The Handmaid's Tale is an American dystopian drama television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood. The plot features a dystopian future following a Second American Civil War wherein a totalitarian society subjects fertile women, called " Handmaids", into child-bearing slavery. [1] The series features an ensemble cast, led by Elisabeth Moss, and also stars Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, O. T. Fagbenle, Max Minghella, Samira Wiley, Amanda Brugel, and Bradley Whitford.
The series premiered on April 26, 2017, on Hulu. The second season premiered on April 25, 2018. [2] The third season premiered on June 5, 2019. [3] The fourth season premiered on April 27, 2021. [4] In December 2020, ahead of the fourth season premiere, Hulu renewed the series for a fifth season. [5]
As of May 12, 2021, [update] 41 episodes of The Handmaid's Tale have been released, currently in its fourth season.
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 10 | April 26, 2017 | June 14, 2017 | |
| 2 | 13 | April 25, 2018 | July 11, 2018 | |
| 3 | 13 | June 5, 2019 | August 14, 2019 | |
| 4 | 10 [6] | April 27, 2021 | June 16, 2021 [6] | |
User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list
User:Beauvankirk/Episode list|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Teleplay by | Original release date |
|---|
User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list
User:Beauvankirk/Episode list|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Teleplay by | Original release date |
|---|
User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list
User:Beauvankirk/Episode list|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|
User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list User:Beauvankirk/Episode list
User:Beauvankirk/Episode list|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|
-
^ Bradley, Laura (May 2, 2018).
"The Handmaid's Tale: Why Offred's Latest Heartbreak Is the Most Devastating Yet".
Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
In its third installment, however, the drama digs even deeper into the emotional toll Gilead has taken on everyone—both those left in what was once the United States and those who've made it out. The lives and dreams that each character lost to this totalitarian regime have been laid out in excruciating detail before—but this week, the show lays those losses bare with more subtlety than perhaps any other episode. ... (In richer households, handmaids do the childbearing, Wives raise the children, and Marthas do the housework. Econowives, in contrast, "have to do everything; if they can.")
- ^ Vilkomerson, Sara (January 14, 2018). "The Handmaid's Tale: Here's the first trailer for season 2 (and a premiere date!)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ^ Roots, Kimberly (February 11, 2019). "The Handmaid's Tale Sets Season 3 Premiere Date at Hulu". TVLine. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
- ^ Shafer, Ellise (April 27, 2021). "'The Handmaid's Tale' Drops First Three Episodes of Season 4 Early on Hulu". Variety. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ^ Petski, Denise (December 10, 2020). "'The Handmaid's Tale' Renewed For Season 5 By Hulu". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 10, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ a b "The Handmaid's Tale – Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale | |
|---|---|
| Novels |
|
| Adaptations |
|
Category:Lists of American drama television series episodes Episodes