The Handmaids Taleis about to enter into its fifth season on Hulu.
So much has happened with June (Elisabeth Moss) and her fellow tortured handmaids.
In Season 4, we finally got a bit of hope as Gilead starts to show signs of weakness.
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Lets look back at Season 4 and see where we left June and the rest of the crew.
He seems to be suffering from dementia, which Esther is taking full advantage of.
This inspires June to once and for all take her power back and plan another escape from Gilead.
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Esther concocts a poisonous berry cocktail for them, and together they poison a bunch of the commanders.
She is tortured to give up the handmaids' location.
She refuses, and they throw two Marthas off a roof for her refusal.
Nothing seems to work until they bring in her daughter Hannah and threaten to harm her.
June is helpless and gives up the location where they are hiding at Esthers farm.
They are captured and sentenced to the Magdelene Colony, which is somehow the worst part of Gilead.
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We watch the six girls run for their lives.
Alma and Brianna are not as lucky and are killed by the oncoming train.
When the train stops, they find themselves in Chicago.
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Chicago isnt technically in Gilead, but its real close and Gilead is closing in to take the city.
June and Janine find a group of fighters to join.
June is horrified, but Janine agrees as she believes its better than being alone on the streets.
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June, not pleased at all with Janines newfound relationship with Steven, wants to leave.
Janine decides to go with her, and they are immediately caught up in the bombing of the city.
Meanwhile, Back in Gilead…
He doesnt have the power he had, but they still need his strategic brain.
Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) is also in deep after letting the handmaids escape.
She is being pushed into early retirement by her hungry predecessor Aunt Ruth (Jeananne Goossen).
Lydia approaches Lawrence with a deal.
Everything Serena has ever wanted she now has, and she is incarcerated.
Regardless, Fred and Serena have to come together to be united against June and her testimony.
Moira convinces June to leave with her on the rescue boat to Canada.
It Might Be Time for Some Therapy
June is then reunited with Luke (O.T.
Fagbenle) and Rita, along with her daughter Nicole.
Later that night, June forces herself upon Luke, and he realizes that she needs some serious therapy.
When the former Martha dies by suicide, Emily has no sympathy.
When June arrives, she is angry and taps into all their anger, including Emily’s.
Esther is on a hunger strike and Janine doesnt want to be there either.
Aunt Lydia beams with pride and is once again promoted to her position of power.
Gilead offers Tuello 22 prisoners for Fred, so they can handle it internally.
He is terrified to face the Commanders, but Fred only wishes thats what he was facing.
June heads back home, still covered in blood, to see Nicole.
And that is where Season 4 leaves us.
The Handmaid’s TaleSeason 5 premieres September 14 on Hulu.
