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The Handmaid's Tale
Offred
Directed by
Reed Morano
TV-MA
S1 • E1
Apr 26, 2017
57m
8.2
8.2
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Offred, one the few fertile women known as Handmaids in the oppressive Republic of Gilead, struggles to survive as a reproductive surrogate for a powerful Commander and his resentful wife.
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Cast of Offred
Elisabeth Moss
June Osborne / Offred / Ofjoseph
Yvonne Strahovski
Serena Joy Waterford
Max Minghella
Nick Blaine
Samira Wiley
Moira Strand
Amanda Brugel
Rita Blue
Nina Kiri
Alma
O-T Fagbenle
Luke Bankole
Bahia Watson
Brianna
Jenessa Grant
Dolores
Shruti Kothari
Woman with Moira
Margaret Atwood
Aunt
Adam Winlove-Smith
Guardian Prisoner
Anne Yorke
Aunt #3
Madeline Brewer
Janine Lindo
Ann Dowd
Aunt Lydia Clements
Alexis Bledel
Emily Malek
Joseph Fiennes
Fred Waterford
Jordana Blake
Hannah Bankole
Marissa Kate Wilson
Handmaid
Danielle Height
Meredith
The Handmaid's Tale - S1 • E1 Ratings & Reviews
Syfy Wire
Carol Pinchefsky
The world of Gilead isn't quite fleshed out, but we get the gist of it from subtle details...Despite the show's tone, it's beautifully shot. Even the ugly scenes are pretty.
Decider
Jennifer Wright
The Handmaid's Tale begins fittingly with the end of the world as we know it.
Harper's Bazaar
Emma Dibdin
Offred's voiceover also offers the audience much-needed relief from what would otherwise be a relentlessly joyless journey.
Baltimore Sun
Sarah Bichsel
The show's acting, the cinematography, and the direction are of the highest caliber. It is visceral viewing. It is critical viewing. And this is only Episode 1.
Refinery29
Anne Cohen
The great thing about this show is that it allows us to glean information about the new world we find ourselves in piece by piece. There's no lengthy exposition provided. The show trusts that we're smart enough to figure it out.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Laura Hudson
In the midst of the horrors of Gilead -- the mutilations, the executions, the ritual rapes -- the most upsetting scenes to watch are sometimes the normal ones, because you know how they end.
Entertainment Weekly
Jessica Derschowitz
Are you ready for some dystopian horrors that feel just a little too real? Hope so, because we've just begun Hulu's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's chilling 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale, a story all too culturally relevant again today.
New York Times
Angelica Jade Bastién
This episode works best when it relies on sparse dialogue and focuses on Moss's face.
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Jasper Rees
Moss's beaky physiognomy and hawk-like stares might have been custom-made to play a bowed but unbroken woman incubating secret memories of a previous life, with a sarcastic commentary unspooling in her head.
Guardian
Julia Raeside
The much-anticipated adaptation of Margaret Atwood's superb novel has finally made it to the UK and, on early evidence, the wait looks to have been worth it.
Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor
It's a very tough watch, but so far, a triumph of an adaptation.
Observer
Dana Schwartz
The brilliance of The Handmaid's Tale in part emerges from a quality it shares with the book: it never over-explains, or preaches.
AV Club
Allison Shoemaker
The most apt review might be to write "this is great, please watch it immediately," and call it a day. The reason is simple, and it's also the best reason to watch: this is a story that speaks for itself. No stray observations required.
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