The Handmaids Tale Nick Dies Saving Hannah From Gilead Theory Explained

The Handmaid’s Tale: Nick Dies Saving Hannah From Gilead – Theory Explained

The Handmaid’s Tale season 4 has separated June and Nick, but he could still play a role in her life by sacrificing his own to protect Hannah.

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The Handmaids Tale Nick Dies Saving Hannah From Gilead Theory Explained

Nick Blaine has largely been separated from June Osborne in The Handmaid’s Tale, but he may still be able to play a big role in her life by saving Hannah from Gilead – and dying in the process. The Hulu show has often painted June and Nick as star-crossed lovers of sorts, bound together as a rare ray of light in the other’s world, shining among the darkness that is Gilead. But their journeys have taken them away from each other, perhaps for good.

June has now escaped from Gilead into Canada, where she has a newfound sense of freedom and can begin to move on with her life. However, she will remain somewhat tethered to Gilead for as long as her daughter, Hannah, is there. Nick is similarly bound, having to play his part as a Commander for his own self-preservation, with seemingly little hope of making it out. Those two factors combined, though, could be what plays into the character’s endgame.

Following June’s escape from Gilead, a trailer for upcoming episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale season 4 teased Nick’s involvement in Hannah’s life. The teaser features him looking at pictures of Hannah, saying that “getting her out is impossible.” This has led to speculation [via Cheat Sheet] that Nick will end up doing whatever it takes to save Hannah, even if it costs him his own life. Other shots in the teaser, such as June screaming and being held back by Luke (which could be witnessing Nick’s murder), add further weight to the idea. And based on the trajectory of his character arc and his love for June, it would be a fitting – if tragic – ending for Nick.

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Unlike most in Gilead, Nick has shown a lot of kindness and decency, and he genuinely cares for June. That is now at odds with his role as Commander though, essentially pitting his duties within Gilead against his love for her. That’s led to a delicate balancing act that cannot last, so something ultimately has to give. One option would be to simply put June behind him and go on as a Commander, but it’s hard to imagine that happening. His love for June is too strong, it wouldn’t fit with his story (or make for a particularly compelling narrative), and, if Gilead does threaten Hannah as retribution for June’s actions and escape, he wouldn’t be able to stand by and let it happen.

Nick is in a position of some power and influence, and increasingly growing into it. He may say that getting her out is impossible, but that really just feels like setup for attempting it – establishing the stakes of the mission, and how much of a risk it will be. Getting Hannah out is not necessarily impossible – Nick has access to many of Gilead’s resources and all the intel necessary, and is June’s greatest possible accomplice on the inside – but getting both himself and Hannah out alive may well be. It’s possible that The Handmaid’s Tale season 4 (or even season 5) could conclude with Nick attempting to make a daring dash to the Canadian border, with others in Gilead alerted to his deception.

Him getting Hannah to safety but being killed in the process would very much fit with how The Handmaid’s Tale operates, as well as providing a satisfying conclusion to his arc. He and June almost certainly can’t be together, both because of his life in Gilead and because she’s with Luke again, but the show needs to find a way of cementing their love and paying off both their relationship and his work against Gilead. This story would tick all of those boxes. There are questions over whether Hannah does make it out, largely because Margaret Atwood’s sequel book, The Testaments, suggests she doesn’t. It could be that Nick dies trying and doesn’t succeed, making it even more tragic, but the show could easily diverge away from that book too. Either way, Nick’s death coming as a result of one final act of love for June, and protecting those in need, seems like the best way to bring his story to a close.

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