The Handmaid's Tale Season 6 Episode 5 Recap

Eyes On Gilead: A Handmaid's Tale Podcast

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The Handmaid's Tale, Tv & Film, Podcast, Podcasts, Tv Shows, After Shows, Sbs

4.7 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Join us as we recap episode 5 of season 6 of The Handmaid’s Tale, in which June and Moira go undercover and Serena and Nick make consequential choices. While the High Commanders are hurling insults at each other in Jezebels, we brace ourselves for some rebellion. Will Luke's careful plan bear fruit? Contains spoilers of The Handmaid's Tale episode 605 'Janine' (written by Ubah Mohamed, and directed by Natalia Leite).

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0:00.0	And I know what's grandiose, but I really do believe that God brought me back here to change the country.
0:14.0	Let's change it together.
0:18.0	Serena Joy, will you?
0:23.0	Please do me the honor of marrying me.
0:27.9	Yes, yes, I will.
0:37.0	Welcome to Eyes on Gilead, an SBS podcast dedicated to The Handmaid's Tale.
0:40.4	There is a lot going on in this show, and we think it helps to talk it out after every episode.
0:45.9	I'm Fiona Williams, and I'm head of curation at SBS On Demand, and I'm joined by my friends,
0:51.2	colleagues and fellow resistors.
0:53.3	Haiti Island, channel manager of SBS On Demand.
0:55.9	Hello.
0:57.0	Natalie Handley, journalist turned demologist.
0:59.7	Hi.
1:00.5	And Sana Khadar, host of All In The Mind on ABC Radio National.
1:04.3	Hello, hello.
1:05.3	Hello.
1:06.6	We have just watched episode five of season six of The Handmaid's Tale.
1:12.2	Can you believe it?
1:13.0	We're halfway through?
1:14.4	What?
1:15.8	It is called, wait for it, Janine.
1:19.5	Oh.
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