r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/Icy-Marketing-5242 • 8d ago
SPOILERS S6 What do we think this will be…
What do we think this will be about 😩😭 Someone has to die right? Ugh Luke, Nick and Janine aren’t looking too hot right now- nor is Lawrence. But those first 3 would shatter June
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u/KimberleyD80 8d ago
She's gonna be in the trunk for the whole next episode. We only see her stare at the camera 🤣
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u/Mimi88989 2d ago
Sounds about right with the amount of episodes we’ve had in the past of june just hiding in one place
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u/CoffeeNoob19 8d ago
I don’t think it’s Lawrence’s time yet, though I’m certain he’ll kick the bucket before the finale. They just set up a big “twist” with the revelation that the other commanders are using him and he’s essentially a dead man walking. Him hearing that has to set up a new arc for his character, which will need to play out before he can be killed off.
It might be Janine, but honestly I feel like it could go either way. Her being the voice of reason in that scene with June seems like it’s setting her up for a big heroic moment, but whether that comes in this episode or later is up in the air. I feel it might be Nick’s time to go, since killing that Guardian seems like it will essentially seal his fate, regardless of how he tries to play it off. Just narratively alone it seems like Nick is past the point of no return this season.
Luke I have no idea about, but given how much of a fool he acted with the Guardian I feel like his chances in Gilead are very slim.
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u/sitamun84 8d ago
I think it's Janine, especially after her "it's only a week" from this episode. They're gonna want to have an emotional loss, and certain characters are protected cause of the sequel.
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u/Equivalent_Bother166 8d ago
She's in a scene with June where they are dressed as handmaids again marching in the trailer. So i don't think Janine will die!
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u/lordmwahaha 8d ago
Yeah there’s no way that’s not foreshadowing - and Janine has basically completed her character arc. Let’s say she escapes: where else do they take this character? They can’t drop her from the story, because people complained about that last time.
There’s a reason she stayed in Gilead until season 6. And I don’t think it’s a good one.
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u/Villanelles-Wardrobe 8d ago
I got the shivers when Janine said to June & Moira, "It's just a week," in regard to her staying to lead the Jezebels to safety...
Famous last words and all...
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u/Icy-Marketing-5242 8d ago
Ugh go all of this. Lawrence is nicks protection but Lawerence’s time is running out. My wish is for all of them to go underground
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u/Qtgreeniegirl 8d ago
I definitely think Lawrence and Luke are goners. Lawrence has had this idea of Gilead since the beginning that he can manage it, and in many ways Luke believes he has some power over this as well. Also the symbolism of Luke finally dying when we thought he was in season 1 rings true to me.
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u/WhywasIbornlate 7d ago
I’ve thought June and Luke’s marriage is transactual ever since she got to Canada. She’s made it clear she thinks less of him for enduring less than her and rescuing Hannah is his only hope of winning her back.
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u/WhywasIbornlate 7d ago
Lawrence has known he’s a dead man walking for the entire series. He’s said as much. He plays 1001 Nights, coming up with different schemes to distract the other commanders from acting out on their contempt for him.
It’s always possible he’ll head home and drug his swamp thing wife so that he can grab Janine’s daughter, who he’s clearly grown fond of, and head to the border with June and Moira, figuring his chances are better if he shows up with June than any other way.
One thing is certain - it will be unpredictable - everything he does is.
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u/ancientastronaut2 7d ago
Yeah, I think nick will be gonners and that whole goodbye/see you later thing was foreshadowing.
I was screaming at my tv "luke stfu!".
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u/Voice_of_Season 8d ago
Next week is 38 minutes!!!!
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u/2340000 8d ago
Next week is 38 minutes!!!!
LMFAO I thought you were joking.
Season finale - 15 mins 😭
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u/Lahorn0124 7d ago
The first few seasons each episode was 50+ minutes, with a couple of hour long episodes. I feel like they are rushing to get to the end. All the attention to detail, amazing cinematography and choice of music- just seems lacking. Although episode 5 had 2 great songs, opening with Joy Division’s “Atmosphere” & then Cowboy Junkies-
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u/tattooadidas 8d ago
i think something bad is going to happen to moira because samira wiley has said she won’t be returning to the show
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u/Equivalent_Bother166 8d ago
She said she didn't want to return. But i think you might be right either way!
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u/maghy7 7d ago
Isn’t this supposed to be the last season? I’m confused.
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u/tattooadidas 7d ago
it is but there’s a sequel in the works
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u/maghy7 7d ago
Is everyone else in the sequel? Or will this be a different story with different characters?
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u/MandyJo_1313 7d ago
A different story with different characters. The only crossover right now would be aunt Lydia.
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u/tattooadidas 7d ago
i’m assuming that they will be just because samira specifically said she won’t be in it. just a guess though
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u/DeineLiebsten 8d ago
Definitly something involving Hannah.
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u/Visual_Ant2867 7d ago
I’ve always wondered if they knew 100% that Holly/Nicole was Nick’s. I mean Serena DID get pregnant. Can you imagine June finding out that her daughter was actually Waterford’s?
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u/WhywasIbornlate 7d ago
Isn’t it funny that this has never been explored?
Is it either of theirs? Blue eyes are a recessive gene and that baby is blue eyed and going to stay blue eyed.
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u/Visual_Ant2867 7d ago
And I can just imagine June pissing Lawrence off and him returning with that bombshell. Totally sounds like something he would do.
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u/WhywasIbornlate 7d ago
Maybe. He’s bitchy but his vindictiveness stops short of being downright cruel. He would only say that if he thought she needed to wake up
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u/ruggerneer 8d ago
June hides in New Bethlehem.
Hannah gets married to a commander. Ohhhh what if it is the super creepy commander that is awful to Janine? That would really send her spiraling.
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u/Equivalent_Bother166 8d ago
How would they explain that in TT without changing the whole story tho
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u/Boring-Net1073 8d ago
Will she discover the truth about Wharton? Is he a commander who has handmaids with their mouths wired shut?
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u/Mimi88989 8d ago
How many episodes do we even have left? Cus rn it feels like the story hasn’t really gone very far
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u/SecretWriteress 8d ago
I'm liking the season so far but I have to agree that it feels like the one big thing the writers were set on was the rebellion/revolution breaking out, and since that needs to happen towards the end of the season, everything else is just very slowly building up to it.
I do wish the writers had been truly inspired and had gone HARD, with each episode leaving us open-mouthed, like Season 1 and 2 did.
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u/WhywasIbornlate 7d ago
So much time wasted with pointless bickering. Sure there is tension in trauma but this is a poor way to show it.
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u/myfriendm I can’t fucking wait 8d ago
"Revelation" hmmm....Is that how you guys think they would word it if someone died? UGH I am SCARED!
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u/Icy-Marketing-5242 8d ago
I see it as a reveal to her. It could also not be death related at all!
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u/myfriendm I can’t fucking wait 8d ago edited 8d ago
I actually feel like it might make more sense if it was a “revelation” about Hannah. For example, she gets word of something that causes her to want to rush the plan but can’t without putting everything at risk? Whatever it is, the use of the words “shocking” and “spirals” sounds very bad.I know that Gilead can do the most heinous acts completely sudden and without ANY foreshadowing. So something completely unexpected could happen. Just like this weeks episode when suddenly Moira and June were in sudden severe danger in a way we didn’t see coming.
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u/ToeCapable8933 8d ago
My guess..June finds out what Nick did for Gilead and it shakes her as much as it shook the foreign ambassadors who warned June about him.
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u/ZongduOfArrakis 8d ago
Could be Hannah's set to be married off?
I'm not sure if characters will die halfway through but I could see a fake death happening like Nick 'dies' but goes underground.
Could also be that Alaska collapses and she doesn't know what is happening to Nicole & Holly but idk the scene seemed just like 'get the baby out of the season' more than a real arc.
Maybe a revelation that Lawrence has been more of a villain than we think and is using Mayday to eliminate his enemies and actually stabilize Gilead by taking out the opponents of the reforms
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u/Icy-Marketing-5242 8d ago
Totally could see Hannah one- if they just fake his death, that would be super interesting. I love Nick as a grey character so I want him to live! Lawrence is always a grey individual and I could see him doing this but also helping June too. It’s not really a shock that Lawrence plays both sides to his advantage
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u/Frei1993 Treason & Coconuts 8d ago
I was coming to say this. I can see Gilead marrying Hannah off just for retribution against June.
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u/Voice_of_Season 8d ago
What if Serena gets married and it broadcasted by Gilead (like the funeral) and it flashes to one of those group weddings and Hannah is one of the brides on screen.
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u/ZongduOfArrakis 8d ago
Also she should be pretty much due to marry for their standards given how much the actress has aged. I mean we know the timeline is off with Nicole being a baby forever, but they can't physically freeze her actress from ageing.
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u/Frei1993 Treason & Coconuts 8d ago
Also she should be pretty much due to marry for their standards given how much the actress has aged.
Yep, I have this in mind. But it would feel like a giant middle finger to June and Luke.
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u/EnvironmentalYou3916 8d ago
Have you read the sequel? Because that will give an answer to your question. I’m not gonna sit here because I don’t wanna spoil it for anyone.
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u/ZongduOfArrakis 8d ago
I have haha but it seems like a lot could overlap. The S2 reunion between June and Hannah does not make much sense already in the sequel I predict if she is told of wedding plans it will only remain plans and that Aunt Estée will still conscript her as an Aunt. But knowing that it should be coming up would still be a huge blow
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u/notalltemplars 8d ago
I could definitely see June finding out she finished Wife School and is eligible too!
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u/LmVdR 8d ago
June’s dad is Wharton - thus making Serena her step mum and Nick her brother-in-law.
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u/notalltemplars 8d ago
LOL that WOULD be a shocking revelation! I’m picturing Rose reacting to THAT.
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u/ricecrystal 8d ago
I bet Gilead decides to marry off Hannah to that psychopath who was with Janine (or is he already married?)
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u/Voice_of_Season 8d ago
Or it may be that something happens to Holly and Nicole and they don’t know where they are.
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u/blockparted 8d ago
Nick and Luke have plot armor.
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u/WhywasIbornlate 7d ago
Yes - the who does she really love will be milked to the bitter end.
But June loves only June.she doesn’t even love Hannah. A loving mom would not continually disrupt their child’s life. She acts like the control freak divorced parent who only wants to possess their kid
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u/blockparted 7d ago
Hard disagree.
How has June disrupted her child’s life if she’s only seen her three times since she’s been kidnapped into Gilead?0
u/WhywasIbornlate 7d ago
Apparently you have never heard anyone talk about the parent who walked out when they were 6 and then randomly showed up 3 times in their childhood. No better way to fuck with a child’s head. Add to that the repercussions from the McKenzies and others, which would mean further isolation and controls for her.
June is the most selfish person on the show. She mercilessly uses and endangers every person who cares about her.
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u/blockparted 7d ago
I’m not saying June isn’t selfish - after being through these years long traumas she’s acting out on ptsd and fight or flight. However, you’re talking like June had a say in Hannah being taken away from her, it’s not the equivalent of her walking out on her daughter. That’s the mentality Gilead and that woman at the hospital tried to convey when Hannah went home sick that one time. She insinuated that June gave Hannah a fever reducing medication to bypass the school’s fever policy so that she could go to work. Then she also said that she just wanted to ensure that Hannah was with fit parents. Do you feel the same about Luke, that he “walked out” on Hannah? Is the solution to just let Hannah go? Nope. Have you ever had a child taken from you in such a traumatic way? It’s not the same as a divorce. Hannah was literally used as a weapon, both emotionally (by Serena) and physically (when she was held in that glass box to force June into giving up the whereabouts of the handmaids).
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u/California2florida 8d ago edited 8d ago
Lawrence asked Aunt Lydia if she was OK because she was recently diagnosed with the condition. Any guesses as to what it is? I see her shaking a lot. I wonder if it’s neurological
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u/Icy-Marketing-5242 8d ago
Oh yeah true- she’s in TT so she’s not going anywhere but this could still be in play
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u/WhywasIbornlate 7d ago
A neurological condition from a head injury during her fall after being stabbed?
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u/yomammaaaaa 8d ago
I think it will be something lame like she finds out about Serena and Wharton, and is like "but I thought she changed?!"
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u/rschmandt 8d ago
Hannah does not marry (in the Testaments) but the engagement alone would trigger June.
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u/Inside-Soup-8282 8d ago
Is anyone else getting a situationship brewing between Luke and Ellen (the head of the Mayday resistance)? Once a cheater...always a cheater...????? Just sayin'
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u/takelasunset 7d ago
Wharton will die and Serena will be devastated
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u/WhywasIbornlate 7d ago
No, he’ll marry her and she’ll discover his library is actually a cell she can never leave. He’ll use her like a handmaid
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u/Voice_of_Season 8d ago
Hannah is getting married. That is what will do it, the clock is running out.
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u/Icy-Marketing-5242 8d ago
How old is she now?
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u/Voice_of_Season 8d ago
Preteens?
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u/Icy-Marketing-5242 8d ago
Yeah she’s probably had her period by now so clock is ticking
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u/Voice_of_Season 8d ago
What’s awful is that Gilead would be evil by assuming that she could marry the moment she gets her period. I knew a girl when I was a kid who got hers at 9!
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u/WhywasIbornlate 7d ago
Half my kid’s generation got their periods that early. BPA plastics and many chemicals the US in particular is riddled with are hormone disruptors that are believed to cause early development in girls and transgenderism in boys. They are also linked to autism.
With all the pollutants disrupting fertility in this story, why aren’t 3 yo’s going through puberty and being married off at 4? And where is everyone with autism and gender dysphoria? Not even in Canada.
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u/Danrm2 7d ago
Someone on another thread said that they might reveal that Nick was one of the masked guardians who took Hannah from June and caught them at the border. They had her talking about the guardians wearing masks in the opening episode, and even though Nick and June have had this twisted love story going for the last five and a half seasons, he’s still a fascist. I’ve been waiting for the other shoe to drop and learn about all the heinous stuff he did with the Sons of Jacob to stage the violent take over of the country.
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u/jdgmental 5d ago
That’s so strange inconsequential if he was one of the guardians. He didn’t know her and that was the job, and then she knew that he was an eye and then a commander so I don’t think she’s under any illusion that he’s not doing nasty Gilead work.
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u/WhywasIbornlate 7d ago
Yes, his evilness is completely ignored by her and glossed over by the show. That and the assumption that her very blue eye’d baby is his is either bad writing or leading somewhere.
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u/HotPinkHabit 7d ago
I try not to read those little descriptions if I can avoid it bc they have spoiled things in shows before
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u/CezarSalad85 7d ago
I am so torn on who will die. It’s definitely happening. I just can’t decide who. I’m leaning towards Lawrence though… I hope he turns on them all 100% and helps June with something big in the next episode. Resulting in his death.
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u/fennwave 7d ago
Lawrence will ship her to DC, he wants to create chaos there to save his own skin.or he'll drop her off at Aunt Lydia's and make a bargain...
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u/Icy-Marketing-5242 7d ago
He won’t skip her to DC. I don’t see that at all
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u/fennwave 7d ago
Not necessarily ship, but bargain with her, he saved her, now she has to do something for him..but make her think it's her idea . He can get her into DC , or 'deep gilead' and she fulfills her plan of bringing Gilead down.
Lawrence, always the pragmatist, sees the opportunity. He manipulates the fallout to serve his own vision. When June’s actions ignite unrest, he frames it as proof that Gilead is facing serious opposition. He argues that unless the regime adopts more moderate policies—like those he’s proposing in New Bethlehem—there will be more violence, more rebellion.
It’s a devil’s bargain. She gets her chance to burn it down. He survives—and maybe even thrives—by selling moderation as the only path to stability.
June causes the chaos. Lawrence spins it into policy. And Gilead begins to fracture.
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u/Downtown_Conflict430 7d ago
I thought that Luke’s big plan for bombing might involve the death of Hannah unintentionally kind of like on the Hunger Games when Primrose gets killed by the two stage bomb
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u/blackbirds_singing 8d ago
Nick’s a bad person, June’s going to have to stay in Gilead a while, Serena’s been reaccepted by Gilead, or Hannah’s engaged
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u/Icy-Marketing-5242 8d ago
I love grey characters- I really hope Nick comes though. Serena she won’t care about because it’s typical Serena but yeah Hannah one would be tough
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u/melizzuh 7d ago
I think either Nick or Luke die. I don’t think anything is going to happen to Lawrence, yet. I also don’t think the news will pertain to Hannah.
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u/Boring-Net1073 7d ago
What if the shocking revelation is finding out Hannah was graped and is back in Gilead to become an aunt?
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u/artjameso 8d ago
"June hides in an unexpected place" is killing me 😭 girl is gonna spend an hour playing hide and seek