While Nick is still very active in the show after June's escape, nothing about a second wife is ever mentioned - until The Handmaid's Tale season 5, episode 1, "Morning." Nick's new wife, Rose, doesn't get a lot of screentime in the premiere of The Handmaid's Tale season 5, but she has already had a massive impact.
In a telling scene in the premiere, Nick returns home from his exchange with June at the border, and for the first time, we're introduced to his new wife, Rose (Carey Cox), who was only hinted at last season. Right off the bat, it's clear she's very different than Nick's first wife, Eden (Sydney Sweeney).
However, the young Econowife chooses to die a martyr's death via drowning along with her lover, but not before reciting 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 to herself and Isaac. This causes Nick to feel immense guilt for having treated her so poorly throughout their short-lived marriage.
[1]Rose Blaine, nee Wharton, is a character in The Handmaid's Tale. She is the Wife of Commander Nick Blaine and a daughter of High Commander Wharton.
The Handmaid's Tale Season 5 premiere episode “Morning” confirmed this, and introduced Rose Blaine played by actress Carey Cox. While she first appears to be a typical Gilead wife, her first scene with Nick seemingly reveals an intriguing twist: he's been honest with her and she knows all about June.
While Nick is still very active in the show after June's escape, nothing about a second wife is ever mentioned - until The Handmaid's Tale season 5, episode 1, "Morning." Nick's new wife, Rose, doesn't get a lot of screentime in the premiere of The Handmaid's Tale season 5, but she has already had a massive impact.
Nick Is Torn Between His Loyalty to June and Rose
He appears to love his wife, Rose, and it may not be the same passionate love that he has for June, but he does care for her and has loyalty to her as a friend and the mother of his child.
The childbirth scene is primal and intimate and prompts the women to confess their secrets: June tells Serena that she didn't kill her when she had the chance because she simply didn't want to, and Serena realizes she has been forced into essentially being a handmaid in the Wheelers house and begs June to take her baby ...
Nichole Holly Osborne, temporarily named Nichole Waterford, is the biological baby daughter of Nick Blaine and June Osborne. She was initially named Holly by her mother when giving birth (after her maternal grandmother) and renamed Nichole by the Waterfords. June later approved the latter name.
And speaking of Nick, at the end of Season 4, viewers found out that Nick had remarried — following the death of his first wife, 15-year-old Eden (Sydney Sweeney) in Season 2 — but was choosing not to tell June by hiding his ring while they spoke. In the new season, viewers get a glimpse into Nick's new marriage.
Nick is married to child bride Eden in Season 2. She's executed when she admits to having an affair, however, which leaves Nick single. We learn at the end of Season 4 that Nick is married, which is customary for a commander at his level.
After Offred's night at Jezebel's, Serena Joy secretly arranges for Offred to visit Nick in his rooms and sleep with him to conceive a child. Offred sleeps with Nick willingly.
In the episode, Nick (Max Minghella) consummates his marriage with Eden (Sydney Sweeney), the vehemently pious 15-year-old he was forced to marry during the Prayvaganza ceremony.
We also learn that Nick's wife, Rose, is pregnant. And we see that she knows the terrible thing that Nick has just done, and she doesn't seem pleased by it. Can we trust her? The fact that she knows so much seems potentially dangerous to Nick.
In the episode, Nick (Max Minghella) consummates his marriage with Eden (Sydney Sweeney), the vehemently pious 15-year-old he was forced to marry during the Prayvaganza ceremony. If it makes you feel better, Sydney Sweeney is 20 in real life.
Nick's wife Rose is played by actress Carey Cox throughout Season 5 of The Handmaid's Tale, and she was one of the most intriguing new characters.
She's in love with Nick." This underlines June's thinking in The Handmaid's Tale season 4 finale: while Luke can offer her so many great things like a safe, happy family life, Moss herself admits that June belongs with Nick.
Model and former Miss Arizona USA Brittany Bell shares with Cannon son Golden Sagon, daughter Powerful Queen and son Rise Messiah.
She lets Luke know Nichole's real name, Holly, and that of her biological father, and that Nick helped her to survive.
Fred Waterford Got Serena Joy Pregnant
The rekindling of their love life began with Fred offering to let Serena drive on the trip — a flagrant breaking of Gilead's terrifying laws against women being permitted to drive.
How did Serena get pregnant on Handmaids Tale? Their sex life hasn't been particularly active, so the child was presumably conceived in The Handmaid's Tale season 3, episode 11, "Liars," when Serena and Fred had intercourse while staying at a bed and breakfast.
Serena Waterford gives birth to Noah in a barn in No Man's Land, with the help of June Osborne. Noah is born in good health and eventually is taken to a hospital in Canada to receive treatment in the Newborn ICU. After Noah's mother, Serena, gets detained, he gets moved into Child Protective Services.
She's a bit older, for starters, and she walks with a severe limp due to her congenital hip dysplasia, something that's seen as highly unusual for Gilead. "Rose is the daughter of a very prominent commander, and when she was born, there was very little hope.
But what shocked fans the most was that Rose knew where her husband had been. She knew all about June and that Nick had done something June needed.
Given Lydia's incredibly cruel behavior towards the handmaids, she clearly couldn't be further removed from the name that she was born with. However, she does begin to show a change of heart as time goes on.