Who impregnated Serena on Handmaid's tale?

In Gilead, Commander Fred Waterford and his wife Serena Joy had June as their Handmaid. As a Handmaid, it was one of June's duties to conceive for a seemingly infertile Serena.
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Is Mark the father of Serena Joy's baby?

But it's likely Fred is the father of Serena's baby. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, showrunner Bruce Miller explained why Fred and Serena were finally able to conceive. “Well, Gilead works,” Miller said.
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How is Serena pregnant Handmaid's?

After noticing that Fred's attempts were unsuccessful, Serena suggested that his driver Nick Blaine (Max Minghella) should secretly impregnate June. June became pregnant however later in the series, she was able to help the baby escape Gilead after she gave birth.
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Does Serena Joy get pregnant?

However, his wife, Serena Joy Waterford, played by Yvonne Strahovski, is completely unaware of what happened. Still in governmental custody, Serena is pregnant, in a detention cell, and waiting to Zoom with her husband, who she thinks has flown to Geneva to stand trial for his crimes.
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Who did Serena sleep with in Handmaid's Tale to get pregnant?

Who is Serena Joy pregnant by? Serena had been desperate since season one to have a baby as she wasn't able to conceive on her own. She has gone to great lengths to enable her handmaid June (Elizabeth Moss) to get pregnant on her behalf, even forcing her to have sex with Nick (Max Minghella).
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Who is the father of Serena Waterfords baby?

But Fred is the father.” Fans of the show will have to wait until season five to see how the rest of Serena's pregnancy will go, especially when she finds out that Fred has been killed.
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Do the Waterfords get June's 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.
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Why can't Serena have a baby?

Serena assumed Fred was infertile and orchestrated a sexual encounter between June and Nick. This resulted in June's pregnancy with Nichole. (This act is what ultimately got her arrested.) It was also previously implied Serena couldn't get pregnant because of a gunshot wound she suffered before the Gilead coup.
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Did Serena turn Fred in?

3) Serena turns on Fred.

In the third-to-last episode of season 3, Fred is arrested for war crimes as soon as he and Serena cross the border into Canada. Meanwhile, Serena herself is also taken into custody, but is afforded a very luxurious cell and allowed to have supervised visits with Nichole.
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Who is the father of June's baby Handmaid's Tale?

In season 3 episode 5 of The Handmaid's Tale, “Unknown Caller,” June gets a cassette tape to Luke with a message on it. With the message, June reveals that Nichole is actually a love child and Nick is her father.
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What happens to baby Nicole in Handmaid's Tale?

She'd seen Eden, the teenaged 'bride' forced upon Nick, drowned for falling in love with another teenager when her husband, rightly, refused to touch her. And in the season two finale, she agreed that Baby Nichole would have a better life in Canada, so allowed June to take her away.
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Does Fred know Nick is the father?

Offred relaxes as they drive away. Serena tells Fred that Nick is the father of the baby.
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Do Nick and June end up together?

June fell pregnant with Nick's child, Nichole, and he did his best to help her get out of Gilead. The pair have been separated as Nick was made a Commander and sent to the front line in Chicago while June was on the run after helping a number of children and Marthas get to Canada.
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Did Serena sell Fred out?

Serena goes to see Offred before she leaves. She tells Offred that she'll be leaving the house as soon as the baby is born. The Commander and Serena land in Canada. Moira recognizes Fred and she points him out to Luke and Erin as they watch television.
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Does Serena regret Gilead?

While Serena Joy has had her moments of regret for her part in creating Gilead, her regret isn't about the harm she's caused. It's the fact that she couldn't get special treatment. Now that she's pregnant, she'll be even more cutthroat in her efforts to get out of prison.
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Why did Serena give Nicole away?

At the end of Handmaid's Tale Season 2, Serena gives baby Nicole to June to be carried over the border, truly believing that her daughter deserves the better future she would have there.
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Is Mr Waterford sterile?

We also know that both men and women are affected by infertility. When it becomes apparent that Commander Waterford (Joseph Fiennes) is infertile, Serena Joy (Yvonne Strahovski) forces June to shack up with Nick (Max Minghella) and get pregnant, which she does.
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Does June get Hannah out of Gilead?

The audience received this gift at just the right time but one question remains: Will June ever truly find peace? "Not until she gets Hannah out of Gilead and home to her father," said Moss, who directed three of the episodes this season, in a recent interview.
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Does Serena Joy get junes baby?

As the story goes in the totalitarian society of Gilead, Offred, or as we know her best as by now — June Carter — is the one that actually gave birth to baby Holly in the final episodes of season 2, but it is Serena Joy who is crowned as the mother of the baby.
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Does June have Fred's baby?

Offred/June later goes on give birth to an adorable daughter, whom she names Holly after her mother. Fred Waterford and his wife Serena Joy later rename her Nichole, but despite the baby officially now belonging to the couple, Offred/June's bond with her daughter remains strong.
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Does June get pregnant with nicks baby?

June spends most of season one trying unsuccessfully to get pregnant by Commander Waterford. Out of desperation, his wife has June have sex with their driver Nick, which leads to June and Nick having a secret affair, and she does end up pregnant — by Nick.
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What happens to Serena in Handmaid's Tale?

Season four saw Serena arrested and awaiting trial in Canada for crimes and role in establishing Gilead. She had initially made a deal to hand in her husband Frank Waterford (Joseph Fiennes) so she could have frequent visits with baby Nichole.
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Who does Nick marry in The Handmaids Tale?

Eden Blaine, née Spencer, is a recurring character in season 2 of The Handmaid's Tale, where she is married to Nick Blaine.
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