The Handmaid’s Story is lastly coming again to our screens after over two years.
The beloved dystopian drama could also be one in every of TV’s most difficult and confronting choices, however it’s additionally one in every of its most rewarding. Based mostly on the enduring novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Story units the scene within the Republic of Gilead, as soon as america, now a totalitarian state the place fertile ladies are compelled to be Handmaids who bear kids for rich households.
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Ever because the first collection premiered in 2017, we have been hooked on the story of June, who’s given the title Offred when she is made Handmaid to Commander Fred Waterford and his spouse Serena Pleasure. We have adopted June’s horrifying journey for 5 seasons — after we left her, she was embarking on a seek for her daughter, Hannah as Gilead threatened to increase past the borders of Canada.
This is all the pieces we all know concerning the upcoming sixth season of The Handmaid’s Story.
What occurred in The Handmaid’s Story season 5?
Rather a lot has occurred in 5 seasons of The Handmaid’s Story. At first of the collection, June was separated from her husband, Luke, and daughter Hannah and compelled to dwell as a Handmaid for a strong Gilead couple, Fred and Serena. Through the years, June has fought again towards the oppressive regime. On the finish of season 4, June enacted her revenge, killing Fred within the woods with a gaggle of different Handmaids, leaving Serena in a Canadian jail.
In season 5, June finds herself at odds with a few of the Handmaids who’ve adopted her within the resistance motion — they need revenge, too, however June is extra occupied with getting her daughter out of Gilead. In the meantime, Serena appears to step into Fred’s footwear because the present’s most ominous determine.