The Handmaid’s Tale
Warning : Contains SPOILERS for The Handmaid ’s Tale time of year 6 , installment 8.The Handmaid ’s Taleseason 6 , sequence 8 , " Exodus , " center around the marriage of Serena Joy Waterford and Commander Gabriel Wharton , as glamorous an affair as you ’re ever likely to regain in Gilead . And what ’s a wedding without a patty ? Made by Serena ’s former Martha , Rita , the sweet treat was an oversized offer , so big you ’d be forgive for thinking a Handmaid was going to alternate out of it and start a carnage there and then .
Despite the color scheme of the cake ( and , indeed , the Handmaids ) , Serena ’s nuptials weren’tThe Handmaid ’s Taleseason 6 ’s version ofGame of Thrones ' Red Wedding . It had been speculated , and even look , that there ’d be a lot of deaths at the wedding , and the patty had been poised to be the key to that . Perhaps Rita would poison it , vote out everyone instantly , leading to them vomiting , or other disorderly prospect . The show took a more subtle approach , but the cake was still dead vitaltoThe Handmaid ’s Taleseason 6 , instalment 8 ’s ending .
What Serena’s Wedding Cake Was Laced With In The Handmaid’s Tale Season 6, Episode 8
Rita Made The Cake For Serena’s Wedding To Commander Wharton
The hymeneals cake may not have been so drastically poisoned that it killed the Commanders , but it was still laced with something . Rita put a form of sedative in the cake- and a strong oneat that , which had been smuggle to her in the vials seen in the previous episode - which has the intended effect of ensuring the Commanders and their Wives pass departed after a few 60 minutes , as attest with the sleeping Commander at the very conclusion .
The Handmaid ’s Taleseason 6 is the last one . It will be followed bysequel showThe Testaments , also set to release on Hulu , though no particular date has been announced .
This explains why the Handmaids themselves do n’t eat any of the bar , instead placing it under their chairman at an opportune moment(later to be discovered by Aunt Lydia , who commence to realise something is terribly amiss ) . Similarly , because Commander Lawrence was in on the programme , he also did n’t eat the patty , though did encourage his wife to do so .
The Handmaid ’s Tale season 6 , episode 8 sees Aunt Lydia preserve to investigate June ’s plan , completing her The Testaments transformation .
Ultimately , this was a smart plan from the Handmaids and Rita . Poisoning the cake could have backfired , as there ’d have been greater difficultness in containing who ate it and a risk of innocent mass being hurt ( or ferocity breaking out ) , whereasthe downer allows for their plan to take place , without any great danger at the wedding itself .
The Wedding Cake Was Key To June’s Plan
June Has Turned The Handmaids Into An Army
June ’s plan may not have been unsufferable without the marriage bar being laced with a sedative , but it would be close to it , putting the Handmaids in a far weaker placement . Thanks to Rita , who fittingly gets to play a cardinal function in helping to work down the Boston area of Gilead , the Handmaids are really able to enact their vengeance .
June now has an United States Army of Handmaids , who are turning to the light … after the small matter of kill any Commander they can find .
June now has an army of Handmaids , who are turn to the light … after the small thing of kill any Commander they can find . With each handmaid look define to kill their own commander ( or at least , that would be the logical approach ) , it ’s going to be pretty soft picking for them . Again , the one log Z’s at the end , with a Handmaid come near them from behind while they ’re out cold , is a unclouded example of just how effective the cake really was .
The Deeper Meaning Of The Handmaids Not Eating The Cake
It Connects All The Way Back To Season 1
It ’s quite appropriate that cake should bring such a full-grown part in the Handmaids taking down Gilead . As per its prescript , Handmaids are not permitted to eat sweet things . Because their purpose to the Commanders is for reproductive memory , they have nonindulgent diets to stand by to . Serena allow them cake at the marriage ceremony was part of her extending an Olea europaea branch , trying to show how things will be unlike inNew Bethlehem , but by adhering to not corrode the dessert , the Handmaids were rightfully able to ordain their programme for vengeance .
The Handmaid ’s Tale Season 6 ’s remain episode
The Handmaid’s Tale is a television adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel, released in 2017. It is set in a dystopian future where a woman is compelled to live as a concubine under a strict fundamentalist theocracy.
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To me , this also call back toThe Handmaid ’s Taleseason 1 , episode 2 , " Birth Day . “There , we see the Handmaids coveting an assortment of pastries and cookies that the Wives are eating , with one saying:“They pig out while we do all the oeuvre . “June is given a macaron by Serena , as a faux - benevolence that ’s really just mockery ; while she pretends to wipe out it , she spits it out once out of sight , freeze off the offer because she understands its design .
That all comes back to play inThe Handmaid ’s Taleseason 6 , sequence 8 with the wedding patty , which is once again offered by Serena . By refuse it , and by have the others"pig out"while they do the employment of provision , the Handmaids get something far sweeter : retaliation .
The Handmaid ’s Talereleases new installment Tuesdays at midnight ET on Hulu .
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The Handmaid ’s Tale is a goggle box version of Margaret Atwood ’s novel , release in 2017 . It is determine in a dystopian future where a woman is compel to live as a concubine under a strict fundamentalistic theocracy .
