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O-T Fagbenle connected Learning From Elisabeth Moss successful The Handmaid's Tale
Don't worry: O-T Fagbenle knows about that Handmaid's Tale plot hole.
"The powers that be—we're alert that it didn't travel on-screen!" the actor, who plays hubby Luke Bankole to Elisabeth Moss' June Osborne, joked exclusively to E! News. "Okay?!"
Fagbenle is referring to Oct. 19's occurrence of the long-running dystopian series, which mostly focuses connected June aiding Serena (Yvonne Strahovski) arsenic she has to unexpectedly springiness commencement successful a barn pursuing their escape from the Wheelers. But, astatine the extremity of the episode, Luke shows up astatine the Canadian hospital—seemingly unharmed aft being captured by the family's squad himself.
So, what, exactly, happened to Luke aft helium was dragged distant successful that shady-looking van?
"There are some hints to this, but fundamentally what happened is Luke gets pulled away, helium gets enactment successful the backmost of a van, helium gets driven up, and they've got nary usage for him," helium explained. "He has nary value. So they footwear him out, backmost connected the broadside of the road. He conscionable walks back. Eventually, helium gets a ride, a phone, an Uber."
Although Fagbenle made definite to clarify that helium "made up" the thought of Luke nabbing an Uber successful No Man's Land, helium noted that it's decidedly a much "preferable outcome" than what happens to June—a.k.a. being delivered to Serena for her ain assassination.
And portion this enigma is officially solved, that inactive doesn't lick the contented of however the rest of the play volition end—including Luke and June's progressively analyzable relationship. Since surviving unneurotic aft June escaped Gilead for (seemingly) the last time, the mates has clashed connected a fig of important issues—and it looks similar different explosive combat whitethorn beryllium coming down the pike, arsenic Luke conscionable turned Serena into migration authorities, splitting up her and her newborn baby, Noah.
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But, according to the First Lady alum, this hostility whitethorn beryllium a affirmative happening for their relationship.
"In relationships, things person to beryllium said to each other," helium explained. "If you fto things fester, they mold, you know? I deliberation there's thing June has said that Luke hasn't said to himself a 1000 times."
Watch the fallout when The Handmaid's Tale airs caller episodes Wednesdays connected Hulu.
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