After Aunt Lydia promises June “consequences” for her rebellion, a black van full of Eyes pulls up outside the Waterford residence. It's exactly what she's feared all season, but Nick comes through the door first and whispers in her ear: Just go with it, trust me.
As the black van pulls into the driveway, she sees the eyes painted on its sides. The van pulls in, and Nick opens the door of Offred's room. Offred thinks he has betrayed her, but he whispers that she should go with the Eyes. He tells her they are in Mayday and have come to save her.
For as long as June is on a quest to bring down Gilead, save her daughter, Hannah, and overcome her trauma, then it will always be difficult for her to be with Luke, while she will always be drawn to Nick.
Nick Is Torn Between His Loyalty to June and Rose
He appears to love his wife, Rose, and it may not be the same passionate love that he has for June, but he does care for her and has loyalty to her as a friend and the mother of his child.
Story. Following the events in Household and prior to the events of Season 5, Rose married Nick Blaine, who had recently been promoted to a Commander.
The Handmaid's Tale Season 5 premiere episode “Morning” confirmed this, and introduced Rose Blaine played by actress Carey Cox. While she first appears to be a typical Gilead wife, her first scene with Nick seemingly reveals an intriguing twist: he's been honest with her and she knows all about June.
Nichole Holly Osborne, temporarily named Nichole Waterford, is the biological baby daughter of Nick Blaine and June Osborne. She was initially named Holly by her mother when giving birth (after her maternal grandmother) and renamed Nichole by the Waterfords.
She lets Luke know Nichole's real name, Holly, and that of her biological father, and that Nick helped her to survive.
But what shocked fans the most was that Rose knew where her husband had been. She knew all about June and that Nick had done something June needed.
The childbirth scene is primal and intimate and prompts the women to confess their secrets: June tells Serena that she didn't kill her when she had the chance because she simply didn't want to, and Serena realizes she has been forced into essentially being a handmaid in the Wheelers house and begs June to take her baby ...
Offred sleeps with Nick willingly. She quickly develops feelings for him and he seems to reciprocate. Offred opens up to him, telling him a great deal about herself and her life prior to Gilead. Towards the end of the novel, Offred believes she's pregnant and tells Nick, as the baby is almost certainly his.
Nick seems to believe that June's love for him was only a product of her circumstances and that she would drop Nick for her family once she made it to Canada. On top of that, Nick's anti-Gilead tendencies have made him a useful ally for the Americans, and he can only use his influence if he remains in Gilead.
Offred Didn't Get Pregnant Until Nick Was In The Picture
Most fans think this is a given. It's biology. Offred has been raped on a monthly basis during her peak fertile period by Commander Waterford, and nothing happens. Suddenly she starts sleeping with Nick the Chauffeur, and bam!
Back home, Serena Joy asks Offred to sleep with Nick to get pregnant since the Commander may be sterile. Serena Joy promises to let Offred see a picture of her daughter if she will. Although angry at this act of bribery, Offred agrees.
Working as a driver for the Commanders (particularly Fred), Nick becomes unsure of Gilead's purpose when Fred's first handmaid takes her own life. Distraught by the handmaid's actions, Nick joins the Eyes, a secret intelligence unit, to offer information on Commanders to persecute them for any wrongdoings.
Serena Joy reveals Offred's pregnancy to her husband and tells him the baby isn't his because he is weak. Fred participates in Warren's trial chaired by Commander Pryce. Waterford is all for leniency, reminding that no one is free of mistakes and that Warren Putnam has a family, a wife and a new child.
With this in mind, Fred's use of "son" may have been just another way to emotionally manipulate Nick. He may have been trying to keep Nick on his side and make him feel as if there was still a close bond between them both.
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It was a bittersweet ending to season three of the Handmaid's Tale. June miraculously pulled off her plan of smuggling 52 children out of Gilead, but the look on Luke's face when he realises that his girls Hannah and June are not onboard that plane will haunt my dreams forever.
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. She is also the mother of Nichole who she had with Nick in Gilead.
Emily's partner informs her that she's fled to Gilead to hunt down the evil-doing aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd). Feeling guilt over Emily's rash decision, and with the high of Fred's murder wearing off, June scrubs off the blood and turns herself into the Toronto police.
Right off the bat, it's clear she's very different than Nick's first wife, Eden (Sydney Sweeney). She's a bit older, for starters, and she walks with a severe limp due to her congenital hip dysplasia, something that's seen as highly unusual for Gilead.
Nick is seen taking what appears to be a wedding ring out of his pocket and putting it back on his hand; it seems he's been hiding a marriage from June. Despite being shocking for viewers, and deceitful towards June, Nick's choice is certainly for the best.
However, the young Econowife chooses to die a martyr's death via drowning along with her lover, but not before reciting 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 to herself and Isaac. This causes Nick to feel immense guilt for having treated her so poorly throughout their short-lived marriage.