Just because The Handmaid’s Tale is coming to an end doesn’t mean viewers will get answers to all of their questions — especially since the show is planning some last-minute cliffhangers.
Showrunner Yahlin Chang teased The Handmaid’s Tale and how it sets up spinoff The Testaments, telling TV Insider earlier this month, “For sure, there will be cliffhangers for The Testaments, so it doesn’t conclude everything.”
The sixth season of The Handmaid’s Tale is expected to wrap up certain plot points “in some very satisfying ways.”
“Any fans that are left wanting more are going to get more in The Testaments, which will be great for them,” Chang continued. “But it does conclude in some very satisfying ways many of the storylines, but not every single one.”
What to Know About ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Spinoff — Including Possible Cameos
Based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name, The Handmaid’s Tale takes place in a dystopian future where low fertility rates have led women to be assigned to men for bearing children. The official trailer has hinted at the seeds being planted for the spinoff including Aunt Lydia’s (Ann Dowd) potential redemption arc.
“It’s actually a pretty positive ending for the show and the season, which we don’t usually do. It’s a cliffhanger,” star Elisabeth Moss told The Hollywood Reporter in November 2022 of the finale. “But there’s something positive about it. Of course, of all the people that would be on the train is this person who is her other half, the other half of this experience.”
The Testaments, which is set 15 years later, is narrated by Aunt Lydia as viewers are thrust back into the dystopian future with characters such as Agnes from Gilead and Daisy from Canada — as they secretly gather and smuggle incriminating information about Gilead’s regime out of the country. Agnes and Daisy pose as “Pearl Girls” to infiltrate Canada, while Aunt Lydia acts as a covert source within Gilead.
Everything ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Cast Said About the Show Ending
“Although I could not continue with the story of Offred, I could continue with three other people concerned in these events and tell the story of the beginning of the end, because we know from The Handmaid’s Tale that Gilead vanishes,” Atwood told journalists at an event in 2019. “It’s no longer present 200 years into the future, because they’re having a symposium on it. How did it collapse? How do these kinds of regimes disappear? I was interested in exploring that.”
She continued: “There [are] some new costume choices in this book. Human beings throughout time love outfits that tell you who you’re looking at, like football teams and things like that. So yes, we have some new outfits.”
The Handmaid’s Tale returns on Tuesday, April 8, and new episodes will be streaming on Hulu.
