The Handmaid's Talerecap: Gilead reunions rock June and the Waterfords

Let’s dive in! Why was she demoted to Handmaid and not executed? Did Gilead conduct a fertility test to determine her value? If she were infertile, would they have hung her for treason? Comment below with your theories on Gilead’s punitive system. Fierce as ever, Esther is on a hunger strike. Over dinner, frustrated Aunts discuss what to do with her. Another suggests removing her tongue. Lydia promptly sends her away, and the Aunts' conversation returns to Janine....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 614 words · William Graves

The Handmaid's Talerecap: June and Janine pursue new purposes in Chicago

Let’s break down the moving and shaking that unfolds in this episode, aptly titled “Chicago.” Aunt Lydia Aunt Lydia is back in Gilead after the handmaids' latest escape. While walking on a treadmill in an aunt’s common room, she sees new handmaids arrive outside. Elisabeth Moss on ‘THe Handmaid’s Tale’.hulu To Lydia’s dismay, Ruth implies she’s been permanently retired. Anyway, with Ruth refusing to help her get reinstated, Lydiaturns to Commander Joseph Lawrence....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 481 words · Chris Zimmerman

The Handmaid's Talerecap: June and Janine's escape goes from milky to murky

But only June and Janine survived the escape. Let’s wade through the latest developments of these difficult journeys. It’s interesting to learn Catholics were Gilead resisters. Will we learn more about Gilead’s beginnings? Next, Moira says Serena wants to see Rita. Rita assumes Serena is furious that she talked to the court about the Waterfords. When Rita visits Serena, she’s greeted joyfully. Serena reveals she’s pregnant… with a boy. Serena credits the pregnancy to Gilead and God, proving she remains as zealous a believer as ever....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 473 words · Dylan Davis

The Handmaid's Talerecap: The 5 biggest moments from 'God Bless the Child'

Let’s break down the biggest moments. Later, Fred tries to get June to help him win Serena back. Fred is more than receptive. Credit: Elly Dassas/Hulu “The commander wants to reconcile,” June tells Serena. “I made a suggestion: more freedom. As Mrs. Waterford, you have influence, access, power.” She concludes, “Wear the dress. Pull the strings.” As ever, this being a conversation between June and Serena, things end vague and a little unsettling....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 379 words · Andrea Johnson

The Handmaid's Talerecap: The 5 biggest moments from 'Liars'

Things will never be the same after “Liars.” (Good timing since season 4 is officially on the way!) Let’s break down why. Credit: Jasper Savage/Hulu But clearly something clicks in him: He needs to run away. And then she learns no one has seen her or the commander. And then, it becomes clear: They’ve fled. “I’ll end up at Jezebel’s again if I’m lucky,” Sienna the Martha says. She’s operating on pure emotion at this point, and she knows it....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 417 words · Dennis Dennis

The Handmaid's Talerecap: The 5 biggest moments in 'Unknown Caller'

Let’s break down the biggest moments of the episode,which dropped Wednesday. The men eventually leave the room, leaving Fred and Serena alone. The former is puzzled by the latter’s sudden interest in a “rescue operation.” Credit: Sophie Giraud/Hulu He thought he wanted Nichole safe and far away. So he asks her what she wants. “I want to be with her, but that’s impossible,” she says. Fred assures everyone will be protected....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 472 words · William Elliott

The Handmaid's Taleseason 4 premiere recap: Everyone feels like they're cleaning up June's mess

EW breaks down the season 4 premiere of The Handmaid’s Tale, episodes 1-3. June is a rebellious handmaid who disrupts the status quo. June was shot during the mission but saved by fellow handmaids. hulu Once there, while June recovers, the handmaids settle into life on the farm, disguised as Marthas. The farm belongs to the frail Commander Keyes and his strange 14-year-old bride, Mrs. Esther Keyes. The young Mrs. Keyes is ecstatic to meet June but disturbingly mentions having dreamt of killing people alongside her....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 819 words · Nancy Taylor

The Handmaid's Taleseason 4 review: Guys, just end it already

Hulu’s dystopian drama delivers on some long-delayed promises, but ultimately it’s too little, too late. Not-at-all-a-spoiler alert: June did not die.Elisabeth Mossis on the poster, after all. “This season, we’re delivering,” creator and executive Bruce Millertold reportersin February. Max Minghella and Elisabeth Moss in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’.Hulu Part of that is true. And even as some stories lurch forward, others seem poised to circle back on themselves yet again. People around June keep suffering, getting hurt, dyingand her peers are starting to getrealtired of it....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 291 words · Jeffrey Taylor

The Handmaid's Taleshowrunner breaks down that shockingly brutal death and what's next for the show

Warning: This article contains spoilers about Wednesday’s season 4 finale ofThe Handmaid’s Tale. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Let’s start with the scene between Mark Tuello and Serena Joy. BRUCE MILLER:I think it’s reading too much into it; it’s reading into the chemistry. His job is to make her very, very comfortable with him, and he does it very well. This is his job, to make her comfortable and to trust him. So yes, they have a very interesting, complicated relationship....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 830 words · Charles Chavez

The Happy List: 28 pop culture pleasures worth smiling about

If any winter deserves a participation medal, it’s this one. Still wearing your Sunday house pants on a Thursday? Whipsawed by doomscrolling and existential despair? Credit: Illustration by EW For a sweeter 2021, come enjoy our catalog of tiny pleasures. We don’t need to rehash all that. Were they idealized, flag- waving propaganda? Claudette Barius/Sony it rekindles a warm and all-too-often rare feeling about humanity: hope. James Hibberd 2. 3.Survivor(CBS All Access) What’s better than watching every season ofSurvivorthe first time?...

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 681 words · Michael Fowler

The Harder They Fall review: Netflix's starry, bare-knuckled Black Western doesn't stint on style

No country for old men. “While the events in this story are fictional,” a title card reads, “These.People.Existed.” Now grown he’s become the leader of his own gang, a sort of grand-larceny cleanup crew. Regina King, Idris Elba, and LaKeith Stanfield in ‘The Harder They Fall’.DAVID LEE/NETFLIX In the final, sobering scenes, the story does pivot from its brash anachronisms and O.K.

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 62 words · Heather Jones

The Harder They Fallstar Jonathan Majors on how the twist ending represents 'the circle of life'

The actor and writer-director Jeymes Samuel also both tease sequel possibilities for the Netflix Western. Warning: This article contains spoilers about the filmThe Harder They Fall, now streaming on Netflix. “It was almost I’ve got to make this fair for you. Idris Elba and Jonathan Majors play Rufus Buck and Nat Love in the Netflix film ‘The Harder They Fall.'.Netflix The only thing is Nat didn’t see that coming,” adds the actor....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 147 words · Thomas Ward

The Hate U Give:The major book-to-movie differences explained by Angie Thomas and George Tillman Jr.

“I remind my readers that these are two separate mediums,” she explains. “They share the same DNA and that’s what truly matters.” The opening scene The film begins with a flashback. Erika Doss/Fox In the book, that comes much later. “Because I was still editing the book. Khalil says it and then Starr comes back with just ‘eff.’ Twentieth Century Fox I thought all that was important in capturing the vibe of what Angie put in the book....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · Allison Wright