Members of her family treat her with kindness, love, and patience, but June is slow to recognise the efforts they are making. Entirely in keeping with the show's ethos, this is anything but a ‘fairytale’ reunion. In fact, she’s distant, preoccupied, and more than a little freaked out. Yet while the title of the seventh episode Home might suggest feelings of contentment and connection, June understandably struggles to find either. Stepping off the boat that smuggled her out of the civil war-ravaged US, June formally requests asylum in Canada putting herself beyond the reach of the religious criminals of Gilead. For the first time in the entire televisual history of The Handmaid’s Tale, June finds herself in a genuine state of liberty.
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