The Handmaid's Tale plot events

Put these Handmaid's Tale moments in the order they happen in the story, from season 1 to season 6. Flashbacks go where they fall in the timeline, not where they air. You place all 67 cards in the right order, one at a time. You start with three lives, and ten right in a row wins a lost one back.

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How to play The Handmaid's Tale plot order game

Each card is a moment from The Handmaid's Tale, and the goal is to rebuild the order they happen in the story, from June's life before Gilead to the fight for Boston. Scenes the show tells as memories are marked Flashback. One card starts on the line. Slot each new card before, after or between the ones already down. A good call reveals its place; a bad one still moves the card to its proper spot, but costs one of your three lives.

The flashback cards are the big trap. The show drips out June's old life across several seasons, so a memory that aired late can belong near the very start, and all of it sits before the main story. After that, track where June is: inside the Waterford house, on the run, in Canada or back across the border. Deaths and escapes pile up fast, and the later seasons move between Gilead, Toronto and no man's land, so ask who is still alive and who is free.

What's in the deck

Here are 28 of the 67 cards you might be dealt, with 39 more in the deck. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

  • Young June's mother Holly takes her to a Take Back the Night rally Flashback
  • A desperate woman tries to steal newborn Hannah from the hospital Flashback
  • June and Luke watch the attack on the Capitol on television Flashback
  • Mr. Whitford is hanged after hiding the family in a cabin Flashback
  • Moira escapes the Red Center in Aunt Elizabeth's uniform Flashback
  • Janine gives birth to a daughter the Putnams name Angela
  • June tells the Mexican ambassador the truth about Gilead
  • Fred sneaks June into an underground brothel where she finds Moira
  • The handmaids refuse Aunt Lydia's order to stone Janine
  • June cuts off her ear tag and burns her red robes
  • June's escape plane is caught on the airstrip and the pilot shot
  • A handmaid sets off a bomb at the new Rachel and Leah Center
  • Nick hands Luke the smuggled handmaid letters in Canada
  • Serena loses a finger for reading from the Bible to the council
  • Serena sets the Waterford house on fire and June pulls her out
  • Serena meets Luke at Toronto's airport and hands over June's tape
  • Natalie's baby is delivered while she lies brain dead
  • June leaves Eleanor to die of an overdose
  • Beth and Sienna are pushed from a roof as June watches
  • June and Janine flee Gilead hidden in a train tanker
  • June is reunited with Luke when the relief ship docks in Canada
  • June and other former handmaids beat Fred to death in no man's land
  • Esther feeds Janine poisoned chocolates
  • Lawrence asks Naomi Putnam to be his wife
  • Luke is arrested at the station as June boards a train with Nichole
  • June finds her mother Holly alive in Alaska
  • Guardians massacre the women of a Boston brothel
  • Lawrence carries a bomb onto the commanders' plane, which explodes

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