The Handmaid's Tale Season 3 Premiere Recap
The 8 Most Important Things That Happen in the Season 3 Premiere of The Handmaid's Tale
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When the premiere checks in with Emily, she's on the run through a dense area of woods with Nichole, as drones and spotlights search for them overhead. The escape turns particularly harrowing when she reaches a river that she needs to cross, and gets dragged underwater in the current with the baby in her arms. Magically, mercifully Nichole survives, and they make it to the shore. As Emily huddles in the darkness with the baby, shivering, a man emerges out of the bushes and reveals that she's successfully made it to Canadian soil.
Emily confirms she wants to seek asylum there, and an ambulance comes to take them to safety. She and Nichole are next seen walking through a hospital as nurses, doctors, and by-standards look on with reverence, and then break out into applause. Queue a major sigh of relief.