r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/Totoro1985 • 4d ago

Nichole's paternity Question

So Serena eventually gets pregnant by Fred, which means that somehow he was fertile as well in the end.

Just wondering, I presume that while June was regularly sleeping with Nick by choice, the monthly ceremony was also regularly performed.

Does this mean that there could be a slight chance that Nichole is Fred's and not Nick's after all?

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u/doesshechokeforcoke 4d ago

Bruce Miller confirmed that Nick is her biological father in an interview. Personally I think something should’ve been incorporated into the show because not everyone reads or watches every interview with the show runner/writer or the actors. It’s completely logical for viewers to question her paternity when we discover that Fred is actually capable of siring a child after years of thinking he couldn’t. According to BM it was because of clean living and organic foods.

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u/jsm99510 4d ago edited 4d ago

If I remember correctly, BM said they didn't consider Serena getting pregnant throwing Nichole's paternity into question until fans started talking about it after the fact. That's why it wasn't addressed in the show really.

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u/doesshechokeforcoke 4d ago

Why am I not surprised. He’s the one who initially said the ear tags were gps trackers after the episode where June cuts it out and then completely abandoned it later on.