There are dangers in romanticizing the past.
“Don’t mistake my meekness for weakness,” she had warned.
The best, Serena is learning, is all about what’s best for the child inside of her.
Serena and Fred Waterford, however, remain question marks.
One flashback of Serena’s we did see was inSeason 2, Episode 6, “First Blood.”
Serena is giving a speech at a university campus when it’s suddenly shut down due to protestors.
Not that Fred could have gotten anyone pregnant until now, allegedly.
She eats a huge breakfast made by Martha and talks about nothing of substance with Mrs. Wheeler.
It’s why the children were displayed for the world to see duringFred’s live-streamed funeral.
When it comes to adopting the children, Naomi is apprehensive, preferring to have her own child instead.
“You never know where they come from, or who they come from, do you?”
she says to Serena.
For Naomi and many others, it’s easier to shrug, accept, and obey.
Was Serena actually able to get pregnant this whole time?
What Gilead turned into is something she believes Serena never wanted.
If Serena’s child is discovered to not be Fred’s, things can get much worse very quickly.
Ezra says it probably won’t happen Mr. Wheeler is a busy man.
