'The Handmaid's Story' is not slowing down in season 5. June is Serena's primary goal after masterminding the demise of her husband, Commander Waterford, within the new trailer.
Season 5 of The Handmaid’s Story will be a bitter showdown between June (Elisabeth Moss) and Serena (Yvonne Strahovski). Hulu launched the full-length trailer on August 24 with a serious glimpse at how June’s resolution to kill Commander Waterford could come again to chunk her. “He was a monster. The founding father of Gilead. He took away our nation. He needed to pay for what he did,” June says within the trailer, earlier than telling he husband Luke (O-TFagbenle), “I killed him and I liked it a lot.”
June desires Serena to know she murdered her husband, however Luke isn’t blissful about that. Serena, who's pregnant, is suspicious about Commander Waterford’s demise, which was masterminded by Nick (Max Minghella) and Commander Joseph Lawrence (Bradley Whitford). Serena is in Canada and seems to be forming a pro-Gilead group of her personal. “Serena has the world behind her. She’s bringing it right here, Gilead,” June says.
U.S. Authorities Agent Mark Tuello (Sam Jaegaer) warns June that she’s in hassle for killing Commander Waterford. “I believe you scared Gilead as effectively. A handmaid killing her commander, I don’t assume they’ll be capable to let that stand,” he says. In the meantime, somebody in Gilead refers to June as “a most cancers,” and that they “have to chop her out.”
Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) remains to be in command of the captive Handmaids together with Janine (Madeline Brewer). She tells them that “there are penalties for disobeying God.” Nick warns June to remain secure from Gilead, however June and Nick seem to return to Gilead to rescue their daughter Hannah who’s nonetheless there.
Season 4 of The Handmaids Story concluded in June 2021. Your entire solid is again for season 5, aside from Joseph Fiennes, a.okay.a. Fred Waterford, who was brutally killed within the finale, and Alexis Bledel, who performed Emily/Ofglen for the reason that begin of the present. Alexis introduced her departure from the Emmy Award-winning sequence on Could 27. “After a lot thought, I felt I needed to step away from The Handmaid’s Story right now,” the actress advised Selection. “I'm ceaselessly grateful to Bruce Miller for writing such truthful and resonant scenes for Emily, and to Hulu, MGM, the solid and crew for his or her assist.”
In an EXCLUSIVE interview with HollywoodLife in April, Samira Wiley teased how the dynamic between BFFs Moira and June will play out in season 5. “We noticed a lot final season that June is so gung-ho able to kill all people, and Moira was like, ‘Maintain on, we obtained a child to care for, settle down,’ ” Samira advised us. “So actually, it’s making an attempt to determine struggle Gilead from inside Canada. And the way do they do these issues otherwise? And likewise is it potential to struggle Gilead from inside Canada, or is that unattainable? And if that isn’t potential, then what’s the following step?”
The Handmaid’s Story is based mostly on Margaret Atwood’s novel, the place a futuristic dystopian society is dominated by fundamentalists who deal with ladies as baby-rearing our bodies. Season 5 premieres September 14 on Hulu.