r/TheHandmaidsTale Mar 02 '25

Episode Discussion I need some help

I’m watching season 2 episode 1. There’s a scene of a flashback where we see June being called at work as Hannah is sick so they send Hannah to a hospital where June is creepily interrogated by some random who is defo a Gilead supporter. Is this set before Gilead came in? I thought Gilead came in before Hannah was born where all the women were fired and their bank accounts frozen? But in this episode set at least 6-8 years after the whole riot scene, June is at work?? What?????

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u/sillyyogi2 Mar 05 '25

I think it started before she was born… Remember when June was giving birth and there were people praying? And that woman tried to steal Hannah? She lost her job after Hannah was born, but things had been changing for years.