Ahead of its debut in April, the trailer for the new season of The Handmaid’s Tale season two has just arrived online. The first season of the show, which aired on Hulu Stateside, bagged four Emmy Awards for the streaming service last year, including Outstanding Drama, Outstanding Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Outstanding Writing.
Adapted from the classic novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birth rate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism in its militarized ‘return to traditional values’. As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred (Elisabeth Moss) is a Handmaid in the Commander’s household, one of the castes of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate the world. In this terrifying society, Offred must navigate between Commanders, their cruel Wives, domestic Marthas, and her fellow Handmaids – where anyone could be a spy for Gilead – all with one goal: to survive and find the daughter that was taken from her.
The Handmaid’s Tale returns to Hulu from April 25th, 2018.
