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June Rebuilds Resistance After Nick’s Betrayal in The Handmaid’s Tale

In the wake of Nick’s betrayal and the Jezebel’s massacre, June and her allies move to strike during Serena Joy’s wedding while Janine’s fate remains uncertain.

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In the seventh episode of The Handmaid’s Tale’s sixth and final season, June Osborne is forced to reevaluate her perception of Nick Blaine after learning that he betrayed her to Commander Wharton. The episode, titled “Shattered,” opens moments after last week’s cliffhanger and focuses on the fallout from that revelation and the mounting cost of resistance inside and outside Gilead.

June overhears Wharton boasting to Serena Joy that Nick informed him about the Mayday operation intended to disrupt the Commander leadership at Jezebel’s. The information leads directly to a violent crackdown. Viewers are taken to Jezebel’s where Gileadean officers execute nearly every woman present. Janine survives, spared only because of her connection to Commander Bell.

The massacre is shown in brief but harrowing detail. For June, the aftermath takes shape in imagined visions of what occurred—an overload of guilt, fury, and grief. Elisabeth Moss, who plays June and directs episodes of the series, described the betrayal as irreversible. “Everything changes in that moment for June,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. “She cannot ever see him in the same way again.”

Max Minghella, who plays Nick, acknowledged the divisive turn in his character’s arc. “I don’t really mind what they think of Nick morally,” he said. “I just hope people enjoy the narratives.” He drew a sharp line between himself and the character, adding, “He’s much more stoic; I’m a sort of mess of a person.”

Nick and June face each other shortly after the massacre. He confronts her about what she has overlooked about him for years, arguing that her silence on his Gilead status was convenient. When she accuses him of being no different from the other commanders, he replies, “And you love me. So what does that make you?”

June walks away without responding. The rupture leaves Nick resigned to her judgment. In a later scene with Rita, he reflects on June’s view of him as a self-serving figure, and he does nothing to reject it.

Moss expanded on June’s reaction to that exchange. “She’s completely brokenhearted,” she said. “She’s also so mad at herself that she ignored all the signs… All of that is going through her head in the same moment. And then thinking about those women and not being able to ever get that image out of her head.”

Back at Mayday headquarters, June confides in Luke about Nick’s betrayal. Luke, played by O-T Fagbenle, reacts with raw honesty. “Don’t be in love with a fucking Nazi,” he tells her. The line, delivered in anger, reflects the long-held resentment Luke has toward Nick, whose relationship with June produced their daughter Holly while June was still held in Gilead.

Fagbenle described the emotional complexity behind that moment. “It’s pathological on many levels,” he said of June and Nick’s relationship. “It’s so blindingly obvious that Nick is part of a fascistic regime… You don’t get promoted up the ranks because you’re baking nice pastries.”

Writers and producers Eric Tuchman and Yahlin Chang have acknowledged the tension in how Nick has been portrayed throughout the series. Chang explained that the writing often leans into romance even as the truth of Nick’s allegiance is plain. “There is no such thing as a good Gilead Commander,” she said. “If you’re a man and you’re powerful in Gilead… you just are [part of it].”

The episode also features a pointed moment from Commander Lawrence, who tells June that her view of Nick has been shaped by his appearance and her emotional investment. That comment parallels Chang’s view that both characters and viewers have been willing to ignore who Nick is because of how he feels to June.

While the emotional fallout dominates the first half of the episode, the second half turns to action. June begins planning a coordinated resistance strike to take place during Serena Joy and Wharton’s wedding. The ceremony is expected to bring many high-ranking Gileadean officials together in one place—an opportunity for Mayday to strike.

June works closely with Commander Lawrence, who reveals that Gilead is pulling border guards to attend the wedding, leaving certain regions vulnerable. Canadian agent Mark Tuello is also drawn into the operation. With these movements in mind, June proposes using the wedding as cover for a surprise assault.

The plan includes smuggling knives into the event, disguised and wrapped for transport. Other weapons and devices planted earlier in the season may also come into play. Lawrence hints that an American military operation might be possible during the distraction, though details are left ambiguous.

June seeks strength from Moira during a preparatory scene. She references Psalm 23, a passage frequently used by Gilead’s leaders, and adds a direct plea: “And please, dear God, give us the strength to murder those goddamn motherfuckers.” The moment blends her personal pain with her conviction to act, making clear that her faith, stripped from its institutional trappings, remains a motivating force.

Aunt Lydia, portrayed by Ann Dowd, discovers the carnage at Jezebel’s and reacts with visible anguish. She clutches a child’s drawing while absorbing the reality of what occurred. Later, she is informed that Janine has been taken in by Commander Bell, who has been exploiting her since Jezebel’s collapse. Lydia attempts to intervene but is denied access. Her position, once one of command within the Red Center, now carries less weight.

The episode also introduces Aunt Phoebe, a new figure working covertly for the resistance. She helps June and Moira navigate the Red Center by creating a diversion. Her presence adds logistical support to the growing network within Gilead that opposes the regime from inside.

By nightfall, June and Moira are loaded into the trunk of Lawrence’s car for secret transport. Their goal is twofold: reach the wedding and find Janine. The urgency of the mission is reinforced by the reality of Bell’s abuse and the tightening control Gilead exerts over its few remaining dissenters.

Janine’s arc in this episode traces her transformation from survivor to captive. Her survival, initially a reprieve, becomes another form of imprisonment. Dowd’s scenes with Janine offer little in terms of resolution, and instead reveal the structural barriers that prevent even well-placed women like Lydia from protecting those under their supervision.

The performances from the core cast reflect a shift in tone. Moss, Fagbenle, and Minghella all portray their characters with narrowed restraint—emotion held back or forced into silence. Amanda Brugel, Samira Wiley, and Sam Jaeger provide additional support as their characters prepare for what lies ahead. Abigail Brooks, portraying Aunt Phoebe, is introduced with brief but effective urgency.

Visual direction in “Shattered” leans on enclosed spaces: closets, hallways, vehicles. Conversations are close-range, sometimes whispered, and cut short by shifting tension. The contrast between hidden dialogue and scenes of open violence at Jezebel’s establishes the rhythm for the episode’s pacing.

Production design continues to replicate Gilead’s signature iconography, with sterile interiors and uniformed control. The wedding itself has not yet occurred, but its symbolic weight already looms over the characters’ decisions. The careful orchestration of this anticipated event becomes a tactical entry point for resistance plans still in motion.

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