{"id":3088,"date":"2025-04-08T03:04:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T03:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3088"},"modified":"2025-04-08T03:04:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T03:04:16","slug":"the-handmaids-tale-season-5-recap-key-moments-before-hulus-final-season-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3088","title":{"rendered":"The Handmaid\u2019s Tale season 5 recap: Key moments before Hulu\u2019s final season premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale returns April 8, 2025, for its final season. Fans are revisiting season 5\u2019s drama and twists.<\/p>\n<p>A major reminder: Commander Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes) is dead, killed in a brutal act of revenge by June (Elisabeth Moss) and former handmaids at the end of season 4. Meanwhile, Serena Joy (Yvonne Strahovski) gave birth to her son Noah in season 5 and had him taken by Canadian authorities, only to later escape with him from a pro-Gilead household.<\/p>\n<p>June\u2019s daughter Hannah remains in Gilead, renamed Agnes, and is being prepared for marriage at just 12 years old. June and Luke (O-T Fagbenle) attempted to flee to Vancouver after Luke killed a pro-Gilead sympathizer, but Luke was arrested, and both he and June boarded a refugee train\u2014only to find Serena aboard with her baby.<\/p>\n<p>Commander Lawrence (Bradley Whitford) continues to pursue reform within Gilead, launching \u201cNew Bethlehem,\u201d a more progressive enclave. He also marries Naomi Putnam following the execution of her husband.<\/p>\n<p>One character absent from season 5 was Emily (Alexis Bledel), who returned to Gilead offscreen and exited the series after Bledel&#8217;s departure.<\/p>\n<p>With the final season premiering with three episodes, The Handmaid\u2019s Tale season 6 promises a dramatic conclusion to the dystopian saga. Catch it now on Hulu.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale returns April 8, 2025, for its final season. Fans are revisiting season 5\u2019s drama and twists. A major reminder: Commander Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes) is dead, killed in a brutal act of revenge by June (Elisabeth Moss) and former handmaids at the end of season 4. Meanwhile, Serena Joy (Yvonne Strahovski) gave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}