What Happens to Putnam’s Wife in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’?

After Commander Putnam was executed, the scene ended — but viewers have since found out what happened to Naomi. In Season 5, Episode 9, Commander Lawrence essentially proposed to her, explaining that a marriage would mutually benefit them. Naomi is a widowed mother of a small child with no place in Gilead’s society without a husband — and as a commander, Lawrence is expected to marry and sire children. So by marrying, each would be protected.