Events

Event chain (in chronological order)[]

Pre-Series[]

• The Fertility Crisis (Series) begins many years prior to the series.
• The President's Day Massacre destroys the entire leadership of the US government, and martial law is imposed nationally
• The Provisional Government is formed
• The Boston Globe Murders mark the likely end of a free press
• Same-sex marriages are retroactively invalidated
• US land and air borders are closed
• Laws passed banning a woman's right to work or own property
• The Womens' Protests
• The War begins
• Luke, Hannah, and June try to escape to Canada
• Wives and Commanders switch their houses and clothing to Gilead standards
• Women are captured and sorted based on health, fertility, age, etc. June is sent to the Red Center.
• Moira and June escape from the Red Center, but June is captured

Present, season one[]

• Ofglen's case
• The Ofwarren case
• Jezebel's
• Moira's escape

Present, season two[]

• June's third escape attempt
• Red Center Bombing
• Publication of Rachel's Package
• Emily's escape
• Chicago
• Wives visit the Committee
• The Last Ceremony
• June's fourth escape attempt

Present, season three[]

• June's Posting with Commander Lawrence
• A Washingtonian Prayvaganza
• Another night at Jezebel's
• Angel's Flight
• Capture of Fred Waterford and Serena Waterford

Present, season four[]

• The Keyes' farmhouse
• The trial of Commander Lawrence
• Mass poisoning at Jezebel's
• The Magdalene Colony
• June's escape to Canada
• Serena Waterford's pregnancy
• June's testimony against the Waterfords
• Nick and June meet again
• Fred Waterford 's salvaging

Present, season five[]

• Fred Waterford's funeral
• Esther and Commander Putnam
• The capture of June and Luke
• Serena in No-Man's Land
• American raid on wives' school