The familial and romantic bonds Nick has with June make it incredibly difficult for him to let go, even if he has to risk his life to continue protecting June.
Almost no one would willingly live in a country like Gilead, so the politicians of the nation have enacted laws that have basically ensured that no one in the country can leave, either because they don't know how or because they're too scared to stand up against their government.
After punching Commander Lawrence at his wedding, Nick is thrown in jail, and Rose abandons him after she realizes he still harbors feelings for June.
Working as a driver for the Commanders (particularly Fred), Nick becomes unsure of Gilead's purpose when Fred's first handmaid takes her own life. Distraught by the handmaid's actions, Nick joins the Eyes, a secret intelligence unit, to offer information on Commanders to persecute them for any wrongdoings.
Of course, hardcore Handmaid's Tale fans will recall that this isn't the first time Nick has been married in Gilead. We saw this happen for the first time back in Season 2, when he was still working for the Waterfords. His wife was a young girl named Eden, played by Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney.
Story. Following the events in Household and prior to the events of Season 5, Rose married Nick Blaine, who had recently been promoted to a Commander.
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.
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.
While Serena doesn't come out and say it, all of these hints suggest Nick was part of the original group of men who brought down the capital, turning America over to the terrorist Sons of Jacob, who would then create Gilead.
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 ...
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.
They're walked off into this life, and it doesn't matter who they end up with, even if it's someone you would say is a good guy; it's just a horrible dynamic.” In Nick's case, he finds himself married to Eden, played by Sydney Sweeney, 15 years old and deeply devoted to the ways of her nation.
So we know that infertility is a) global and b) affects everyone. But what's the cause? In The Handmaid's Tale, infertility is linked to another one of Gilead's prominent problems: pollution. As revealed in the season 1 episode "A Woman's Place," inorganic farming and radioactivity are to blame for declining fertility.
Rather than being married to Commanders, Econowives are fertile women who are married off to Gilead's more ordinary men. As well as being expected to have children, Econowives are expected to take care of their households, and they aren't assigned Marthas to help them.
In the Republic of Gilead, many married couples are unable to have children. The women in these couples are blamed for the couple's infertility and labeled “barren.” It is forbidden to suggest that a man might be sterile.
It is hinted that, besides finding her oppressive life unbearable, this Offred also feared what Serena would do to her in revenge for the affair, and so she committed suicide to spare herself from the very real possibility of either a slow and humiliating public execution, being mercilessly tortured by the Eyes, or ...
Serena Helped Create Gilead
As a writer and activist, Serena didn't condone rules such as the ban on reading and writing; instead, she envisioned a world where religion and childbearing were at the forefront, without sacrifices to everyday freedoms.
Following a military coup in which the president and most members of Congress were killed, the country became the Republic of Gilead.
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.
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.
Right off the bat, it's clear she's very different than Nick's first wife, Eden (Sydney Sweeney). 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.
Nick is seen taking what appears to be a wedding ring out of his pocket and putting it back on his hand; it seems he's been hiding a marriage from June. Despite being shocking for viewers, and deceitful towards June, Nick's choice is certainly for the best.
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.