. To let her have the best life possible. To do the right thing.
Serena: And I trusted you to stay with her.
June: I gave her the name of Nichole. I did that to honor you for getting her out. You will not let her go!
Serena: Because I love her!
June: This isn't love. You can't love! You don't know how! Serena, you built this whole world just so that you can have someone. But it didn't work. You're small. You're cruel. And you're empty. You will always be empty.
Serena: I should have put a ring in your mouth the day that we met.
June: I should have let you burn when I had the chance.
June: Hi.
Nick: Hey. What?
June: The Swiss are gonna act as a neutral party for Nichole. I made a deal with them to keep her in Canada.
Nick: You made a deal with the Swiss?
June: I need you. I need your help.
Nick: No.
June: Yes. I... They need information.
Nick: They don't give a shit about us.
June: Nick. Nick.
Nick: They're politicians.
June: I know.
Nick: They have their own agenda.
June: So do I.
Nick: You get in bed with the government and it's not so easy to get out.
June: This is your one chance. This is it. This is your chance to be a father to our daughter. How many of those do you think you're gonna get? Its tomorrow morning.
Nick: Okay. Okay.
June: Thank you.
June: Can I ask you, can I ask you a question, Aunt Lydia?
Aunt Lydia: What is it?
June: Do you want us all to be silenced?
Aunt Lydia: No. No, I don't. Ah, this trip has been tiring hasn't it?
June: Yes.
Aunt Lydia: It'll be good to be home.
June: It will.
Aunt Lydia: When I get tired I still try to think of the good I can do in God's world. If I can help just one person, one soul, that's enough. I think of you, dear.
