“This final chapter of June’s journey highlights the importance of hope, courage, solidarity, and resilience in the pursuit of justice and freedom,” according to the season synopsis.
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“The Handmaid’s Tale” returned earlier this week for its sixth and final season and the first three episodes had a lot to unpack.
After escaping Gilead, June (Elisabeth Moss) finally finds peace in Alaska where she is reunited with her mother Holly (Cherry Jones). However, her peace is short-lived, and she returns to No Man’s Land to successfully help husband Luke (O-T Fagbenle), and best friend Moira (Samira Wiley) escape a Mayday mission gone bad. On the other hand, Commander Lawrence (Bradley Whitford) is attempting to build New Bethlehem, Gilead’s new, reformed community where refugees are welcomed back.
According to Hulu, June will fight to take down Gilead with Luke and Moira joining the resistance in the final season of Emmy-winning drama series. Serena, meanwhile, “tries to reform Gilead while Commander Lawrence and Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) reckon with what they have wrought, and Nick (Max Minghella) faces challenging tests of character.”
“This final chapter of June’s journey highlights the importance of hope, courage, solidarity, and resilience in the pursuit of justice and freedom,” the season’s synopsis says.
Adapted from Canadian author Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel of the same name, “The Handmaid’s Tale” tells “the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States,” according to the series synopsis.
June/Offred, one of the few fertile women in the oppressive Republic of Gilead, known as Handmaids, “struggles to survive as a reproductive surrogate for a powerful Commander and his resentful wife” in society.
Here’s what to know about Season 6 of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” including full episode schedule and cast.
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When do new episodes of the ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ come out? Release date, time
New episodes of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 6 drop every Tuesday on Hulu at midnight ET / 9 p.m. PT (previous day).
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 6 episode schedule
Season 6 “The Handmaid’s Tale” premiered with the first three episodes on April 8. The final season of the series will have 10 episodes. Here’s what the upcoming schedule looks like:
- Episode 4 “Promotion”: April 15
- Episode 5 “Janine”: April 22
- Episode 6 “Surprise”: April 29
- Episode 7 “Shattered”: May 6
- Episode 8 “Exodus”: May 13
- Episode 9 “Execution”: May 20
- Episode 10 “The Handmaid’s Tale”: May 27
How to watch ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 6
“The Handmaid’s Tale” will be available to stream on Hulu, starting April 8.
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 6 cast
Cast members for “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 6, as per Hulu, include:
- Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne / Offred
- Yvonne Strahovski as Serena Joy Waterford
- Bradley Whitford as Commander Joseph Lawrence
- Max Minghella as Commander Nick Blaine
- Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia Clements
- O-T Fagbenle as Luke Bankole
- Samira Wiley as Moira Strand
- Madeline Brewer as Janine Lindo / Ofwarren / Ofdaniel / Ofhoward
- Amanda Brugel as Rita Blue
- Ever Carradine as Naomi Putnam
- Sam Jaeger as Mark Tuello
- Josh Charles as High Commander Wharton
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