The Handmaid's Tale Season 5: Bradley Whitford and Max Minghella on How Gilead Is For Lovers Now

The Handmaid's Tale has returned for its fifth season and things will never be the same again for its cast of characters. Last season focused on June (Elisabeth Moss) and Janine (Madeline Brewer) escaping Gilead, which was fraught with disaster and fresh horrors. Eventually, June was able to seek asylum in Canada, but Janine was taken back to the Republic of Gilead, where she was placed back under the watchful eye of Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd). The season took a bloody turn in its final act, which saw Nick (Max Minghella) help June orchestrate a magnificent act of vengeance against Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes) by helping her and other handmaids who had suffered unspeakable abuse in Gilead, chase Fred down and murder him in a forest in No Man's Land. The new season picks up mere hours after that fateful night, and sets the stages for new anxiety-churning drama for its cast of characters as they navigate tenuous freedom in Canada and the eerie evolution occurring within Gilead under the leadership of Commander Lawrence (Bradley Whitford).