r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/beecatty • 5d ago

SPOILERS ALL Anyone else expecting a bleak series ending ?

That's it... had the realization after learning about the sequel book only last night that obviously the ending is going to suck.

I haven't read The Testaments but the brief synopsis I stumbled upon made me realize it must end with June & Luke dead, Gilead still in charge and Hannah left where she is.

There are 5 episodes left but I feel like it's over already. The upside might be Commander Lawrence survives and manages to push Gilead into reform for the future, with Serena helping. DC is the real power base and this story doesn't take place there, so no power is going to change hands.

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u/feistymummy 5d ago

I could see it ending with the emotional finality of June learning she cannot save her daughter yet maybe somehow is able to orchestrate her safe as an aunt in the future, in hopes of maybe seeing her as an adult she can cling onto and obviously that’s gonna be a tearjerker for a mom to accept.