The Handmaid's Tale (2017) s06e05 Episode Script

1
[JUNE] Previously on
The Handmaid's Tale
Oh, no, no, no. Lawrence
said she was at The Red Center.
Well, she isn't anymore.
First, we kill the Commanders at
Jezebel's. We're gonna do a dry run.
We know exactly when
the penthouse will be empty.
I'll go.
[NAOMI] It's not just golf
and cocktail parties anymore.
The High Commanders derive their
sense of power from their virility.
She was yours once, wasn't
she? I'll let you have her this time.
What did you think was
gonna happen to me?
With your history?
Either a slow death in
The Colonies or a quick one on the wall.
I knew you had something to live for.
What did you say to Ellen?
Janine, she's at Jezebel's
and I need to go see her.
I'm going to Jezebel's.
So you can either
come with me or you can not go at all.
You want to go in. You want to fight.
But I built this plan
from the ground up.
I'm gonna deliver my bombs
to the locations I picked.
This is my chance to fight for Hannah.
I was told you'd be
rewarded for your service.
They lied to you.
I will get you out
of this terrible place.
[WHARTON] I saw you a few
years ago at one of the balls in D.C.
You were dancing and had this glow.
I'd never seen such beauty and grace.
I prayed for God's
forgiveness that night
for coveting another man's wife.
- [AUNT LYDIA] Mrs. Waterford.
- Aunt Lydia?
- Blessed evening.
- [GUARDIAN] Commander Blaine.
We'll call this into dispatch.
We have to report any
incident of rebel activity, sir.
[GUNSHOT]
What are you gonna do
about those Guardians?
I'll take care of it.
I get it. If you have to
go in, then go in with me.
If you wanna fight,
then let's fight together.
Walk in silence ♪
Don't walk away in silence ♪
See the danger ♪
Always danger ♪
Endless talking ♪
Life rebuilding ♪
Don't walk away ♪
Busy day?
Yeah. 26 families reunited,
more coming this week.
So far, so good.
Those people expect to be safe
here, son, as they were promised.
Their security is my top priority.
And what about the incident in No
Man's Land, so close to the border?
Two Guardians shot, left for dead.
I'm way ahead of you. I've
already opened an investigation.
That was an alarming
breach of security, son.
On your watch.
You need to hold these
terrorist rebels accountable.
Here's the problem.
No eyewitnesses. One victim
dead, the other's in a coma.
He's not expected to recover. So
Actually, that young man has shown
remarkable signs of improvement.
Call it divine providence.
- That's great news.
- It's excellent news.
He's slowly regaining consciousness.
Poor soul was shot point-blank.
He could identify who
committed this brazen act.
I'll pray for his full recovery.
Praise be.
[SERENA] And what did
you imagine would become
of your Handmaids after their service?
[AUNT LYDIA] I didn't imagine.
I was promised they would become
respected members of society.
[SERENA SCOFFS] And you believed it.
You believed many things about
Gilead before your recent travels.
What did you think
happened to the Handmaids?
[EXHALES]
Did you even give it a thought?
- No.
- Why not?
I was unhappy. I
I was trying to survive
the world. I wanted a child.
My girls in your house suffered greatly.
And in yours as well.
This is foolish.
[SERENA SIGHS]
Yes, well, one could say that any
attempt to improve Gilead is foolish.
But I managed to open a
fertility center in Canada,
and it continues to thrive.
And that is relevant, how?
We could open a new fertility
center here in New Bethlehem.
Could we stay focused
on the Handmaids, please?
Yes, Aunt Lydia.
The Handmaids' brand is fertility.
That is offensive.
Let me put it in plain and simple words.
The Handmaids could
retire to New Bethlehem,
and they could become
attendants at the new fertility center.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
That isn't a brand.
That is a divine calling.
Pardon me, ma'am.
This just arrived for you.
Oh.
Oh, uh, that's fine. Thank you.
You must want to know who
sent such a lovely arrangement.
[RUSTLING]
Commander Wharton would like to see me
before he escorts Rose
to D.C. this evening.
Another dance, dare
I say, before his trip?
Well, let's not get too
many ideas, Aunt Lydia.
Commander Wharton is exactly
the kind of political support we need.
He is also a single man with a
good fortune in want of a wife.
You do realize that Austen quote
is the ultimate example of irony.
You know what's not ironic?
A healthy womb.
Which we both know
must never go to waste.
Masks. Eyes on the penthouse.
Advise your friend. Rendezvous
in two hours. Godspeed.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
New Jersey turnpike ♪
Riding on a wet night ♪
'Neath the refinery's glow ♪
Down where The
great black river flow ♪
Licence, registration ♪
I ain't got none ♪
But I got a clear conscience ♪
'Bout the things that I done ♪
Mister State Trooper ♪
Please don't stop me ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Please don't stop me ♪
[JUNE] You okay?
[MOIRA] Hm. Yeah, I'm fine.
Please don't stop me ♪
[JUNE] Janine? Janine?
- [GROANS SOFTLY]
- [JUNE SIGHS]
Mister State Trooper ♪
Please don't stop me ♪
Sweetheart, her kid drew it.
Now she thinks Charlotte's the
next Rembrandt or something.
[JUNE] Where is she now?
[DELIA] Penthouse, probably.
- Pregaming.
- [MOIRA] Heard the Commanders are coming?
Yeah.
And that asshole, Commander
Bell, can't keep his hands off her.
Poor thing. He's obsessed.
[MOIRA] The Commanders
weren't supposed to be here today.
[JUNE] We have to go up there.
Listen to me. We'll get
in, we'll get out of there.
You two. What are you gabbing about?
[MOIRA STUTTERS] Nothing, ma'am.
Get to work. This place is a sty.
[JUNE] Ma'am, we were
going to go up to the penthouse
and make sure it's ready
for the Commanders.
Get moving. Make it sparkle.
[JUNE] Yes, ma'am.
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Come back later.
Commanders are expected.
[MOIRA] Yes, sir. Um
We were sent to check
if it's ready for them.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Be quick about it.
- [DOOR OPENS]
- [MOIRA] Yes, sir.
- Under His eye.
- [JUNE] Under His eye.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[CRYING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES]
[WOMAN 1 CHATTERING, LAUGHING]
[WOMAN 2] I'm so
tired, I need to wake up.
[WOMAN 3] Come on.
[JANINE SINGING] 'Cause I try ♪
I try all the time ♪
In this institution ♪
And I pray ♪
[CHUCKLES]
[BOTH SINGING] Oh, my God Do I pray ♪
[JANINE] Come on.
[BOTH SINGING] I
pray every single day ♪
For revolution ♪
And I said hey ♪
Hey ♪
I said hey ♪
[WOMAN] I need some more over here.
What's going on? ♪
And I said hey ♪
- Are you Marthas now?
- [JUNE] Mayday.
Are you getting us out?
[MOIRA] Yeah, we
got a plan for next week.
[GASPS]
- [WOMAN LAUGHING]
- [ELEVATOR DINGS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER]
[JUNE] There's just one Guardian
in here and one at the door?
- Yeah.
- [BELL] Gentlemen.
- [JUNE] Shit.
- [MOIRA] When do they change shifts?
Don't pick too early. It's embarrassing.
Hello. Hi.
- Room 618.
- [BELL] Hi. Hello.
[JANINE] Meet you
there as soon as I can.
[BELL] Where, oh, where is my kitty?
Here I am, sugar. Rawr!
[GIGGLES]
- [BELL CHUCKLES]
- [JANINE] Mmm. [CHUCKLES]
Marthas, get your ugly butts out.
- [CALHOUN] Christ, he's slipping. What can I say?
- [BOTTLE POPS]
- Oh.
- [BOTH LAUGHING]
Wait. You. Martha. Stop.
Here. Clean this up.
Come on. Let's go, let's go.
There you go.
Good girl.
Now the pants.
[CALHOUN LAUGHS] God.
Can you believe this guy?
[BELL] Higher.
- [CALHOUN CHUCKLES] No boundaries.
- [COMMANDERS LAUGHING]
[LAWRENCE] Bell, you're such a tool.
[COMMANDERS LAUGHING]
[BELL] I said higher.
[CALHOUN] What, are
you bottom-feeding, Bell?
[BELL CHUCKLES]
All right, miss.
That's that's enough.
Ignore these numbnuts.
They have no manners.
- [JUNE EXHALES]
- Go in grace.
[DOOR OPENS]
Well, that's a match
made in heaven, Lawrence.
A Martha's more your style.
[CHUCKLES WEAKLY]
[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]
Commander Blaine.
Please, don't get up.
We're graced by your
visit, sir. So very kind of you.
The doctors said that my
Toby would never wake up.
But he has, now and then.
That's encouraging.
He just mumbles, mainly.
They say his chances
are still very slim.
He's so proud to be a Guardian.
And the way he looks
up to those men in his unit.
Brave men of honor.
Like you, Commander.
Promise me you'll find
out who did this to him.
Yes, ma'am.
I can stay with him, if
you like. You must be tired.
You're an angel, Commander.
I should get back to
his little brother for a bit.
I'll be back soon, sweetheart.
Praise be.
[TOBY EXHALES]
Cold.
Yeah.
[EXHALES]
Do you know me, Toby?
[MONITOR BEEPING GROWS FASTER]
Where where where
where is my dog?
My dog.
[MONITOR BEEPS RAPIDLY]
Your dog's fine.
Try and get some rest, okay?
[MONITOR BEEPS STEADILY]
[LOCK CLICKS]
Every night ♪
Every day ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[REYNOLDS] So, Mercedes
came in. Just crossed the border.
[CALHOUN] You only got
one, I managed to pick up two.
Lawrence.
You must have been happy to
wake up to all your good press.
Well, it's good news for all of us.
New Bethlehem never would have happened
without the support of
the people in this room.
It was perhaps more
permission than support.
Can I get you Commanders another drink?
Oh, good girl. Anticipating
her master's needs.
[LAWRENCE] There is
nothing we have ever done
that has been more effective
in normalizing foreign relations.
[CALHOUN] I will give you that.
And we could accelerate that
timetable were we to expand.
How much and how quickly?
[LAWRENCE] Well, New Bethlehem
may double in size within the year.
I've designated at least a dozen sites
where we could place new settlements.
Oh. I'd look at that.
- Send it to me, too.
- I'd be happy to.
There you go, sir.
Thank you.
[LAUGHTER]
Is there anything else at
all that I can get for you?
- [LAUGHTER]
- [COMMANDER] Uh-oh.
I've got an idea, you dirty little slut.
Ow.
- [BELL] Come on.
- [LAUGHTER]
[BELL] Baby girl's asking for the belt.
Go. Go to the corner. Eyes
to the wall and wait for me.
[LAWRENCE] No.
- I'm taking her.
- The fuck you are.
Bell, come on.
What the fuck? You guys love this game.
A man deserves a
reward for his hard work.
He clearly has a little crush.
Fine.
[LAWRENCE] Let's go.
But leave the rough stuff to
me. I want her back good as new.
- You're a pig, Bell.
- Fuck you, Lawrence.
Why are you here?
Your brains? Your talent?
Your impeccable charm?
- Do you fucking believe this guy?
- No one here likes you. No one.
And no one respects you.
Watch yourself.
Let's go.
[BELL] What a fucking asshole.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- [LOCK CLICKS]
- Thank you.
- They're disgusting.
Sorry.
You're not a good guy.
But
Just compared to them, you are.
Thank you.
Look. I gotta go. I'll be
right back. So just wait here.
[GRUNTS]
There's there's
something you should see.
Girls snoop here sometimes.
See what fuckheads
we're gonna be dealing with.
You can't let them win.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[CALHOUN] He's a fool for thinking
it would work in the first place.
How many years do we give up before
we clamp down on New Bethlehem?
[CALHOUN] Three or four.
We need to bring back as
many people as we can first.
Re-absorb the populace.
Close down New Bethlehem and
its offshoots. Close the borders.
Reinstitute tradition.
Lawrence will be the unwitting father
of the second biggest
coup in modern history.
And then we put him on the wall.
Ooh. He really hurt
your feelings, didn't he?
Lawrence will fall in
line. He always does.
I want him on the wall.
You think your father will allow it?
I can get him there.
Reynolds?
I like it.
He's done.
[SIGHS]
- [SIGHS] What could be taking so long?
- She'll be here.
Don't worry. She's got a gauntlet
of Commanders to get through.
I can't believe Lawrence was up
there. He was never a Jezebel's guy.
You thought he was better than the rest?
Yeah, I guess I did.
[DOORKNOB CLICKS]
God, have I missed you!
[BOTH CHUCKLE, EXHALE]
- Come here.
- What are you doing here?
[JUNE] We're here to find you.
Mayday, Janine. They're coming.
They're gonna wipe out all the
Commanders in the penthouse.
And we've gotta get all the women
out, so we need you to prepare them.
- [JUNE] Can you trust them?
- Yes. And you can, too.
Look, I grabbed some letters that
they wrote to their families. You
you have to get them
out, no matter what.
We will. We will. We promise.
- You think you can get them all ready?
- [JANINE] Are you kidding?
The girls have had shivs made,
just waiting for a moment like this.
Okay. How do the Commanders
get up to the penthouse?
It's a secret elevator. It's
straight from the garage.
- They built it last year.
- Great. That's good access in and out.
- Mm-hm.
- The key code is 1525.
- The garage opens up here.
- [MOIRA] Mm-hm.
Make a right, then a left
through the door, out to the cars.
Okay. Okay.
The exit's on the east
side of the building.
Amazing. Thank you.
Okay. I, um I can't
be gone long, so
Wait ten minutes before
you go. Let me just
The Guardians change shift every hour.
Okay.
Wait, wait, wait. No, no, no, no, no.
- Why don't you come back with us, okay?
- June.
You can come with us tonight, all right?
- Really?
- [JUNE] Yeah.
- Could you get all of us out?
- No. No, we cannot.
You have to wait until
Mayday comes back.
But don't you need me here?
I'll help the girls, get them ready.
- Lead them out.
- Yes. Yes, exactly.
- Moira. Janine, someone else can do that.
- No. They trust me.
- Janine
- [JANINE] I'm sorry.
I can't leave without my girls.
Mm-hm.
- It's just a week.
- [MOIRA] Yeah. We'll see you soon.
Okay. Okay. But one week, okay?
- Janine, one week.
- Yeah. Okay.
I cannot believe you just did that.
What?
Now I'm the cold-hearted
bitch that wouldn't rescue her.
I wasn't thinking about
you. I was thinking about her.
Exactly. You don't give
me a second thought.
I don't I'm sorry. What
are we talking about here?
Look, if we had taken Janine today,
there'd be security all over this place,
and our Mayday plan
would have been screwed.
Well, I'm sorry. I had
to leave her in Chicago.
I know that, June. I was there, okay?
You don't think this is hard on me, too?
Well, it doesn't seem like it.
- Wow.
- I have been friends with her way longer.
We went through fucking
hell together, her and I, okay?
We watched our friends die together.
So I'm sorry if I feel
responsible for her.
I'm sorry if I feel guilty
just abandoning her here.
Your guilt, your feelings,
your friends, your trauma.
You, you, you. Do you have any
idea how fucking sick of you I am?
No, I don't.
I don't know. Tell me.
Do I get to have PTSD?
Huh?
Do I get to have guilt?
Friends?
Trauma?
Especially here, in this fucking place.
In fucking Jezebel's, where I'm the one
who, every single night,
got raped and beaten.
'Cause I gotta tell you,
being a fucking Handmaid
looked like fucking heaven
compared to what I had
to go through in this place.
Okay.
- Okay?
- Okay.
You're right.
You obviously had it worse than me.
Being a Jezebel is way
harder than being a Handmaid.
Okay. [SCOFFS] Stop.
No. I mean, you know,
you got raped a lot,
and I just got raped a few times.
Sort of like a once-a-month
kind of thing. So
[CHUCKLES]
Right, it uh
You stayed in for
longer. I got out quicker.
[CHUCKLES]
Moira, you don't think I know?
[MOIRA SIGHS]
You don't think I know
that I will never understand
what you went through?
I know that.
I know that.
No.
You were raped, and so was I.
You were beaten, and so was I.
You were tortured, and so was I.
The point is, none of that should've
ever happened to either of us.
And I just think if we start
comparing our suffering
- then those fuckers have won.
- [FEEBLY] Yeah.
- Right?
- Yeah.
But I had no idea you hated me so much.
- Wow.
- [CHUCKLES] I don't hate you.
Well, I mean, seems like
sometimes you may have hated me.
But I love you all the time.
Even if I don't feel like it.
I'm really sorry if I was a
bad friend to you, okay?
What are you doing in here?
[MOIRA] We're just
cleaning the room, sir.
Uh-uh-uh-uh. Don't do that.
You have such pretty faces.
[LOCK CLICKS]
[KERN] I said take your mask down.
Sir, we don't want any trouble.
What's this?
Hm?
I don't I don't know, sir.
We're just here to work.
[KERN] Written materials.
You're in big trouble.
This is important to you?
[MOIRA EXHALES FEEBLY]
[SAFE LOCK BEEPING]
You want it back?
Get on the bed.
Fuck off.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] Feisty.
You first.
Uh-uh-uh.
Back up. You stand right there.
Right there, where I
can fucking see you.
Don't you fucking move.
Come on. Let's go. Move.
Don't fucking move!
You stay down. Come on.
Hey! Fucking stay there. Right there.
I'll start with you
and then your friend.
Lie still.
Good girl. Don't move. Don't you move.
- Don't you
- [MOIRA GRUNTS]
[BOTH GRUNTING]
- [KERN GRUNTS]
- [OBJECTS CLATTERING]
[GRUNTS]
[KERN GRUNTS]
[CHOKING]
[MOIRA BREATHING HEAVILY]
- We gotta go.
- Yeah. Yeah.
The letters. The map.
Look, when he doesn't check in,
they're gonna lock
this whole place down.
- [LOCK BEEPS]
- Fuck.
We can't leave the body here.
We won't.
[FOOTSTEPS CLATTERING]
[SERENA] Hello?
Is anybody here?
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Commander Wharton. What is all this?
I've built a safe place for the children
of New Bethlehem to come and read.
The boys and the girls.
[EXCLAIMS]
How wonderful.
You've inspired me.
[SIGHS] I practically lived
at the library as a child.
We'll be engraving the name,
and I would really love your input.
- I'm honored.
- Let me show you.
[BREATH TREMBLES]
I know it feels sudden, but it's
it's not for me.
I've never been more
sure of anything in my life.
And I know if I didn't act
now, I'd always regret it.
I didn't come back here to be a Wife.
I understand. And I don't
mean to speak ill of the dead.
But Fred tried to erase
the best parts of you,
and I'd never do
that. I want all of you.
I have a job to do
here, in New Bethlehem.
Yes, of course. I want
your good works to continue.
I can't move to D.C.
Well, when I'm there with Rose,
I'll make plans to move
my household to Boston.
But I can't live in Boston either.
Well, we'll split our time between
here and a new house in the city.
One that you choose.
I will never stop writing.
I don't want you to.
And I know it's grandiose,
but I really do believe
that God brought me back
here to change the country.
Let's change it together.
Are you sure you would be
happy raising another man's child?
I would be honored.
And don't you think Noah
deserves a little brother or sister
in the largest, most loving
family that we can manage?
[SNIFFLES]
I do.
[CHUCKLES]
[WHARTON CHUCKLES]
Serena Joy, will you please do
me the honor of marrying me?
[LAUGHS]
Yes. Yes, I will.
[SERENA CHUCKLES]
[WHARTON CHUCKLES]
[JUNE BREATHES HEAVILY]
Come on, June.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
[GUARDIAN] Out.
- [JUNE] Ready?
- Mm-hm.
You're picking up what now?
We're picking up empty
barrels from the kitchen.
- Come back tomorrow.
- We can't, uh, sir.
We can't because we we have
deliveries we have to make tom
tomorrow, and we can't.
[GRUNTING]
[GUARDIAN OVER RADIO]
Kern's MIA. Full sweep, all floors.
Shit. Lockdown's about to start.
Come on.
[MOIRA] Okay.
[PANTING]
No one in or out.
[ALARM BLARING]
Uh, yeah. [STUTTERS] But the thing is
Yes, sir. We best return tomorrow.
- All right. Yeah.
- [ELLEN] Another time.
[JUNE] Shit.
[STUTTERS] Is it
possible that we, we get
[GUARDIAN] Get back in the truck.
[JUNE BREATHING HEAVILY]
I get that there's a bit of a
[JUNE] Luke, no!
[GUARDIAN] Get him out of here.
- And don't come back.
- [ELLEN] No. Thank you.
[MOIRA] He's okay. He's
okay. He's gonna be all right.
But we are fucked. We gotta Come
on, come on. We gotta go this way.
[ALARM CONTINUES BLARING]
- [MOIRA] Fuck. We need a key card.
- What?
We need a Commander's
key card to open that.
- [DOOR OPENS]
- [JUNE] Okay.
[DOOR CLOSES]
- [MOIRA] Let's go.
- Hey, hey, hey. No, no, no, no, no.
- Come.
- [MOIRA] What?
[CAR DOOR OPENS]
[MOIRA] Oh, fuck.
[JUNE] It's okay.
- June. June. Wait, wait.
- [TIRES SCREECH]
Oh, hell no.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[CAR DOOR OPENS]
- Out of my way.
- Please.
- I need you to get us out of here.
- Us?
She's with me.
What the hell's happening?
We got, like, 30
seconds to get out of here.
Please take us with you, Joseph.
Please.
- Get in.
- Come on.
Can you get us across the
[ALARM CONTINUES BLARING]