Few fictional worlds have embedded themselves into the cultural consciousness quite like The Handmaid’s Tale. In the decades since Margaret Atwood first published her landmark novel, Gilead has become shorthand for a very real kind of fear – one that has only felt more immediate with time. So when she released The Testaments more than…
Few television worlds have felt as fully realized – or as suffocating – as Gilead, the theocratic regime at the heart of The Handmaid’s Tale. But with The Testaments, showrunner Bruce Miller isn’t simply returning to that world – he’s reframing it entirely. Based on Margaret Atwood’s sequel novel, the series shifts perspective to a…
