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The Handmaid's Tale – Season 2, Episode 1 June

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The Handmaid's Tale – Season 2, Episode 1

June

Aired Apr 25, 2018

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Sci-Fi

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Offred reckons with the consequences of a dangerous decision while haunted by memories from her past and the violent beginnings of Gilead.

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Not for the faint of heart, "June" starts off the sophomore season of The Handmaid's Tale with a poignant gut-punch of shock while flaunting a masterful lead performance.

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Bruce Miller

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Offred

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Commander Waterford

Yvonne Strahovski

Serena Joy

Ann Dowd

Aunt Lydia

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Julia Raeside

Guardian

05/31/2018

This episode reads a solid 10 on the grimness scale, with one being a bit of shouting and 10 being all-out mental and physical brutality.

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Jasper Rees

Daily Telegraph (UK)

05/21/2018

5/5

Fingers were crossed a good minute into the second series until, from within the van ferrying Offred perhaps to liberty, the telltale sound of barking dogs announced a darker destination.

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Genevieve Valentine

New York Times

04/26/2018

But the core of [Elizabeth Moss'] performance is her ability to make silence staggeringly important - observation as an action rather than as a passive state. Her quiet, incandescent anger powers the bulk of Episode 1 this season.

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Fiona Flynn

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01/07/2020

The show didn't pull any punches.

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Alex Casey

The Spinoff

01/14/2019

As always, the acute feelings of both hope and misery hinge on the incredible talents of Elisabeth Moss.

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Izetta Nicole

Black Nerd Problems

06/25/2018

I cannot explain to you how my skin crawled when it hit me wtf was going down. Dozens of nooses, fam.

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Synopsis

Offred reckons with the consequences of a dangerous decision while haunted by memories from her past and the violent beginnings of Gilead.

Creator: Bruce Miller
Executive Producer: Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, Ilene Chaiken, Elisabeth Moss
Screenwriter: Bruce Miller
Network: Hulu
Rating: TV-MA (L|V)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date: Apr 25, 2018