The Handmaid's Tale

8.7

Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.

Elisabeth Moss / Yvonne Strahovski / Alexis Bledel / O-T Fagbenle / Max Minghella / Amanda Brugel / Joseph Fiennes / Samira Wiley / Jordana Blake / Bahia Watson / Joe Vercillo / Ever Carradine / Nina Kiri / Elena Khan

    • Released
    • (2017-)
    • Seasons
    • 5 seasons
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    SEASON 5

  • Episode 10Safe

  • Episode 9Allegiance

    June and Luke prepare for a rescue mission. Serena tries new tactics with her oppressive hosts. Lawrence makes a surprising proposal to elevate his status.

  • Episode 8Motherland

    June considers a tempting but risky offer from a surprise visitor. Serena hits rock bottom and searches for allies.

  • Episode 7No Man's Land

    June and Serena find themselves in a desperate situation.

  • Episode 6Together

    June and Luke's mission puts them in serious jeopardy. Serena senses a threat from her benefactors. Lawrence and Nick make a shocking power move.

  • Episode 5Fairytale

    June and Luke embark on a dangerous quest. Serena gets to know her new hosts.

  • Episode 4Dear Offred

    June fights her need for violent revenge as Serena settles into her new role in Toronto. Rattled by Janine, Aunt Lydia makes a surprising suggestion to Lawrence.

  • Episode 3Border

    June and Moira join a rebel outpost. As a pregnant widow, Serena tries to restore her status. Aunt Lydia questions her strict methods of dealing with Handmaids.

  • Episode 2Ballet

    June struggles to move on with her life in Toronto. Serena plans an elaborate memorial. Aunt Lydia and Janine prepare Esther for her first posting as a Handmaid.

  • Episode 1Morning

    June confronts the consequences of killing Fred. A scared Serena makes an unexpected decision.

    SEASON 4

  • Episode 10The Wilderness

    June draws on all her resources and relationships, risking everything to ensure her own kind of justice.

  • Episode 9Progress

  • Episode 8Testimony

    June confronts a painful reminder of her Gilead past. Lawrence presents something helpful to Aunt Lydia.

  • Episode 7Home

  • Episode 6Vows

    June contemplates the possibility of freedom.

  • Episode 5Chicago

  • Episode 4Milk

    June takes a harrowing journey. Janine remembers a stressful experience in her past. In Toronto, Serena tries to manipulate Rita.

  • Episode 3The Crossing

    Captured by Gilead, June faces a vengeful Aunt Lydia and endures a torturous interrogation. Nick and Lawrence collaborate to protect June. In Toronto, Luke struggles with how to help June and Hannah.

  • Episode 2Nightshade

    June plots revenge at the local Jezebels, before she and the Handmaids plan to leave the farm for the next safe house. In Toronto, Moira deals with the fallout of June's choices, and Serena and Fred are bound together by a miracle.

  • Episode 1Pigs

    On the run after the end of Season 3, an injured June and the fugitive Handmaids find refuge at a farm, where the 14-year-old Wife nurses June back to health. June restores her role as the women's leader. In Gilead, an imprisoned Lawrence tries to avoid a

    SEASON 1

  • Episode 10Night

    When a punishment is handed down for Janine, June and the other handmaids must face the unthinkable. Serena discovers Fred's secrets. Meanwhile, Moira makes it into Canada.

  • Episode 9The Bridge

  • Episode 8Jezebels

  • Episode 7The Other Side

    What happened to Luke after he was separated from June and his daughter Hannah. He tries surviving the harsh, new world alone so he can find them again.

  • Episode 6A Woman's Place

    When a trade delegation from Mexico comes to Gilead, Offred discovers several shocking secrets.

  • Episode 5Faithful

    Serena gives Offred another option for potential pregnancy, as Ofglen - now Ofsteven - tries reintegrating into Gilead.

  • Episode 4Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum

    As Offred is not pregnant, she is banished to her room by the commander's wife. There, she discovers a message written in latin by the previous Offred. She is longing to know what the message means and what has happened to its writer.

  • Episode 3Late

    Offred visits Janine's baby with Serena Joy and remembers the early days of the revolution, before Gilead. Ofglen faces a difficult challenge.

  • Episode 2Birth Day

    Offred and her fellow Handmaids assist with the delivery of Janine's baby, prompting Offred to recall her own daughter's birth. Offred draws closer to Ofglen while dreading a secret meeting with the Commander.

  • Episode 1Offred

    Offred, one the few fertile women known as Handmaids in the oppressive Republic of Gilead, struggles to survive as a reproductive surrogate for a powerful Commander and his resentful wife.