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The Handmaid’s Tale

  1. news from shondaland
    Grey’s Anatomy Scammer Elisabeth Finch Wants to Write on Handmaid’s Tale NextAfter admitting she “never had any form of cancer.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  2. close read
    Serena’s Journey Has Become the Heart of The Handmaid’s TaleSeason five raises a loaded question: Is it possible for oppressors to see the error of their ways?
    By Jen Chaney
  3. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Season-Finale Recap: They Never Let Anyone Get AwayThe arm of Gilead is long and getting longer.
    By Kathleen Walsh
  4. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: The Talented Mr. LawrenceThe Commander really steps into his villain suit for this episode, but his endgame remains murky as ever.
    By Kathleen Walsh
  5. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: The Dirty CompromiseHow much personal freedom are you willing to sacrifice in exchange for physical proximity to your child? For June and Serena, pretty much all of it.
    By Kathleen Walsh
  6. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: VesselsJune sure as hell isn’t going to let Serena martyr herself on the altar of womanhood.
    By Kathleen Walsh
  7. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: May They Do Better Than We DidA third-act twist gives us the Thelma and Louise moment we’ve been waiting for.
    By Kathleen Walsh
  8. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: Let’s Stay TogetherA near-perfect episode allows June and Serena to live out their respective fairytales before puncturing them in brutal fashion.
    By Kathleen Walsh
  9. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: June Fights the LawEveryone deserves a hug and a high five.
    By Kathleen Walsh
  10. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: Mayday PlansAnn Dowd gives Elisabeth Moss a run for her money in the face-acting department.
    By Kathleen Walsh
  11. under his eye
    The Handmaid’s Tale Had a ‘Juicy’ Plot Planned for Alexis Bledel’s CharacterExecutive producer Bruce Miller has a plan if Bledel returns for the sixth and final season.
    By Rebecca Alter
  12. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: Serena in WonderlandJanine is back!
    By Kathleen Walsh
  13. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Season-Premiere Recap: By Her HandHow do you solve a problem like Dark June?
    By Kathleen Walsh
  14. you know nothing serena
    June Goes Full Olenna Tyrell in The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 TrailerSpooky yoga comes back to Hulu on September 14.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  15. gilead girl
    Alexis Bledel Won’t Appear in Season 5 of Hulu Reality ShowWait, no, The Handmaid’s Tale is supposed to be a dystopian drama.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  16. it’s spagett!
    Margaret Atwood Compares Scientology to … PastafarianismWhile practicing Scientologist Elisabeth Moss encourages “people to find out for themselves.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  17. a long talk
    Elisabeth Moss on Tackling The Handmaid’s Tale From Both Sides of the Camera“I’ve always thought, in a way, that is actually the way a director thinks. I just never realized it.”
    By Jen Chaney
  18. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: Trade SecretsInformation is just flying back-and-forth over that Canadian–Gileadean border.
    By Hillary Kelly
  19. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: Halo EffectJune fought like hell to get to Canada, but now that she’s there, she may have to sacrifice her most vital relationships in order to enact revenge.
    By Hillary Kelly
  20. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: Do You Understand Me?The first brilliant episode of the season pushes June into new territory and The Handmaid’s Tale into a distinct new phase.
    By Hillary Kelly
  21. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: We’re Gonna Need a Bigger BoatA return-to-form episode frees us from the cycle of catch and release and taps into a far more rewarding emotional tension.
    By Hillary Kelly
  22. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: Boulevard of Broken DreamsOf all the streets in all the towns in all the world …
    By Hillary Kelly
  23. chat room
    The Handmaid’s Tale’s Madeline Brewer Thinks We’ve All Underestimated JanineThe supposedly delicate handmaid’s first flashback reveals the reserve of inner strength that Janine is starting to tap into.
    By Valentina Valentini
  24. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: Come On, Feel the IllinoiseA breather episode moves some pieces around the board and highlights how Janine has sneakily grown into a fitting counterpart to June.
    By Hillary Kelly
  25. close reads
    The Continued Cost of June’s SurvivalThe Handmaid’s Tale has turned its protagonist into a bulletproof dream heroine leaving a growing pile of collateral damage in her wake.
    By Whitney Friedlander
  26. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: Engines of ChangeIn an episode that’s about 75 percent straight-up torture, the biggest emotional wrecking ball comes at the very end.
    By Hillary Kelly
  27. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: Saint JuneWithout realizing it, June keeps knocking over long lines of dominoes.
    By Hillary Kelly
  28. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Season-Premiere Recap: Make Me ProudJune has crossed the Rubicon.
    By Hillary Kelly
  29. tv review
    The Handmaid’s Tale Gets Its Mojo BackAfter two seasons stuck in a hamster wheel of ugly conflict, the series finally delivers some much-needed forward movement and emotional payoff.
    By Jen Chaney
  30. trailer mix
    The Handmaid’s Tale Season 4 Teaser: Dystopia, Sweet DystopiaJune’s revolution begins April 28 on Hulu. Be there.
    By Zoe Haylock
  31. renewals
    Praise Be: The Handmaid’s Tale Renewed for Season 5Production on season four is ongoing.
    By Charu Sinha
  32. who were the 2010s?
    Margaret Atwood on the Decade The Handmaid’s Tale Came to LifeHer novels speculated about lab-grown meat, environmental catastrophe, and the diminishment of reproductive autonomy. Does anything shock her anymore?
    By Molly Young
  33. books
    Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo Both Win This Year’s Booker PrizeThe rules for the fiction award technically prohibit a tie, but rules are meant to be broken.
    By Halle Kiefer
  34. award season
    SNL, Carpool Karaoke, and Queer Eye Win Big at the 2019 Creative Arts EmmysAlso, Free Solo!
    By Devon Ivie
  35. blessed be the audiobook
    Listen to Aunt Lydia, I Mean, Ann Dowd Read You Margaret Atwood’s New BookAnn Dowd will be reprising her role as Aunt Lydia. She’s joined by Bryce Dallas Howard, Mae Whitman, and the author herself.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  36. publishing drama
    Around 800 Copies of Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale Sequel Got Sent Out Early“Good news!” read a note sent to some customers. “We’re able to get part of your order to you sooner than we originally promised.”
    By Lila Shapiro and Jackson McHenry
  37. praise be sequels
    Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments Joins the Empowerment ParadeThe sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale ultimately succumbs to our fan-service dystopia.
    By Hillary Kelly
  38. man booker
    Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale Sequel on the 2019 Man Booker Prize Short ListThe Testaments comes out on September 10.
    By Zoe Haylock
  39. spoilers
    It’s Time for The Handmaid’s Tale to Let June DieJune’s shrapnel-laden plot armor has sustained an unparalleled Elisabeth Moss performance, but it undermines the point of the character.
    By Hillary Kelly
  40. chat room
    Yvonne Strahovski Knows Why Handmaid’s Tale Fans Love to Hate Serena“It’s weird to justify her actions because I have to go back and play her, but there really isn’t any excuse.”
    By Valentina Valentini
  41. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Season Finale Recap: A Talent for RuthlessnessJune’s troubles are, like a woman’s work, never done.
    By Hillary Kelly
  42. chat room
    Handmaid’s Tale’s Bradley Whitford on Navigating Lawrence’s Many Contradictions“Lesser writers would have made him a bad guy who has an epiphany and becomes a hero. I think that’s a disservice to the predicament June is in.”
    By Maria Elena Fernandez
  43. chat room
    The Handmaid’s Tale’s Christopher Meloni on His “Correctly Ignominious” Fate“Even as we’re filming it, I’m like, Oh, man, this is gonna make so many people go, ’Yeah! Man, this feels so good!’”
    By Maria Elena Fernandez
  44. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: The Pen Is MightierAfter spinning its wheels for too long, Handmaid’s finally turns June into the warrior woman she’s promised to be so many times.
    By Hillary Kelly
  45. season renewals
    The Handmaid’s Tale Will Continue to Bring You Dystopia With a Fourth SeasonThat’s a whole presidential term.
    By Jackson McHenry
  46. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: Little Miss MuffinAmid a crackdown in Gilead, June’s relationship with the Lawrences reaches a horrific turning point.
    By Hillary Kelly
  47. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: Do No HarmA claustrophobic pseudo-bottle episode pushes June even further down the path of madness — but to what end?
    By Hillary Kelly
  48. behind the scenes
    The Handmaid’s Tale Pulls Back the Curtain on Aunt Lydia’s PastAnn Dowd and showrunner Bruce Miller unravel Aunt Lydia’s life before she was a Gilead-abiding taskmaster.
    By Maria Elena Fernandez
  49. overnights
    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: Que Sera SeraWhat does it mean if our heroine has expanded her hatred and vengeance to include even those who don’t stand directly against her?
    By Hillary Kelly
  50. roll clip!
    Aunt Lydia Does Some Pre-Gilead Flirting in This Handmaid’s Tale FlashbackShe wasn’t always so terrible.
    By Devon Ivie
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