The Handmaid’s Tale concluded its current season with yet another telling expression, following the worldwide smirk seen at the beginning.
The conflict between June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) and Serena Joy Waterford (Yvonne Strahovski) marked the beginning of the fifth season of the dystopian series on Hulu.During a worldwide broadcast of the funeral for June’s late husband, Commander Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes), Serena had brought June’s Gilead-captive daughter, Hannah (Jordana Blake), into view at the conclusion of the two-episode premiere. She had also given the camera a knowing grin that she had intended for June.In Canada, thousands of miles away, June heard the message clearly.

The Handmaid’s Tale, on the other hand, moves quickly, and by the seventh episode, June was forced to choose between helping Serena deliver her child or letting her die when they were stranded together in No Man’s Land, the border region between Gilead and Canada.June rejected Serena’s post-labor apology and spoke on behalf of all handmaids to the woman who helped establish Gilead’s patriarchal society. “I don’t care that you’re sorry,” June said.We were valued.We have always been people.We are human.Because this is not Gilead and I am not you, Serena, that is why I will save yours.

June’s decision to save Serena had repercussions for the former Mrs. Waterford. Upon returning to the home of the Wheelers (Genevieve Angelson and Lucas Neff), who have adopted a Gilead lifestyle, she became Canada’s equivalent of a handmaid.Serena fled with her child in the penultimate episode, and she was largely absent from the season finale until the season’s final, pivotal scene.
In the finale, directed by Moss and written by creator/showrunner Bruce Miller, June and Luke (O.T. Fagbenle) went on the run once more after Luke killed a man in self-defense for attacking June with his car.June and Luke leave their home with baby Nichole in Toronto amid rising anti-refugee sentiment rather than wait for an unjust punishment.Luke turns himself in at the station so that June and Nichole can sneak aboard the train without being noticed by American agent Mark Tuello (Sam Jaeger).As June boards the train, the heartbreaking act of self-sacrifice leaves her with a broken arm, a scared baby, and no idea of her future.

That’s when it takes place.They hear another crying baby as June tries to calm Nichole, and Serena and her son appear at the back of the train car.As the women react to the happenstance, the moment of recognition explodes with emotion to conclude the season.Are you wearing a diaper?June’s range of facial expressions converges on a smirk, which is the same look Serena gave her to begin the season, so Serena asks in a friendly tone.
“I needed to do a similar grin on June to have a round trip second,” Greenery enlightens The Hollywood Correspondent in a visit concerning the finale, which will introduce the last season when the Emmy-winning series returns. “We usually don’t do this, but it’s actually a pretty positive way to end the show and the season.Although it ends on a cliffhanger, there is a positive aspect to it.Naturally, this individual is her other half and the other half of this experience, out of all the passengers on the train.
The actress, director, and executive producer talks to THR about how surprised she was to read the final scene, how she played June’s reaction, what will happen in the final season, and her involvement in the Handmaid’s Tale sequel series, which will be adapted into The Testaments for Hulu.

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