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The Handmaid's Tale – Season 3, Episode 9 Heroic

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86% Tomatometer 21 Reviews
June's sanity starts to fray when she is confined in a hospital; an encounter with Serena Joy forces June to reassess her recent actions.
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The Handmaid's Tale — Season 3, Episode 9

The Handmaid's Tale — Season 3, Episode 9

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Just when you think Gilead's treatment of the Handmaids can't get any more disturbing, "Heroic" masterfully creeps close to the edge, without going over.

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Bruce Miller

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Elisabeth Moss

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Joseph Fiennes

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Serena Joy

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The Handmaid's Tale — Season 3, Episode 9

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Abigail Chandler Guardian 12/13/2019
What a dark, disconcerting hour of TV. Go to Full Review Ed Power Independent (UK) 08/05/2019
4/5
That's Gilead - and, in this softly softly episode, the full horror is peeled back with a quiet ferocity. Go to Full Review Allison Shoemaker AV Club 07/17/2019
B
Unfortunately, this evocative, expertly made bottle episode can't recover from the major missteps that came before. Go to Full Review Christopher Hooton NME (New Musical Express) 07/14/2021
A strong, daring episode. Go to Full Review Catherine Springer AwardsWatch 01/25/2020
June now has a new mission. But how successful will she be? How mentally stable is she? Does she have any friends or allies left? Many questions-let's hope we get some answers soon. Go to Full Review Caroline Cao Slashfilm 12/13/2019
The bottle episode weeds out black comedy in the bleakness, but the biggest dark laughs comes from June scoping out her potential stabbing victims to the beats of "Eenie, meenie, miney" - then, when Serena Joy walks in - "mo." Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis June's sanity starts to fray when she is confined in a hospital; an encounter with Serena Joy forces June to reassess her recent actions.
Director
Daina Reid
Creator
Bruce Miller
Executive Producer
Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, Ilene Chaiken, Elisabeth Moss, Eric Tuchman, Mike Barker
Screenwriter
Lynn Renee Maxcy
Network
Hulu
Rating
TV-MA (L|V)
Genre
Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jul 17, 2019