The Handmaid's Tale
Wednesdays on HuluThe Handmaid's Tale Season 4 Episode 9: "Progress" Quotes
Nick: Hey, June. Try and be happy.
June: Yeah. You too.
Fred: Our son’s freedom will be what sustains me.
Serena: They could take him away. Gilead could come for our son. A mother alone, they think the baby belongs to the state.
Fred: Naomi said that?
Serena: Naomi said come back to Gilead as if I wouldn’t face retribution. They’d send me to the colonies. They could make me a handmaid.
Fred: That’s not going to happen. I promise. I’ll do everything in my power to make sure you and our son are protected.
Serena: What power? What could you possibly do from in here?
Fred: Have faith.
Mark: We have a new asset in Toronto too. He knows how the system operates. He could advise us.
Luke: OK, who is it?
Mark: Fred Waterford.
June: Waterford?
Mark: He’s agreed to share his wealth of knowledge, inside information about Gilead, all of its top players, future plans.
June: Why would he do that?
Mark: In exchange for his freedom. The prosecution has dropped the charges.
Luke: What?
Moira: You made a deal with him? That fucking piece of crap.
Mark: I understand why you’re upset.
Luke: Upset? This is fucking bullshit.
June: So my testimony spooked him, and you knew that, and then you used that to flip him.
Mark: You testified so the world could hear the truth.
Moira: So you get your asset, and he gets to walk? What sort of fucked up justice is that?
Mark: Sometimes you have to let one fish go to catch a lot of other bigger fish.
That man is a fucking rapist. That man is a fucking rapist, and you know what he did to me. You know what he did to me. You know. You know he’s a fucking rapist. You know what he did to those women. I’m gonna fucking kill you. You know what he did to all of us. I will kill you. I will kill you.
June