unfolds, life in Gilead continues to drive Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) and Janine (Madeline Brewer) back together. Especially in season 5, after Janine was unable to escape across the Canadian border and is once again a handmaid under the watchful eye of Lydia.
While the two characters have always had a fraught mother-daughter dynamic, they find themselves needing each other now more than ever as Janine recovers from Esther’s (Mckenna Grace) attempted poisoning and Lydia’s concern over the way the handmaids are being treated by their commanders.
Reflecting on what’s happened, Brewer tells ET that it “sets up something very important.” And now that episode four (“Dear Offred”) is streaming, she and Dowd open up about the two coming together. [: Spoilers for the first four episodes of season 5.]Formerly a commander’s wife, Esther’s ranks have been downgraded with the young bride now a handmaid alongside Janine, who was asked by Lydia to help train her. “Janine is the only one who knows where Esther came from and who she is and what she’s experienced outside of coming to the Red Center,” Brewer says, explaining that “there are elements of Esther’s past and history that Janine identifies with and empathizes with.” She adds that “Janine sees her as a little baby bird with a broken wing, and in reality, Esther is like a velociraptor.” That said, Esther turns against Janine by poisoning her with the similar chocolate treats that Esther’s new commander tried to force her to eat earlier, during a humiliating moment for the young handmaid.
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