The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 Episode 1 RECAP

in episode 1 june relives fred’s death smiling as she washes her bloodied hands in the bathroom luke knocks on the door and tries to understand what happened but june doesn’t answer she kisses nicole goodbye puts on her coat and marches out the front door she brushes off luke and moira who question her and chase after her out of the house they demand to know why she’s covered in blood smiling june tells them that she killed fred and then drives away moirai is shocked silent nick reflects on his part to play in all this and contemplates

whether joel will actually find peace now or not serena learns what happened to fred and is moved to a more secure location she reminisces dancing with him and then cries in the elevator as she’s taken away june meets with her friends in a cafe and eat a hearty breakfast one of the women comments that everything tastes better when fred’s dead their conversation then revolves around killing or torturing serena june is shown a trunk full of weapons however she is dreading going back to gilead as getting back out is not so simple danielle is not happy

especially as june isn’t reciprocating the favor they did for her by often the other commanders that wronged them mark twailo greets her at her new prison cell and explains what happened

to fred he was involved in a deal where they exchanged him for 22 prisoners he hands her fred’s wedding ring and shows her a picture of the broadcaster in june dead serena fears that she’ll be next june meets with emily’s wife sylvia and is shocked to learn that emily went back to gilead to seek revenge on aunt lydia jude blames herself she then tries to

wash off fred’s blood which still stains her body she scrubs at her hands and washes her face then heads to the lake to wash her body june heads to the police station and admits to killing commander waterford alone luke is shocked and tries to stop her but june already decided she confesses but then realizes that her confession means nothing she won’t be punished as the crime didn’t happen on canadian soil she’s free to go and charged 88 dollars for the severed finger serena asks to see her husband’s remains and scrolls mark besides fred’s body she’s

afraid of what might happen to her mark offers serena a safe asylum in canada he encourages her to focus on her own child and to start a new life in toronto but she shouts at him that he cannot protect her as she believes that her own life won’t be safe until june is stopped she rips off the sheet which covers fred’s corpse and reveals his mutilated body as serena leaves the hospital at night she sees people standing outside with candles lit she refuses to go back to the detention center and decides she should give fred

a proper funeral in gilead moira is worried about jun’s mental state and says that she doesn’t feel at ease having june in the house or letting her care for her daughter nicole june agrees with her friend too mark turns up to see june at night and supports her actions telling her that she did something that needed to be done he advises her not to let the bastards grind her down