The Handmaid's Tale: Season 4 (2021)


Season 4
The Handmaid's Tale

Critics Consensus

Elisabeth Moss is better than ever, but scattershot plotting and an overbearing sense of doom may prove too grim for some viewers to really enjoy The Handmaid's Tale's fourth season.

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Air date: Apr 28, 2021

An injured June and the fugitive Handmaids find refuge at a farm; an imprisoned Lawrence tries to avoid a death sentence; Aunt Lydia reels from the loss of 86 children on Angels' Flight; the combative Waterfords learn of June's feat.

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Air date: Apr 28, 2021

June plots revenge at the local Jezebels, before she and the Handmaids plan to leave the farm for the next safe house; Moira deals with the fallout of June's choices; Serena and Fred are bound together by a miracle.

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Air date: Apr 28, 2021

Captured by Gilead, June faces a vengeful Aunt Lydia and endures a tortuous interrogation; Nick and Lawrence collaborate to protect June; in Toronto, Luke struggles with how to help June and Hannah.

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Air date: May 5, 2021

June takes a harrowing journey; Janine remembers a stressful experience in her past; Serena tries to manipulate Rita.

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Air date: May 12, 2021

June goes on the hunt for more active rebels within the Chicago war zone; Janine attempts to help her fit in with the new group of survivors; Moira embarks on her first field aid mission.

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Air date: May 19, 2021

June contemplates the possibility of freedom.

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Air date: May 26, 2021

June contends with joy, pain and rage as she acclimates herself to vastly changed circumstances.

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Air date: Jun 2, 2021

June confronts a painful reminder of her Gilead past; Lawrence presents something helpful to Aunt Lydia.

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Air date: Jun 9, 2021

Luke and June work as a team to rescue Hannah, reaching out to Lawrence and Nick for assistance; Serena and Fred greet unexpected visitors from Gilead.

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Air date: Jun 16, 2021

June draws on all her resources and risks everything to ensure her own kind of justice.

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Cast & Crew

Elisabeth Moss
Offred

Actor
Joseph Fiennes
Commander Waterford

Actor
Yvonne Strahovski
Serena Joy

Actor
Samira Wiley
Moira

Actor
Alexis Bledel
Ofglen

Actor
Ann Dowd
Aunt Lydia

Actor
Madeline Brewer
Janine

Actor
Bradley Whitford
Joseph Lawrence

Actor
Sam Jaeger
Mark Tuello

Actor
Nina Kiri
Alma

Actor
Bahia Watson
Brianna

Actor
Warren Littlefield
Executive Producer
Daniel Wilson
Executive Producer
Fran Sears
Executive Producer
Ilene Chaiken
Executive Producer
Elisabeth Moss
Executive Producer
Eric Tuchman
Executive Producer
Mike Barker
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Critic Reviews for The Handmaid's Tale: Season 4

Audience Reviews for The Handmaid's Tale: Season 4

  • 13h ago
    Show pacing was too slow. They just wanted to set up a final season. Just watch the first and last episodes and proceed to season 5.
  • 2d ago
    So dark but good. Perhaps a cautionary tale for where our society is headed?
  • Jun 14, 2022
    Worst season so far. Season 1 was great, and each season has gotten worse since.
  • Jun 05, 2022
    Still good, albeit yet another step down from the earlier seasons.
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  • Apr 16, 2022
    Floja y lenta, se sintió bastante cíclica esta temporada, pensé que nunca iban a mostrar Chicago y apenas lo hicieron, rescato que es la primera vez en toda la serie que un final de temporada no me deja angustiado.
  • Mar 16, 2022
    The last few episodes feel a bit rushed. The urge for revenge and violence is slightly uncomfortable. On the other hand it makes the characters more unbelievable: they are not heros, they are messed up and flawed humans beings.
  • Mar 01, 2022
    oh, it's really bad. not only this season, but the whole show. first when i started i found it might develop in interesting way. however, we need dystopic shows to forget we already live in one. but, now i can't stop watching it because how bad it is. 1. acting is not good. almost rediculous at some points. especially main two main roles; elisabeth moss and joseph fiennes. the first one is overacting, and the second seems lacking basic acting trainings. ann dowd (aunt lydia) is the only bright spot in the show. 2. chatacters are vastly underdeveloped. especially hurtful is to watch offred (elisabeth moss) who turned out to be accidentally portrayed as a sociopath, with huge swings of mood. in every episode she cries few times, she does two or three things which she should be executed because, but somehow she gets away, and somebody else gets punished instead of her. then she cries again, and plans revenge... which will end up the same way. highly unlikeable character who almost makes the viewers start to like the opposite side. 3. photography is a huge part of the show... but not in a good way. it's used as a tool to make the show likeable and attractive, many times sky shot with central positioning. also, use of colour is pathetically overemphasized. pretty much like nazi or communist regime propaganda design: red, white, black. 4. writing... oh what to say here. here is so many lack of sense and logic that is pure joy to watch. there is barely any connection between elements in the show. i realize even the hard core fans criticize scripts more and more as the show goes on. 5. directing... is there because the show without one cannot be done. almost every episode has different director, but there impossible to tell the difference. sum: my eyes and ears bleed!
  • Feb 18, 2022
    I resisted watching season 4 of "Handmaid's Tale" for months after having nearly given up on the show after the disappointing season 2 and the dreadful season 3. Having finally made it through the latest season, I found it a bit of an improvement over the previous two installments, if only because (spoiler alert) June finally gets out of Gilead. But, by this point, June has become very unpleasant company. While other women in Gilead are put to death for little or no reason, June somehow has managed to survive. This season, several more handmaids perish because of her determination/stubbornness and yet know-it-all June keeps going and going, scowling and giving that crazy-eyed look toward the camera. As for the season's final episode, what the freaking heck was that? Are we really to believe that Gilead would let rogue commanders like Nick (Max Minghella) and Joseph (Bradley Whitford) release a couple dozen women in exchange for Fred (Joseph Fiennes) and then permit another dozen or so already liberated women into so-called neutral territory so they can pummel him to death? That might have been very satisfying for the increasingly vengeful June but what in the world did Gilead get out of it? As much as I admire Elisabeth Moss, her June has lost all subtlety. Her poor husband (O-T Fagbenle) must be wishing she never made it to Canada. The great Ann Dowd is still great but her Aunt Lydia no longer seems to serve much of a purpose. I have no idea anymore what side Nick and Joseph are on. If they're good people and it's so easy for them to get to Canada, why don't they just stay? For that matter, why do I stick around watching this incessantly gloomy mess? Maybe, after 46 episodes, I'm hoping there will be a satisfying conclusion. Please let the next series be the last.
  • Jan 28, 2022
    Awesome, would recommend!
  • Jan 24, 2022
    Maybe I have a different view of S4 than some of the other reviewers here because I binged watched from S1E1 to the end of S4 in one week. S4 had me saying "Yes!" on numerous occasions. Cheering on June being able to seek some revenge. I do look forward to S5.

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