The Handmaid’s Tale: what we can expect from the Final Chapter of the dystopian drama

The Handmaid’s Tale is one of the most acclaimed and popular TV shows of recent years, based on the dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood.

The series follows the lives of women who are enslaved and oppressed in a totalitarian regime called Gilead, where they are forced to bear children for the ruling elite.

The show has won numerous awards and has been praised for its powerful performances, stunning visuals, and timely themes.

What can we expect from the last season of The Handmaid’s Tale? When will it be released? How many episodes will there be? And how will it end?

Here are some answers to these questions, based on the available information and some speculation.

The last season of The Handmaid’s Tale will be the sixth and final one, as confirmed by Hulu in September 2022.

The release date of the last season has not been announced yet, but it is likely that it will arrive sometime in late 2023 or early 2024, based on the previous seasons’ schedules.

The first three seasons were released annually, but the fourth and fifth seasons were delayed by the pandemic and took about 18 months to be released. The fifth season premiered on September 14, 2022, and consisted of 10 episodes.

The filming for The Handmaid’s Tale Season 6 has not started yet, but it is likely to begin sometime in 2023.

The show is mostly filmed in Toronto, Canada, but some scenes have also been shot in other locations such as Washington D.C., Boston, and Cambridge.

The show’s creator, Bruce Miller, said that he hopes to film some scenes in Scotland for the final season.

The cast of the last season will include most of the main actors who have been with the show since the beginning, such as Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne, Yvonne Strahovski as Serena Joy Waterford, Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia, O-T Fagbenle as Luke Bankole, Max Minghella as Nick Blaine, Samira Wiley as Moira Strand, Bradley Whitford as Joseph Lawrence, and Amanda Brugel as Rita.

However, one notable exception is Alexis Bledel, who played Emily Malek, a former handmaid who escaped to Canada.

Bledel decided to leave the show after season four and her character was written off in season five.

The plot of the last season will continue from where season five left off, which was a major cliffhanger.

June Osborne, who had been on the run from Gilead for most of the season, was finally captured by Nick Blaine, her former lover and the father of her daughter Nichole.

Nick revealed that he was working for a faction of Gilead that wanted to overthrow the current regime and establish a more democratic system.

He asked June to join him and help him bring down Gilead from within. June agreed, but only after making Nick promise that he would protect her other daughter Hannah, who was still in Gilead.

Meanwhile, Serena Joy Waterford, who had been arrested in Canada for her crimes in Gilead, gave birth to a son named Fred Jr., named after her late husband Fred Waterford.

Fred Waterford had been executed by June and other former handmaids in season four, as part of a deal that June made with Mark Tuello, an American agent who wanted to bring down Gilead.

Serena Joy hoped that her son would help her gain sympathy and freedom from the Canadian authorities, but she also faced a new threat from Aunt Lydia, who had escaped from Gilead with some loyal handmaids and was plotting revenge against Serena Joy and June.

The last season will likely explore how June and Nick will try to undermine Gilead from within, while also facing dangers from Aunt Lydia and other enemies.

It will also show how Serena Joy will cope with motherhood and her legal situation in Canada, while also dealing with her complicated feelings for June and Nick.

The fate of Hannah and Nichole will also be a major concern for June and Nick, as well as for Luke and Moira, who have been raising Nichole in Canada.

The last season will also have to address some of the questions that fans have been wondering about since the beginning of the show, such as: How did Gilead come to power? What is happening in the rest of the world? Will there be a war or a revolution? Will June ever reunite with her daughters? Will she ever find happiness or peace?

The answers to these questions are not known yet, but we can expect that the last season will be full of surprises, twists, shocks, and emotions.

The Handmaid’s Tale has been one of the most captivating and relevant shows of our time, and we can only hope that it will end on a high note.

Although The Handmaid’s Tale Season 6 will be the last one for the main show, there is a possibility of a sequel based on Atwood’s 2019 novel The Testaments, which is set 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale.

The Testaments focuses on three female narrators: Aunt Lydia, a young woman named Agnes who grew up in Gilead, and a teenager named Daisy who lives in Canada.

Hulu and MGM have acquired the rights to adapt The Testaments into a TV series, but there is no official confirmation or details about the project yet.