Top 50 Quotes From The Handmaid's Tale, Season 2, Episode 4

- You can do much better than that, can't you?
- Excehent

- It's June.
- You know my fucking name.

- Something so huge
- I can't even see it, something that's drowning me.
- I am inadequate and stupid, without worth.
- I might as well be dead.
- Please, god, let Hannah forget me.
- Let me forget me.

Aunt: You understand that everything that happens now must be for the good of the child?
Serena: Are you sure that she understands that?
Aunt: I will make sure of it.

Aunt: Whose fault was it? Huh?
June: [whispers] My fault.
Aunt: Who induced him to commit such a crime?
June: I did.
Aunt: Offred?
June: I did.
Aunt: And why did God allow such a terrible thing to happen? Answer me. Offred.
June: To teach me a lesson.
Aunt: To teach JUNE a lesson. Shh, shh. June did this. June ran away. June consorted with terrorists. Not Offred. Offred was kidnapped. Offred... is free from blame. Offred does not have to bear June's guilt.

- God provides all we need in his bounty, but it is our duty to choose vitamins and minerals in wise proportion to support the baby.
- Offred. Sit.
- We have a very special day planned, dear.
- Everyone wants to celebrate our miracle.

Aunt: This isn't easy for her.
- Don't think it's easy for me either.
- I'm doing my best.
- You were a fallen woman.
- I am trying to give you the best chance you can have.

- Sorry, aunt Lydia.
- We'll make another.
- You need your vitamins.

- Offred: Serena.
- Remember.
- As long as my baby is safe...
- So is yours.

Aunt: Mrs. Waterford, I've worked with many wives and handmaids. This part is always hard.
Serena: Mothers. Mothers and handmaids.
Aunt: [nods] Ah. It's only natural to resent her. God will forgive you for that.
Serena: Well, she makes it difficult.
Aunt: Mm. She's strong. But that means your child will be strong.

- Why don't we put these away?
- Ma'am, let me help you with that.
- Let's stretch our legs.
- No, no, no, no.

- Not offred.
- Offred was kidnapped.
- Offred is free from blame.
- Offred does not have to bear June's guilt.

- Wives and handmaids: For of such is the kingdom of heaven.
[Softly] Let the little children come to me.
- Wives and handmaids: For of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Serena: Let the little children come to me.
- Wives and handmaids: For of such is the kingdom of heaven.
[Softly] Let the little children come to me.

- Mrs. Waterford...
- I would very much like to stay here at home.
- If you'll have me.
- Manners?
[Softly] Please.

- Lights are down, but not to worry.
[Sing-song] Rub-a-dub-dub.
- Be sure to wash everywhere.
- No, dear I mean down there.
- You don't want any nasty bacteria getting to the baby, do you?

- Hey.
- Look, I'm sorry.
- I tried everything to get you out.
- Offred: We've been sent good weather.
Nick: June.
- June!

- He'll come back home to me.
- You've been separated for three months.
- You are never going to know him like I do.
- I was his first, did he tell you that?
- You think you can just take him from me 'cause you want him?
- Fucking whore!

- You see,
- June will be chained in this room until she gives birth.
- And then June will be...
- Executed.
- Offred has an opportunity.
- It would be better for the baby.

- You didn't make her say anything.
- This wasn't your fault.
- Not that part.

[Softly] Please.
- Let me try to be good.
Aunt: Wonderful.
- God will certainly bless this house with peace.
- I have confidence in you all.
- You'll find your way.

- Mayday's gone silent.
- For how long?
- They're done helping handmaids.
- Ofglen! Ofglen!
- They cut out her tongue.
- After she stood up for Janine.

- Do you have anything else to say?
- I am not worthy yet.
- I am so grateful for everything...
- You've done for me.

Aunt: [indicates body hanging at the wall] I believe you know him. He drove a bread delivery truck.
June: [realizes who Aunt Lydia is referring to, looks up at the body, then collapses to her knees]
Aunt: The wife will redeem herself by serving as a handmaid. The boy will never see his mother again. He has been placed with new parents. Parents who are fit. Gilead has shown them mercy. They will have a chance at a better life. Of course, if you had asked them, this would not have been the path they would have chosen. But you didn't ask them, did you? You chose for them. Such... a selfish... girl.

Serena: I want her out of my house.
Fred: Why don't you sit down...
Serena: No, you said it would be my decision.
Fred: Yes.
Serena: Good! Good, then she'll go back to the Red Center and she'll have the baby, and then I don't care where she goes after that!
Fred: Are you certain that's what you want?
Serena: I can't have her in the house, Fred.
Fred: You're strong. You don't want to miss this pregnancy. We've missed so much already. You deserve this... and you're not gonna let her take any part of it away from you. You're gonna be a wonderful mother. Just think about the baby. Not her. She's nothing.

- Offred: Seventy-one flowers.
- The bedspread has 71 flowers.

- Martha. A word?
- Offred: The waterfords can keep the baby.
- Shows off gilead's reach and might.
Aunt: You have a very importantjob, an essential job.
- Now, everything must be washed.
- Fruits, vegetables, meat.
- And especially poultry...

- Martha 1: Can you move these chairs over here?
- Martha 2: Yes, of course.
- Martha 3: Pardon me.
- Martha 1: Those are the ones she wants.

- Take them.
- Rita, wait!
- Someone was supposed to contact you.
- I can't.
[Whispers] What if she finds them?
- You don't know what it's been like.

- I believe you know him.
- He drove a bread delivery truck.

- I did. Offred?
- I did.
- And why did god allow such a terrible thing to happen?
- Answer me.
- Offred.
- To teach me a lesson.

Andrew: Good.
- Family is very important.
- I agree.
- Let us all pray for a full-term pregnancy and a successful birth.
- By his hand.
Andrew: Pull!

- because we gonna get married, right?
- 'Cause I'm gonna make you happy.
- I'm gonna...
[Softly] Baby, I promise you.
- I promise you.
- I'm sorry about that.

Aunt: Blessed be the fruit. I see you've eaten well, Offred. Third day in a row.
June: It's June. You know my fucking name.
Aunt: [pause] The Waterfords have agreed to a trial run, as it were, and if you're a very very good girl, you might be invited to stay. You see... June will be chained in this room until she gives birth. And then June will be... executed. Offred has an opportunity; it would be better for the baby.

June: [voiceover] I have done something wrong. Something so huge I can't even see it. Something that's drowning me. I am inadequate and stupid. Without worth. I might as well be dead. Please, God, let Hannah forget me. Let me forget me.

- Do you want something to drink?
- Do you want tea or something?
Serena: Leah, thank you so much.
Leah: I knitted it myself.
- Wife 3: Leah is just so talented. Wife 4: So talented.
- Bring mine in.

- All will be well, and all will be well.
- All manner of things will be well.
- Momma loves you.

Aunt: Oh!
- Come along, dear. It's time.
- Offred: I would like to be without shame.
- I would like to be shameless.
- I would like to be ignorant.
- Then I would not know how ignorant I was.

- Leah: You're absolutely glowing. Wife 2: Mmm-hmm.
- Oh, yes, thank you.
- We, um... we're very blessed.
Leah: It's such a shame you missed the baby's first trimester.
Naomi: Ugh, icouldn't breathe until Angela's first kick.
- Well, I think it's still too early for that.
- I felt the baby kick for the first time last night.

Serena: Nick!
- The guests are arriving soon.
- Can you please make sure that everything is ready?
- Yes, ma'am.
- Drink up, dear.

- Ooh! Water's getting cool.
- Finish up and off to bed.
- Baby needs rest.

June: [voiceover] I would like to be without shame. I would like to be shameless. I would like to be ignorant. Then I would not know how ignorant I was.

Serena: [embracing June's four-month-pregnant belly while June pretends to be asleep] All will be well... and all will be well. All manner of things will be well. Mama loves you.

- Woman: Oh! Serena: This is so pretty. Thank you.
- Wife 1: I have to try.
- Can I try it?
- Wife 2: [Laughing] Oh, yes.
- Give it a go. See what it does.
- Wife 1: Oh, does it move?
Serena: It's darling!
- Wife 3: I just couldn't...
- I couldn't resist it.

- June: It's almost 5:00.
- Maybe they ran into friends.
- Maybe a lot of things.
- Who are you?
June: I'm the handmaid.
June: No! [Panting]
- No! [Men grunting]
[Screams] No!

- You understand that everything that happens now must be for the good of the child.
- Are you sure that she understands that?
- I will make sure of it.
- No more of this.
- Bad for the baby.

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June: I heard a story on NPR once about pig balls. For pigs who were being fattened in pens. The pigs rolled the balls with their snouts, and the pig marketers said it improved their muscle tone. The pigs were curious. They liked having something to think about. Caged rats will give themselves electric shocks for something to do. There are 71 flowers on the comforter. Seventy-one. I wish I had a pig ball.

- And the pig marketers said it improved their muscle tone.
- The pigs were curious. They liked having something to think about.
- Caged rats will give themselves electric shocks for something to do.
- There are 71 flowers on the comforter.
- Seventy-one.
- I wish I had a pig ball.

Serena: [Grabs June by the throat] Ninety-two days!
[They glare into each other's eyes for nearly 20 seconds before Serena releases her]
June: [after coughing and gasping] Serena... remember... long as my baby is safe... so is yours.

- We've missed so much already.
- You deserve this.
- And you're not going to let her take any part of it away from you.
- You're going to be a wonderful mother.
- Just think about the baby, hmm?
- Not her. She's nothing.

- Blessed be the fruit.
- I see you've eaten well, offred.
- Third day in a row.