Who knows which of those chickens are going to come home to roost? ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: We have to start with Offred. Shes much closer to the resistance now than before. Credit: George Kraychyk/Hulu We have flashbacks to parts earlier with her experience in Gilead, and you see how much shes changed. The finale might as well be a season of the show in and of itself. One, I imagine, would be the twisted Serena Joy/Commander Waterford/Offred relationship....

But they don’t look at each other that way anymore. “It’s their own fault,” she says now. “They should have never given us uniforms if they didn’t want us to be an army.” Credit: George Kraychyk/Hulu Makeup on the collar of her cloak. And in this time, finally, her prayers are answered: Offred is pregnant. For Serena, it’s joyous news. For Offred, it’s much more complicated. “You think I prayed for this?...

Read an excerpt from that introduction and see the cover, below. The first three episodes ofThe Handmaids Talepremiere on Hulu on April 26 and subsequent episodes will be released weekly. Every Sunday the East German Air Force made sonic booms to remind us of how close they were. Credit: Hulu So did the repurposed buildings. This used to belong to . but then they disappeared. Vintage Books/Anchor Books I heard such stories many times....

(“It looks kind of weird without all the dead bodies, doesn’t it?” It’s just like Aunt Lydia said: Normal is just what you’re used to.) Offred still can’t stop thinking about their (consensual, how novel!) Credit: George Kraychyk/Hulu That’s interrupted when the Commander opens the door and has Nick bring her. As Serena Joy warned her, the Mexican delegates have questions for her. The first one is simple enoughwhat’s her given name?...

This is Gilead, remember? We can’t just have nice things. No one looks happy to be in this unsexy threesome. Credit: George Kraychyk/Hulu Serena Joy just looks away, joyless per usual.) Ofglen’s reply is stoic: “Blessed be the fruit.” Yep, Nick’s outsideand we have no idea if he’s an Eye or not. So, lucky her? “They took down St. Patrick’s in New York City,” Ofglen remarks. “Blew it up and dumped every stone in the Hudson River....

‘Better never means better for everyone. It always means worse for some.’ Are you excited by the prospect of more Gilead? Credit: George Kraychyk/Hulu I’m waiting to see where this first installment leaves off before I decide. A match made in heaven. There’s a quiz in there: 10 ways to tell how he feels about you. He brings you small gifts. Yep, we see you, Nick, loitering in the kitchen....

‘There’s always someone, even when there’s no one.’ ), but she’s brought into a new facet of this strange new world. Curiouser and curiouser, indeed. Credit: George Kraychyk/Hulu “I wish this story were different. I wish it showed me in a better light. Speaking of that sex with Nick, she’s frank about what it means to her. It’s not a rebellious act, a middle finger to the patriarchy. “I’m here because it feels good,” she tells us....

‘They said it would be temporary. Nothing changes instantaneously.’ “Ofglen is gone.” Credit: George Kraychyk/Hulu Now, we find out exactly what happened to the Ofglen we knew, and it’s bad. Make that unthinkably bad. She left nothing behind, we’re told. I was asleep before," Offred thinks during an uneasily quiet walk with her new partner. There are black-clad guards on every corner, lurking in alleyways. “That’s how we let it happenwhen they slaughtered Congress, we didn’t wake up....

‘You had to be brave to do this.’ Serena Joywasn’t kidding around with that “things can get much worse for you” threat. Who could it be from? Credit: George Kraychyk/Hulu (Side note: Are those red curtains always covering the windows in the backseat? Or is that a handmaid-only travel mandate?) His assessment of her story? “Lies, hyperbole, everything in the worst possible light.” It’s Fake News, Gilead edition. The doctor (Kristian Bruun, a....

‘Do not let them grind you down… You fight.’ It’s this season’s penultimate episode, Gilead visitors. How are you feeling so far? Credit: George Kraychyk/Hulu Janine’s reached her threshold for what she can take: This place broke her. Not the most reassuring of sendoffs. “Does she seem alright, considering?” Offred asks Aunt Lydia, who responds that our girl is “tougher than you think.” Alma plays dumb but brings it up again later when they’re away from potential eavesdroppers....

And even better, he now knows June is alive too. It was the last she saw him. In a flashback to the flashback, the escape plan unfolds. Credit: George Kraychyk/Hulu “We’re just out for breakfast,” he reassures his nervous wife. “It’s not illegal.” “Not yet,” June replies. Still, Luke promises June everything will be okay. Oh, Luke, that’s a promise you could’t keep. What about those visas they waited to leave so they could get?...

Welcome to Gilead, where ordinary is just what you’re used to “My name is Offred. I had another name, but it’s forbidden now. So many things are forbidden now.” Credit: George Kraychyk/Hulu Are you ready for some dystopian horrors that feel just a littletooreal? The series premiere shares a title with our central character: Offred (Elisabeth Moss). She’s not a personshe’s a possession. But how did Offred/June get here? Of course, they don’t make it to the border....

In his hands, the camera is always swooping and zooming and roving like a tiger in heat. But circumstances change when feelings and lots of graphic sex get involved. InThe Handmaiden, he demonstrates a lightness and humor unseen in his previous work. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: The movie is based onFingersmith, which takes place in Victorian England. Whats your favorite movie set in that time and place? PARK CHAN-WOOK:Roman PolanskisTess, for Nastassja Kinskis beauty....