She initially seemed conflicted over the news of the Waterfords’ arrest, but that was her Gilead training kicking in – don’t show emotion in front of anyone in power. Photograph: Jasper Savage/Huluīefore the episode’s tragic end, June was allowed some big victories. Moira (Samira Wiley) and Luke (OT Fagbenle). After all, she is not the only one.īack with a bang. Bradley Whitford was great, too, as the grieving husband mechanically going through with June’s plan, while perhaps beginning to suspect that it is no coincidence that his wife died while June was under his roof. Her suicide, though, was completely consistent with the character, and bleakly inevitable. Julie Dretzin has been brilliant as Eleanor, but in recent episodes the character has morphed into a cliched mad truth-teller, as confused or as wise as each scene required her to be. She was, as the episode’s title suggests, the sacrifice needed to save those children – in June’s mind, at least. But it is far more likely that June allowed her to die because she was simply too much of a risk to their escape plan in her unmedicated state. Perhaps June thought she was simply carrying out Eleanor’s wishes – after all, as Eleanor pointed out this week, there is no escape from Gilead for her and Lawrence, even if they make it across the border.
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