Overview
- Episode 7 brings back Rita Blue in flashbacks, reintroducing a key figure from The Handmaid’s Tale.
- Rita prepares Daisy for an undercover role by building a believable cover to pass as a Pearl inside Gilead.
- The episode reveals that June still has a daughter in Gilead, a detail that helps steer Daisy toward the mission.
- The series departs from Margaret Atwood’s novel by stating Daisy’s birth parents are dead rather than tying her to June and Nick.
- A close call with Gilead’s security underscores the risk of the operation as the season leans into surveillance and high-stakes espionage.