2x13 Emily Stabs Aunt Lydia - The Handmaid’s Tale

[@thomashill8234]

To hear a murderous and abusive homophobe make those bloody gasps, grunts, and groans... it ambrosia for the soul. I relish it.

[@purpleishpanda]

ambrosia... good description!

[@mclovinlife4018]

It’s was so damn satisfying to watch the scum on this show finally get what’s coming to them!

[@stephsmith9911]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@swampsprite9]

She's actually pretty cool in real life. It takes some phenomenal acting skills to be so hatable.

[@Onmysheet]

​@Lydynthmn Every time I see her onscreen, I don't see Ann Dowd. I see Aunt Lydia.

[@zachr1967]

I find it interesting that people like Lydia are SHOCKED when the victim of their abuse snap's

[@MicahiLove]

They are so narcissistic and self righteous that they truly believe their beliefs and actions are just and true. They believe that the "heathens" will come around and that so far they have been merciful to the unrighteous.

[@swampsprite9]

Yep. And then they turn it around as proof that the victim is the abuser.

[@shayne8980]

Your exactly right

[@poisonharley]

Alexis Bledel is extremely talented in acting with her eyes. I don't know how she does it but it's powerful

[@katrigaz826]

Exactly! I think it’s because they’re so big. Love her!

[@arthurmead5341]

This show was a waste of her talents

[@captainjefferies9047]

@@arthurmead5341 This is the only show she's good in.

[@Dark90Knight]

​@@arthurmead5341lol She win an Emmy for this show, its soooo great

[@Dark90Knight]

​@@captainjefferies9047she is an amazing actress

[@Guilherme-kk2tr]

Emily SNAPPED. GO GIRL!

[@writer46m72]

I know. She should be the main character really. She's a true hero of the show.

[@jonathans8892]

WE LOVE TO SEE IT AS SHE SHOULD

[@ivandesantis858]

2 seasons under my belt and the only scene more satisfying than this one for me was when that handmaid bombed that meeting with the detonator.

[@warmcheeto443]

You mean Lillie?

[@profoundending1390]

@@warmcheeto443 Her name was mentioned only briefly the next episode. You can't expect people to remember her actual name over just calling her a Handmaid or Ofglen.

[@Daron7181]

That was indeed satisfying. The one that did it was the chick that got her tongue cut out for protesting against stoning Janine. right?

[@ivandesantis858]

Yeah exactly. When she detonated that bomb in the Red Center it killed commander Pryce who was the guy who recruited Nick to help in the formation of Gilead. Also I forgot about my other favorite Emily scene which was when she took a car and ran over and through a couple of guardians. That was money

[@luizgrande798]

what about june slapping fred in the face? it was just so satisfying to watch

[@fantasmaformaggino76]

she already killed that Wife in the Colonies. She might as well have killed aunt Lydia.

[@warmcheeto443]

And the guardian in the shop

[@breannahkimbrough2159]

@@warmcheeto443 ac

[@Kaleidoscopicmagenta8855]

This is what happens when abuse continues. Victims snap. I don't know why these people don't expect this to happen with how terribly they treat the Handmaids. You can't just continously use and abuse a human being without them in some way or form snapping.

[@torycatherine2044]

This was a gratifying moment in the series if there ever was one. After saying the worst possible thing she could say to Emily, she finally gets a piece of what she gives the women on a regular basis. So satisfying

[@Vejur9000]

Who else thinks Aunt Lydia was one of the top villains in this series?

[@househeadericmd]

That was brutal. How Aunt Lydia survived that attack is surprising.

[@captainjefferies9047]

It's one of the least effective places to tab someone.

[@househeadericmd]

@@captainjefferies9047 Give it a try and get back to us/. To me she was lucky she survived. That stab wound was deep. I think you are full of Bollocks!!

[@captainjefferies9047]

@@househeadericmd No. She hot stabbed in the shoulder blade. That's a thick layer of muscle, sold bone, and then the rib cage, just to get to the lungs, which isn't even fatal, and there is no way that little woman got all the way to the lung. You are just mad about getting informed, which is absurd, becuase now you can be less ignorant in the future.

[@jamesmccarthy6764]

​@@captainjefferies9047 Passive aggressive much?

[@captainjefferies9047]

@@jamesmccarthy6764 You don't know what that term means and you have made a fool of yourself.

[@mozambiquemorbid2441]

Icing on the cake for me is how Cora, the Martha, isn’t afraid for Lydia’s life. She’s just like, “Way to go, making trouble for the rest of us.🙄”

[@audreygearon218]

it just makes me laugh every time i see aunt lydia smacked down those stairs

[@ajromero3692]

My satisfaction levels reached a critical level at this scene; I was by myself and I literally cheered when Emily drove the knife into Lydia's back and cracked her a good one across the jaw and sent her over the bannister then kicked the crap out of her. However, I'm glad that Aunt Lydia lived, the reason being so she could live with the pain and trauma (albeit not enough of it) and think back to this moment every time she mistreats another Handmaid. Unfortunately, given her attitude in season 3, I still don't think Lydia has learned her lesson, she desperately needs another ass-kicking.

[@dejanzivanovic4482]

omg hahahaha your comment is hilarious

[@Void_Dweller7]

I agree.

[@mlrd6622]

@@Void_Dweller7 Same.

[@annemihulchrath8119]

That bitch is still alive?

[@johnub4]

I’m gonna begin watching season 3 and it sickens me knowing that bitch survived.

[@bloochoob]

Blessed be the stabby kniffe

[@poisonharley]

The dead don't suffer. I'm glad she left her there

[@VideoGamesAndTheWorld]

I wished Emily finished the job

[@jimmarble1425]

With a cattle prod.

[@funnygamertwat8879]

Aunt Lydia has an important role to end the story if they go with the books ending

[@David-lb5py]

What’s wrong aunt Lydia you don’t like it when someone hits back

[@Caitanyadasa108]

Exactly. She really should have gotten the cattle prod.

[@worldwideadventurer2987]

Aunt Lydia is that strict elementary teacher we all avoided if we didn’t have 😂

[@paulb6394]

Praise fucking be!!!

[@lacucurrucucu9245]

My popcorn 🍿 was delicious watching this,do it again Emily.

[@roswellcrashsurvivor6726]

Why just kick her down the stairs when you could pull the knife out and go for the jugular?

[@elio_fay]

RC S She probably wanted her to suffer.

[@svcbadasswaytocrash2369]

No not the jugular. That's too nice. She should've shown her the same courtesy the doctors bestowed on her.😈😈😈

[@saranlao]

Emily did it out of rage more than a careful planning I think.

[@Dank951]

Because doing so would have resulted in commander Lawrence’s household being executed for letting a handmaids murder

[@Briselance]

​@@Dank951 Lawrence's household executed? You mean, his family or his servants?

[@rachelelabbady3399]

Whoa..I just noticed she said "emily"! That's what triggered her...

[@basket.8case]

i think it’s hilarious the way aunt lydia walks in the room and says blessed be the fruit and just stands there with a little smile but then she gets stabbed and i liveeeee

[@kythrathesuntamer9715]

I can think of very few scenes that ever gave me greater pleasure than this one, Maybe Sansa with the dogs over Ramsay?

[@christopherlongley5837]

Yeah that was a good one, orgasmic levels of vengeance.

[@captainjefferies9047]

That scene was lame. No way his dogs would kill him.

[@BriarMaeriSibyle]

@@captainjefferies9047 i mean...perhaps if he hadn't fed them for long enough and they were hungry... meat is meat

[@captainjefferies9047]

@@BriarMaeriSibyle Nope. Dogs are incredibly loyal and almost never kill their masters. These are trained dogs that he spent time with. They would starve to death before killing him.

[@BriarMaeriSibyle]

@@captainjefferies9047 .... yeah, sure lol there have been lots of dogs that have turned on their "masters"

[@taradactule6052]

I have such a love hate relationship with aunt Lydia..mostly hate 😂😂 but I know in her own twisted way she loved the handmaids..when she promised the one a tray of snacks..the look of pain and panic when she jumped off the bridge..I try to remember she is just as trapped in a sense..she doesn't endure the torture they do but she has a role she has to play

[@kemeticlady]

right. she keeps the rules to keep the girls safe. She think she is doing what's best in the situation at hand. Which she is, sometimes. To keep them from going to the colonies, she does crude things to keep them in line. Which, I think in her mind is keeping them safe.

[@taradactule6052]

@Joshua Haynes I have a feeling she won't make it through all of the next season 😭 she is pissed and wants June's head.

[@tiffanywhitman9372]

Wow, you two are nuts.

[@um7239]

I agree she is a very grey character mostly dark grey but still grey

[@misterhot9163]

No, she intentionally brutalizes the Handmaids, and teaches them to kill. Aunt Lydia doesn’t get a pass, and she’s no victim.

[@denvertaylor9195]

Loved this scene SOOOO much, sweet JUSTICE baby! But immediately after ehhh during actually I was like she’s dead, they’re gonna kill Emilyyy, crazy how she got out that. Those stomps at the bottom of the stairs, Emily is probably the most G right after June.

[@David-lb5py]

Emily was probably past caring about going to the wall at that point all that pain in her eyes she was just so broken and beaten I guess she decided if I’m going to the wall I’m talking aunt Lydia with me

[@hannahdawidowicz9627]

@@David-lb5py No I think that she just got so hurt and mad that she was blinded by rage and impulsively cause after she goes to the room she's exhilarated and happy and then she's like "what the hell did I just do?!" and then "shit I'm so dead what the heck was I thinking?! "How could I have actually done that?!"

[@hannahdawidowicz9627]

@@David-lb5py The same thing happened when she stole the car and ran over the guard

[@Lightner445555555555]

@@hannahdawidowicz9627 You must be a liberal 🙄.

[@hannahdawidowicz9627]

@@Lightner445555555555 Haha far from it Republican actually Why would you think u a lib?

[@basket.8case]

i come back to this video to feel pure joy

[@Allome430]

Emily is my favorite character she did things i would have totally done!

[@Thecelticfire3]

This gave me a serotonin rise

[@specialk8888]

Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person 😁

[@FreemanicParacusia]

Finish it. FINISH IT!

[@feiser119]

Always gotta double tap the villian

[@aarondavis8652]

I see this and immediately think about what Cersi tells septa unella. "You didnt torture me because you cared about my atonment. You did it because it felt good". That's what's going on here.

[@jamiesummer7903]

also the rory actress is sublime

[@andrewcormack-foster3790]

Never ever, use HIM for evil or to justify your own corrupt behaviour. For you will in turn find yourself and all your days at an end (referring to Aunt Lydia).

[@Onmysheet]

Funny how Lawrence didn't hear a thing in the other room.

[@BriarMaeriSibyle]

tbh he probably couldn't be bothered until he was called for lol

[@Onmysheet]

@Mandygears When I first watched this, I thought he was out, but rewatching I heard him after she's pushed. 😄

[@kellyvanspybrook4746]

He's too busy jamming out to his 70's cassette tapes.

[@neon_bite]

Funniest fucking scene ever. Deserved every bit of it. Laughed my ass off when she fell over the railing 😂

[@saintzeropg]

i can’t tell you how many times i watched this 😁

[@johnub4]

I was like YEAH!!!

[@Sasfoot]

I cheered when Emily did this. But of course, Lydia miraculously recovers and is more of a bitch than ever in season 3.

[@um7239]

Same

[@mclovinlife4018]

So satisfying to watch.

[@Zeccolabros]

How the FUCK is Aunt Lydia still alive! Thats some serious bullshit.

[@swankyangelo]

Only the good die young

[@captainjefferies9047]

Short fall. Stabbed in a place with no arteries or vial organs. It tracks.

[@rafakosiak3897]

I'm only 3 episodes in but i had to see this character get what she deserves.

[@misterhot9163]

Lesbians always fight back 🥷

[@kiriseraph9674]

Commander! Commander! Call a hearse!

[@misterhot9163]

Commander, Commander!! WHAT?? 😂

[@23RedTechno]

Don't Fuck with Rory Gilmore she's a beast !!! Stars Hollow 4 - Lfie ...

[@shroomyesc]

Just coming back to this scene for the satisfaction of Lydia getting stabbed

[@arlet101]

YESSS

[@MushroomMusic2024]

If someone doesn’t put a cupcakke remix to this I’m hate criming KZbin

[@Orius25]

It was satisfying that this moment finally arrived. I just don't understand why it didn't come sooner, and against more perpetrators in Gilliad. The Handmaids and Marthas have more power than they make use of. That's why I think Gilliad could never happen. It would only be a matter of time before many households started coordinating murders, like through poisonings or just outright rage killings.

[@vena6481]

It just wouldn’t work. They *dont* have power; only the illusion of such. Eyes are everywhere- planning murder is almost impossible in case you get caught. Then there’s the risk of Colonies, Salvagings even particutions. While the show deviates from the novel, I would suggest reading it. It covers the level of punishment involved with being a subversive. They don’t have any power at all.

[@Orius25]

@@vena6481 If you're making someone's food, managing their household, and having their children, you've got power.

[@vena6481]

@@Orius25 not in Gilead. You don’t have access to those kinds of materials, for starters. If you poison them- they’ll know. The point of Gilead is you have no power.

[@Orius25]

@@vena6481 It's not realistic. There are always ways.

[@vena6481]

@@Orius25 have you read the novel? Yeah there are ways but killing your commanders is not one of them. Where would you go after killing them? The handmaids aren’t near eachother enough to plan a full rebellion, you can never tell who is a true believer and who isn’t. The only options in Gilead are through MayDay and the Underground Female road (as per the novel, which is the source material) and they’re difficult to get a hold of as is. Escaping Gilead is nigh-impossible, it’s meant to be that way. By the time the novel concludes there’s been several periods of Gilead before it’s downfall.

[@bzlujapv]

How on Earth did they do this scene without injuring the actresses? Omg Aunt Lydia’s fall was crazy

[@lucy970]

Estou satisfeita

[@snigdhabhattacharya1690]

Can’t find it. But if you don’t want to be a wife and were born in a high ranking family you can choose to be an Aunt. The females that enforce the rules. They are the only women that are allowed books. They are forced to study a lot. And then only when they are ready they are told the truth about how society really works. They are forced to scrub toilets and stuff when they are first selected in the book. To force a sense of humility. To ensure that they don’t think that they are better than the females they are supposed to enforce order on. I never thought I would make a good wife to anyone to be honest. I am way too nice and have a very high tolerance for bad behaviour

[@venicesurfer]

How did the commander not hear all of that?

[@rickymiller9848]

Brian Pedroso It’s a pretty big house might be why?

[@warmcheeto443]

Cora did

[@Void_Dweller7]

2:23 The House isn’t that Big if he’s in hearing distance of Cora

[@GustavoSantos-uh5yl]

So, he helped her to escape, he heard and pretend he didn't.

[@captainjefferies9047]

Who says he didn't?

[@ABadHairDay]

Karma

[@Angel_Donoghue]

Even though i h8 lydia i kinda like her at times and I think she didn’t deserve that falling down the stairs

[@Chuck_vs._The_Comment_Section]

Is her mutilation the punishment for this attack?

[@Angel_Donoghue]

Even though i h8 lydia i kinda like her at times and I think she didn’t deserve falling down the stairs maybe the knife in the back

[@smackdaddy9802]

Aunt Lydia just got stabbed by Rory Gilmore. What a time to be alive.

[@23RedTechno]

Don't Fuck Rory Gilmore she's a beast ! Stars Hollow 4-Life ,

[@BenniStrawberry_YouTube]

Oh Aunt Lydia, why the theatrics? Such nonsense. Such a waste of energy. And for what? For nothing.

[@MrWestdayable]

A heartbreaking scene. Who would she do such a thing to one of the most beloved characters on television? I didn't see this coming! Poor Aunt Lydia...

[@dagiantratt6134]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO I LOVE AND HATE HER

[@SuperSerNiko97]

I'm so sad for Aunt Lydia, she was a great woman

[@Lion08888]

Nicola Serra lmao she was evil

[@SuperSerNiko97]

J M she act like that for the good of her handmaids /s

[@Lion08888]

Nicola Serra she treats them like they’re less than human

[@t.s.8893]

Said nobody ever

[@Kaia942]

A great son of a bitch

[@BathedInSin]

So freakin satisfying, I was so excited I actually cheered

[@GustavoSantos-uh5yl]

me too 🤩🎉🎆

[@um7239]

Same

[@mm5478]

Not sure if watching what MAGA has in store for the US is an entertaining as it once was.

[@Penisrules]

What is wrong with aunt Lydia? What makes someone like that

[@BriarMaeriSibyle]

i'm in no way trying to excuse her behavior, but in the beginning, as shown in the book "the testaments", lydia is also shaped and mentally tortured by the regime, and physically beaten, to make her into an aunt to begin with, but was also kind of a bitch before that? she'd also had an abortion when she was young. she went to law school, but was a schoolteacher for a time, and then became a judge. her group that was rounded up after the attacks when the government had fallen was made up of other female judges and lawyers and other professionals that dealt with the law, in order to make up the aunts. the women who were chosen to potentially become aunts had to pass two tests. first, cooperation, or face the Thank Tank (solitary isolation, then physical beating, then a few days of rest and being pampered) and then second, shooting someone that had been marked to die. one of the women that was executed was one of her work friends. lydia and four other women were basically told to make new laws for gilead concerning women, since because of their experiences, lydia and the other aunts could better understand how to keep women in control.

[@jamesmccarthy6764]

Feelings of rejection, shame & resentment channeled through religious fundamentalism