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I’m recommending watching all the seasons because the whole series of The Handmaid’s Tale is great from start to finish regarding the acting, story lines, and cliffhangers from season to season. The whole reason I got Hulu was to watch this series and now I’m watching it again. Season six was last season and the second to the last episode of this season, episode 9, was the one that gave viewers most of the closure they needed. The end of it was amazing. I won’t deny I wished certain characters met their ending by losing their lives based on the terrible things they did and actions they didn’t take, but then again it gave some of the characters a chance to redeem themselves. However, I do think Aunt Lydia’s final scene should have been different. Yikes. June Osborn is a better forgiver than I could ever be.

One of the main characters of June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) that was referred to as Offred in Gilead is working with many partners to further break Gilead’s stronghold in North America throughout season six. With the backing of the American military and Canadian allies, June continues to be a woman with great power, resilience, and mental strength. The best parts of this season was the friction between June and the rest of the characters especially Luke Bankole (O-T Fagbenle), Moira Strand (Samira Wiley), Aunt Lydia Clements (Ann Dowd), Janine Lindo (Madeline Brewer), Serena Joy Waterford (Yvonne Strahovski), Nick Blaine (Max Minghella), and Commander Joseph Lawrence (Bradley Whitford).

Because of June’s past captivity and disciplinary actions that were in your face threats of mental anguish and physical pain, she uses both as motivators to destroy what she hates the most. Her end goal has always been to be reunited with her daughter, Hannah, and find a way back to living with her family before Gilead. But what is crystal clear is that years of being held captive in a repressive traditional society changes people, sometimes for the better and other ways for the worst. This last season made it clearer than ever before that survivors either live to fight another battle or fight to live another day. It is clear June has a breaking point. I saw it several times throughout the series and that is why the show gets a high rating.

However, there were some thoughts running through my mind where I thought “this was all it took or why didn’t they think of this earlier regarding the handmaids.” Then again, invisible chains are just as powerful as actual chains. Even though I focused on the last season in this review, I have to also comment on the actors playing the Commanders. Joseph Fiennes as Fred Waterford, Steven Michael Kunkin as Warren Putnam, and Bradley Whitford as Joseph Lawrence played these patriarchal characters flawlessly and effortlessly.

I rate Season Six of The Handmaid’s Tale FOUR FINGERS and ONE THUMB at 97%.