And yes, they did consider killing Serena on that train.
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This article contains spoilers forThe Handmaid’s Taleseason 6, episodes 1-3.
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Elisabeth Moss in season 6 episode 1 of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’.Credit:Steve Wilkie/Disney
Nick shows up to help them all but, oops, shoots two Gilead soldiers in the process.
Mayday is planning a commander massacre.
BRUCE MILLER:Me too.
Elisabeth Moss and Yvonne Strahovski in season 6 episode 1 of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’.Steve Wilkie/Disney
I sobbed more when Lizzie [Moss] and Cherry [Jones] reunited.
There wasn’t a lot of acting.
It was just them shattered and hugging.
And she was a doctor for women [pre-Gilead].
But most of the colonies are agricultural colonies.
They think it means death, but it doesn’t.
Elisabeth Moss and Yvonne Strahovski in season 6 episode 1 of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’.Steve Wilkie/Disney
She ends up choosing to come back, but she runs away.
She finally gets away.
And I think that’s her mom.
Elisabeth Moss in season 6 of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’.Hulu
There’s only a few places where displaced Americans can go.
How close did you come to ending Serena’s story on that train?
What I always venture to do is just start with, okay, what would really happen?
Not what would happen on TV, but what would really happen.
And my sense was the people on that train f—ing hate Serena.
And I love how blind she is to it.
So my sense was that would really make them hesitate.
And would that be enough for June to help Serena?
I mean, I think she feels like Serena kind of earned this, so I don’t know.
She’s so sure she’s right.
I thought that might be what happened.
What can you tease for us in the final episodes ofThe Handmaid’s Tale?
It doesn’t end up killing June.
We found out that her daughter, Hannah, is still in Gilead.
Was there any ending or arc that surprised you the most when it was all said and done?
There’s a ton of them.
So he starts to fight, and he can’t be that person anymore.
He has to change who he is, to make it stay alive.
So I think the good thing is we have this big opportunity.
So, what’s it like to fight the long war?
June has lost a lot along the way, but everybody is involved in that same long war.
Serena and Serena’s poor son; her new husband; Nick; Nick’s wife, Rose.
Everybody’s involved in this war and struggle, and some are pulling in different directions.
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But if you had to pick just one?
As I said, though, I’m hoping none of them are surprising.
I hope when you get to them, you’re like, oh, of course.
That’s exactly what she would do.
That I couldn’t have made any other decision.
When I do my job well, all the decisions I make you completely forget about.
And you think, oh, of course that’s the way it should be.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
