Spoilers below. Season 5 of The Handmaid’s Tale saw a lot of big changes for our characters over the course of 10 episodes. June, hell-bent on revenge at the top of the season, takes the high ground by the end of it; Serena has her turn at being a handmaid; Aunt Lydia shows tenderness to Janine after a near-death experience; and Commander Lawrence, once June’s ally, seems harder to trust than ever.

How many episodes are in season 5 of The New Handmaid’s Tale?

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 6 Will Be Its Last – Credit: Hulu According to Screenrant, Season 6 of The Handmaid’s Tale will be its last. It’s rumored that it will lead into a new series called The Testaments, which is based on Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale sequel novel. The Goodreads synopsis reads: “With The Testaments, the wait is over.

Margaret Atwood’s sequel picks up the story more than fifteen years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead. In this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades.

‘Dear Readers: Everything you’ve ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we’ve been living in.’ –Margaret Atwood.” Credit: Goodreads Regardless of how many episodes the next season is going to have, or if The Testaments is going to be just as short in seasons as The Handmaid’s Tale is, fans are divided on Reddit between disliking and liking this season, especially when it comes to June, herself. Valerie Anne is a Type 1 diabetic, mother, tree-hugger, self-proclaimed granola who loves a good horror story through literature, video games, and movies. She also streams art over at twitch.tv/8bitval

Is there a 6th season of Handmaid’s Tale?

The Handmaid’s Tale has been renewed for a sixth and final season on Hulu, and the news arrived just days before the premiere of season 5, “It has been a true honor to tell the story of Margaret Atwood’s groundbreaking novel and chillingly relevant world, and we are thrilled to bring viewers a sixth and final season of The Handmaid’s Tale,” Bruce Miller, the show’s creator, showrunner, and executive producer, said in a statement.

“We are grateful to Hulu and MGM for allowing us to tell this story, which unfortunately has remained as relevant as ever throughout its run, and are in awe of our incredible fans for their unwavering support, and without whom we never would have gotten to this point.” The Handmaid’s Tale, adapted from Margaret Atwood’s seminal 1985 novel of the same name, first premiered on Hulu in 2017.

Tackling timely themes of misogyny, patriarchy, women’s bodily autonomy, and reproductive rights, the series deeply resonated with viewers in the midst of the #MeToo movement and Trump’s presidency. Through the years, it has taken home 15 Emmy Awards and made history as the first streaming title to win in the Outstanding Drama Series category.

Is season 5 the end of The Handmaid’s Tale?

This article contains spoilers. – The fifth season finale of Hulu’s hit dystopian drama The Handmaid’s Tale left fans with several cliffhangers and the perfect setup for a sixth and final season. The episode, entitled “Safe,” was written by series creator Bruce Miller and directed by Elisabeth Moss.

1. In a recent interview, Moss broke down the finale.
2. In the episode, June realizes that she, Luke, and Nicole are no longer safe in Canada.
3. Gilead has plenty of violent supporters there, especially in Toronto.
4. A deranged psychopath repeatedly ran June over with his truck; at one point, he drove over her arm, crushing it.

The scene is graphic, and though the fans witness a lot of horror in this series, this scene is particularly gruesome. Here’s what we know from the finale: June and Nicole make it to the train station and run into Serena and Noah as they head to Hawaii; Luke is taken into custody for killing the Canadian man who tried to murder June and is separated from his family; Janine is taken into custody by The Eyes as ordered by Commander Lawrence; Nick has finally agreed to work with the U.S., and after Rose confronts Nick about his feelings for June, she leaves him.

Is season 5 episode 10 the finale of Handmaid’s Tale?

Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 Finale Recap, Episode 10: ‘Safe’

Will there be an episode 10 of season 5 Handmaid’s Tale?

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Finale Recap: Season 5, Episode 10 — ‘Safe’ – TVLine.

Is there an episode 9 of season 5 Handmaid’s Tale?

Warning: this review contains spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale, Last episode, Hannah was coming home, Lawrence was June’s trusted friend, and Serena was steeling herself to play the long game with the Wheelers. All change! Now, Serena’s back on the run, Lawrence and June are over, and Hannah’s still across the border.

Across the border, but not as distant as before. Episode nine’s most vital scene was the silent one that solved the Hannah mystery. All season, the girl’s been paraded in front of us, an obedient, pristine product of the Gilead system. We’ve seen her dutifully present flowers to the Widow Waterford, and heard her kidnappers/parents the Mackenzies describe her as an angel from heaven who couldn’t be more different from the devil June Osborne.

Well guess what, Mackenzies? Your kid’s no angel. She’s a chip off the old block! The Handmaid’s Tale doesn’t hand out wins too often, so when they come they’re to be savoured. Watching Hannah sneak out that contraband pencil to write her name, not the one Gilead foist on her, and smile at her own rebellion was a sight to be relished.

There was pathos too, in that name being printed in the unsophisticated hand of a five-year-old – the last time she was taught to write – instead of the fluent cursive of the almost-teenager she is. Hannah Bankole’s still in there, and in her own small way, she also hasn’t stopped fighting. The Hannah scene was key not only as a win in an episode of losses, but for its novelty.

Compared to a great deal in ‘Allegiance’, it was genuinely new and not a repeat of something we’d seen before. Serena’s whole current storyline is, by design, a re-run of June’s (she’s ticked off the June Osborne list: multiple escapes, giving birth in the wilderness, being slapped by her ‘mistress’, and endangering the life of a woman of color who helped her, so it’s almost a full house).

We’ve seen June go through this cycle of hope-devastation-rebound-with-renewed-fight countless times. And June and Nick’s relationship has been stuck on repeat for seasons now. Just how many teary, wistful goodbyes have June and Nick had? The one on the bridge, the one in the van, the one at the abandoned school, the phone call earlier this season, and now this – the last farewell? Every time, Elisabeth Moss and Max Minghella act the hell of their characters saying they love each other and if only theirs was a different world etc.

etc. etc. and then with tragic poise, they walk away. They’re good scenes, but they’re essentially the same scenes. The air force raid gave us something new and familiar, in that The Handmaid’s Tale has never taken us inside mission control (a tense segment from episode director Bradley Whitford), but anybody who’s ever seen a war movie knew the raid was doomed the second Commander Elijah Vance opened his mouth.

So, Mr Handsome Hero has an adorable daughter who’s the light of his life and his plan is to get back to her? Oh, honey. They may as well have put you in the coffin before you left the runway. Personal mileage with this will vary (and full disclosure, I’m not American), but scenes of flag culture patriotism in The Handmaid’s Tale often feel like an uncomfortable fit with the rest of this boldly burn-it-all-down protest story.

Luke and June were understandably grateful to Vance for the prospect of him rescuing their daughter, but would respect for military force really be their default position after living through Gilead’s coup? Admittedly, we’re talking about two people who got turned on by a gun in episode four, and also admittedly, once your country has been violently taken from you, its symbols and ceremonies must take on renewed significance.

1. Hating Gilead doesn’t mean a blanket rejection of nationalist ritual, and in this context and in every context, there’s value in restating the utopian ideals of liberty and justice for all.
2. That said, wasn’t the final scene a cheese-fest? The hesitant fatherless daughter stumbling over her words, June stepping in to guide her and then slow-mo leaping to protect her from the bullets, the music soaring The violence that happens as a result of anti-immigration rhetoric is a point well worth making, but the execution here was so emotionally dialled up and earnest for a show well capable of irreverence, that it became hard to take the scene seriously.

As stated, personal mileage on that will vary. Less hysterical was the episode’s focus on Lawrence and his uneasy progress along the high wire towards a better Gilead. Reluctantly, he assented to pressure to remarry, and even more reluctantly, it appears that Naomi Putnam recognises a lifeline when she sees one.

Lawrence betrayed June to raise Gilead’s international stock, using her desperation to plant intel that led to that thwarted rescue mission. The strategy won him military kudos but lost him June Osborne, and a little more of his considerably stained soul. A fair trade? We’ll find out. The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 concludes on Wednesday November 9 th on Hulu in the US and airs on Sundays on Channel 4 and Prime Video in the UK.

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Is Aunt Lydia part of Mayday?

5 Her Future According To The Books Is Shocking – Although Margaret Atwood told the show’s writers that Aunt Lydia from The Handmaids Tale was simply too good to get rid of, it’s possible that she just didn’t want to spoil a big twist in her sequel book, The Testaments. Because not only does Lydia play a large role in the book itself (as she will in The Testaments show too), but her character arc is pretty surprising.

Will season 6 be the end of Handmaid’s Tale?

The Handmaid’s Tale first hit screens in 2017, immediately becoming one of the most praised, talked about, and important television shows in recent history. Based on award-winning author Margaret Atwood ‘s best-selling novel of the same title, Handmaid’s has gone on to produce five groundbreaking seasons.

Ahead of the Season 5 premiere last fall, it was announced that Season 6 of The Handmaid’s Tale would be the last, Since this news, eager fans have been desperate to find out what the upcoming farewell season could entail. Keep reading to find out everything we know so far about The Handmaid’s Tale Season 6.

Editor’s Note: This article was updated on July 6. Image via Hulu

Who is the father of Serena’s baby?

Serena was blessed by a “miracle” pregnancy in The Handmaid’s Tale season 4 – but is Fred the father of her baby, and when did she become pregnant? Warning! Contains spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale season 5! Serena and Fred Waterford had a miracle baby in The Handmaid’s Tale — but was Fred really the father and, if so, when was Serena’s baby conceived? The couple were in different cells and as estranged from one another as they’ve ever been, but a moment of reconciliation in The Handmaid’s Tale season 3 could be the answer.

• The Waterfords were previously believed to both be infertile.
• Fred had failed to get both June and a previous handmaid pregnant, despite many attempts even outside Gilead’s “ceremony”.
• Serena was shot in her lower abdomen by a protester in the days before Gilead, and her injuries damaged her reproductive organs.

Yet in The Handmaid’s Tale season 4, episode 2, “Nightshade,” Serena gets some shocking news: blood tests carried out in Canada show that she’s pregnant, kick-starting the Serena’s baby Handmaid’s Tale plot arc. Serena’s baby Handmaid’s Tale revealed first through these blood tests, with her giving birth in The Handmaids Tale season 5.

1. Pregnancy can be determined as early as 14 weeks, and a bump usually begins to develop by week 16 of a pregnancy.
2. For Serena to have been surprised by the news means she was probably around 12-16 weeks pregnant when she found out in season 4.
3. Although Fred wasn’t particularly faithful in their marriage, Serena has been, which means that there’s little to no doubt that Fred is the father of Serena’s baby.

Their sex life wasn’t particularly active, so the child was presumably conceived in The Handmaid’s Tale season 3, episode 11, “Liars,” when Serena and Fred had intercourse while staying at a bed and breakfast.

Do June and Luke get Hannah back?

The Handmaid’s Tale (TV series) – S 5 E 8 Following last episode’s heart-wrenching conclusion, Serena’s ( Yvonne Strahovski ) now settled into Toronto’s immigration detention center and separated from baby Noah. She’s also apparently ringing June ( Elisabeth Moss ) on the regular, begging for help.

1. But June and Luke ( O-T Fagbenle ) are too busy being harassed by anti-refugee protesters, who drive by their home honking horns and spray painting “AMERICANS GO HOME” on their sidewalk.
2. While cleaning up the graffiti – which June amusingly likens to scrubbing blood off Gilead’s walls – Luke suggests they consider leaving Canada for a friendlier place, maybe Alaska, Hawaii, or Europe.

But June immediately squashes the idea, stressing it would put them too far from Hannah. Speaking of new homes for former Handmaids, Commander Lawrence ( Bradley Whitford ) finally unveils his “New Bethlehem” initiative to Gilead’s other leaders. Describing it as a “modernized, strategically liberalized island,” he wants the beautiful coastal community to welcome back refugees, offering them amnesty and a place to reunite with long-lost family and friends.

• Some of the Commanders are skeptical, but Lawrence – with Nick’s ( Max Minghella ) support – convinces them it’s a good political move for Gilead.
• The Handmaid’s Tale – “Motherland” – Episode 508 – June considers a tempting but risky offer from a surprise visitor.
• Serena hits rock bottom and searches for allies.

June (Elisabeth Moss), shown. (Photo by: Sophie Giraud/Hulu) Elisabeth Moss | Credit: Sophie Giraud/Hulu Back in Canada, we catch up with Serena, who’s reached a new low point, Sporting a prison-yellow jumpsuit, she’s pumping breast milk in a corner of the detention center’s community area. Adding insult to injury, Mrs.

Wheeler comes by to collect the milk and kindly inform Serena she’s not mentally equipped to be a mother. Furthermore, the Wheelers – who are now fostering Noah – are apparently letting the fussy infant “cry it out,” a tough-love disciplinary measure Serena finds upsettingly harsh and unnecessary. Lawrence takes his New Bethlehem tour to Toronto, where he tries to convince June to return to a kinder, gentler part of Gilead, with “no Handmaids or hangings.” He ensures her family will be safe on the island and, more importantly, offers the opportunity for them to reunite with Hannah.

He can’t stop the tween from becoming a child bride, but suggests June can at least keep her safe by being closer to her. June is understandably tempted by the proposition, but Luke doesn’t trust Lawrence, nor does he think moving his family to Gilead is a good idea.

Lawrence also pays a visit to Serena. He doesn’t offer her the same sweet New Bethlehem deal, but rather has arranged for her to return to the Wheelers’ home. She’d get to be with Noah and help care for him, but would essentially become the couple’s Handmaid in the process. She refuses the offer. Meanwhile, June’s seriously considering accepting Lawrence’s invitation, but agent Tuello ( Sam Jaeger ) shows up to try and convince her to stay in Canada.

He claims the U.S. is working on “something big,” some sort of military action against Gilead, but he’s unable to share the top secret details of the operation. Frustrated by his vagueness, and the fact he still has no leads on the location of Hannah’s wife-prep school, she turns to Rita for advice.

• The former Martha says she wouldn’t want to return to Gilead, but would also do anything to be reunited with her child.
• June pays Serena a visit to set a few things straight.
• Serena pleads with her for help, but June matter-of-factly reminds her they’re not friends and, despite whatever “bond” Serena believes has formed between them, she hasn’t forgiven her for the hell she put her through.

But June does offer her some sage advice, recommending she essentially do what she did when she was a Handmaid – play the part while plotting revenge. She convinces Serena to return to the Wheelers, believing it’s the only way she can help Noah. The Handmaid’s Tale – “Motherland” – Episode 508 – June considers a tempting but risky offer from a surprise visitor. Yvonne Strahovski | Credit: Sophie Giraud/Hulu June also takes her own advice, hitting up Lawrence before he leaves Toronto. She’s willing to return to Gilead if the Commander can prevent Hannah from being married off. But he says he can’t do that, and even proposes her eventual “arranged marriage” isn’t so bad.

June loses it, ultimately driving Lawrence to admit his well-intentioned plans for saving humanity went south and became “septic.” He concedes he’d take it all back if he could, and begs June to help him make Gilead a better place, starting with the changes in New Bethlehem. Later that evening, June’s doing a bit of gardening.

She looks up at the night sky wistfully, and we’re reminded of the time she comforted Hannah by telling her no matter how far apart they are from each, they will always “share the same moon.” She’s interrupted by Luke, who has an anonymous delivery for her.

1. The mysterious package contains a disc with footage of Hannah at her school.
2. Seeing her kidnapped daughter resurfaces June’s enormous guilt for leaving her behind, cementing her decision to go back to Gilead and save her.
3. Luke refuses to move Nichole there but, after an emotional debate, accepts that his wife needs to go.

Back in Gilead, Lawrence is touring New Bethlehem with Nick, whom he also has a proposal for. He wants a Commander living in the new settlement, and believes Nick would be a great fit. He then creepily attempts to sell him on the idea, saying he’d be living there with all the people he loves – June, his new wife Rose and their coming baby, and Nichole.

• Lawrence optimistically believes June plans to return, bringing her entire family with her.
• In Toronto, Luke and Moira ( Samira Wiley ) study the brief video of Hannah that was sent to June.
• Moira believes the disc could contain some encrypted “metadata,” and suggests they turn it over to Tuello for further investigation.

The next morning, the agent gratefully collects the disc. He’s determined to keep June in Canada and allied with the Americans, and promises to dig deep into the potential intel. When we catch up with Serena, we see she’s taken June’s advice. She arrives at the Wheelers’, hat in hand, full of apologies and assurances she’ll follow their rules.

Mrs. Wheeler forces her to admit she’s not capable of being a fit mother. Through a strained smile and hands tightly clenched behind her back, Serena agrees with the assessment. Her subservience pays off, as she’s allowed to reunite with Noah, who’s crying upstairs. The Handmaid’s Tale – “Motherland” – Episode 508 – June considers a tempting but risky offer from a surprise visitor.

Serena hits rock bottom and searches for allies. Hannah (Jordana Blake), shown. (Photo by: Sophie Giraud/Hulu) Credit: Sophie Giraud/Hulu As the episode approaches its conclusion, June’s feeling frustrated. It’s now been a week since she’s turned the disc over to Tuello, and they’re seemingly no closer to finding Hannah’s school. Restless and aggravated, she heads out for a walk to buy some apples for Nichole.

While shopping for the produce, she gets a call from Tuello. “We found Hannah. We have a plan,” he confidently shares from a room filled with important looking people in suits and military uniforms. June drops her apples, hugs the store owner, and runs home while The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven” plays over the scene.

June shares the good news with Luke and Moira, excitedly telling them the U.S. Is planning a raid, and Hannah’s going to be rescued and returned to them. While they hug, jump, laugh, and cry in celebration, the scene switches to Hannah, who’s on the grounds of her school.

Like June earlier, she’s gardening, planting something in the dirt while looking to the sky. It’s daytime though, so she doesn’t see that shared moon, but a cloudy sky. As we wait for the other shoe to drop, the screen goes black, the credits begin to roll, and The Cure’s bouncy, ’80s hit continues to play.

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Will June and Nick end up together?

A happy ending for June and Nick remains incredibly unlikely, especially after the events in The Handmaid’s Tale season 5. Nick remains entrapped within Gilead in a cell, and it’s hard to see any chance of him getting out alive.

Will June go back to Gilead season 5?

June winds up back in Gilead’s grasp while Serena also finds herself a prisoner of the Republic.

Does June get Hannah out?

After a failed operation, June (Elisabeth Moss) lost her only chance to get her daughter Hannah back.

Why does Nick punch Commander Lawrence?

Season 5 – Commander Lawrence tries to push his idea about New Bethlehem, a haven for ex-Gilead refugees to come back and live, under a different set of rules. Lawrence tries to convince June and her family to join the community, knowing it would be great PR to have a symbol of the revolution come back and live in Gilead.

• June considers it and Lawrence continues to push it.
• Commander Putnam opposes his idea of New Bethlehem and tells him to give it up.
• Lawrence feels his power starting to slip and worries.
• Upon hearing from Aunt Lydia that Putnam raped a handmaid before she was assigned to his house, Lawrence calls an emergency meeting to put Putnam on trial.

He goes to meet Putnam and Nick shoots him in the head. Feeling the pressure to live by Gilead family values, Lawrence agrees to get a wife. He asks Naomi Putnam, Warren’s widow, to marry him. She reluctantly agrees and moves in to his house with her daughter Angela.

Who was the woman at the end of handmaid’s Tale Season 5?

Photo: Sophie Giraud/Hulu Spoilers ahead for season five of The Handmaid’s Tale, including the finale episode, “Safe.” In the final minutes of the season-five finale of The Handmaid’s Tale, June Osborne comes face-to-face with Serena Waterford. A wide shot of the two women, the former wife of a commander and her former handmaid, makes them look almost like mirror images of each other.

• At this moment, they kind of are.
• June and Serena: both mothers, each with a child in her arms.
• June and Serena: both women who have escaped from archconservative households where they were treated like baby-making machines instead of human beings.
• June and Serena: now both refugees, fleeing Canada to seek safety in what’s left of the United States.

This is the imagery that The Handmaid’s Tale has been hurtling toward all season as it stripped away Serena’s agency and forced her to experience, to an extent, what it’s like to be a handmaid. This conclusion acts as a bookend to two previous scenes: the one in episode four in which June and Serena bump into each other during charged protests in Toronto and June nearly shoots Serena but opts not to and the one in episode seven when Serena has a gun in her hand and decides not to shoot June.

Now, six episodes later, they’re standing in front of each other, holding children instead of weapons, seemingly equals. But are they really equals? That’s the question this season of The Handmaid’s Tale ultimately raises: Can a woman like Serena both realize and admit that the political system in which she’s so deeply invested is immoral and needs to be abolished? By the end of the season, we still don’t know the answer to that.

Serena’s arc — which functioned as the emotional heart of these ten episodes to an even greater degree than June’s journey— has sent deliberately mixed messages. On the one hand, we have seen Serena suffer significantly after becoming a widow and trying to carve out a future for herself as an independent woman and single mom.

1. On the other, she does not seem to connect the dots between that suffering and the severely flawed society she has been complicit in creating.
2. Following Fred’s death, Serena initially believed she could become an international flag-bearer for Gilead values.
3. That’s not how things have worked out.
4. Once she was forced to move in with the Wheelers, it became apparent pretty quickly that her only currency was her child.

Her desire to do other, non-maternal things — like appear publicly as a Gilead spokeswoman or, I don’t know, not be forced to date her own gynecologist — was discounted, if not outright forbidden. Serena’s problem is the same one that’s facing every white American woman who votes Republican in 2022, feeling perfectly fine about the way the party has eroded reproductive rights throughout this country: She believes she’s immune from the consequences of the policies she supports.

Someone who considers themselves a morally correct child of God might believe they’ll never need an abortion, the way Serena never believed she’d be in a situation in which Gilead treats her the same way she once treated her handmaid. But in a society in which women don’t have rights, any woman can be treated like a second-class citizen.

All that has to change is her circumstances. Serena’s circumstances certainly changed. After having her son, Noah, with a major assist from June, she is sent to an immigration detention center and her child is put into the Wheelers’ care. It’s not hard to imagine that the Wheelers will eventually try to take full custody of Noah, especially since they keep implying Serena is not a fit mother.

But throughout this season, Serena can’t give up on the idea that Gilead is going to save her, because certainly no one would let a person like her be treated so monstrously. “I’m not going to live in the same house as my child’s kidnappers,” Serena tells Commander Lawrence in episode eight, assuming that he’ll see how outrageous her situation is and find another arrangement for her.

(Yvonne Strahovski is exceptional in moments like these, playing them with pure sincerity and no hint that Serena senses her own hypocrisy.) Instead, he looks at her, stunned. “Do you have an irony deficiency?” he asks. Serena might have newly awakened empathy for what handmaids have had to endure, but she still doesn’t seem to understand the full extent of the damage she has caused or of the damage that Gilead continues to cause.

1. During her meeting with June at the detention center in that same episode, she expresses the belief that June has forgiven her simply because June helped deliver her baby rather than leaving her and Noah to die on the floor of a barn.
2. A barn is kind of like a manger?) “I turned the other cheek,” June explains after noting she has not forgiven Serena at all.

“Turns out after all this, I guess I’m a better Christian than you.” It’s not really that June is a “better Christian”; she’s just better at something that is supposed to be a fundamental Christian virtue: compassion. As much as she resents Serena, she can’t let an innocent baby die, and Serena confuses her kindness for forgiveness.

That’s not what an act of kindness is; it’s a reflex, a thing one does without thinking about it, an act of selflessness and sacrifice. Serena doesn’t comprehend that because some part of her probably aches for forgiveness that will make her feel better about herself and her own choices. Honestly, it’s to the credit of The Handmaid’s Tale writers that she doesn’t get that at this stage.

It takes a while to develop that kind of clarity, especially after being indoctrinated into the Gilead way of life. She may never develop it. It’s hard to know where Serena is on that front because after she seizes the opportunity to take Noah and flee from the Wheelers in episode nine, we don’t see her again until the end of the finale.

• What she went through between her escape and boarding that train remains a mystery for now, but I assume that during the sixth and final Handmaid’s season, we’ll find out more.
• That seems appropriate.
• The Handmaid’s Tale began by revealing how easy it might be for the United States of America to slide into a form of authoritarianism that fully normalizes the abuse of women, and it should end by showing us whether it’s possible for enablers of that system to help dismantle it.

It’s been powerful to watch June, Janine, and others push back against their oppressors. But it might be even more satisfying to see Serena, someone who wrote an entire book called A Woman’s Place, acknowledge that she was dead wrong about everything she put on those pages and then start doing what any decent Christian would do: atoning for her sins.

What did Naomi do to Janine?

Season Five – After Fred dies, Naomi and her husband offer to host the wake for Fred’s funeral. Naomi greets her old friend Serena as she returns to Gilead. Naomi and her husband are also choosing a new Handmaid; Esther is suggested by Aunt Lydia and they agree, however Esther poisons herself and ends up in the hospital.

Naomi sees Janine and lets her daughter hug her. Later on, when Janine is in hospital, Naomi comes and brings her daughter to help Janine. She becomes a Widow after her husband was executed for rape. Commander Lawrence approaches Naomi, asking her to marry him because he needs to show more Gilead ideals in his own household.

She reluctantly accepts and moves into his house with Angela. Janine gets assigned to be their handmaid and Naomi is hesitant but ultimately agrees to a trial period. She tells Janine it will be nice to have a friendly face in the house, to which Janine responds that she hates Naomi and they are not friends.

Does Serena get Noah back?

Season Five – Serena Waterford gives birth to Noah in a barn in No Man’s Land, with the help of June Osborne, Noah is born in good health and eventually is taken to a hospital in Canada to receive treatment in the Newborn ICU. After Noah’s mother, Serena, gets detained, he gets moved into Child Protective Services.

Eventually, Noah gets put into foster care with Ryan Wheeler and Alanis Wheeler, The Wheelers watch and take care of Noah while Serena nurses and sends milk. Eventually, Serena is released from jail and sent back to nurse Noah. At the opening of the Gilead Fertility Clinic, Serena takes Noah to show people how Gilead helped her have a baby.

Serena takes an opportunity to run away with Noah in her arms to get away from the Wheelers. He was later seen on the train with his mother, while they were reunited with June and her daughter Nichole Osborne,

Why is Nick in jail Handmaid’s Tale?

In a series that has been marked by tragedy after tragedy, The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 finale proved to be among the most tragic episodes of them yet. Dropping on Hulu on Wednesday, “Safe” left the fates of three beloved characters in jeopardy after they were arrested on opposite sides of the border.

• Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 finale, “Safe.” In an episode that focused equal parts on Canada and Gilead, “Safe” put June and Luke’s relationship at the center of the episode in a truly devastating way.
• After they both managed to survive a shooting in “Allegiance,” Luke was forced to protect his in the season finale when she was run down by a man in a truck.

When that man died of his injuries, Luke’s freedom as a refugee in Canada was in jeopardy, with growing fears that he could be arrested for killing a Canadian on Canadian soil, regardless of the fact that it was self-defense. Although it initially appeared that he, June, and Nicole would manage to escape together on a train relocating refugees, those hopes were quickly shattered when authorities at the train station began checking IDs, and not long after, announced they were looking for a Luke Bankole.

After encouraging June to go ahead of him and get on the train, promising that he would follow, he broke that promise when he called June, telling her to “get on the train” so she and Nicole can be safe. After telling her one final time, “I love you, June Osbourne,” he raised his hands in surrender and alerted authorities to his presence.

The last fans saw of Luke in Season 5 was him being surrounded by Canadian police and taken into custody. Luke was not alone in meeting such a tragic fate. Back in Gilead, Janine, who had been living in the relative comfort of the Red Keep, was arrested by The Eyes.

After she was pressured to give Janine a new assignment, Aunt Lydia, who has come to have a soft spot for Janine, gave her the best placement she could hope for: Commander Lawrence. Lawrence recently wed Naomi Putnam, the woman who in Gilead’s eyes is the mother of Janine’s daughter Agatha, and being placed in the household would allow Janine to spend time with Agatha.

But Janine’s anger towards Gilead has grown, and despite the potential promise of reuniting with her daughter, she chose rebellion, openly telling Naomi that she doesn’t like her and disgusts her. The incident of slight rebellion resulted in her being taken into custody by The Eyes and facing a number of consequences, including potential death or reassignment to The Colonies.

• Safe” also found Nick Blaine ‘s safety in Gilead in jeopardy.
• After covertly joining forces with Canada and learning that June was harmed not once by twice, attacks that were both likely to blame on Gilead, Nick’s resolve to outwardly pretend to be with Gilead and Commander Lawrence faltered.
• After slapping Lawrence across the face on the day of his wedding, Nick’s Season 6 storyline ended with him in prison, his fate unknown.

The ending that Luke and Janine met in an episode that was already stressful and emotional was met with a flurry of fan reactions, many viewers left shocked, angered, and sad. Keep scrolling to see what fans had to say.

Who is Nick’s new wife?

Rose Blaine, nee Wharton, is a character in The Handmaid’s Tale. She is the Wife of Commander Nick Blaine and a daughter of High Commander Wharton.

Does Nick love Rose or June?

Nick Is Torn Between His Loyalty to June and Rose – Image via Hulu Although his declaration of love and the look of horror are clues that he may still be willing to risk his life and position for June, Nick is torn. It seems that he is still painfully in love with and loyal to June, but there are factors that could dissuade him.

His loyalty to June may be more tenuous in the future than it is now. He appears to love his wife, Rose, and it may not be the same passionate love that he has for June, but he does care for her and has loyalty to her as a friend and the mother of his child. However, Nick also now has another child to consider.

Rose is pregnant, and her father is a top Commander. She’s also been patient thus far with her husband where the mother of his first child is concerned, but at some point, this patience will waver. Even though he has obvious ties to his daughter, Nicole, and ipso facto, June, one has to wonder if those ties will be challenged once the new baby is born.

Is there an episode 8 of season 5 Handmaid’s Tale?

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 5 Episode 8 Recap: ‘Motherland’

Are there only 8 episodes in season 5 of Handmaid’s Tale?

How many episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale are there? – (Image credit: Hulu) The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 will run for 10 episodes in total on Hulu – here’s when to expect each one:

The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 episode 1: ‘Morning’ – out now in US and UK The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 episode 2: ‘Ballet’ – out now in US and UK The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 episode 3: ‘Borders’ – out now in US and UK The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 episode 4: ‘Dear Offred – out now in US / Nov 13 in UK The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 episode 5: ‘Fairytale’ – out now in US / Nov 20 in UK The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 episode 6: ‘Together’ – out now in US / Nov 27 in UK The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 episode 7: ‘No Man’s Land’ – out now in US / Dec 4 in UK The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 episode 8: ‘Motherland’ – out now in US / Dec 11 in UK The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 episode 9: ‘Allegiance’ – out now in US / Dec 18 in UK The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 episode 10: ‘Safe’ – out now in US/ Dec 25 in UK

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How long is season 5 Handmaid’s Tale?

Season 5 of The Handmaid’s Tale premiered on September 14th, 2022 on Hulu. Ten episodes aired and concluded on November, 9, 2022.

Is Handmaid’s Tale getting season 5?

When was The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 released? – It was released on September 14, 2022 on Hulu in the US and now the UK release date has finally been confirmed. Season 5 will begin on Channel 4 on Sunday, October 23 at 9pm in the UK. For the first time ever, Prime Video will also share the season premiere.

• The previous four seasons have premiered on Channel 4 in the UK, though are also now available to watch on Prime Video.
• Miller previously also told THR: ‘We planned out the whole season, started filming, and then had to stop everything from locations, to number of people in scenes, to traveling actors, all that stuff had a huge impact on our story, just because it has to, and honestly, we’re in a situation where we have to make do with what we can get our hands on.

‘In the end, it was surmountable, and I think we’re making an excellent show, and I’m really proud of what we’re doing, but it was hard, and it continues to be hard.’ Hulu released a one-minute-30-second teaser for season four back on June 24, 2020, and the official trailer on March 30, 2021. Deputy Digital Editor Katie O’Malley is the Deputy Digital Editor, at ELLE UK. On a daily basis you’ll find her managing all digital workflow, editing site, video and social media content, liaising with commercial and sales teams on new partnerships and deals, implementing new digital strategies and compiling endless data traffic, SEO and ecomm reports.

Is there an episode 8 of season 5 Handmaid’s Tale?

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 5 Episode 8 Recap: ‘Motherland’