Does Serena ever leave Gilead?

The second season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” ended with Serena Joy (Yvonne Strahovski) truly becoming a mother as well as seemingly picking a side in the fight against the misogynistic regime — by putting her child first and letting her leave Gilead.

What is wrong with Aunt Lydia?

Aunt Lydia’s backstory Lydia’s fate was uncertain at the end of season 2. Emily (Alexis Bledel) quite literally stabbed Lydia in the back and pushed her down a flight of stairs for good measure. But the woman is hard to kill. Indeed, the fearsome Aunt survived.

Why is everyone infertile in The Handmaid’s Tale?

But what’s the cause? In The Handmaid’s Tale, infertility is linked to another one of Gilead’s prominent problems: pollution. As revealed in the season 1 episode “A Woman’s Place,” inorganic farming and radioactivity are to blame for declining fertility.

What caused infertility in Gilead?

As climate change and exposure to toxic chemicals have caused most of the U.S.’s population to become infertile, a woman’s fertility becomes her most important trait in an effort to “save” Gilead’s population from extinction. In Gilead, all women are prohibited from consuming any media, including reading.

Is Serena Joy infertile?

A DNA test proves Fred is, indeed, the biological father of Serena’s child. Viewers learned in past seasons the world’s infertility crisis that prompted the creation of Gilead affected men and women. Serena assumed Fred to be infertile, so she orchestrated June and Nick having sex in order to conceive Nichole.

Why do wives wear blue?

Blue is often associated with the Virgin Mary and purity and serenity – it used to be considered a very feminine colour, so perhaps that is why the Wives wear it. Blue is for the lawful (and upperclass) wives. In the book, the “econowives” wore striped dresses…and brown is for the aunts.

Why do the wives pretend to give birth?

No, the woman on the floor is the very NOT pregnant wife of the husband Janine was forced to have sex with. But her best gal pals don’t want her to feel like she’s missing out or that Janine might be superior for physically birthing the child, so they pretend she is due for labor any moment.