Is The Handmaid's Tale season 6 the last series?

The Handmaid's Tale has recently graced our screens again with its sixth season. The latest instalment sees June Osborne, portrayed by Elisabeth Moss, once again attempting to rescue her daughter Hannah Bankole, played by Jordan Blake.

In her quest, June allies herself with Mayday in a bid to overthrow the Commanders and liberate her child from the oppressive religious regime. The trailer hints at a rebellion led by the handmaids against their cruel oppressors, aiming to dismantle the system, reports .

Fans are eager to know what lies ahead for The Handmaid's Tale and whether this is the final season.

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Is this the last season of The Handmaid's Tale?

The straightforward answer is yes. Season six marks the end of The Handmaid's Tale journey.

The 10-episode final season promises a grand conclusion to the Emmy Award-winning series. The show, inspired by Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel of the same name, has expanded the universe of Gilead far beyond the book's narrative.

However, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end, and now The Handmaid's Tale returns for one last time.

Former showrunner and executive producer Bruce Miller previously hinted that the TV adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale would stay true to the book's ending, suggesting that viewers already have an idea of how the series will conclude.

Co-showrunner and executive producer Yahlin Chang spilled the beans to Variety about the final series of The Handmaid's Tale, saying: "We knew that this would be our very last chance to tell these stories with our beloved cast and our beloved characters, so it was definitely a now-or-never feeling."

Chang also teased: "It's a wish fulfilment season, it's a season where we just want to be really rewarding and really satisfying."

While The Handmaid's Tale is drawing to a close, fans need not despair as Bruce Miller takes the helm for the sequel series The Testaments, diving into Gilead's future.

Margaret Atwood's 2019 novel The Testaments, which unravels the ultimate fate of Gilead, serves as the foundation for the new series.

With cameras already rolling on The Testaments' first season, Miller shared insights with Entertainment Weekly, revealing: "[The Testaments] is about someone on the top in Gilead. This is about Hannah or Agnes, who's the daughter of a high commander who is the top of the food chain for women in Gilead, and it's still awful."

Miller further clarified that the end of The Handmaid's Tale will stand on its own, independent of The Testaments, promising viewers unexpected twists as June's tale comes to an end.

He revealed to the media: "I didn't want Testaments to dictate Handmaid's Tale, and I didn't want Handmaid's Tale to dictate Testaments. Some of the characters overlap, but it's about a different ."

The Handmaid’s Tale season 6 airs on Prime Video and Channel 4 on Saturdays in the UK