The Handmaid's Tale
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Commander Lawrence: You must want something.
June: I need your help. It’s about getting Hannah.
Commander Lawrence: Again with this?
June: She’s my daughter.
Commander Lawrence: And you’re mother of the year. What a nightmare you’ve been for her. Just leave the poor kid alone.
June: She needs to be with me and her father.
Commander Lawrence: Does she? Honestly, does she, June? She has a lovely home.
June: That is not her home.
Commander Lawrence: It’s all she knows. You want to rip her out of there?
June: No one will love her like we do.
Commander Lawrence: Your love fucks people up. You’re a fountain of heartache and trouble.
June: I’m sorry. Luke, I’m so sorry.
Luke: They put Hannah in that situation. Those fucking animals. Whatever happened there, that is on them. That is not on you.
June: She’s safe now. Nick told me. She’s back home.
Luke: She’s home? Home is here. Home is here with us.
June: I know.
Luke: We have to find her and bring her to Canada.
June: How? How do we do that from here?
Luke: We can do it. We can do it together. June, I promise you we can do it together.
Commander Lawrence: You’ll have to do better. Tell you what, I’ll make you a deal. I’ll get you Hannah if you get me 10 of the kids you flew out of here. I hear a lot of them are struggling. They miss their parents in Gilead.
June: You know we’re never giving those children back.
Commander Lawrence: Come on. That’s how you negotiate? The June I know would bargain at least to save her daughter, say five of those kids for Hannah.
June: I can’t. No.
Commander Lawrence: Wow, you’ve gone soft in Toronto. It must be all that maple syrup.
June: We love her. We’re her family. Joseph, I know you are a good man.
Commander Lawrence: I’ve heard they’re hard to find. Now is not the time for me to stir up any trouble.
June: I promise you we will do everything we can to protect you.
Commander Lawrence: June, you’re free. You’re free. Try to be grateful for that and move on.
Fred: We’re beacons of hope. Read this.
Serena: Am I allowed now? Now that nobody’s watching?
Fred: I’ve made mistakes. If only we could start over.
Serena: Well, we can’t Fred. Here we are.
Fred: Yeah, well, god has a plan for us. We must carry on, raise our boy, spread the lord’s word, be ready to listen. You know the world should hear your voice again. Write a book. You’ve done it before.
Nick: Hey, June. Try and be happy.
June: Yeah. You too.
Aunt Lydia: You’ll be all right, dear. I’ll take care of you.
Janine: I actually wanted to say something about Mrs. Keyes, Esther. She’s not as tough you think. She’s just acting that way because she’s scared. She had a really hard life on the farm. She was abused, not just by her husband but by a lot of men. I just think you should know that.
Aunt Lydia: I see. Well, we have tried to be understanding with her. She is a difficult girl.
Janine: Maybe, she needs to feel safe here. Like if she’s refusing to eat, maybe if someone told her what would happen if you don’t obey. I just think she deserves a chance before you…
Aunt Lydia: I will put Esther’s correction on hold for now.
That man is a fucking rapist. That man is a fucking rapist, and you know what he did to me. You know what he did to me. You know. You know he’s a fucking rapist. You know what he did to those women. I’m gonna fucking kill you. You know what he did to all of us. I will kill you. I will kill you.
June
Fred: Why did you want to see me, Serena? Tomorrow’s a big day.
Serena: Exactly, I’m concerned.
Fred: Dawn’s prepared. She knows what Offred’s going to say.
Serena: I’m not worried about Dawn. You need to get it together, Fred. Everything you do reflects on the both of us, all of us actually, so calling her June would help.
Fred: You know what would really help if you came to court, if you stood by your husband.
Serena: You know I haven’t felt up to it.
Fred: You’ve never felt better.
Serena: The world already knows I’m pregnant.
Fred: They need to know we’re a family. Appearances matter, Mrs. Waterford. Besides, do you want June to think you’re afraid to face her?
Serena: I’ll see you in the morning.
Fred: God tests us. He tests us with a heavy hand. The sacrifices we all made in Gilead were difficult, but where else on earth is the birthrate rising? Nowhere, only in Gilead because it works. It works. We chose God’s path and have been rewarded for our suffering.
June: Tell me, how was I rewarded for my suffering?
Fred: Your beautiful baby daughter and your other daughter. I let you see her. I arranged for the two of them to meet. A kindness, she left that out.
June: I am done. I am done.
Aunt Irene: I’ve done some terrible things, every aunt has. We’re trained to deliver the corrections…
June: You mean the beatings, the torture.
Aunt Irene: The physical punishment was meant to help keep all of you alive, but what I did to you was worse. And I never even touched you.
June: What did you do?
Aunt Irene: I learned she had a lover at her first posting, a martha. They continued the affair after Emily was reassigned to Commander Scott and became Ofglenn, so I informed the eyes.
June: So you’re the reason why they hung that poor woman? And you are the reason why they mutilated Emily?
Emily: What do you want?
Aunt Irene: Since I’ve found out you were here, I haven’t had a moment’s peace. I want you to forgive me.
June: You crossed the border and pretended to just be any other refugee. You lied. You gave yourself a new life, a new name, and you thought you could just leave all of the shit you did behind. Why the fuck do you think you deserve forgiveness?
Aunt Irene: We are all God’s children.
June: Bullshit. You people hide behind God every time it serves you.
Aunt Irene: Please, please, please Emily. Tell me what I can do to make things better.
Emily: Nothing. There’s nothing you can do.
Aunt Lydia: It was Gilead that saved you. Our boys cleaning out Chicago. They saved you from starvation and worse.
Janine: Where’s June? Is she dead?
Aunt Lydia: Your friend is in Canada.
Janine: She is?
Aunt Lydia: That godforsaken place.
Janine: She made it. I always knew she would make it.
Aunt Lydia: I don’t know why you’re so happy. June left you.
Janine: No she didn’t.
Aunt Lydia: Janine, don’t tell me she couldn’t have taken you with her. She’s done it before. Maybe this time you were just too much trouble. It’s difficult to know with that one, so unpredictable, selfish.
Janine: I know what happens here. I know what will keep happening until I die. Just don’t make me a handmaid again, please.
Aunt Lydia: Look what she’s done to you. She corrupts. She destroys everyone. You poor thing. You’ve spent your entire life losing the people you love.
Janine: Aunt Lydia please, just don’t send me back into service. I’d rather die here.
I am grateful to be speaking to you today, but mine is just one voice. Countless others will remain unheard, imprisoned by men like Fred Waterford. Women, my friends who lost their lives and can never be heard. It is for those women that I ask the International Criminal Court to confirm the charges against this man and put him on trial. I ask for the maximum possible sentence. I ask for justice.
June
