On the train, June and Serena are now headed to Alaska. June and other former Handmaids and Marthas share their traumas. Serena disguises her real identity, but when a doctor checks on June’s broken arm, he recognizes Serena and calls her out, leading the other women to verbally attack her. An officer arrives and claims her papers are legal, intending to leave Serena to the women, though June insists that he arrest Serena to protect her. As the women corner Serena, June pulls the emergency brake
June reconciles with her mother. Serena finds refuge in a church-sponsored community of women and children. Luke is released; Tuello and Moira inform him his hearing will take place in up to four months. He joins Mayday along with Moira. Nick and Wharton meet with Lawrence, and they agree to invite Serena to New Bethlehem to promote it. June contacts Luke, Rita and Moira, revealing that Holly is alive. Tuello meets with Nick and asks for information on Gilead patrols. Two months later, June fail
After being taken by Eyes following her spat with Naomi, Janine is found by Aunt Lydia in a Jezebels brothel with other former handmaids, but she prefers this new life over her old one in servitude. Lydia visits Lawrence in New Bethlehem to plead for Janine's release, though he and Naomi refuse. Representatives from across the globe visit New Bethlehem to see if working relations can be made with Gilead. Among them is a messenger from June, who tells Nick to meet her in no man's land. They reuni
Working with Mayday, Luke is informed by Tuello that his charges were dropped so long as he leaves Canada. He and Moira then plan the next offensive against Gilead by striking Commanders within a Jezebels brothel, which is against June's wish to return with them to Alaska. Arriving in New Bethlehem, Rita, former Martha of the Waterford's household, is reunited with her sister and Nick, who promises the town is reformed. Elsewhere, Lawrence is promoted to High Commander and celebrates at a Jezebe
With the help of Luke and Ellen, Mayday's leader, June and Moira infiltrate the Jezebel penthouse as Marthas to find Janine. They warn her of an upcoming Mayday attack to kill the Commanders who frequent there. Upon leaving, however, a Guardian stops them and confiscates the letters and a map Janine gave them. He then attempts to rape Moira, forcing them to kill him which triggers a building-wide lockdown. In the penthouse, Lawrence insults Bell, a young and narcissistic Commander, over his trea
Lawrence takes June and Moira to his home, where the two request to be taken to the Canadian border. The duo realize, however, that letters from the women at the Jezebels brothel remain in the safe. While Lawrence takes Moira to the border, June telephones Nick, who agrees to obtain the letters and retrieve her. Though Wharton was supposed to be in Washington, D.C., Nick sees him in the window of his house when returning home. Nick instructs June to go to Serena's house in New Bethlehem where Se
Guardians of Gilead execute the Jezebels, though Janine is spared at the behest of Commander Bell. Aunt Lydia visits the brothel and sees the blood-stained walls, causing her sorrow that her former Handmaids are gone. She is relieved to hear Janine survived, though Bell is torturing her at his residence and restricts her from any outside contact. Nick drops June off near the border where she expresses anger at his supposed betrayal. Upon returning to Mayday, she is admonished by the group, inclu
June and Moira smuggle switchblades for distribution to the Handmaids during Serena and Wharton's wedding ceremony. After the wedding, the Handmaids return to their Commanders' homes and the Red Center. The posted Handmaids kill their Commanders who were put in a deep sleep from the wedding cake made and laced with a sedative by Rita. Likewise, June kills Bell and reunites with Janine. At Wharton's residence, Serena is distraught to see a Handmaid waiting for them and laments to have trusted him
Serena runs through the streets of Boston, witnessing the city in mayhem and taking refuge at Lawrence's. June, Moira, Janine, Aunt Phoebe–actually a CIA agent named Ava–and the Handmaids are arrested on Wharton's commands just before fleeing Boston to be publicly executed before the citizens of Gilead. Both June and Aunt Lydia, who was sentenced as well, defy Gilead with their last words, and June's speech convinces the crowds to rebel, while Luke, Rita, and other members of Mayday intervene wi
With the death of all of the Boston Commanders, the city is quickly liberated by the rebels and American forces. In the aftermath, June forgives Serena before Serena and Noah are sent to a UN refugee camp by Tuello who reveals that he holds the rank of Commander in the US military. June has a surprise reunion with Emily who has spent the last seven months fighting in the rebellion in Bridgeport, Connecticut. June is taken to the new border with Gilead where Janine is released. Naomi Lawrence and