"The way that I see it in her brain is that she is just so fed up with everything taking so long and Offred being so cheeky with her that she just wants the baby out and to be done with her," Strahovski suggested. However, she reasons that Serena didn't know how violent the ceremony was going to be, but the fact that she continues to go through with it in the moment is a reflection of her true, vindictive character — a character Strahovski says she weirdly enjoys playing.