How The Handmaid’s Tale Involved Taylor Swift Ahead of Series Finale

The Handmaid’s Story is lastly in its insurrection period — however how was Taylor Swift concerned?

Warning: Spoilers under for the latest episode of The Handmaid’s Story:

Throughout the penultimate episode of the hit Hulu sequence, which premiered on Tuesday, Could 20, June (Elisabeth Moss) and the remainder of the resistance stormed Gilead whereas Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” served because the insurrection’s soundtrack. Regardless of the tune hyping up the well-awaited revenge plan, June and the others didn’t make it far earlier than getting arrested.

June, Moira (Samira Wiley), Janine (Madeline Brewer), different members of the revolution and even Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) have been set as much as be publicly executed — with June practically hung to demise — earlier than Luke (O-T Fagbenle) and the remainder of Mayday saved the day. This led to a bloodbath of many high-ranking commanders — save Commander Wharton (Josh Charles), who managed to flee together with his life. With Wharton, Nick (Max Minghella) and different massive names inside Gilead nonetheless at massive, June was capable of get Serena (Yvonne Strahovski) to inform her when all of the commanders can be reuniting. This then paved the way in which for one more partnership between June and Commander Lawrence (Bradley Whitford), who agreed to sacrifice himself as a way to take the remainder of the Gilead hierarchy down.

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Lawrence joined Wharton and the opposite commanders on the airplane — figuring out he wouldn’t survive the journey. Then, in a final minute twist, Nick additionally obtained onboard regardless of not initially planning to go to Washington D.C. June needed to watch as her ex obtained on the plan whereas figuring out it will explode as quickly because it was airborne. The final shot of the episode was June watching the wreckage.

There is just one episode left earlier than The Handmaid’s Story involves an finish following a six-season run on Hulu. Coshowrunners Yahlin Chang and Eric Tuchman lately teased to Us Weekly how the sequence wraps up.

“I feel we will anticipate an sincere conclusion to the story. We hold utilizing the phrase sincere as a result of we attempt our greatest to be practical,” Tuchman famous. “What would occur in actual life — and what we hope individuals take away — is this sense of hopefulness and resilience that June and lots of the different characters have demonstrated and can reveal within the final couple of episodes.”

He continued: “Once you’re up in opposition to an oppressive regime and when your rights are stripped away, you simply by no means cease preventing. You retain going. Hopefully individuals will draw some optimism and really feel empowered by what performs out.”

Fortunately, The Handmaid’s Story isn’t ending fully — Hulu has since picked up spinoff The Testaments to sequence.

The Testaments, which is about 15 years later, is narrated by Aunt Lydia as viewers are thrust again into the dystopian future. Followers will watch characters like Agnes from Gilead and Daisy from Canada as they secretly collect and smuggle incriminating details about Gilead’s regime overseas. Agnes and Daisy pose as “Pearl Ladies” to infiltrate Canada, whereas Aunt Lydia acts as a covert supply inside Gilead.

“Though I couldn’t proceed with the story of Offred, I may proceed with three different individuals involved in these occasions and inform the story of the start of the tip, as a result of we all know from The Handmaid’s Story that Gilead vanishes,” Atwood informed journalists at an occasion in 2019. “It’s not current 200 years into the longer term, as a result of they’re having a symposium on it. How did it collapse? How do these sorts of regimes disappear? I used to be thinking about exploring that.”

She continued: “There [are] some new costume selections on this e book. Human beings all through time love outfits that inform you who you’re taking a look at, like soccer groups and issues like that. So sure, we’ve got some new outfits.”

The Handmaid’s Story airs Tuesdays and new episodes stream on Hulu.