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The Handmaid's Tale · Season 1, Episode 15

A scene from “Unfinished Business”

Mrs. Castillo: I heard you speak once, at a rally before the war. You were very passionate.

Serena Joy Waterford: Women were abandoning their families and we needed to make a change. We were running out of time.

Mrs. Castillo: You were arrested for inciting to riot, if I recall?

Serena Joy Waterford: I had a temper in those days.

Mrs. Castillo: Back then, did you ever imagine a society like this?

Serena Joy Waterford: A society that has reduced its carbon emissions by 78% in three years?

Mrs. Castillo: A society in which women can no longer read your book. Or anything else.

Serena Joy Waterford: No. I didn't. God asks for sacrifices, Mrs. Castillo. That has always been His way, but He gives the righteous blessings in return. And I think that it's safe to say Gilead has been blessed in so many ways.

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