“The revolution is here” proclaims the teaser for the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale. Said revolution is not very visible in this first teaser, though. In voiceover, as the red dresses of the handmaids are created, Elizabeth Moss’s June Osborne says, “They believed that these garments that they put on our bodies told the world who we are. To mark us, they put us in red—the color of blood. They forgot that it’s also the color of rage. The dress became our uniform, and we became an army.”
The rest of the dialogue is a brief string of clichés: “Something big is about to happen.” “If you want to fight, let’s fight together.” And, for good measure, a classic: “Though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no evil.”
This season’s synopsis, via Variety, says, “June’s unyielding spirit and determination pull her back into the fight to take down Gilead. Luke and Moira join the resistance. Serena tries to reform Gilead while Commander Lawrence and Aunt Lydia reckon with what they have wrought, and Nick 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.”
Hulu and showrunner Bruce Miller have wrung five seasons out of Margaret Atwood’s novel; while this sixth season is the end for this series, Hulu is also working on an adaptation of the sequel The Testaments. That series was announced all the way back in 2019, but as recently as last year, Disney Television Group president Craig Erwich said it was still in development.
Along with Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale stars Yvonne Strahovski, Bradley Whitford, Max Minghella, Ann Dowd, O.T. Fagbenle, Samira Wiley, Madeline Brewer, and Josh Charles. The final season begins with three episodes on April 8th; episodes will then drop weekly until the show ends on May 27th.
