The last time we visited Gilead wasway back in November 2022.
ButThe Handmaids Taleis back forone final season, and the timing is eerily perfect.
Its characters experience well-earned moments of self-realization that highlight just how far theyve come.
Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne.© Hulu
As you might expect, the shows history has never been more important.
The audience has wondered that too over the years.
June, meanwhile, decided it was time to move on after nearly being assassinated by a Gilead loyalist.
June (Elisabeth Moss) and Serena (Yvonne Strahovski) © Hulu
But maybe the most intriguing part of season sixs approach to that promise is the New Bethlehem storyline.
Its still Gilead, so its still problematic.
Gileads still a stain on the world.
Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) © Hulu
Maybe the ways of New Bethlehem might even influence greater Gilead to consider reforms.
Its a hopeful scenario.
Thats especially the case when relationships are tested, ruined, and reaffirmed as that final reckoning looms.
Nick (Max Minghella) and Commander Lawrence (Bradley Whitford) © Hulu
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