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Aug 18, 2019 · The Handmaid’s Tale has always had a thing for showing closeups of June staring at the camera, but it became very prevalent during Season 3 on Hulu. In fact, those closeup stares were so common that they turned into a running joke and memes among the fans. Here are some of the best memes and jokes about it.
Sep 18, 2022 · The extreme up close face shots of June began as a compelling example of creative cinematography, but excessive use has rendered them cliché. The Handmaid's Tale, adapted from Margaret Atwood's book , is veering dangerously close to self-parody with its overuse of the close-up shot of June's face.
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June Osborne, formerly referred to by her patronym Offred and later Ofjoseph, is the protagonist of The Handmaid's Tale. She is a woman in her 30s who was forced to serve as a Handmaid in the early years of Gilead, due to the fact she is still capable of bearing children. She is the wife of Luke Bankole and the mother of a young daughter, Hannah. S...
Appearance
June has blonde hair and blue eyes. She is around 5 feet 3 inches and has a medium build. In the old world, she wore modern trendy clothing. In Gilead, she always wears the red robes and white head coverings that all Handmaids wear.
Personality
June is a little different from her book's counterpart. She is more outspoken and rebellious. She is beloved by friends and family and at first she has a sweet heart, but gradually becomes coldly vengeful. She has a special relationship and temperament with both of her children, Hannah and Nichole. She treats them with love, care and kindness. With the Waterfords and in Gilead, June is forced to be a lot more direct, ruthless, brave, and protective. She protects the women and people around her when she can and she tries to stick up for herself and others, especially with the Waterfords and Aunt Lydia.
Past life
June was born to Dr Holly Maddox where Dr Maddox described herself as an atheist. Her father was described as a Lapsed Catholic and an alcoholic who died while June was in high school
Season 5
June continues to struggle in Canada. However, killing Fred Waterford has given her some temporary happiness. Covered in blood, she goes to talk to the other women who helped her. They ask June for her help back but she isn't sure what she can give. June stays focused on her hate for Serena. She mails Serena Fred's finger with his wedding ring as a signal that she was the one behind Fred's death. After Serena realized June's part, she invited Agnes (Hannah) to Fred's funeral to stand next to her. The funeral was broadcast on television and June and Luke saw Serena kiss their Hannah. Enraged, June starts to move. She and Moira go to talk to the women behind May Day, located near the border of Gilead. They help June send a message to Nick, who assures her Hannah is alright. June confronts Serena's car after she lands at the airport and warns her never to touch her daughter again. June eventually gets intel from Mayday that someone might have information about Hannah. However, No Man's Land has been parolled more freqently and their source refuses to cross. June and Luke decide to cross it themselves to get the information. They meet their source, get the information, hang out until nightfall, and head back. However, on the way back they get caught. Luke and June get put into cages and wait for their fate. Eventually, they get separated. Luke goes back to Canada and June gets taken by Ryan Wheeler's men. There is a hit on her name so she is set to get killed by Ezra but Serena begs to go with to see it for herself. Serena goes with Ezra and asks to shoot June. Ezra gives her the gun and she points it at June's face making her say her final prayers. Suddently, Serena turns the gun on Ezra and tells June to run. Serena is in labor so June helps her deliver her baby, Noah, in a barn. They bond in this moment and June agrees to get Serena help. She brings her to a hospital in Canada. Later, June sees detainment officers take Serena into custody but she is upset because she doesn't want Serena to be separated from her child, who has done nothing wrong. June even visits Serena in jail and advises her to play like a good handmaid while plotting her revenge on the Wheelers. June gets a proposition from Lawrence to join New Bethlehem, a new Gilead run city for refugees, where she could see Hannah. June considers it but Luke is very against it. June gets a call from Tuello that they located Hannah and are going to retrieve her. A group of military go in but their planes get shot down and June's hopes to get Hannah back are destroyed. Lawrence tells June the offer to see her in New Bethlehem is still on the table. June attends a memorial service for the military men who died in the attempt to rescue Hannah. Someone is shot at the rally by an anti-refugee protester and June drops to the ground to try and protect a young girl. She buys a bulletproof vest as she starts to feel more and more unsafe in Canada. She notices people moving away, fearful of the protesters. A man in a truck tries to run June over several times, breaking her arm and gravely injuring her. Luke jumps out to stop him and beats him up. June is rushed to the hospital and survives but Luke is brought in for questioning at the police station. The man died and a warrant has been issued for Luke's arrest. June decides it's time to run again. They book a flight but Tuello intervenes- warning them that police will be waiting at the airport. Tuello gives them train tickets and advises them to go West. They go to the train station and June and Nichole board the train but police arrest Luke. June cries at being separated from Luke, not wanting to do this alone. On the train, she hears a crying baby and sees it's Noah who is in Serena's arm. June goes to stand with Serena at the back of the train.
Season One
•Offred •Birth Day •Late •Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum •Faithful •A Woman's Place •The Other Side •Jezebels •The Bridge •Night
Season Two
•June •Unwomen •Baggage •Other Women •Seeds •First Blood •After •Women's Work •Smart Power •The Last Ceremony •Holly •Postpartum •The Word
Season Three
•Night •Mary and Martha •Useful •God Bless the Child •Unknown Caller •Household •Under His Eye •Unfit •Heroic •Witness •Liars •Sacrifice •Mayday
Luke Bankole
Luke is June's husband (from before she was abducted into Gilead). They had a loving relationship and had one child together, Hannah Bankole.
Nick Blaine
Nick is a driver who works in the Waterford household in Gilead. Serena asked him and June to have sex so that she could have a baby, since Mr. Waterford's sperm wasn't viable. Nick and June ended up having a connection and started to sneak around to see each other romantically in Gilead. Nick and June conceived a baby together, named Nichole Osborne.
•The name June is derived from the Latin Juno, which was the name of the Roman goddess of marriage, childbirth and women, the wife of Jupiter, the ruler of the gods, and the Roman counterpart of the Greek goddess Hera. This matches well with the different roles of Offred (whose real name is possibly June) plays: she is Luke's wife, a mother and later a 'breeder' for Gilead, and finally, a voice for the women of Gilead.
•The number in June's ear tag is 1985, after the year the book was originally published.
•It is mentioned by Luke in Vows that June has Swedish ancestry.
•In Canada, when Luke and Moira take her to a shopping market, June asked "What has happened to potato chips in the last seven years?" This implies that she has been in Gilead for seven years.
1.Episode 1, "Offred"; see also: Novel, Section 23 in "VIII Birth Day"
2.Episode 2.3, "Baggage"
3.Episode 1.1, "Offred"
4.Episode 5, "Faithful"
5.Episode 2.4, "Other Women"
6.Episode 1.2, "Birth Day"
Sep 29, 2021 · Moira Strand (Samira Wiley) Fresh off Orange is the New Black, Wiley landed the role of June's college friend who escapes from the Red Center and ends up being enslaved in a different manner at ...
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May 19, 2021 · May 19, 2021. Sophie Giraud/Hulu. Spoilers ahead for The Handmaid’s Tale Season 4, Episode 6. It’s happened. After years of torture and assault, of false starts and near misses, of resignation ...
Nov 8, 2022 · The Handmaid's Tale season five finale and final scene with June and Serena on the train and how it sets up season 6 (the final season), explained by Elisabeth Moss, star and director of "Safe.
Jun 16, 2021 · In the Season 4 finale of The Handmaid's Tale, June tastes sweet vengeance when she and a number of women corner Fred in the woods and beat him to death. The next morning, her husband, Luke, finds ...
