The fact that he still called her offred really shows how irredeemable he was. He never once saw her as an actual person. Welp glad he got what he deserved
@@casie6609 And it's not like she didn't give him a choice. The gun to shoot him, or the whistle to summon the others and beat him to death instead. Quick and painless, or slow and horrible. He chose slow and horrible it seems.
soo poetic... Fred chased around the woods by the women who ran trough the woods with their children but were hunted down and taken to Gilead to be sex slaves, their children taken away, I smiled when Fred screamed " I have a son!!, I have a son!!" yeah...sure you do Fred but we dont care just like you didnt care
Fred saying "I have a son" like it was supposed to hold this emotional weight over June after he and Gilead stole the children of thousands of woman and forced them into slavery just made my blood boiled...I thoroughly enjoyed this. That line alone and the fact that he still referred to her as Offred tells you everything u need to know about him.
its interesting when commanders are about to be killed and they try to use "I have Children" as a defense against the people that want to kill them its like this past season with commander putnam
I love that Emily took part. She truly understands how June feels and that she *needs* Fred to experience the fear of being hunted down in the woods. Moira has taken a different path to heal herself and that's ok. I'm not afraid to admit I'd be in June's pack.
I think June is healing herself. When finds oneself in the bowels of hell, the only way out is through. Sometimes, things have to get worse before better is possible; you can only sink but do far before all that's left is to rise. Me personally, I would have offered Fred fellatio whilst on the way back from the bordello. Upon his full erection, it'd get bitten clean off. I would then get as far as I could, as fast as I could. This wouldn't save the other girls in the same way, however I might make it. Therein lies the conundrum for me.
@@bgos4727 I'm rewatching season 4 right now. Nothing against them but Luke and Moira just don't get it...they have no way of understanding June and what she has been through. They both got out of Gilead fairly early whereas Emily and June were stuck there longer and experienced torture and trauma. I'm not taking anything away from Moira's experience. I just feel that the longer you're stuck in Gilead the more traumatized you become.
@@crimsonclover9871 also important to note that June was a huge issue for the Gilead system. She became a giant target, and so did her friends that ended up staying in Gilead with her the longest. Like Emily. And definitely not to take away from Moiras experience myself, but imo if I HAD to choose I’d probably become a jezebel. It’s easier to blur out the trauma when you’re surrounded by alcohol and drugs. June had no way to self medicate or soothe herself the whole time. Which is why I think she’s also so distraught in comparison to Moira. There’s a good chance Moira blocked out a lot of things with drugs.
Fred begging and telling June he has a son. When all those women begged for their life; and had sons, daughters, husbands, partners, virtues, innocence, and rights.. All of which was taken alway, by him. Nick said it best “what you sow, so shall you reap”.
IKR?! The audacity!!!! At first I was thinking about why he would still call her that and I realized he never changed and still saw her as this inferior Handmaid. This made the scene even more satisfying.
He had it comin' He had it comin' He only had himself to blame If you'd have been there If you'd have heard it I betcha you would have done the same 🎶🎶🎶
The women got revenge, and the maximum sentence for Treason carried out, although extrajudicially. Too bad none of the women were prosecutors or judges before the fall.
Agreed. Joseph did a phenomenal job, but he said playing a sociopath like Fred was hard on him mentally & he required therapy to get through it. . He won't let his irl wife watch THT as he doesn't want her to see the husband she loves acting like a monster. I'm glad for his mental health the job is over.
@@scattysafari7742 well said, I cant imagine the mental and physical toll of having to play fred, it just shows what an excellent actor he is. Like joe said in a interview " I've done my bit for society to show how pathetic misogyny is".
Agreed. A show like this can only work if u believe the villains. The fact hes voldermorts neither makes it funny.. must be a certain look of the family.. I bet they r lovely in real life
I can't get enough of this episode. The music right as June said "run" satisfied my soul. Then the transition into "You Don't Own Me" was simply beautiful and poetic. This episode was a work of art!
Trash show. In Reality women would never have power over Men and Gilead is actually a Good country instead of this godless Countrywe call Leftist America promoting LGBT and feminism.
Agreed. But Finnes himself said he was glad his character was dead, because it was so difficult and horrible for him to play such an awful man because he has daughters of his own
I have been beaten, assaulted, and raped. This scene brings me to tears, laughter, and rage. I appreciate the validity here. This is a trauma with no clear answers on how to heal.
Anna my dear. I can share part of that pain (the assault) fpr me it was my bf. He saw me as property. As his toy. He was 21. I was 16. I was actively discouraged by my parents to go the police. They also discouraged me from getting psychological help. I don't know all of your story. But I can tell, you're a survivor. A Warrior and most of all. You're still here. That means the ppl that hurt you didn't win. You're still here. They couldn't break you. I'm proud of you ♀️✊
I swear, this dude says some of the stupidest things to her considering he wants her to show him mercy. Calling her Offred, saying he misses Offred, mentioning his children as a sympathy grab. He was really asking for it!
Not just saying that he misses his *children* but emphasizing that he has *a son.* "A son!!!" That's a quasi-subtle emphasis on the value of a boy over that of a girl, and that alone might have been the deal breaker for me if I were June, even if he hadn't called he Offred. It shows that even in this position, in his worldview, raising a *boy* in this world is worth living for.
I absolutely love Emily’s jubilant smile before she’s the second one to jump right into it. And that amazing soundtrack echoing back from the end of the very first episode, fits just perfectly. We all feel these womens satisfaction. Finally there is justice. In the second novel by Atwood we learn that Fred Waterford was the architect of the Gilead patricicutions. How fitting he designed his own death. Poetic justice.
Yes, that's also what it reminded me of - a Particicution. So the remark about Fred W rather than Fred J being the architect is true after all; I read both books, but that was some time ago and I do not remember all the details...The second book, The Testaments, which is ultimately about Offred's two daughters finally getting to meet each other, was I think partly written as a tie-in to the series because June's daughter's name in the book is Nicole also, though she lives under the alias "Daisy" with foster parents in Canada. And I think June is also in that second book, hiding in plain sight quite near her daughter under the pseudonym "Ada".
I was reminded of the scene of the Handmaid's coffins after the bombing, how they were all in a circle. Made me feel kinda like all the Handmaid's were present to watch justice be served.
@Craig Adams Did you really need to correct them to feel better about yourself? It's obvious that one was the typo, and the other was just a blunder. Everyone still understood what they meant. So why did you need to be an ass over such trivial thing?
@Mastnaer Ceef Those are Gilead methods and would moreover hurt the kids involved, who are never to blame. It would make them just as barbaric as their former oppressors.
I knew I wasn't crazy thinking June was becoming "Aunt" like. It started in the premiere with her commanding her friends and Esther to execute the guardian, and it ended with an old fashioned handmaid killing beginning with the blow of her whistle. So eerily poetic
Watching this , when he said “I have a son” I screamed and SHE HAS A TWO DAUGHTERS. I’ve never felt more satisfied with the death of a character like I do his. WHAT A SHOW!
I absolutely love his pleading “I have a son.” Also that it was juxtaposed to a rape whistle. Also that June had him on the ground, similar to Serena. Also that it was like a stoning, like the stoning of the man who raped a handmaid, because he did.
Money says that the man who "raped" a handmaid, was probably in an illicit (but consensual to them) relationship with said handmaid. Possibly, he was even attempting to help her escape. I have to think that the assault accusation was probably not the truth, if I compair what I know now about other events or crimes that were perpetrated to have happened in a certain way. Gilead is literally a society built on lies. Everything about it is completely made up by men in limos bullshit. A crime against Giliad would be considered as a heroic act to most other people.
I thought it was left kind of ambiguous about whether the man actually raped a handmaid? He was unable to speak (tongue cut out). I think it was implied that he might have been a “traitor” to Gilead: a spy or defector or something. The tragedy of that scene was that he may have easily been on the handmaid’s side, and Gilead was manipulating them all by having the hand maids do its bidding, letting them get their rage and aggression about their situation out by killing an ally. I could be wrong but that’s what I remember. The handmaid who was raped was never produced. We never see or hear anything about her. Or maybe you’re saying this in a less literal sense? And you’re saying that Frank was the rapist which is obviously true. But it made me think of that tragic scene in S1.
@@dreamsteddybearsmaster Nice. All Joseph ever reminded me of was this superficially kind, bearded self-righteous religious dude that he so well portrayed
I was watching this in my room and had to pull my blind down because let me tell you,I lost my fucking shit when I realised what was going to happen,then the song hit and I became the embodiment of that "ooooh!" Video . I was clapping and yelling "fucking YES!" I'm exhausted now lol
"FUCK! What the fuck is this??? It's fucking sick!!!" - the fact that Fred must've realized she was there to kill him and his goofy ass still took the time to be a total drama queen about a small kiss had me in tears 🤣🤣
I seem to be the only one who finds June's relationship with Nick not only off-putting and unrealistic, but also just plain out wrong. He was a MILITARY COMMANDER in the "crusades" and it is heavily implied his role was essential there, and I refuse to believe Nick is truly trying to make Gilead collapse. He only believes in his "love" for June and his child. I feel so bad for Luke every time I see June make out with Nick, including in this scene...
Yep, because it really came full circle. And no one can say it was undeserved, because what they did to him is exactly what him and others in Gilead have done to innocent women. Hunted them down in the woods, had them beaten to death in particicutions, deprived them of their children. You really do reap what you sow.
I can't be the only one who whooped and hollered and clapped throughout this entire scene 😄 It was so satisfying I almost wanted to light up a cigarette at the end
Absolutely! fantastic writing as Fred was a narcissistic to the very brutal end. I really liked that they didn't try some pathetic redemption arc with him. Evil is evil. It's like a woman who marries some guy even tho he knocks her around because she's trying to change him and excuses his actions. There are Fred Waterford's everywhere and egomaniacs. As women we must fight or you die.
@@lindseyparker5638 Yes you are right my brother and father were exactly like him they believed women were stupid that they're only job on this planet was to work give them their paychecks and cook for them if you dare faught back they were say you are trying to he a man and yell lesbian at you (which I am so I was like ok) and I have Serena's in my family that stick up for them and put us down it's quite sad.
I think Fred was a lot more like Ramsey. Much more calculating. Joffrey was just a loose cannon and never gave thought to what the end game was. Ramsay however while just as sadistic and evil was much more cunning and ambitious like Fred
@@ipukeglitter435 I'm so sorry to hear you experienced that in your household. Hopefully you are away from such chauvinistic and spiteful family members!
June having to repeatedly telling herself not to fight which is primal instinct when you don’t want to be touched by someone broke my fucking heart. I can’t imagine finally being able to release all that anger but somehow never being the same after because the damage is already done
I can …6 years later the anger is gone replaced with alternating moods of feeling nothing or feeling everything. It’s why I’m glad to have finally found a therapist. I still feel hell is not enough punishment for he who I don’t name.
I read the interview with Fiennes, and he mentioned playing that part as Fred accepting that he needed to die, that he would just keep doing terrible things until someone stopped him. I thought it was an interesting take!
Poetic justice! It’s a “particution” of Aunt Lydias fashion but reminiscent of the moment June became captive of Gilead running through the woods with Hannah…only the script is flipped.
Poetic justice. There's no other way of calling Fred's death. _Satisfying_ comes to mind as well. I was cheering for them the whole time! Serves him right.
Usually I have really bad reactions to scenes like this this, where someone is outnumbered and swarmed up on. It’s usually really upsetting and sticks with me for days. This however was one of the most satisfying scenes of TV I’ve seen in a long long time! Such a fitting end for such a weasel of a character!
@@Rosenotwithoutathorn I asked a question to the other posters, as their satisfaction by the scene made me curious. Feel free to give me your answer :)
@@monmothma3358 if ever I see stories where a person kills their rapist/abuser/kidnapper/torturer, I think that that person deserves a medal and flowers. If there is more than one victim of rape/abuse/kidnap/torture who collaborate to kill their abuser, more power to them.
Let take a moment to regonize Joseph Finnis performance over the last four years he truly made us hate but Strangely understand his character motives over years. It was a death and it was well earned.
I once read that the best villains are the ones whose motives you understand. You don’t have to AGREE with them, but if you understand where they’re coming from, that makes them a truly great villain. Because if you understand their motives, it means that (on a subconscious level) you could see yourself going down that path. And that’s what scares us most of all. The thought that - in the right set of circumstances - we could plausibly become villains too
This scene was so powerful and poetic, in spite of the horrible violence involved. Hearing the near silent "Run" sent chills down my spine. Outstanding acting all around.
This is my third time watching the last episode, but rewatched the scenes with Nick about 15 times.... him flashing his suspenders and revealing his true identity to Fred, and kissing June in front of Fred. Epic!
This is such a tragic scene. Not because of Fred but because of what it shows for all these women. Gilead has robbed them of so much - their independence, their families and friends, their careers, sometimes their sanity - and here, you really see how it cost them so much of their humanity too. June and others have made a lot of morally grey decisions over the course of the show, but most of the time, there were no good choices; it was often a matter of self-preservation, self-defense or defense of others. But here, they are as safe as they can reasonably be in their world; chasing Fred and ripping him to pieces is not necessary - it's purely about revenge, otherwise a bullet to the head would do. And it's so understandable why these women need this (or believe they need this). But you have to think if their pre-Gilead versions saw them now, they would be rightfully horrified.
You're right but this is what intense suffering does. It turns normal people into monsters. Fred deserved it, no doubt. They probably shouldn't have done it but boy, he deserved it! After stealing their babies, their minds, their bodies, raped over and over again. Ultimately, though, will this act of revenge serve them? Will it bring them peace of mind, make them feel good about themselves? I have my doubts. I'm thinking of them, not him. I don't give a rat's arse about him. I wouldn't p*** on him if he was on fire.
Interesting perspective, and I think you are spot on. As a man, but also a survivor of sexual assault as a child, some of my earliest memories are of rage, revenge, sorrow and just daydreaming about anything that took my consciousness out of the situation at hand. As men, full of testosterone and taught to "manly" (whatever the fuck that means) coming to terms with being a victim in the most vulnerable and transparent way...at least for me a lot of years, and I feel awful even saying this even though like June, if people knew my story they would all understand and call it justified.....a lot of years I would plan out how I would carry out my revenge. Everything was planned out, and with all the years to do so it was done to the most specific detail. It was dark, bloody, relentless, unapologetic, and the definition of the word "fury". Time (and a lot of therapy) does heal a lot of wounds, but just because I've healed doesn't mean I'll ever forget. I don't know how I would react if I came across said people today, but I hope whatever god may be would allow me to act with a little kindness and grace, none of which were shown to me as a 7 year old boy
@@tyler3683 I think the fact you were tiny is appalling. How anyone can do that to any person is beyond me - but a child?? 7 years old, still practically a baby. There must be the deepest, cruellest corner of hell earmarked just for these people.
@@CathyKitson thank you Cathy for the kind words. While I do agree with your sentiment, the only way I have been able to move on and live some resemblance of a "normal life" is to try and find forgiveness, even on those whose who least deserve it. Carrying around all that anger and rage only hurts me. There's an old saying "holding onto resentment is like drinking poison expecting it to kill my enemy". I have found this to be especially true in my case. I'm probably not even a thought in their daily minds, they don't think about the devastation they have caused me. And just in case anybody reading this has any doubts as to what I endured....imagine your 7 year old son, nephew, whatever it may be, either being beaten, mentally tortured, raped, or all 3 in 1 day for 5 days a week, 9 months straight. I was locked in closets, tied to a chair completely naked forced to watch 2 adults have intercourse. Me being 7 and not having any idea what I was watching thought that he was hurting her in some way, so I would cry. When I would cry I was either beaten, or in especially evil circumstances a flame would held to the end of a metal cost hanger in front of my eyes and then pressed on my skin like I was their cattle, their property. I learned at a young age how to take the pain, not show any kind of emotion or effect as my silent rebellion, my "fuck you" to my oppressors. The beatings got worse, the rape became more extreme, and somehow in-between I tried to watch big bird and elmo on seasame street and have some resemblance of a normal childhood. Things escalated, I was told on a daily basis if I said a word my family, my dog and me would all be killed. to prove he wasn't bluffing he disemboweled a cat in front of me. The screams of that cat still echo in my soul, haunt my dreams at night, and have blocked any kind of brief reprisal from hell I feel on a daily basis. to say this has negatively effected my life is like saying water is wet. I'm a recovering heroin addict, which I thank God every day for because had it not been for heroin during the hardest of times I would have taken a 9mm and blown my head off long ago. I've had brain spect imaging done that showed physical proof of my brains chemistry being changed from PTSD as a survival mechanism. I've had failed relationship after failed relationship with all the wrong women for all the wrong reasons. My idea of what sex and love is was so twisted it took many years for me to have any resemblance of a normal romantic life to exist. I know this is long winded, but I write these words in hopes that if whoever reading this has gone through their own personal hell and came out the other side, you are not alone. It is not your fault, you did nothing to deserve what happened to, as I have had to learn I did nothing wrong myself. It may be hard to understand but for a long time I thouvht this was all my fault. Had I just spoken up none of this would have happened. But try to imagine being 7 and how easily influenced you were by adults, especially those who were supposed to be protecting you. You can heal, it will be a fight but you have already won the hardest part, and that's just staying alive
@@tyler3683 I am so, so sorry for the agony and hell you must have gone through. I'm very glad you have tried to find forgiveness. I believe hatred harms the hater far more than the hated. It poisons the soul and twists the mind. Had you gone down that road your torturers would surely have won. Saying that, I'm afraid I'm not as good a person as you. I think there are some things that truly are unforgivable. I'm not religious but I remember what Jesus said, "He who would harm the least of these, it would be better he be cast into the sea with a millstone around his neck." I had a couple of experiences when I was 14 - not in the same ballpark as you - not even in the same universe. A family friend molested me twice. I remember just freezing; I could not move and I was rigid, frozen with terror. I was a very naive and troubled girl, still very much a child. I convinced myself it did not happen - it could not have happened because it was impossible. The memory of his hands all over me, probing all over the intimate areas of my body. It's nothing to what you went through, I know. It took me five years to tell my parents. I was frightened they would blame me because I must have been at fault. They didn't and my father said he wanted to get a shotgun and shoot his arse up. I'm glad you managed to get some sort of sanity in your life, it must mean you're very strong, because I know I could not have survived. God bless you and protect you.
I’d like to think that she would want to be apart of this, but honestly, I think she let most (if not all) of her vengeance go. Something tells me that she knew about this plan, but CHOSE not to participate.
@@Kbear-xt9mh I agree, Moira got out a lot sooner than June and Emily, she has had more time to heal and find peace with the past, I don't think she's at a point in her life where she needed this anymore
Praise be !!! after all, he got his just dessert as we say here ! Fabulous actor no doubt and will be missed in TheHandmaids tale, the cast did a fukn amazing job n tho it went a tad off track from the books it still was satisfying to see him pay !! The testaments will be epic
The irony of him being chased in the woods fearing for his life mirroring the way June feared for hers running for her life with her husband and child, they ripped that daughter from her arms yet he begs for mercy. Every single one of those women saw him as the representation of the commander that had taken their lives, they have been systematically trained to kill abhorrence and Fred is the epitome of evil. One of the best TV scenes I've ever seen, the filming, the acting, the music, its just perfection.
@higuain437 he was a coward anyway, always was, if he had to feel power by subjugating women. Even man in Gilead is a coward. He knew he'd be killed, whether he stayed and tried to fight or ran he was never getting out of it alive. The women were a product of the system he created, they treated him like they'd been programmed to treat any rapist. Absolutely a satisfying end
Goosebumps everytime. This is the ONLY show that I've basically completely remembered solely because it is so good. I won't have to rewatch the old seasons when season 5 comes out because it was so captivating and close to my heart that I can't forget it.
Chased/hunted him down like a pack of wolves and that sweet breath in/out as if giving herself the strength to beat him into an oblivion without tiring. I LOVE when the victim gets to take his/her time when killing the enemy(ies)
It gives you chills. It was almost mastubatory - like she was getting a sexual thrill out it. Constant rape, oppression, kidnapping and the theft of her husband and children pushed her over the edge and she could finally give way to the screaming monster within her!
As a man who’s been raped by multiple men Idk why but this helped heal something in some way. No one should have to deal with that. The constant reminder of something taken from you is disgusting. I’m in no way a violent person but fuck. This made me smile.
@stop talking to me💞 but she reversed to the good old Serena we all know too well in the blink of an eye. She simply can't feel remorse or love or anything really. She neglects the importance of other's lives. She neglects other's feelings. She neglects other's values. She only cares for herself to survive and she does whatever will make her obtain what she wants. Even sacrificing a baby's life, Nichole's life, condemning her to the most horrible existence, to satisfy her need to posses her. She is irredeemable. That single act established that once and for all.
@@kittensrus1570 I want June to be present when her baby is being taking away, in a car, exactly how she made when showing Hannah to June and driving away in the first seasons. Serena needs to know real pain.
same. i can't believe i'm wishing a woman to be raped, but if a person doesn't care and actively make another person suffer somethig, then the victimizer should suffer the same too, so they learn how it feels. you know, in case she didn't know
Wait a moment - how can Serena actually become a Handmaid? I thought they recruited women for that job whom they knew to be fertile, and Serena clearly was not - in the show they established that she had had an accident or something which made her so...That's why she and Fred were assigned a Handmaid in the first place. So I think that for her, it would either have been hanging or a trip to the Colonies, which was in most cases a death sentence also. Well unless they falsified her documents and declared her fertile, so she would become a Handmaid, and then later executed for not producing a child as she should.
him begging Nick for help before this only to watch June walk over to Nick and passionately kiss him thank you, just to then show the Commander really not getting that Nick was always strategically two-faced for her benefit…..SO SATISFYING
For anyone who wants a parallel with greek myth, there was a sect of Dionysus’ followers called the Maenads who were famous for having torn a king of Thebes to pieces because he went and saw them, invading their privacy and seeing them in their natural state. In a similar way, the Commanders like Fred invaded these women’s lives, and now Waterford is paying the price for it. What a masterpiece
The hilarious thing is that none of these women had ever killed before until Gilead made them. Gilead made them kill people with their participation executions. They learned to kill by beating. They learned to numb themselves at least partially to the blood and the violence. They are doing exactly when Gilead taught them against one of its founders. Oh sweet ironic justice.
This was easily hands down the most satisfying scene in this entire series. Justice on so many levels was delivered to this character. I had a smile on my face for a long time after. June you are the shiznit.
I really love the song "You Don't Own Me". My favorite version is the one sung by Diane Keaton, Bette Midler, and Goldie Hawn in the move "First Wives Club". On a side note, I didn't know so many people could beat up on one person at the same time.
One of the most satisfying TV moments EVER! And when they all started beating him up and 'You Don't Own Me' started playing I started crying. June's face says it all, she craved for this moment for so long. Also Serena deserves justice too. Remembered when one of them said "The wife... I would use the broom handle." I live for that moment to happen. The bitch deserves it and so did this bastard.
Can we get a round of applause for whoever is responsible for the musical score?! Right when fred enters Gilead, it's just so dark...ohh...I love it! So ominous! And then June gets bloody, beautiful vengeance!!! I got goosebumps throughout the whole scene! My neighbors must've heard me yelling, "Holy Sh%$, Holy Sh%$!!!," at 3am when I was watching this, beautiful bloody vengeance, scene was everything I've wanted to see since following June's journey from season 1 on, do I possibly sound like a serial killer? Maybe, I don't care....
I hope the next season starts with June going into Serena's cell throwing Fred's bloody clothes at her and while she's sobbing drops a handmaid uniform and says get dressed.
Honestly I would love if (as a nod to the novel) Serena gave birth to an unbaby, which is what they called the poor deformed "babies"...I think in season 2? this was referenced in the birthing scene where the one handmaid loses her child and its hastily taken away. I feel that that would be even more fitting than Serena being a handmaid...seeing the one thing she truly wanted taken away whereas June has her daughter. This would utterly destroy Serena also Fred Waterfords genes shouldn't be passed on (if he is truly the father). I feel there's some serious foreshadowing when June tells Serena the will of God is "when that baby dies inside you"...in Scripture (I was raised Christian) there is a verse warning against desiring something so badly it flys in God's face. I think if Serena committed suicide that would also be fitting seeing as how the first handmaid in her house did the same before June arrived.
@@lindseyparker5638 I don't think Fred is Nicole's father, Nicole's very name contradicts that; Serena chose that name in order to drive it home to Fred that he wasn't, choosing a girl name which was totally out of line for Gilead (where the acceptable girl name would have been something from the Bible). She thinks just like she is barren, Fred is unable to father children, which is why she sends June to sleep with Nick. I think the poetic justiice death for Serena would be that he would be forced to commit suicide, and then she would be denied Christian burial because of it. Perhaps even more than becoming a Handmaid and having to hand over her child to someone else. I do not think having a baby was ever what Serena truly wanted - she only thought so because Gilead taught her to do so, because that was the way for her to acquire status (through her husband who would be promoted because of it). She has already lost everything that matters to her through the death of Fred, her source of status.
this was so so so so satisfying. What pisses me off is this season got 67% rotten tomatoes and ppl were like “she’s so violent “ LIKE UH NO SHIT???! THIS ENDING IS THE BEST
June is terrifying. There's nothing more nightmare-inducing than a person who's willing to do ANYTHING to get their revenge. June is one of those people.
This scene was so amazingly, horrificly, beautiful. I just hoped that everybody who participated in this never had to deal with rape themselves. As the accuracy is spot on!
I love this scene so much. When you don't own me kicks in tying back to the end of the first episode, to the flashes back to them dancing and the smirk on Emily's face right before she starts attacking him. So we'll done lol.
I never felt this satisfied at a villain's downfall since Ramsay and Joffrey. Though seeing Lydia literally stabbed in the back by Emily was the best in the series until Fred's death.
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The fact that he still called her offred really shows how irredeemable he was. He never once saw her as an actual person. Welp glad he got what he deserved
Right? The stupidest thing he could have done in that situation was use her slave name. And he did it.
He died at his core - a narcissist.
Also, never tell someone holding a gun "I know you can't shoot me."
@@reverie98 Ikr people in movies always do this lol. But she decided not to shoot him anyway bc it would've been too easy
@@casie6609 And it's not like she didn't give him a choice. The gun to shoot him, or the whistle to summon the others and beat him to death instead. Quick and painless, or slow and horrible. He chose slow and horrible it seems.
soo poetic... Fred chased around the woods by the women who ran trough the woods with their children but were hunted down and taken to Gilead to be sex slaves, their children taken away, I smiled when Fred screamed " I have a son!!, I have a son!!" yeah...sure you do Fred but we dont care just like you didnt care
Commander Winslow said the same thing to June when June bashed his head open!!
These guys never expected to have to beg for their lives. That said Joseph Fiennes did a great job playing the role to tbe end.
That's how the Handmaid's Tale show began. Full circle.
@@MalcolmRandall I recognized the terrain, the exchange happened where Emily cross, and the chase and execution where June and Hannah were captured
yep! Also when they put him in the back of the truck and he didn't know where he was being taken. Just like many handmaids were.
"Run". Sick, twisted and violent. How appropriate that Fred met his end at the hands of these women. Brilliant.
I screamed at that. As a victim of CSA i would have loved to say such a thing to my abuser
In the book. Fred was the one who invented that particular punishment.
I had a feeling it was bound to happen
Agreed, it has a great pitch. Slightly playful, menacing, and grave all at once!
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Fred saying "I have a son" like it was supposed to hold this emotional weight over June after he and Gilead stole the children of thousands of woman and forced them into slavery just made my blood boiled...I thoroughly enjoyed this. That line alone and the fact that he still referred to her as Offred tells you everything u need to know about him.
Especially when it’s a person who took someone else’s child from them, saying that to the person they took the child from 😂
its interesting when commanders are about to be killed and they try to use "I have Children" as a defense against the people that want to kill them its like this past season with commander putnam
I think this is a theme in the writing. The last words of all the evil commanders are something like "my son" or "my children".
And in that sick, twisted way, that could only come from a creature like him, his son is probably better off.
@@lorn4867 damn...never realized that but nearly every antagonist says something of the sort in this show before dying. nice catch
I love that Emily took part. She truly understands how June feels and that she *needs* Fred to experience the fear of being hunted down in the woods. Moira has taken a different path to heal herself and that's ok. I'm not afraid to admit I'd be in June's pack.
I think June is healing herself. When finds oneself in the bowels of hell, the only way out is through. Sometimes, things have to get worse before better is possible; you can only sink but do far before all that's left is to rise.
Me personally, I would have offered Fred fellatio whilst on the way back from the bordello. Upon his full erection, it'd get bitten clean off. I would then get as far as I could, as fast as I could. This wouldn't save the other girls in the same way, however I might make it. Therein lies the conundrum for me.
Me too. I am a little disappointed in Moira though. I wish she was more like june.
@@bgos4727 We shud b proud of Moira. I know for damn sure I cudnt do it. Lol! I'd so be part of that mob.
@@bgos4727 I'm rewatching season 4 right now. Nothing against them but Luke and Moira just don't get it...they have no way of understanding June and what she has been through. They both got out of Gilead fairly early whereas Emily and June were stuck there longer and experienced torture and trauma. I'm not taking anything away from Moira's experience. I just feel that the longer you're stuck in Gilead the more traumatized you become.
@@crimsonclover9871 also important to note that June was a huge issue for the Gilead system. She became a giant target, and so did her friends that ended up staying in Gilead with her the longest. Like Emily. And definitely not to take away from Moiras experience myself, but imo if I HAD to choose I’d probably become a jezebel. It’s easier to blur out the trauma when you’re surrounded by alcohol and drugs. June had no way to self medicate or soothe herself the whole time. Which is why I think she’s also so distraught in comparison to Moira. There’s a good chance Moira blocked out a lot of things with drugs.
Fred begging and telling June he has a son. When all those women begged for their life; and had sons, daughters, husbands, partners, virtues, innocence, and rights.. All of which was taken alway, by him.
Nick said it best “what you sow, so shall you reap”.
Yup. Karma is a bitch. And sometimes it takes a long time to catch up with you, but when it does look the fuck out.
Nick said that?
@@RisingTidesAC In the scene right before this one.
When a woman grows cold, that's when you know you're fucked.
Well Nick is part of same crowd, part of whom made this. Let's see when its going to come after him.
He still has the gall to call her Offred.
'My name is June Osborne arsehole' should have been her reply.
I was legit waiting for her to say something like "My name is JUNE"
Thats because he was thinking about their previous meeting. He thought June was serious about their little encounter giving cheers to "Offred"
She should have called him ofjune lol 😆😂
IKR?! The audacity!!!! At first I was thinking about why he would still call her that and I realized he never changed and still saw her as this inferior Handmaid. This made the scene even more satisfying.
This was so fucking satisfying. BYE FRED!
🤣😂
Even the actor must have been satisfied with this death.
“Bye Fred” the new “byeFelicia”
He got what he deserved 👍👍
😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣 bye Fred . I’m crying. The funniest shxt I read in a while
He had it comin'
He had it comin'
He only had himself to blame
If you'd have been there
If you'd have heard it
I betcha you would have done the same 🎶🎶🎶
Cellblock tango purrrrrrr 😌👌🏻✨💕
He saw himself as alive but I saw him dead
Nice
The dirty bum bum bum bum bum
The dirty bum bum bum bum bum
PERIODTT 💅😩✨🤌
They really should have used the song as the soundtrack for this scene
Joseph Fiennes did a phenomenal job as Fred throughout the series and should be recognised. But Fred finally got what was coming & he deserved
The women got revenge, and the maximum sentence for Treason carried out, although extrajudicially. Too bad none of the women were prosecutors or judges before the fall.
Agreed. Joseph did a phenomenal job, but he said playing a sociopath like Fred was hard on him mentally & he required therapy to get through it. . He won't let his irl wife watch THT as he doesn't want her to see the husband she loves acting like a monster. I'm glad for his mental health the job is over.
@@scattysafari7742 well said, I cant imagine the mental and physical toll of having to play fred, it just shows what an excellent actor he is. Like joe said in a interview " I've done my bit for society to show how pathetic misogyny is".
Agreed. A show like this can only work if u believe the villains. The fact hes voldermorts neither makes it funny.. must be a certain look of the family.. I bet they r lovely in real life
@@kittensrus1570 I’m sure he’ll be back for flashbacks, but I hope he gets to rest and enjoy himself.
I can't get enough of this episode. The music right as June said "run" satisfied my soul. Then the transition into "You Don't Own Me" was simply beautiful and poetic. This episode was a work of art!
I’m actually sad to see the actor leave the show, because he’s a phenomenal talent. Bravo to him for a stellar performance for four years!
It's always great to have a real villain. Someone. you love to hate!!
Joseph is an incredible actor, just as amazing as his brother, Ralph.
he really did play a perfect villain, he made you truly despise everything about him and that definitely takes a talented actor.
Trash show. In Reality women would never have power over Men and Gilead is actually a Good country instead of this godless Countrywe call Leftist America promoting LGBT and feminism.
Agreed. But Finnes himself said he was glad his character was dead, because it was so difficult and horrible for him to play such an awful man because he has daughters of his own
I have been beaten, assaulted, and raped. This scene brings me to tears, laughter, and rage. I appreciate the validity here. This is a trauma with no clear answers on how to heal.
I am truly sorry that happened, Anna. From the bottom of my heart.
I am so sorry for what happened to you! No one deserves that. I hope you can find a way to heal from that trauma.
Anna my dear. I can share part of that pain (the assault) fpr me it was my bf. He saw me as property. As his toy. He was 21. I was 16. I was actively discouraged by my parents to go the police. They also discouraged me from getting psychological help.
I don't know all of your story. But I can tell, you're a survivor. A Warrior and most of all. You're still here. That means the ppl that hurt you didn't win. You're still here. They couldn't break you. I'm proud of you ♀️✊
I swear, this dude says some of the stupidest things to her considering he wants her to show him mercy. Calling her Offred, saying he misses Offred, mentioning his children as a sympathy grab. He was really asking for it!
They should have played the Cell Block Tango, because he had it coming.
Not just saying that he misses his *children* but emphasizing that he has *a son.* "A son!!!" That's a quasi-subtle emphasis on the value of a boy over that of a girl, and that alone might have been the deal breaker for me if I were June, even if he hadn't called he Offred. It shows that even in this position, in his worldview, raising a *boy* in this world is worth living for.
YUP.
@@DavidMichaelCommer Right, I thought the same! It wasn't even so subtle lol, the asshole clearly meant it)
Exactly. It was clear he prized a male child
I absolutely love Emily’s jubilant smile before she’s the second one to jump right into it. And that amazing soundtrack echoing back from the end of the very first episode, fits just perfectly. We all feel these womens satisfaction. Finally there is justice. In the second novel by Atwood we learn that Fred Waterford was the architect of the Gilead patricicutions. How fitting he designed his own death. Poetic justice.
I read the first book in college and haven't read the second but this just makes it more fantastic. You die by the laws you helped install. Fitting.
Yes ✊ Women who have been abused by their fathers, brothers, boyfriends, husbands any man we all imagined ourselves doing this to our abusers.
I loved that too. Her face was like “yo let me in on that”
Yes, that's also what it reminded me of - a Particicution. So the remark about Fred W rather than Fred J being the architect is true after all; I read both books, but that was some time ago and I do not remember all the details...The second book, The Testaments, which is ultimately about Offred's two daughters finally getting to meet each other, was I think partly written as a tie-in to the series because June's daughter's name in the book is Nicole also, though she lives under the alias "Daisy" with foster parents in Canada. And I think June is also in that second book, hiding in plain sight quite near her daughter under the pseudonym "Ada".
Wq
I love the smile Emily gives, revenge at last for all handmaids, I also love how the torches look like there wings on the floor.
Yup! Reminds me of how they put their wings down before a particicution
I was reminded of the scene of the Handmaid's coffins after the bombing, how they were all in a circle. Made me feel kinda like all the Handmaid's were present to watch justice be served.
@Craig Adams Did you really need to correct them to feel better about yourself? It's obvious that one was the typo, and the other was just a blunder. Everyone still understood what they meant. So why did you need to be an ass over such trivial thing?
Or clock hands. Time's run out.
Now that the leader is gone all they got to do is go after and kill Serena and the resistance has an edge
"I have a son..."
Now you'll never get to see him grow up Fred. You took them from their babies now they're taking you from yours.
As they should.
Not to mention, his son is better off being raised by someone else.
Nah, he’ll never see him born into the world.
@Mastnaer Ceef Those are Gilead methods and would moreover hurt the kids involved, who are never to blame. It would make them just as barbaric as their former oppressors.
This rates up there with Sansa killing Ramsay with his hounds.
I was literally about to comment that! I love when women get to kill their abusers 🥰
And Arya killing ole boy with her faceless skills ...fkkn satisfying
Akielah Wiggins that was so awesome I remember cheering so much
Yaaasssss
I was literally about to comment I've never been this satisfied about a fictional characters death besides Ramsey's.
Emily’s little smile at 2:36 is chilling I love it
I have always been more on Emily,June and Esthers side ...eye for an eye...no peaceful moving on as long as Gilead stands
Rory grew up! ;)
My favorite! And her little hop to join in.
@@HK-gm8pe exactly
@@imswaathik 💗😂
I knew I wasn't crazy thinking June was becoming "Aunt" like. It started in the premiere with her commanding her friends and Esther to execute the guardian, and it ended with an old fashioned handmaid killing beginning with the blow of her whistle. So eerily poetic
Great analysis
yes. also the circle made by the flashights indicated that too
Thanks for sharing! I feel like I want to rewatch the season now with this in mind.
i got those vibes from the time she made the escaped aunt try and beg for forgiveness
I think they will make Janine an aunt in the next season
“Don’t run. Don’t kick. Don’t scream.”
Even now, she’s giving him more than he ever gave her.
I love how they brought back “You don’t own me” from the first episode!
He finally got what was coming to him!
Watching this , when he said “I have a son” I screamed and SHE HAS A TWO DAUGHTERS. I’ve never felt more satisfied with the death of a character like I do his. WHAT A SHOW!
I absolutely love his pleading “I have a son.” Also that it was juxtaposed to a rape whistle. Also that June had him on the ground, similar to Serena. Also that it was like a stoning, like the stoning of the man who raped a handmaid, because he did.
Money says that the man who "raped" a handmaid, was probably in an illicit (but consensual to them) relationship with said handmaid. Possibly, he was even attempting to help her escape. I have to think that the assault accusation was probably not the truth, if I compair what I know now about other events or crimes that were perpetrated to have happened in a certain way. Gilead is literally a society built on lies. Everything about it is completely made up by men in limos bullshit. A crime against Giliad would be considered as a heroic act to most other people.
I thought it was left kind of ambiguous about whether the man actually raped a handmaid? He was unable to speak (tongue cut out). I think it was implied that he might have been a “traitor” to Gilead: a spy or defector or something. The tragedy of that scene was that he may have easily been on the handmaid’s side, and Gilead was manipulating them all by having the hand maids do its bidding, letting them get their rage and aggression about their situation out by killing an ally. I could be wrong but that’s what I remember. The handmaid who was raped was never produced. We never see or hear anything about her.
Or maybe you’re saying this in a less literal sense? And you’re saying that Frank was the rapist which is obviously true. But it made me think of that tragic scene in S1.
No, he didn't rape her. He was in the Underground which is why Ofglen(?) kicked him in the head to give him a quick death.
@@CeeBee781 Yeah, apparently in the books, it was revealed/suggested? (I just know it was mentioned) he was just a traitor to Gilead
Wome ntry to make shows to promote feminsim but it dont work XDDD trash show
I love how she smell the air like a lioness before going in for kill
She was smelling his fear
June goes mediaeval on his ass!
I thought the exact same. The way she breathes in his terror, relishes it, tastes it... Fucking phenomenal.
"Run."
So much menace in that little word. What a satisfying end.
Yeah because it's like make it interesting.. but there's no way you're coming home alive .
The Fiennes are one hell of an actor family... always play the best villains!
Very talented and intelligent bunch. Even the non actors.
wait, so he's related to Ralph? Didn't know taht
@@SaturnineXTS Yes he is! Joseph is Ralph's younger brother. There is a resemblance! Their nephew is also the star of the After series!
@@dreamsteddybearsmaster Nice. All Joseph ever reminded me of was this superficially kind, bearded self-righteous religious dude that he so well portrayed
@@SaturnineXTS IKR! I first saw him S2 of AHS!
I was cheering during this scene. It’s so nice to finally see characters taking the right road rather than the high road.
I was watching this in my room and had to pull my blind down because let me tell you,I lost my fucking shit when I realised what was going to happen,then the song hit and I became the embodiment of that "ooooh!" Video . I was clapping and yelling "fucking YES!" I'm exhausted now lol
HAHA! AWESOME!
Same!! I was clapping and yelling “GET HIM!”
I wanna see more commanders go down like this
Now trade Serena in for Hannah. Gilead can take her baby and make her a handmaid.
YES HUNTY YAAASSSS!!!!!
im so fucking excited for this. pleaseeeee let this happen!!
*Canadian social services can take the baby and a nice gay couple can adopt it.
@@davidwilds8647 yes! But we still want Hannah :(
Wth dude..
“Run...” when June said that, I got goosebumps.
I love when she made out with Nick in front of him. That was so siiiiickkkk
"FUCK! What the fuck is this??? It's fucking sick!!!" - the fact that Fred must've realized she was there to kill him and his goofy ass still took the time to be a total drama queen about a small kiss had me in tears 🤣🤣
@@lance694 lol
Lol
Love it! 😍
I seem to be the only one who finds June's relationship with Nick not only off-putting and unrealistic, but also just plain out wrong. He was a MILITARY COMMANDER in the "crusades" and it is heavily implied his role was essential there, and I refuse to believe Nick is truly trying to make Gilead collapse. He only believes in his "love" for June and his child. I feel so bad for Luke every time I see June make out with Nick, including in this scene...
Ahhh, YESSS...in the 'truest' Gilead tradition for Handmaids' "correction" technique.....Stone the wicked, and may you go in grace!
wow that was the most satisfying tv death i've ever seen. what a way to end the season.
I swear!! We get deaths but never really satisfying ones. They either just "die" or they are not gruesome enough. This was just **chefs kiss**
You bet
Was this the end of season 4 ?
@@ebony1473 what does finale mean for you?
Yep, because it really came full circle. And no one can say it was undeserved, because what they did to him is exactly what him and others in Gilead have done to innocent women. Hunted them down in the woods, had them beaten to death in particicutions, deprived them of their children. You really do reap what you sow.
Emily's face is one of the best things (2:34). It's like something she'd been waiting for, and she finally can get it.
"I have a son" yeah and she has a daughter but it didn't stop y'all from doing all that shit to her
I wanted her to say “And I have two daughters”
@@KaioMichiru22 me too. more specifically, "and i HAD a daughter when you did the exact same thing to me. did it stop you?"
@@KaioMichiru22 I quite literally was expecting that…alas that didn’t happen 😅
I can't be the only one who whooped and hollered and clapped throughout this entire scene 😄 It was so satisfying I almost wanted to light up a cigarette at the end
I did! LMAO!!
defintiely not!! I was jumping up and down in my seat cheering, I had to replay like 5 times too becasue I was too excited lmfao
We all felt the same. And I DID light a cigarette! Wow. It was as good as sex!
I only smiled during my first watch. Second watch, I was cheering like crazy!
Yess
After Joffrey, this was the best villain death in tv history
Absolutely! fantastic writing as Fred was a narcissistic to the very brutal end. I really liked that they didn't try some pathetic redemption arc with him. Evil is evil. It's like a woman who marries some guy even tho he knocks her around because she's trying to change him and excuses his actions. There are Fred Waterford's everywhere and egomaniacs. As women we must fight or you die.
@@lindseyparker5638 Yes you are right my brother and father were exactly like him they believed women were stupid that they're only job on this planet was to work give them their paychecks and cook for them if you dare faught back they were say you are trying to he a man and yell lesbian at you (which I am so I was like ok) and I have Serena's in my family that stick up for them and put us down it's quite sad.
I think Fred was a lot more like Ramsey. Much more calculating. Joffrey was just a loose cannon and never gave thought to what the end game was. Ramsay however while just as sadistic and evil was much more cunning and ambitious like Fred
@@bigpoppy0617 good parallel I didn't think of the comparison
@@ipukeglitter435 I'm so sorry to hear you experienced that in your household. Hopefully you are away from such chauvinistic and spiteful family members!
June having to repeatedly telling herself not to fight which is primal instinct when you don’t want to be touched by someone broke my fucking heart. I can’t imagine finally being able to release all that anger but somehow never being the same after because the damage is already done
I can …6 years later the anger is gone replaced with alternating moods of feeling nothing or feeling everything. It’s why I’m glad to have finally found a therapist. I still feel hell is not enough punishment for he who I don’t name.
Notice how he stopped fighting after he saw that smile he knew he was done
I read the interview with Fiennes, and he mentioned playing that part as Fred accepting that he needed to die, that he would just keep doing terrible things until someone stopped him. I thought it was an interesting take!
Poetic justice! It’s a “particution” of Aunt Lydias fashion but reminiscent of the moment June became captive of Gilead running through the woods with Hannah…only the script is flipped.
According to the books, Fred invented the particicution & was key to its implementation in Gilead, which makes his demise this way even better.
This is not only one of the BEST season endings, but it’s so well acted that I felt the pain from everyone who’s hurt me jump into my throat bc of it
Poetic justice. There's no other way of calling Fred's death. _Satisfying_ comes to mind as well. I was cheering for them the whole time! Serves him right.
Yep he fully deserved that ending…. It was definitely some proper poetic justice.
"I have a son", Fred
"I heard that words before, nah!!", June though back when she bashed Winslow to death
Usually I have really bad reactions to scenes like this this, where someone is outnumbered and swarmed up on. It’s usually really upsetting and sticks with me for days. This however was one of the most satisfying scenes of TV I’ve seen in a long long time! Such a fitting end for such a weasel of a character!
I legit cheered at this because it was so satisfying.
Do you think this should be allowed as a legit punishment/execution method, then? If the criminal is a bad enough person (however one decides that)?
@@monmothma3358 are you telling me he didn't deserve it?
@@Rosenotwithoutathorn I asked a question to the other posters, as their satisfaction by the scene made me curious. Feel free to give me your answer :)
@@monmothma3358 if ever I see stories where a person kills their rapist/abuser/kidnapper/torturer, I think that that person deserves a medal and flowers. If there is more than one victim of rape/abuse/kidnap/torture who collaborate to kill their abuser, more power to them.
Love how they made him run before beating him to death. Made him suffer the same fear and panic they all once did.
So satisfying.
Let take a moment to regonize Joseph Finnis performance over the last four years he truly made us hate but Strangely understand his character motives over years. It was a death and it was well earned.
I once read that the best villains are the ones whose motives you understand. You don’t have to AGREE with them, but if you understand where they’re coming from, that makes them a truly great villain. Because if you understand their motives, it means that (on a subconscious level) you could see yourself going down that path. And that’s what scares us most of all. The thought that - in the right set of circumstances - we could plausibly become villains too
June looks like lioness on hunt ! You go, girl!!
They are like a whole pack of lionesses
She is a Leo lol
@@lonergamergirl oh she absolutely is
Sure does she went temporarily insane 😂😂
@@ebony1473 Anyone would in her circumstances tbh!
This scene was so powerful and poetic, in spite of the horrible violence involved. Hearing the near silent "Run" sent chills down my spine. Outstanding acting all around.
I replayed this scene about 7 times before going to bed
Lmao same. I just imagine myself and a group of strong women chasing down our abusers like this 👭👭👭🔦🏃🔦👭👭👭👭
@@ipukeglitter435 I'm seriously watching that scene every morning to give myself some strength to go through a rough day.
@@MJ-py7dm I hope it gives you all the strength in the world to make it through ✊
This is my third time watching the last episode, but rewatched the scenes with Nick about 15 times.... him flashing his suspenders and revealing his true identity to Fred, and kissing June in front of Fred. Epic!
I did the same thing when I watch Emily stabbed Aunt Lydia and pushed down the stairs lol
Baby girl just graduated from the University of Cersei.
Nice!
This is such a tragic scene. Not because of Fred but because of what it shows for all these women. Gilead has robbed them of so much - their independence, their families and friends, their careers, sometimes their sanity - and here, you really see how it cost them so much of their humanity too.
June and others have made a lot of morally grey decisions over the course of the show, but most of the time, there were no good choices; it was often a matter of self-preservation, self-defense or defense of others. But here, they are as safe as they can reasonably be in their world; chasing Fred and ripping him to pieces is not necessary - it's purely about revenge, otherwise a bullet to the head would do.
And it's so understandable why these women need this (or believe they need this). But you have to think if their pre-Gilead versions saw them now, they would be rightfully horrified.
You're right but this is what intense suffering does. It turns normal people into monsters. Fred deserved it, no doubt. They probably shouldn't have done it but boy, he deserved it! After stealing their babies, their minds, their bodies, raped over and over again. Ultimately, though, will this act of revenge serve them? Will it bring them peace of mind, make them feel good about themselves? I have my doubts. I'm thinking of them, not him. I don't give a rat's arse about him. I wouldn't p*** on him if he was on fire.
Interesting perspective, and I think you are spot on. As a man, but also a survivor of sexual assault as a child, some of my earliest memories are of rage, revenge, sorrow and just daydreaming about anything that took my consciousness out of the situation at hand. As men, full of testosterone and taught to "manly" (whatever the fuck that means) coming to terms with being a victim in the most vulnerable and transparent way...at least for me a lot of years, and I feel awful even saying this even though like June, if people knew my story they would all understand and call it justified.....a lot of years I would plan out how I would carry out my revenge. Everything was planned out, and with all the years to do so it was done to the most specific detail. It was dark, bloody, relentless, unapologetic, and the definition of the word "fury". Time (and a lot of therapy) does heal a lot of wounds, but just because I've healed doesn't mean I'll ever forget. I don't know how I would react if I came across said people today, but I hope whatever god may be would allow me to act with a little kindness and grace, none of which were shown to me as a 7 year old boy
@@tyler3683 I think the fact you were tiny is appalling. How anyone can do that to any person is beyond me - but a child?? 7 years old, still practically a baby. There must be the deepest, cruellest corner of hell earmarked just for these people.
@@CathyKitson thank you Cathy for the kind words. While I do agree with your sentiment, the only way I have been able to move on and live some resemblance of a "normal life" is to try and find forgiveness, even on those whose who least deserve it. Carrying around all that anger and rage only hurts me. There's an old saying "holding onto resentment is like drinking poison expecting it to kill my enemy". I have found this to be especially true in my case. I'm probably not even a thought in their daily minds, they don't think about the devastation they have caused me. And just in case anybody reading this has any doubts as to what I endured....imagine your 7 year old son, nephew, whatever it may be, either being beaten, mentally tortured, raped, or all 3 in 1 day for 5 days a week, 9 months straight. I was locked in closets, tied to a chair completely naked forced to watch 2 adults have intercourse. Me being 7 and not having any idea what I was watching thought that he was hurting her in some way, so I would cry. When I would cry I was either beaten, or in especially evil circumstances a flame would held to the end of a metal cost hanger in front of my eyes and then pressed on my skin like I was their cattle, their property. I learned at a young age how to take the pain, not show any kind of emotion or effect as my silent rebellion, my "fuck you" to my oppressors. The beatings got worse, the rape became more extreme, and somehow in-between I tried to watch big bird and elmo on seasame street and have some resemblance of a normal childhood. Things escalated, I was told on a daily basis if I said a word my family, my dog and me would all be killed. to prove he wasn't bluffing he disemboweled a cat in front of me. The screams of that cat still echo in my soul, haunt my dreams at night, and have blocked any kind of brief reprisal from hell I feel on a daily basis. to say this has negatively effected my life is like saying water is wet. I'm a recovering heroin addict, which I thank God every day for because had it not been for heroin during the hardest of times I would have taken a 9mm and blown my head off long ago. I've had brain spect imaging done that showed physical proof of my brains chemistry being changed from PTSD as a survival mechanism. I've had failed relationship after failed relationship with all the wrong women for all the wrong reasons. My idea of what sex and love is was so twisted it took many years for me to have any resemblance of a normal romantic life to exist. I know this is long winded, but I write these words in hopes that if whoever reading this has gone through their own personal hell and came out the other side, you are not alone. It is not your fault, you did nothing to deserve what happened to, as I have had to learn I did nothing wrong myself. It may be hard to understand but for a long time I thouvht this was all my fault. Had I just spoken up none of this would have happened. But try to imagine being 7 and how easily influenced you were by adults, especially those who were supposed to be protecting you. You can heal, it will be a fight but you have already won the hardest part, and that's just staying alive
@@tyler3683 I am so, so sorry for the agony and hell you must have gone through. I'm very glad you have tried to find forgiveness. I believe hatred harms the hater far more than the hated. It poisons the soul and twists the mind. Had you gone down that road your torturers would surely have won.
Saying that, I'm afraid I'm not as good a person as you. I think there are some things that truly are unforgivable. I'm not religious but I remember what Jesus said, "He who would harm the least of these, it would be better he be cast into the sea with a millstone around his neck."
I had a couple of experiences when I was 14 - not in the same ballpark as you - not even in the same universe. A family friend molested me twice. I remember just freezing; I could not move and I was rigid, frozen with terror. I was a very naive and troubled girl, still very much a child. I convinced myself it did not happen - it could not have happened because it was impossible. The memory of his hands all over me, probing all over the intimate areas of my body. It's nothing to what you went through, I know. It took me five years to tell my parents. I was frightened they would blame me because I must have been at fault. They didn't and my father said he wanted to get a shotgun and shoot his arse up. I'm glad you managed to get some sort of sanity in your life, it must mean you're very strong, because I know I could not have survived. God bless you and protect you.
Moira is gonna be pissed that she wasn’t invited to the particution.
as inhalf party half persecution?? .. Ilike it!! and yes she is going to
I’d like to think that she would want to be apart of this, but honestly, I think she let most (if not all) of her vengeance go. Something tells me that she knew about this plan, but CHOSE not to participate.
@@Kbear-xt9mh I agree, Moira got out a lot sooner than June and Emily, she has had more time to heal and find peace with the past, I don't think she's at a point in her life where she needed this anymore
Moira wouldn' t come! She is on a good way working things out without brutality and self- justice!
@@LaraM2424 I just think she’s dealing with it in a different way. She’s putting all her energy into helping and volunteering
I love the song "You Don't Own Me" and to have it play at such a cinematic moment was so BADASS.
Right? This was *THE BEST* song to play here!!
It ruined the scene for me. It was uncalled for tbh
You don't own me was thrilling on this sequence
That “Run” gave me life.
So much behind that little word.
@@iamsherlocked345omg, I lit up like a Christmas tree. You can hear her satisfaction. Long time coming
@@Ashbash-kf5xd that was when I knew the episode was definitely gonna liven up 👍😯 aka Fred gets his well deserved ending.
@@iamsherlocked345 I feel like, with everyone there was that YESSS feeling lol
Praise be !!! after all, he got his just dessert as we say here ! Fabulous actor no doubt and will be missed in TheHandmaids tale, the cast did a fukn amazing job n tho it went a tad off track from the books it still was satisfying to see him pay !! The testaments will be epic
The irony of him being chased in the woods fearing for his life mirroring the way June feared for hers running for her life with her husband and child, they ripped that daughter from her arms yet he begs for mercy.
Every single one of those women saw him as the representation of the commander that had taken their lives, they have been systematically trained to kill abhorrence and Fred is the epitome of evil.
One of the best TV scenes I've ever seen, the filming, the acting, the music, its just perfection.
he is a coward for running away. a real man should give a fight and at least he should have knockout out couple of women with him.
@higuain437 he was a coward anyway, always was, if he had to feel power by subjugating women. Even man in Gilead is a coward. He knew he'd be killed, whether he stayed and tried to fight or ran he was never getting out of it alive. The women were a product of the system he created, they treated him like they'd been programmed to treat any rapist. Absolutely a satisfying end
Goosebumps everytime. This is the ONLY show that I've basically completely remembered solely because it is so good. I won't have to rewatch the old seasons when season 5 comes out because it was so captivating and close to my heart that I can't forget it.
What a beautiful death! Despite how charming Fred could be when he wanted, I didn't feel an ounce of pity for him.
Fred most likely had narcisstic personality disorder and could be charming when he wanted to be and only cared about his own selfish desires
Gilead trained them well.. great Particicution
Chased/hunted him down like a pack of wolves and that sweet breath in/out as if giving herself the strength to beat him into an oblivion without tiring. I LOVE when the victim gets to take his/her time when killing the enemy(ies)
It gives you chills. It was almost mastubatory - like she was getting a sexual thrill out it. Constant rape, oppression, kidnapping and the theft of her husband and children pushed her over the edge and she could finally give way to the screaming monster within her!
As a man who’s been raped by multiple men
Idk why but this helped heal something in some way. No one should have to deal with that. The constant reminder of something taken from you is disgusting. I’m in no way a violent person but fuck. This made me smile.
Now this was a finale!! My heart was racing, please let Serena suffer in season 5!
Awesome. On to Mrs Waterford. June will make sure her kid is taken from her.
I’m hoping Serena is sent back to Gilead, made a handmaid, and Gilead takes Serena’s baby.
Karma’s a bitch.
@@artdeco64 girl, June is going to arrange that with Nick and Commander Lawrence. We know by now that she gets what she wants lol.
I just hope she goes crazy I don't think she is pregnant I hope they stop all horror handmaid shit and heal become a normal society
I hope Serena is made a handmaid. That's her justice - being forced to experience what June was. Over and over and over.
@stop talking to me💞 but she reversed to the good old Serena we all know too well in the blink of an eye. She simply can't feel remorse or love or anything really. She neglects the importance of other's lives. She neglects other's feelings. She neglects other's values. She only cares for herself to survive and she does whatever will make her obtain what she wants. Even sacrificing a baby's life, Nichole's life, condemning her to the most horrible existence, to satisfy her need to posses her. She is irredeemable. That single act established that once and for all.
Most satisfying scene in the entire show, ever.
for a second june turned into hannibal fucking lecter. i loved it!
The most satisfying scene in the whole series! I can't wait to see Serena losing her baby/become a handmaid. I just need to see Serena suffering too.
Same, can't wait for season 5!
Yes I think serena is going to be declared a unfit mother, her baby taken in canada and then shipped back 2 gillead. X
@@kittensrus1570 I want June to be present when her baby is being taking away, in a car, exactly how she made when showing Hannah to June and driving away in the first seasons. Serena needs to know real pain.
same. i can't believe i'm wishing a woman to be raped, but if a person doesn't care and actively make another person suffer somethig, then the victimizer should suffer the same too, so they learn how it feels. you know, in case she didn't know
Wait a moment - how can Serena actually become a Handmaid? I thought they recruited women for that job whom they knew to be fertile, and Serena clearly was not - in the show they established that she had had an accident or something which made her so...That's why she and Fred were assigned a Handmaid in the first place.
So I think that for her, it would either have been hanging or a trip to the Colonies, which was in most cases a death sentence also. Well unless they falsified her documents and declared her fertile, so she would become a Handmaid, and then later executed for not producing a child as she should.
This was the most satisfyingly this I've ever seen. Thank you writers!
Fiennes played Fred excellently. Only started watching THT in the last 2 weeks and already watched all 4 seasons.
him begging Nick for help before this only to watch June walk over to Nick and passionately kiss him thank you, just to then show the Commander really not getting that Nick was always strategically two-faced for her benefit…..SO SATISFYING
For anyone who wants a parallel with greek myth, there was a sect of Dionysus’ followers called the Maenads who were famous for having torn a king of Thebes to pieces because he went and saw them, invading their privacy and seeing them in their natural state. In a similar way, the Commanders like Fred invaded these women’s lives, and now Waterford is paying the price for it. What a masterpiece
This reminded of those nature videos where African wild dogs all pounce on an Impala. Only in this case, I felt zero sympathy for the prey
Such a good scene. Free all the women in jail who did similar to their abuser.
I love Emily’s little enthusiastic skip over to beat Waterford to death haha.
The hilarious thing is that none of these women had ever killed before until Gilead made them. Gilead made them kill people with their participation executions. They learned to kill by beating. They learned to numb themselves at least partially to the blood and the violence. They are doing exactly when Gilead taught them against one of its founders. Oh sweet ironic justice.
This was easily hands down the most satisfying scene in this entire series. Justice on so many levels was delivered to this character. I had a smile on my face for a long time after. June you are the shiznit.
I really love the song "You Don't Own Me". My favorite version is the one sung by Diane Keaton, Bette Midler, and Goldie Hawn in the move "First Wives Club". On a side note, I didn't know so many people could beat up on one person at the same time.
Presumably they took turns
I'd never heard it before now but I love it. Now I often listen to it on a loop.
I think every SA survivor dreams of this.
FR!!!
Coming back to this video every few months for the past couple of years has really helped me cope with my SA. the handmaids tale is so good
One of the most satisfying TV moments EVER! And when they all started beating him up and 'You Don't Own Me' started playing I started crying. June's face says it all, she craved for this moment for so long. Also Serena deserves justice too. Remembered when one of them said "The wife... I would use the broom handle." I live for that moment to happen. The bitch deserves it and so did this bastard.
Shes coming for them... i Cannot wait for season 5!
Can we get a round of applause for whoever is responsible for the musical score?! Right when fred enters Gilead, it's just so dark...ohh...I love it! So ominous! And then June gets bloody, beautiful vengeance!!! I got goosebumps throughout the whole scene! My neighbors must've heard me yelling, "Holy Sh%$, Holy Sh%$!!!," at 3am when I was watching this, beautiful bloody vengeance, scene was everything I've wanted to see since following June's journey from season 1 on, do I possibly sound like a serial killer? Maybe, I don't care....
No, you don't. We all felt that. Especially the women who have suffered rape in their own lives. It must have been a joy to their hearts!
I hope the next season starts with June going into Serena's cell throwing Fred's bloody clothes at her and while she's sobbing drops a handmaid uniform and says get dressed.
Honestly I would love if (as a nod to the novel) Serena gave birth to an unbaby, which is what they called the poor deformed "babies"...I think in season 2? this was referenced in the birthing scene where the one handmaid loses her child and its hastily taken away. I feel that that would be even more fitting than Serena being a handmaid...seeing the one thing she truly wanted taken away whereas June has her daughter. This would utterly destroy Serena also Fred Waterfords genes shouldn't be passed on (if he is truly the father). I feel there's some serious foreshadowing when June tells Serena the will of God is "when that baby dies inside you"...in Scripture (I was raised Christian) there is a verse warning against desiring something so badly it flys in God's face. I think if Serena committed suicide that would also be fitting seeing as how the first handmaid in her house did the same before June arrived.
June will make sure Serena becomes a handmaiden. That’s Serena’s biggest fear
Be patient! June knows what to do 😏
@@lindseyparker5638 I don't think Fred is Nicole's father, Nicole's very name contradicts that; Serena chose that name in order to drive it home to Fred that he wasn't, choosing a girl name which was totally out of line for Gilead (where the acceptable girl name would have been something from the Bible). She thinks just like she is barren, Fred is unable to father children, which is why she sends June to sleep with Nick.
I think the poetic justiice death for Serena would be that he would be forced to commit suicide, and then she would be denied Christian burial because of it. Perhaps even more than becoming a Handmaid and having to hand over her child to someone else. I do not think having a baby was ever what Serena truly wanted - she only thought so because Gilead taught her to do so, because that was the way for her to acquire status (through her husband who would be promoted because of it). She has already lost everything that matters to her through the death of Fred, her source of status.
Oh yes!! Serena becoming a hand maiden is all I want from this show.
Thank you for posting this 👏👏👏👏 the Taste of Justice
You are welcome. I absolutely love the Handmaids Tale! And this scene was excellent. Fred got what he deserved
the taste of vengence * not justice
He truly thought he knew June. He actually thought he did.
this was so so so so satisfying. What pisses me off is this season got 67% rotten tomatoes and ppl were like “she’s so violent “ LIKE UH NO SHIT???! THIS ENDING IS THE BEST
people actually said that? But then they’ll go watch deadpool right 🙄 straight up clownery.
The son that he refers to is lucky not to have him as a father. With any luck, he'll get a real one.
THIS IS THE MOST SATISFYING THING EVER
June is terrifying. There's nothing more nightmare-inducing than a person who's willing to do ANYTHING to get their revenge. June is one of those people.
Such an amazing finale. I was so, so damn happy. BRILLIANT show.
As far as comeuppance scenes, this is as satisfying as Refa's death in "And The Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place" from BABYLON 5.
This scene was so amazingly, horrificly, beautiful. I just hoped that everybody who participated in this never had to deal with rape themselves. As the accuracy is spot on!
I love this scene so much. When you don't own me kicks in tying back to the end of the first episode, to the flashes back to them dancing and the smirk on Emily's face right before she starts attacking him. So we'll done lol.
This soundtrack was Perfect 👍🏾
1:02 when a naked Zerg sees a solo full metal in rust
Can't decide which TV death was more gratifying? Waterford's or Joffrey's!
Joffrey for sure but this is a close second
I'm actually going to say this because unlike Joffrey, Fred here was killed by the people he wronged.
I never felt this satisfied at a villain's downfall since Ramsay and Joffrey. Though seeing Lydia literally stabbed in the back by Emily was the best in the series until Fred's death.
Joffrey's death is still as satisfying to watch as the first time. Ramsay is in the top of my list. I could also add Ollie and Alliser Thorne.
As satisfying as Joffrey, Littlefinger & Ramsey.
You know, when he was on the ground and finally being beaten to death, I smiled widely, began waving and said "Bye! Have a nice afterlife!"
Don’t run , don’t fight, don’t scream, don’t kick, don’t bite
Don’t bite
Waited so long for this and the wait was more than worth it