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We’re formally in some new contemporary hell in 2018, and on the subject of The Handmaid’s Tale, we’re already wanting forward. If you learn the e-book, you may know that the first season finale ends in the identical irritating means the e-book ends: June is taken right into a mysterious van and carted off to a mysterious future elsewhere. In this case, although, we do not have to surprise endlessly. How a lot can we uncover concerning the present’s subsequent chapter? Well, blessed be the fruit – we have so much to go over. Let’s see what we might uncover (beneath his eye).
1. It’s Going to Be Longer
While the primary season was 10 episodes, the second has been extended to 13.
2. Alexis Bledel Will Reprise Her Role
Thought you’d seen the final of Ofglen/Emily? Not so quick. Bledel has been confirmed as part of season two’s cast! We’ll get a glimpse of Ofglen in the Colonies, the poisonous wasteland the place girls who commit crimes are despatched as punishment. “We get to see the colonies. It’s a terrible place where they send Unwomen to work them to death,” govt producer Bruce Miller mentioned throughout a pre-Emmy panel in August. Bledel additionally commented on her character’s new scenario, saying, “I’m very interested to see what that looks like because it’s a completely different world we haven’t seen on the show yet – and I’m scared.”
3. The Colonies Are Even Bleaker and Darker Than They Sound
A brand new function by Marie Claire describes the Colonies in all their grim glory. As a refresher, the Colonies are the place deviants (generally known as Unwomen) get despatched for misbehaving. The new story describes the Colonies as “a dark and grime-filled wasteland.” Costume designer Ane Crabtree supplied a bit extra perception. “The Unwomen are kind of the new Handmaids in season two. They’re turning over soil, trying to move radiation, so they get filthy,” she revealed. “They have probably six months – at best two years – to live. We’re trying to show that humanity in their costumes. I made beautiful sheer pieces to be worn under their outfits since they strip down, as their clothing is full of radiation.” Yikes.
4. The Trailer Is DARK
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Here, we get a glimpse of all the mayhem that lies forward. Offred is roofed in blood and lighting issues on fireplace! The Colonies are right here, and so they look f*cking terrible! Tension is definitely effervescent over, and we won’t think about what else this subsequent financial institution of episodes may maintain.
5. Surprise, Surprise: The President Has Inspired Parts of the Season
While season one of many present was deliberate earlier than the 2016 election, the identical isn’t true for season two. When it involves a few of Trump’s “draconian policies,” as Marie Claire phrases it, creator Bruce Miller can not help however incorporate at this time’s actuality into the material of the present. “Oh, I think we can’t help but let it influence us,” he mentioned. “We have let it influence us. And there are a lot of issues we brought up last year that we want to address this year in ways we never had time to.”
6. Things Are Only Going to Get Worse All Around
Earlier this month, The Pool interviewed Elisabeth Moss and grilled her on what’s to come back. “Wait till you see what’s coming! It’s going to get worse, girl. Season two is going to be bad too, really dark.” Here we have been, pondering June might need been rescued from the Waterfords. Maybe it is not that easy.
7. June Is Covered in Blood in a First Photo
You may keep in mind how ruthlessly June is whisked away on the finish of season one. We do not know who takes her or the place she even finally ends up. But if the first pictures of the season are any indication, she is actually not protected. We’re rooting for you, June!
8. June’s Romance With Nick May Intensify
Elle ran a profile of Moss in early June, and he or she dropped a small tidbit about her Gilead lover, Nick. “It’s part of the reason that I’m really excited about a season two, she’s in this position where she might be in love with two people,” Moss mentioned, “Honestly, I think she does love Nick – if I can speak for her – but I don’t know if she knows that she does yet. But she has a husband who she also loves, who’s the father of Hannah, who she also now knows is alive.”
9. Pay Attention to the Marthas
Showrunner Bruce Miller famous, “The Marthas in general in Gilead are kind of invisible . . . it’s been great for us that it’s been such a slow and careful building of a relationship between Rita and Offred. That slow and careful build-up in season one leads to a payoff so that we can use her more in season two.”
10. We Might See Aunt Lydia’s Backstory
Meanwhile, Miller additionally spoke to The New York Times about season two. Aunt Lydia might nonetheless play a key position within the present’s subsequent chapter. “Aunt Lydia is one of my most fascinating characters,” Miller mentioned. “We would like to explore her back story, and what the lives of the aunts are like.”
11. The Mayday Resistance Is Another Key Component, however Let’s Not Get Too Excited
It’s straightforward to imagine Mayday means salvation for the Handmaids, however not so quick. “The Mayday resistance is going to be a big part of Season two,” Miller admitted. “The part that I’ve been thinking about is that Mayday is not the handmaid rescue organization – it’s the anti-Gilead organization. And the anti-Gilead organization is not necessarily a friend to June or a friend to Handmaids. If I was going to try to hurt Gilead, the first thing I might do is kill all the handmaids. You’re trying to weaken the state.”
12. The Waterfords Aren’t Necessarily Going Away
After the finale, Miller talked about what’s to come. In regards to the Waterfords, he mentioned, “They’re still a part of our plans for season two but in interesting ways.”
13. We Will Meet June’s Mother
Miller additionally defined how June’s parentage might issue into the story. Miller spoke about June’s mother: “We’ve been thinking about her a lot. June’s mother is a big character in the book and representative of an interesting kind of feminism that was seemingly more of that time.”
14. The Theme
“At the end of season one, we find out June was pregnant. The theme of season two is motherhood and what it means to be a mother,” Miller defined at The Handmaid’s Tale panel in August. “It’s the way we mother our good friends and the people in our lives.”
15. Luke and Moira Might Attempt a Daring Rescue
During the panel in August, Samira Wiley mentioned the brand new prospects season two holds because it’s going past the story of the e-book. “The [first] season ends exactly where the book ends, and to be able to go in season two not knowing what’s going to happen and to be in this completely new country with Luke who’s the only family I have, it’s exciting to see what’s going to happen,” she mentioned.
16. The Premiere Date Has Been Set
The second season is going to drop on April 25. Are you prepared for it?
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