The Handmaid's Tale

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Season 2
  • Network: HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 26, 2017
Season #: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 193 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 148 out of 193
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 193
  3. Negative: 32 out of 193
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  1. PrettyGood
    Sep 2, 2018
    6
    The second season stumbles upon itself, failing to match the heights of the first season. The characters became victims of the writing, the plot keeps getting a reset over and over throughout the season, only to culminate with a final episode unable to deliver the season's promise.

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#13 Best TV Season of 2018
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#42 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018
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#35 Most Shared TV Season of 2018

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Apr 26, 2018
    80
    Silence speaks volumes as June withstands the psychological abuse of the fearsome Aunnt Lydis (ann Dowd) and endures domestic tension. [30 Apr - 13 May 2018, p.13]
  2. Slate
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Apr 25, 2018
    80
    The Handmaid’s Tale is powerful and propulsive. After the first three episodes, when the horrors become more predictable, it’s even pretty watchable. And, even so, it should have ended after the first season.
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  3. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Apr 25, 2018
    80
    Dowd’s performance is absolutely essential to keeping this show from tipping over into excessive self-seriousness. You’ll notice that whenever Handmaid’s Tale shifts away from Lydia and Offred, and back to the Canadian border and the subplot involving Offred’s husband, Luke (O.T. Fagbenle), and Moira (Samira Wiley), the show becomes deadly drab and dull.
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