The Handmaid's Tale season 3, episode 9 recap: What happened in Heroic?

The Handmaid’s Tale season three, episode nine took place almost entirely in one hospital room as June (played by Elisabeth Moss) stayed with a dying Ofmatthew (Ashleigh LaThrop) until she delivered her baby. The tense episode shows June begin to lose her mind when she is forced to stay in the same spot for over a month. Here’s a quick recap of what happened in Heroic on Hulu.

What happened in The Handmaid’s Tale season 3, episode 9?

WARNING: This article contains spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale season 3.

Episode nine of The Handmaid’s Tale picked up after the dramatic ending of the previous episode where Ofmatthew was shot when she tried to kill Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd).

The consequences of what happened became clear when the episode opened on June waiting by Ofmatthew’s bedside and it was revealed that she must stay there until her baby is delivered.

Driven almost to the point of madness by the waiting, at one point, June attempted to suffocate Ofmatthew with a pillow but when her heart monitor goes off, she abandoned the attempt.

June was then joined by her fellow handmaids including Janine (Madeline Brewer) to pray for Ofmatthew in the hospital room.

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Aunt Lydia said to her that she is to stay with her walking partner until the baby is delivered.

“God never gives us more than we can handle,” Lydia added to an exhausted June who replied: “Are you sure?”

Later in the evening, June broke into the box were the nurses dispose of needles to try and find something to kill Ofmatthew with before Janine came in and stopped her.

June had a number of visitors to the hospital room during the episode, including Ofmatthew’s Commander (Jonathan Watton) and his wife (Vanessa Burns) who came to check on the baby’s wellbeing.

The pair were joined by Serena (Yvonne Strahovski) as it became clear that June was hoping to kill her with the razor blade she was holding.

However, when June slashed at her arm, Serena disarmed her and said: “You’re out of your mind. You were supposed to be one of the strong ones.”

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This whole episode seems to be pointing to the fact that June is slowly losing her sanity.

This was shockingly evident when the doctor (Gil Bellows) entered the room to patch June up and she confesses she was planning to kill Ofmatthew, Serena and him as well.

Later that day, Ofmatthew was given an emergency caesarean to deliver her baby boy.

But on her way out to meet Aunt Lydia, June revealed that she will actually be returning to the room to wait until Ofmatthew dies.

In the final few moments of the episode, viewers saw a resolute June tell the dying woman she will get as many children out of Gilead as she can.

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“Gilead should know how this feels. It’s their turn to hurt,” June confided.

Viewers have been watching June reach breaking point throughout the series and now it seems that she finally has a plan.

The next episode of The Handmaid’s Tale will be released on Wednesday, July 24 to see just how she might begin to get the children out of the dystopian state.

The Handmaid’s Tale season 3 drops weekly on Hulu on Wednesdays and airs on Channel 4 in the UK every Sunday at 9pm.

source: express.co.uk