The Handmaid's Tale

Discussion of Hulu's Emmy-winning series The Handmaid's Tale, from reviews of every episode to broader reviews and essays.

The Handmaid’s Tale invites its viewers to Joe Biden’s Gilead

By Emily St. James June 17, 2021

The Handmaid’s Tale closes a messy season with a surprisingly satisfying finale

By Emily St. James and Constance Grady August 14, 2019

The Handmaid’s Tale puts the pieces in place for its finale

By Emily St. James and Constance Grady August 7, 2019

The Handmaid’s Tale gets a burst of adrenaline and visual style

By Emily St. James and Constance Grady July 31, 2019

The Handmaid’s Tale resumes an earlier storyline in jarring fashion

By Emily St. James July 24, 2019

The Handmaid’s Tale ends a terrible story arc with an episode that’s kind of okay

By Emily St. James and Constance Grady July 17, 2019

“Unfit” is the worst episode of The Handmaid’s Tale yet

By Emily St. James and Constance Grady July 10, 2019

The Handmaid’s Tale has completely lost sight of its protagonist

By Emily St. James and Constance Grady July 3, 2019

June goes to Washington in a horrifying Handmaid’s Tale

By Emily St. James and Constance Grady June 26, 2019

The Handmaid’s Tale season 3 makes a big move and gets the show on track

By Emily St. James and Constance Grady June 19, 2019

The Kylie Jenner Handmaid’s Tale controversy is part of a larger story

By Constance Grady June 12, 2019

What happened to The Handmaid’s Tale’s all-encompassing sense of dread?

By Constance Grady and Emily St. James June 12, 2019

The Handmaid’s Tale is ready to burn it all down in season 3

By Constance Grady and Emily St. James June 5, 2019

How 3 feminist dystopias are trying to update The Handmaid’s Tale for today

By Constance Grady August 29, 2018

Creepy Handmaid’s Tale wine announced, canceled within 24 hours

By Karen Han July 11, 2018

The Handmaid’s Tale season 2 was masterful. But it may have broken the show.

By Emily St. James July 11, 2018

The Handmaid’s Tale tests our loyalty in a puzzling season finale

By Emily St. James and Constance Grady July 11, 2018

The Handmaid’s Tale introduces a burst of dark camp in “Postpartum”

By Constance Grady and Emily St. James July 4, 2018

The Handmaid’s Tale gives Elisabeth Moss a dynamite showcase in “Holly”

By Emily St. James and Constance Grady June 27, 2018

A Handmaid’s Tale writer on what she learned researching child separations

By Emily St. James June 20, 2018

The Handmaid’s Tale goes darker than usual in another unexpectedly timely episode

By Emily St. James and Constance Grady June 20, 2018

The Handmaid’s Tale goes to Canada in the unexpectedly timely “Smart Power”

By Emily St. James and Constance Grady June 13, 2018

The Handmaid’s Tale untangles the dark dynamics of the Waterford household

By Emily St. James and Constance Grady June 6, 2018