The Handmaid’s Tale season 2, episode 13 spoilers: Eden's hidden message revealed
WARNING: The following article contains spoilers from The Handmaid’s Tale season 2, episode 12. The penultimate episode of the drama adapted from Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name, saw Nick Blaine’s (played by Max Minghella) wife Eden (Sydney Sweeney) killed. Over recent episodes viewers have seen Eden fall for Isaac (Rohan Mead) and the two appeared to have fled for the Canadian border. But in the latest instalment, it was revealed that Eden had been caught on Commander Waterford’s (Joseph Fiennes) instructions. They were then brought back to Gilead where they were sentenced to death for trying to leave.
In Eden’s final moments, the began to recite a verse from Corinthians. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast. It does not dishonor others. It is not self-seeking,” she said. While many fans were shocked by her death, one thought the quote she read out was beautiful and researched where it was from. The viewer was stunned to learn that Eden had missed out a line from the passage. Eden chose not to say: “It is not proud.”
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Reddit user Cas0707 was quick to point out the hidden detail and whether it had a deeper meaning. They wrote: “Maybe she just couldn’t remember it with all the emotions, but I like to think she left it out deliberately as a subtle way of saying that she does not regret her choice. “All in all I think Eden’s story is tragic, even more so because she fully understands the consequences of her defiance and chooses it anyway.” Many believe that she was simply omitting it because she was proud of trying to escape from Gilead. However, others have suggested that it simply means that she was “humbled by love”.
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