The Handmaid's Tale | Season 2 Episode 10 | Hannah Scene

[@cobaltmarsh5267]

hannah’s little “mommy” at 5:28 always BREAKS MY HEART

[@LordofFullmetal]

Oh god, this is such a difficult situation to navigate. Because it's totally valid for Hannah to feel that way. it's VALID for her to blame her mother, the person who was meant to protect her, for not doing a better job. She's just too young to understand how complicated the situation was. I think the important thing is that June RECOGNISES that. She validates Hannah's emotions - "It's okay for you to be mad at me." She validates that Hannah's grown connected to her "new family", and places importance on her opinions about them. She's making her feel recognised, important, and valued. That's so important when you're dealing with a child in any situation, let alone where trauma's involved.

[@insomnia610]

And Gilead is... what do I say? Monsters! June's an amazing mom! In the worst situation in the world

[@muvamortis4413]

Elisabeth Moss was robbed for a Emmy with this scene alone. This scene makes my sob crying every time

[@ashh4929]

Dude I haven't even watched the series, just clips but this had me shook. 😭

[@muvamortis4413]

@@ashh4929 I cry every time. I can’t even help it. I need you to watch the whole show though!!

[@ashh4929]

@@muvamortis4413 Well now I have too! These clips are getting me hooked and Elizabeth Moss is a freaking rock star!

[@impacc4182]

@@muvamortis4413 she already got an Emmy what’re you babbling about

[@samsong24]

I would give the Emmy to Elisabeth Moss for every season so far, especially the 4th.

[@adalynnshorrorworld2242]

This is easily the saddest scene in all of The Handmaid’s Tale. The moment when Hannah asks, “Am I ever gonna see you again?” is the moment I *always* burst into tears.

[@nessap3489]

the saddest part about this series is the author who wrote the book said the following: "I wouldn't write a story that didn't capture things humans beings haven't already done to each other." Taking children by force from parents who love them has been happening for centuries...still happening today....we have enslaved people, forced people into sex trafficking, and taken away all the things that could matter to a person...WE as humans have done this to other humans....history isn't always such a pretty picture...we need to learn from it rather then keep repeating it..

[@christianealshut1123]

That's exactly why I find this series so hard to watch - because it does not pull any punches of what people are able to do to each other.

[@Super911Truther]

Want to know the cold hard truth about that? Everything you just said is happening at our sourthern border right now, thanks to the wonderful cartels, taking advantage of an open border. You wont see that in any reports by 90 percent of the media, currently. All im trying to say, is that there are factions in this country obsessed with the illusion of systemic racism and other misguided social justice issues, while our border is ubiquitous with child abuse and human rights violations, but yet thats a “pro-Trump policy” of controlling illegal immigration, and that evil Trump was Hitler… right?? the hypocrisy of the current players in power right now, knows no bounds, is all im saying. You “Nessa” say we need to learn from it, rather then keep repeating it”…..I 100% agree, but all this injustice is happening at our border and among other failed policies of the current administration, not with freaking systemic racism or homophobic/ transphobic delusional victimhood and virtue signaling….For Gods sake… Im just tired of it. It’s time to get our country back. I hope that the “Woke” can wake up to the mass indoctrination….. God help us!!!!

[@fibonaccisequins4637]

They did this in Nazi germany. Stole the more “aryan” looking children from the places they pillaged and placed them with “good German families”. The children who didn’t fit the mold…were tortured in medical experiments 😔

[@b.radleypro.369]

There’s nothing more cruel then taking a child away from its mother (Unless there evil abusive ones.)

[@stefanellasizzarettia8417]

I’m so dim, I thought you meant the kids were evil and abusive 😂😂😂 but yeah i agree

[@rominn2184]

^ And the terrifying thing is that there is nothing that has occurred in The Handmaids' Tale that was not taken from somewhere at some time in real life. For example, the nunneries and convents in Ireland were notorious for taking babies away from "sinful" women who bore them out of wedlock. Religious texts have verses in which it is arguably (based on sick interpretation) that a husband is allowed to beat his wife when she is disobedient. We see all of this in The Handmaids' Tale.

[@sen.m7832]

@@rominn2184 You're right there's actually a film about a nunnery that allowed an American couple to adopt a young unmarried woman's son without her consent, it's called Philomena I think

[@Jblog100]

June really showcased the love a parent has for their child. It’s definitely captivating

[@lu_una1541]

“Why didn’t you try harder?” i fucking cried

[@mrslundy1535]

To be honest, I don't care 'bout Luke or Nick that much. Just please give June and Hannah a happy ending...

[@katshuskys]

@William Dupree I guess she just meant that June had to endure so much.

[@cath1589]

I feel really bad for Luke, but that scene of separation (again) between mother and child is way beyond that. But I can imagine how horrible it would be for Luke wondering and worrying about them both. I'm up to date atm season 4, though so there's a bit more light in the story (no spoilers)

[@laracroftvideos]

If ‘Testaments’ will be taken into account, and I believe it will, I’m no longer holding my breath for a happy ending.

[@mrslundy1535]

@William Dupree No, I care about Luke but I want June to reunite Hannah more than him. Gilead ruined everybody's lives, even people like Serena who supported the system. I'm not sure if you've read what I said, I'm not saying I don't care about Luke.

[@mrslundy1535]

@@katshuskys yes, exactly

[@AmethystEyes]

I remember them saying that the writers interview people who worked at the UN and that her conversation with Hannah is heavily researched on real conversations of real child parent separations.

[@edenschannel101]

Please expand on this. Where can I read about this? It sounds very interesting.

[@kal5157]

“Oh my Hannah banana” that hurt 💔

[@DownLatino]

I cried like a fucking baby almost every second of this scene. This makes me think of how the children at the border are ripped away from their parents.

[@amandamarshall1485]

Except it didn’t happen like that at all under Obama. It was specifically in cases where the child might be in danger I.e. domestic violence, sex trafficking. Extreme circumstances only. They didn’t snatch children as standard operation. If that were the case then there wouldn’t suddenly have been a need to find more places to keep them, rent out hotels and build more camps. They would have had all of that already because that’s what they would have been doing all along.

[@forksssss8483]

@@CCI320 what does this have to do with politics? 😐

[@dylang8082]

@@forksssss8483 if you think that familial separation isn't an issue due to politics, you're either ignorant or fucking stupid...

[@dylang8082]

As a child of a honduran immigrant...it hurts to see family back home...they're forced to stay there. They barely get a chance to to make it to the border. It must be hell. One day we won't be restricted by borders. Hopefully.

[@acidicali7776]

@@dylang8082 I don’t think that’s what they meant. You’re way too hostile.

[@bernicealmonte5149]

Hannah asking “did it hurt” always breaks my heart, it’s the last memory she has before being separated from June

[@Poodlebear19234]

This would break my heart. My daughter is 19 months and her favourite word is ‘mama’ she is currently obsessed with me. I cherish every cuddle and kiss so much.

[@takakhan-z3w]

This didn't occur to me the first time I watched this scene, but it's so beautiful and important that June ran out of the house when she heard Hannah yelling for her. That was a mother's instinct to make sure that she wasn't about to leave her child in distress and make her okay with being separated again. Given that she wasn't afforded that opportunity the last time they were separated, she needed to be sure that Hannah left willingly this time.

[@silverpslm]

5:28 You know everything leading up to this moment was her trying to keep it all inside. The anger, hate, and sorrow. So much pain. Released in a single word...

[@mimilook4347]

When she said "Oh my Hannah banana" my heart literally exploded! Also probably the new 'parents' told Hannah it was June's fault. Of course they would want the new kid to see them as the good guys and forget about her old family.

[@alliesinger297]

This is the absolute most heartbreaking moment in handmaids tale ever I cry every time. Can you imagine being either one of them?

[@olivialovesdesign]

The most disturbing and most heartbreaking moment for me (as well as this one) was when the lined al the hainmaids up to be hung with Kate bush A woman’s work song playing in the background

[@meganr3565]

Elizabeth Moss is such a great actress

[@mr.daytona7733]

This scene broke me

[@insomnia610]

What a good mom does! Even if it hurts!

[@rosierennie5867]

"Daddy and I will always love you. Always, always, always" Oh fuck me... 😭😭😭

[@athenamin1614]

This is exactly what happened when children were separated from their parents in the borders.

[@Tttttttttttttttt484]

Really ? This is sad 😞

[@bellamaz1972]

And some of them will never reunite again due to lack of record keeping and deportations of some but not all family members. Among the most despicable things our policy has ever done to people.

[@shadowxx789]

This happens because America is no longer the land of open borders and immigration. You want to come hear go to the port of entry and apply for asylum or to the American consulate that is it. There are to many incentives to come hear when there shouldn’t be. You come here and get nothing aside from American freedom no handouts. Just like our ancestors and those ancestors before them. Nothing is free, you break American laws your get American punishment come here legally, a open door immigration and path to citizenship would be fine with me, as long as we give nothing aside from citizenship.

[@dalbriggss]

It is so important to have an organized/legal/bipartisan system for immigration. No open borders, apply for immigration going through the legal process to apply for citizenship. The cartels should not be getting rich off the backs of young children and parents.

[@isabella09dr]

It was the same tactic taken in indigenous residential schools in the US. Canada has already “unearthed” the graves of thousands of indigenous children who died in these schools. No one has begun digging in the US. I suspect that unlike the immigrant boarder issue- which one can explain the cruelty away by saying they shouldn’t belong here etc.- Americans can’t say that shit about indigenous us tribes.

[@raintree3383]

This really shows us how much power fred has

[@MHiggins]

It also shows us how evil he really is. He could end this policy if he wanted to. Child separations are not needed. The forced sexual slavery of these women is barbaric. How brutal is this society to tolerate this kind of horror.

[@marxistyogamom2982]

no scene in film or TV has ever made me cry consistently, every time i watch it, like this one has. the pain, the trauma, the guilt, the things that can never be expressed… Elizabeth Moss captured it masterfully. and Hannah’s actress, for being so young, is absolutely heartrending. one of the best, most poignant and traumatizing scenes I have ever watched.

[@allsolidarity5622]

And then to hear they “punish” her… lawd i’m killing everyone😩

[@RealDiva1971]

Make me want to borrow a machete from Rick Grimes of The walking Dead and just go into that house and get to slicing and chopping like a psycho Mama Bear

[@jaimeeross1266]

This scene guts me 😭. Elizabeth Moss is truly SUCH a talented actress . She really makes you FEEL her devastation.

[@TheeKittyPie]

Good it’s fucking heartbreaking when she says “mommy...” the real Hannah under the brainwashing and manipulation reaches out to her true mother

[@sarasolen]

Exactly! Heartbreaking and beautiful. She has a biological connection to her real mother, and even if she doesn’t remember much about her since her trauma probably made her forget a lot, she just knows and feels that it’s her mom😭

[@cath1589]

Absolutely heart-rending scene, beautifully acted. Can't decide if it was worse or better for her sweet little girl to see her mother again in that situation.

[@Labuenavidasurf]

This scene rips my heart out.

[@LordofFullmetal]

Sorry to comment again - but this draws a parallel to a real-life story I heard once, from a North Korean defector. She told this story about how when she made the decision to run, her mother KNEW she was leaving. Call it motherly intuition; somehow she figured it out. Anyway; she went out of her way to make her daughter strong enough to leave. She smiled, she told her it would be okay, she hugged her. The daughter got on the train to leave; and as soon as the train pulled out, she saw her mother collapse on the ground sobbing. Just like June does here. It really hit close to home, for me.

[@bethsargent1336]

After season 4,episode 3, I came back to see the age of Hannah here.

[@TheAnnaPhilharmonic]

Me too. So sad 😭😭😭

[@kittycasino29]

Wow, this makes me think of all those kids that CPS takes away from their loving deserving family that have done nothing wrong to them but yet keep sending children back to parents that eventually kill them. It happens everywhere, this is a trauma that you can't be healed from.

[@worldwideadventurer2987]

This scene broke me 😢

[@shwesharan]

Elisabeth Moss is incredible. One of the greatest actors of our time. This scene brought me to tears.

[@livcaitbff]

All I want is for Hannah (and Janine too) to be safe and happy 😭

[@kaileyemery8153]

As a mother I’d be heartbroken to get this reaction from my daughter but she doesn’t understand… the appoint of brainwashing they did is unbelievable

[@S.S.K949]

What happened was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today .😭🥺😥

[@courtneysheffield2950]

I hope June Hannah and Nicole Holly reunite and be happy together 100% with Luke

[@ladyaries]

If this happens, it would only be in the TV universe, and possibly not even because they're doing The Testaments as a spin-off series too. We'll have to see how many liberties they take.

[@lisaodom2756]

Well Courtney Sheffield assuming you've watched Season 4 looks like you'll get your wish cos despite the fact that she loves Nick she still loves Luke and like I said in my previous comment Nick has been completely manipulated by her and for those of us who want the complete opposite it's so cruel as far as Nick is concerned as all he's ever done is risk his life to love and protect her where it's becoming more and more apparent that June used him to help her survive Gilead, which considering how she used Commander Waterford to get what she wanted it's not a surprise, the difference is Commander Waterford isn't in love with her, whereas Nick is! Considering how obvious it was how he felt about her she must have seen him coming a mile off! And, as unfortunately this looks like it'll continue in Season 5, I'm strongly debating whether or not to carry on watching the series and atm it's looking increasingly unlikely that I will. Just one final thing I want to add. Please let's remember Holly is Nick's daughter who he loves and he's not lost her to the Waterfords or some other family within the confines of Gilead, he's lost her to the husband of the woman he loves! But hey that's OK cos let's be honest Nick's a commander in Gilead and according to bloody Serena a founding member of the regime so of course he's not allowed to fall in love and have a child! 😡

[@courtneysheffield2950]

@@lisaodom2756 I have watched the whole season of The Handmaid's Tale because I hope that everyone survives in Gilead and in Chicago and that Serena feels June's painful seperation from Hannah and see her son from afar and only breastfeed him for 9 months she deserves to cry till she is hurt

[@lisaodom2756]

@@courtneysheffield2950 The only reason I asked was bcos ironically I haven't finished it yet but, and, I don't know whether you know this, there's been a lot of rumours that Max Minghella might be leaving the series, and as I, as well as a lot of people don't want that to happen, I've been trying to find out about what the producers plans for Season 5 as far as Nick and June are concerned and from what I've read it's what I put in my previous comment which is what you wanted which is Luke and June are to be together and which is why I'm seriously considering not watching the series anymore for the reasons I've said. The way the producers have described it is that there are in effect "two Junes" the June from Gilead who's deeply in love with Nick and the June that's now in Canada and is back with Luke and I'm not happy with that scenario going forward. Despite the taped message telling Luke she's fallen in love with someone else, she's gone back to Luke, despite the fact that even Elisabeth Moss says the connection between Nick and June is amazing and special and Luke will never understand what she's been through she still goes back to Luke. To me it's like Nick is continually being kicked in the teeth and imo I've always felt the relationship to be slightly one-sided on Nick's behalf and after everything Nick's done for her I can't stomach even one scene between June and Luke let alone whole episodes and occasionally see June maybe give Nick five minutes out of her now free from Gilead life, that's if he's lucky and who knows how often he'll get to see his daughter! 😡

[@merlinho0t]

Elizabeth Moss is insanely talented

[@nessap3489]

Lord this makes me cry every time I watch it...omg...

[@patrickandersen412]

This episode came out within a week of the news and videos of the immigrant children in Texas being held in horrible conditions. I nearly died crying while watching this.

[@Nemicompo]

When I saw this scene, I started tearing up. I am not a mother (not yet maybe in the future idk) but I would never know how the emotional pain of having to be forcibly separated from your child

[@mimilook4347]

Also HOW DID JUNE HAD A HEALTHY BABY AFTER SO MUCH TRAUMA! I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE POOR WOMAN WILL HAVE A MISCARRIAGE!

[@daniagirl1]

She patted her belly and said “you’re a fighter” 🥺

[@mimilook4347]

@daniagirl1 it made me so sad when I watched it 😢. the things they do to handmaids and then expect them to have healthy pregnancies

[@miasakii4287]

this scene makes me cry alot

[@Kinatse.Yama-en]

The cruelest act that can happen is to take her child from a mother, no matter what species it is.

[@fuhgetabatit1051]

I have watched many movies and shows, but this scene literally makes me break down crying. It’s so raw. I can’t help it.😣😰

[@aleale4460]

She is a good actriz.

[@user36able]

Enjoy your life God damn it 😭

[@poetinmyheart94]

When she says, "Mommy"... 🥺😭💔

[@HelenA-ow3pw]

I’m gone! 😭😭😭

[@RealDiva1971]

Gone and done yeah that killed me

[@maxslansky5617]

I love this show

[@weespookyme]

Thank god for nick he gave the earlier seasons some humanity!! I really like him and June together

[@paolafolklore]

ai só quem chorou igual uma desgraçada sabe...

[@Wodenseyes]

Ugh that ripped my entire heart out. Fuck me ouch

[@fritz9830]

Currently watching this series for the first time, just got to this episode. Was hoping Nick was gonna cap the soldier and the nanny, drive away with the girls, but instead he got kidnapped. What a loser

[@nolanhewitt2563]

Gilliad can't burn anytime sooner

[@ASIAinsomniac]

That Aunt lost her life over this.

[@louisehelgesson5471]

This hurts to watch 😭

[@laracroftvideos]

For anyone who has read The Testements, how do y’all think June’s storyline will unfold?

[@cait812]

Apparently they won't necessarily be following the books but I wouldn't be surprised

[@laracroftvideos]

@@cait812 I have a bad feeling June might end up acting self-destructive and they’ll pull a Daenerys on her 😓🤣

[@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343]

I’m confused as to how we have this scene and then next season Hannah doesn’t remember her. How?

[@marxistyogamom2982]

i imagine pretty severe brainwashing. she’s so young at this point and undergoing so much trauma i wouldn’t be surprised if it was a realistic outcome, although it’s heartbreaking.

[@shawnapruitt500]

EXACTLY

[@amauryramirez43]

It is not next season, it’s season 4. This is season 2.

[@Mybelovedtara]

I go to school with Hannah in real life

[@TheKillahKyla]

What is she like?

[@DiabolicalAngel]

Elizabeth Moss is a wonderful actress but oh goodness so is the little girl! This is heavy stuff!

[@stephendoherty8291]

Why didn't you try harder. - hard to the core

[@lisaodom2756]

Lucky she had Nick there to support her emotionally which is all he seems to be doing more or less the the first episode! Even after that beating she took from Aunt Lydia over what happened with Emily early on in Season 1 he was prepared to risk his life to take someone he hardly knew away from Gilead! And June's been manipulating him ever since! Not only that but to make matters worse for him it's his baby that she's carrying and it's his baby that will be handed over to the Waterfords!

[@Timburgess03..]

And they reunited again this time Hannah in a glass box 💔

[@ipukeglitter435]

And she doesn't recognize her anymore. I wish I saw this earlier in the picture Fred gave June of Hannah. When June looks at the picture of Hannah June's face is reflecting in the picture of her daughter but her face was very distorted as if her daughter is starting to forget.

[@ThatOneGirle]

I found this while trying to look for a cat channel. Cool

[@rheanicole3818]

A locket of hair ?. .. ... . .waving . ... . ..and waving. .. . . .Emilian's birthday. .. . .the gold lockets, .. . .

[@MatildaV1980]

?

[@carolmooney822]

I actually cant watch this scene, I have tried, but cant.

[@Chuck_vs._The_Comment_Section]

Wasn't it not so long ago that children were actually separated from their parents in the USA?

[@orlandojuarez9742]

2:49 how could Hannah be mad at june? it wasn't her fault.

[@laracroftvideos]

That’s unfortunately what happens with many children that get separated from their biological parents due to things outside of the parents’ control. You have to keep in mind Hannah was just a young kid when she got separated from June, and she was most likely fed lies and told June abandoned her by her Gilead parents. Hannah has no means of acquiring objective information about what happened and she lacks the maturity to understand just how difficult the entire situation was for June. Still, June handled Hannah’s resentnent towards her so well! I really commend her, I probably wouldn’t be able to deal with the situation

[@orlandojuarez9742]

@@laracroftvideos in other words they brainwashed her.

[@nabzisi3928]

She a child she doesn't know any better.

[@orlandojuarez9742]

@@nabzisi3928 they tricked her.

[@TheKillahKyla]

Kids blame their parents for every little thing. And what Hannah went through wasn't "little".

[@jonathans8892]

the audacity of tht child-

[@blueyes6474]

This is a very real representation of children that young are separated from their parents during war and then eventually reunited, the writers did interviews and research with those who have been through this

[@kerrid5717]

She is not being rude she is a toddler who is confused after being separated from her giver and has been indoctrinated to propaganda. Hannah is as much a victim as June

[@Mybelovedtara]

I know Hannah in real life lol

[@LordofFullmetal]

She's a child. She literally doesn't have the brain development to understand just how complex the situation was. In her mind, Mommy is meant to protect her. Therefore, if Mommy didn't protect her, that means Mommy wasn't doing her job. It's totally valid and understandable for her to feel that way.

[@davy209]

When kids are separated from their parents it’s not uncommon for them to grow resentment towards their parents as they are constantly being told that it’s their parent’s fault that they’re in this situation.