I enjoyed S4 much more than S3 or maybe even S2. This one - at least once she reached Canada - had a proper trajectory and plot arc. I am glad they 'went there' with June. She is beyond help/hope now, and surely S5 needs to be the last. In fact, I thought the final scene, with Luke's look of horror really ought to be The End.
Every diminishing returns with this series. Season 1 being the best. Just after watching season 4, the worst yet. Thought it was the end as well.
It was renewed for another season, after they'd already determined the Season 4 arc was the best place to wrap it. I fear the trajectory of the real world is eclipsing the speed of the production, and where they take the show will either seem prescient once it finally airs, or will sound a bit tone-deaf. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a bit of last-minute tinkering behind the scenes right now. Either way, so long as it lives up to Margaret Atwood's the author's intention for her own original work, I would be satisfied.
Based on what I saw on the S5/Ep1, June's really taking it further into crazy town and diving head first into the deep end. Makes me think even more so now that that they should've ended it at the end of S4 which did provide some resolution/closure. At least they are calling it a day after this season.
If Moss' facial expressions last season were like a parody of the show, the first episode this season was beyond farcical. Are they ending it? This plot looks like it may be milked another season or two.
Those first two episodes.... So...much...ACTING !!! Exhausting to watch. The Handmaid's Tale has become that kind of show that looks better than it is. D.D.
I wish they would wrap it up like the novel but you'll have to check second favorite website, notgonnahappen.com. I've read the sequel novel and I'm looking forward to seeing the story of the Aunts...
NOVEL SPOILER COMING I loved the book. But I think at this point after 5 seasons we need something more of a definitive ending than what Atwood gives us. Though the fast forward to future generations looking back at Gilead would be a cool shout out to the book (as was Serena's cigarette smoking in last episode, which I felt was more central to her character in book than the show ever made it.) Didn't read the sequel yet. Read 4 or 5 pages in bookstore when it came out and didn't really grab me, but I'll probably revisit it at some point.
Watched the first episode. This should have ended two seasons ago. It’s now what my friend refers to as a “can kicker” show. It really has nothing new to explore. And yeah, the extreme closeups of Elizabeth Moss are extremely tiresome and cartoonish.
It has become a chore keeping up with this series. Do they not have psychiatrists in Canada? June needs one.
I have a feeling June is going to conspire to somehow kidnap Serena's baby. Revenge Kidnapping. Yesss!
Well, apparently June has sought counseling... Now, how did Serena Joy get Gilead to pay for stationery? Isn't that for people who can read? Didn't she lose a body part for reading?
I found the series finale surprisingly fitting. Not satisfying, necessarily, but true to life in that universe. No pat happy endings, but everyone seems to accept their fates.
Having read Atwood's sequel, I wonder if the final season will take Aunt Lydia's hinted direction further.
A 6th and final season has been announced. If they eliminated the frequent close-ups of Moss’ face they could have shortened the show by at least one season! I thought season 5 had some surprising and even shocking developments. Still, it has been dragged out for too long, and I am not sure if I will watch the 6th season unless morbid curiosity takes over.
