Pick of the week
Offred appears covered in blood in trailer of her, to me.” As the transmission date approaches wild theories abound about what’s going to happen – since this is the first time the show will deviate from Atwood’s source material. Favourites include the handmaids being killed at the hands of secret resistance group Mayday, an outcome reinforced by creator Bruce Miller. He told the New York Times: “Mayday is not the Handmaid rescue organisation, it’s the anti-gilead organisation.
“And the anti-gilead organisation is not necessarily a friend to June or a friend to handmaids.”
Then there’s the suggestion Gilead is killing people in pairs – a theory supported by a brief scene in the trailer of a man and a woman drowning.
Most disturbing is the notion Gilead is forcing men and women to have sex through a
The Handmaid’s Tale returns on April 26 hole in a sheet, as supported by a blink-and-you’d-missit moment in the trailer. A teen storyline is also fuelling fan speculation about the age at which Gilead’s young women are forced into sex with older men.
Whatever direction we’re taken in expectations are high.
The Handmaid’s Tale airs on RTE Two on April 26 at 10.35pm.