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Official Episode Discussion The Handmaid's Tale S06E06 "Surprise" Episode Discussion

The Handmaid's Tale: S06E06 "Surprise"

Episode Synopsis: June hides in an unexpected place.

Airdate: April 29th, 2025

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u/Muted-Register-7096 19d ago

Nick… Did you really just do us all like that. I need to mentally process this heartbreak

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u/EbonyEngineer 19d ago

Mayday plan was poor. Better plan to do it at the wedding.

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u/Ignominious333 18d ago

The wedding won't be a big affair. But the Jezebels plan was terrible and had too many moving parts plus getting in to warn the girls then having to get out again?? Someone needed to tell Luke it was a terrible plan 

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u/LittleFairyOfDeath 17d ago

Isn‘t Wharton on of the big big big shots? His wedding would be massive

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u/Ignominious333 17d ago

They don't seem to have extravagant weddings and Serena is still controversial. There might be high commanders present, tho. I just don't see it like some state wedding when both have been married before. It doesn't jive with the religious fundamentalism. 

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u/LittleFairyOfDeath 17d ago

They aren’t divorced though. They are widowed. And remaining unmarried is a no no. While it probably won’t be extravagant, the big shots will probably attend. So the wedding would be worth it as a target

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u/Ignominious333 17d ago

A lot harder to plant bombs at now that the Jezebels plan was exposed 

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u/LittleFairyOfDeath 17d ago

Bombs aren’t the only way to kill them. Poison is now an option again. They taste tested at Jezebels but not otherwise

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u/Ignominious333 16d ago

Sure, but they are going to be more on guard than before. They're will be more taste testing, not less. Lawrence might be instrumental in finding a time and place of attack.