Warning: this story accommodates spoilers from the sequence finale of The Handmaid’s Story.
NEED TO KNOW
- The Handmaid’s Story aired its sequence finale on Tuesday, Might 27
- The episode picked up within the aftermath of the penultimate episode, and revealed how far the American resistance had come of their combat in opposition to Gilead
- The ultimate episode noticed the return of acquainted faces however left one crucial plotline open-ended
The Handmaid’s Story has completed its last chapter.
On Tuesday, Might 27, Hulu’s hit dystopian drama concluded its sixth and last season with heartfelt reunions, return of pivotal characters and an open-ended mission for June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) to seek out her daughter Hannah.
The episode started within the aftermath of the American resistance’s plan to bomb a aircraft stuffed with excessive commanders heading in direction of D.C. The emotional second noticed the deaths of each American ally Commander Joseph Lawrence (Bradley Whitford) and June’s love curiosity and the daddy of her daughter Nicole, Commander Nick Blaine (Max Minghella), because the jet exploded upon takeoff.
In a voiceover, June revealed that with out the management of Gilead’s strongest commanders, the town of Boston had been reclaimed by the rebels and freed of Gilead’s chains.
“We received right here, at the very least. Boston is America once more. Reward f—— be,” she mentioned as scenes of rebels burning Gilead flags and regalia performed on display screen. “By the point the Marines landed in Southie, the preventing was virtually over, Gilead had already began pulling out of the town. Then it solely took 19 days.”
“However that is only the start,” June continued. “First, Massachusetts is liberated, then, New York, west throughout Ohio, Kansas, sometime Colorado — after which Hannah. Gilead tried to combat, however that they had no leaders. The Boston commanders had been all lifeless earlier than the preventing even began.”
All through the episode, followers discovered the fates of their favourite characters and noticed June wrap up free ends as she ready to seek out her daughter.
Serena Waterford (Yvonne Strahovski), June’s former mistress turned ally, discovered her “destiny” utterly within the fingers of U.S. agent Mark Tuello (Sam Jaeger). On her approach to a refugee camp along with her son Noah, she admitted she’s fearful as many individuals need her lifeless and her purposes for international passports had been denied.
Earlier than boarding a bus, she had one last confrontation with June the place she apologized for her crimes in an emotional plea.
“June, once I recall a few of the issues that had been performed to you and the issues that I did and that I compelled you to do, I am ashamed,” Serena cried. “I am sorry. And if phrases imply something in any respect, I’m sorry.”
In an act of mercy, June replied, “I forgive you,” earlier than telling Serena to “go in grace.”
Whereas strolling the streets of a newly liberated Boston, June stopped at a storefront and bumped into Emily (Alexis Bledel), a buddy and former handmaid she feared was lifeless after she introduced she was returning to Gilead to combat from the within.
Emily advised June that she had a seven-month put up as a Martha, and that the Commander she labored for “was a buddy.” Although, on the time, it appeared like she deserted her spouse Sylvia (Clea DuVall) and their son, she was really preventing for them and had stored in contact by way of secret cellphone calls.
Then, June reunited with Janine (Madeline Brewer) after she was captured by the eyes within the penultimate episode. In the course of the night time, she bought a name from Tuello, and went to the woods the place Gilead’s guardians dropped Janine. Then, Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) and Mrs. Lawrence, previously Mrs. Putnam (Ever Carradine), reunited Janine along with her daughter Angela.
Elsewhere within the episode, June and her husband Luke (O-T Fagbenle) greeted her mom and her daughter Holly as they landed in Boston from Alaska. Regardless of her mom’s fears, June revealed her plan to proceed the combat to rescue Hannah from Gilead.
Each she and Luke had unfinished enterprise with the insurrection and labored to free their daughter and different younger women from Gilead’s clutches.
Within the last moments of the present, June wore teal as she returned to the place all of it started — the Waterford’s previous dwelling — which has since been burned to the bottom.
As she walked up the steps, she entered her previous quarters and sat on a windowsill, paralleling the opening scene of the primary episode. She smiled as she imagined her long-awaited reunion with Hannah earlier than pulling out a voice recorder and reciting the identical monologue that performed within the sequence premiere.
“A chair, a desk, a lamp, there’s a window with white curtains. The glass is shatterproof nevertheless it isn’t working away they’re afraid of. A handmaid wouldn’t get far,” she mentioned slowly. “It is these different escapes, those you possibly can open in your self given a leading edge or a twisted sheet and a chandelier.”
“I strive not to consider these escapes. It is tougher on ceremony days, however pondering can harm your probabilities,” she continued because the digicam panned nearer.
Then June smiled as she started her story, “My identify is Offred.”
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The Handmaid’s Story could be streamed in full on Hulu.
