Offred Archives

The story of the characters in the show at the moment is left open, so it's up to Bruce and the highly competent writing team as to how they get those people into position." – Margaret Atwood PenguinRandomHouse When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of The Handmaid's Tale, readers had no way of telling[...]

Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism in its militarized "return to traditional values." As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred (Elisabeth Moss) is a Handmaid in the Commander's household, belonging to the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to[...]

For a series dealing with such heavy, thought-provoking issues, the pacing never gets stagnant and I find the themes tackled by the series as unapologetic as Arthur Miller's The Crucible – increasing my appreciation for it even more. – Tom Chang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKoIPuifJvE The 13-episode second season of Hulu's THE HANDMAID'S TALE will be shaped by Offred's pregnancy and[...]

The Emmy-winning drama's second season is expected to focus on Offred's (Elisabeth Moss) pregnancy and her continued fight to free her future child from the dystopian horrors of Gilead But as you can see from the trailer below, the fight for freedom will not be an easy one — as Offred realizes that her world is about[...]