After one of the most depressing, grim years of our lifetime that included a global pandemic, social upheaval in the name of justice, crushing economic downfall, and a drawn-out presidential campaign, you might actually be feeling a glimmer of hope. Fear not.
The Handmaid’s Tale is here to obliterate any lingering sense of optimism you may have for the world.
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We are back in Gilead, baby! And its oppressive, fucked-up, totalitarian, baby-crazed regime. Last time we saw June and her ragtag team of Marthas and rabble-rousing Handmaids, they had managed to pull off a heroic mission involving the transportation of 86 children to the promised land: Canada. It was one of the few moments of victory the show has given us in three seasons, but because that was too generous of a gesture, we are now ready to deal with the aftermath of June’s plot. And it ain’t pretty.