She got them out.
Let’s get right into the season 3 finale, “Mayday.”
Early Arrivals
The Great Escape from Gileadis on, and we’ve reached the big day.
have gotten this far in their plot to get dozens of young girls out of Gilead and into freedom.
But this being a season finale, the plan isn’t going to go off without a hitch.
The Martha asks June if it’s finally “Mayday.”
Things devolve from there.
“This is where she belongs,” she tells June, referring to Gilead.
June says, “No one belongs here.”
And so June pulls the girl in while the Martha runs away.
She turns around, startled, and accidentally points the gun right in the girl’s face.
It’s a chilling moment.
They were fleeing in broad daylight, which means they were spotted.
“I’m pulling the plug,” he says.
“The girl has to go home.”
But June blatantly refuses.
He doesn’t budge.
And so he gives June no choice.
She pulls the very gun he gave her back on him.
“You are not in charge.
I am,” she says.
He repeats indignantly that she’s in his house.
She can only laugh.
“You really think this is still your house?”
It’s the last we see of the Waterfords this season.
Could this be their final fate?
But the moment of peace is short-lived.
Guards are going from door to door.
June is right when she says, “We have to leave, now.”
But they go deeper into the woods until they reach the area where the plane is.
They can see it.
June realizes: She’ll need to sacrifice herself.
“Get them on the plane,” she tells Rita.
“Trust me.”
June walks away from them, deep into the dark woods, alone.
But then she’s suddenly joined by Janine.
Then a bunch of Marthas.
They’re ducking in the silence, watching the guards.
All of a sudden they stand, in unison, and start pummeling the guards with rocks.
They duck when the guards try shining the light on them, staying hidden.
Then they start throwing again.
June gets up while those around her stay down.
She races through the woods, gunfire following her.
Finally, she’s shot.
Then she turns right back around as he gets closer and shoots him near-dead.
Both ramble around, hurt.
But she gets the best of him.
“Tell them it’s all clear,” she commands.
He does, reluctantly.
Then she shoots him dead: Again, a logical, dark conclusion to her journey this season.
She sees the plane take off.
But she got them out.
This is no ordinary refugee call.
The girls are escorted off the plane.
Off the plane, it’s all happy reunions.
Emily is there, and she sees Rita deboard, and greets her tearfully.
He shares a look with Moira.
He calls her name.
They hug and cry together.
She instantly recognizes him, too.
Back in Gilead, our final scene is of the handmaids finding June, alive but not doing well.
They join hands to carry her on a stretcher through the woods.
June pictures a magical day spent with Luke and Hannah from before Gilead.
As for what comes next?
See you next season.
