A personal review of mine on the first 5 seasons of The Handmaids Tale. Included is the March 2023 news that Bruce Miller is leaving THT as showrunner after Season 5.

From his teenaged days, to becoming a High Commander of New Gilead. Andrew Pryce struggles to keep Gilead close to its righteous aims.

The story of the Waterford's journey from obscurity, to leading lights of New Gilead. Starting with a vacation on Antigua in the Caribbean with the Cushings.

Speculation on post Season-5 events. From the season finale, onward. Author rates S5 E10 episode a B-minus. Updates include speculation on how the characters fared post-finale.

Nick goes to see June in the hospital during season 5 10...except in this version, she wakes up. At the same time, Luke and Moira bring Nichole to visit. Let's see how many characters I can fit in one hospital corridor, and how Nick goes from a Toronto hospital to punching Cmdr. Lawrence.

A few months after the end of Season 5, everyone in the Osborne-Bankole family is celebrating Christmas apart from each other. A little bittersweet fluff for you.

June... Elle m'a appelée June. C'est ce jour là que tout a changé pour nous. Mais avant ce jour, il y en a eu d'autres moins glorieux, d'autres que vous devez connaître pour vous faire une idée de ce qu'est notre quotidien et de ce que sera notre futur. Vous devez comprendre ce qu'est Gilead pour comprendre ce qui nous unit Serena et moi.

Phone service between Gilead and Canada is spotty, but possible. Each chapter is a different phone call between characters, seasons 4-5.

In Season 5, episode 8, June receives a CD with a video of Hannah at school, along with some metadata showing her school's location. Who sent that package to June? The question isn't answered in the season finale, so I'll have to do it myself. One-shot.

Alternative to Season 5, episode 6 ("Together"). I really loved June ending up with Serena, but, well, what if Nick picked June up and drove her to the Canadian border instead? This is not a story for Team Luke fans. Apologies.

CONTAINS SPOILERS. The aftermath of S5 E9 when all hell breaks loose in Toronto. Author rates this episode a B.

5x6: How Putnam's execution should have happened.

AU: Serena receives a red envelope with a strange coin. But the moment she touched that coin, she suffers her worst nightmares to the point of madness.

Nick's journey is only just beginning This story will mostly surround Nick, starting off following season 5 episode 3 Wow, I love this show and my imagination has gone wild because of it.

A partial record of the war crimes trial of Nick Blaine, following the events of Season 4 of the Hulu Miller-Moss series.

From his failed 'tenure' days at university, to a Commander of Gilead. This is the story of how a sarcastic atheist rose to the highest levels of Gilead leadership.

Abigail Blaine has some unfinished business to attend to. Luckily her new husband knows all about that and is busy on a mission of his own. Perhaps their worlds are not too different. A story of flashbacks to the early days of Gilead and the pressures of a questionable marriage in the canon present. Chapters from the characters perspectives of - Abigail (OC), Nick and Serena.

All throughout the night he and June kept finding their way back to each other, like they always did. Drawn together in a manner that he could not describe. Her fingers in his hair, his hands on her hips, their bodies pressed impossibly tight together. A missing moment from 4x02, because Nick should have been at that barn party. Nick/June.

Mark Tuello is stuck dealing with the aftermath of Fred Waterford's execution, as well as the still mysterious goings-on within Gilead. All the while, June osborne is on the run.

An elaboration on a scene from Season 3, episode 3 ("Useful"). Nick goes to see June at the Lawrence house before he's deployed to Chicago.

Rita Blue copes with her time in Toronto, remembering what had happened back in New Gilead.

High Commander Warren Putnam isn't an idiot. When he finally takes the time to read the Eyes' files on the recently-deceased Fred Waterford, he realizes something: there's a traitor on the Council. (Originally written in 2022, I updated and reworked this story in Oct. 2023.)

When June returns from the salvaging of Fred Waterford, a decision has already has been made. The pretences of leading a normal life in Canada are over and she must take the difficult path into the belly of the beast. Picks up after 4x10 to imagine what may transpire in Season 5. A Nick and June love story.

Nick, June, and Eden have a little talk, just after "First Blood" (season 2 07). One-shot. Gilead makes everyone do things they don't want to do, but love means never having to say you're sorry.

He woke to the sound of laughter... A Nick/June oneshot