The moment June didn't get into the back of that van with Emily and baby Nichole last season is proving to be the unraveling of The Handmaid's Tale's great run as a series. This season 3 could've been about how June negotiated the return of Hannah while living in Canada. It could've been about how she used what she learned to help other countries take down Gilead. Instead, we have these slow and empty episodes that have yet to lead to the hope of June taking down Gilead from the inside.
While this episode sticks the knife deeper into the heart of the pro-life hypocrisy of valuing the unborn over a woman's own life, it still fails to reveal how June is any closer to achieving her goals or confirming that she will never achieve them. The more I watch, the more I wonder, why in the hell didn't June go to Canada when she had the chance? I hope I'm not still asking that same question when I reach the end of this season.
While this episode sticks the knife deeper into the heart of the pro-life hypocrisy of valuing the unborn over a woman's own life, it still fails to reveal how June is any closer to achieving her goals or confirming that she will never achieve them. The more I watch, the more I wonder, why in the hell didn't June go to Canada when she had the chance? I hope I'm not still asking that same question when I reach the end of this season.