- Network: HULU
- Series Premiere Date: Apr 26, 2017
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This season builds at a much more engaging pace than the past few ones. There is a sense of purpose and urgency that was especially missing last season, as well as a very cinematic execution, from Adam Taylor’s inspiring score and some effective Radiohead needle drops to the show’s signature framings of expressive faces. The jury is still obviously out on the last two installments, but this final bow sure feels like a triumphant comeback.
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The story they’ve [showrunners Yahlin Chang and Eric Tuchman] opted for isn’t hope exactly, but more wish-fulfillment. If you are a progressive who has sat through too many awkward Thanksgiving dinners with conservative relatives or who cackles at every post in the Leopards Ate My Face subreddit, then has Hulu got a show for you.
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Creator Bruce Miller, alongside Moss, has delivered a bleak, uncompromising final chapter in a saga that operates as a cautionary tale for modern America.
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Like its first season, the drama’s sixth one arrives designed to meet this moment, showing us the risks that must be taken, again and again, to dismantle an out-of-control, overreaching power structure. It can’t happen overnight. .... This may not necessarily make you emotionally eager to watch these final episodes, but it does make this season as attuned to where we are in 2025 as the first was to the Zeitgeist in 2017.
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The episodes are a little uneven, with some lag in the beginning as well as moments of needless exposition. Overall, the series still concludes with a well-written, incisive outing that reminds us why it has long been necessary in our era, and why it remains more necessary than ever.
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Taken on its own merits, there are definitely interesting story prospects for the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale. .... While it might be cathartic to watch June, Moira and others try to bring the government down, the show now might be too close to reality for our comfort.
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Although The Handmaid's Tale season 6 gets off to a rough start, it does start to get better in its latter half. I found the series to be a lot more engaging when June began to take a more active role in the story.
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In other words, “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 6 delivers on the promises it’s been making since the beginning, for better and for worse.
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Hulu only provided eight of the final 10 episodes for review. But so far, it’s barely deviating from the repetitious story arcs it’s cycled through over the last three seasons, intent on sticking to whatever path it’s set up for itself long, long ago.
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If the gore is gone, there isn’t much to take its place. There are moments during these new episodes when a keener satirical edge might have made all the difference. But while it refuses the easy bait of drawing parallels between Gilead and Donald Trump’s White House, the alternative is to slog through the motions.
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Hearing and watching them [Luke and Moira] spell out how much her [June's] savior complex has depleted their patience in a few key scenes almost makes up for the tens of prior episodes flavored by their deference to her unstoppable will. .... You may lose count of the number of times you ask yourself why June and everyone else are doing what they’re doing again and expecting a different result. Watching the definition of madness in action can be maddening.