❮ The Handmaid's Tale
Season 2
6 Seasons
Season Premiere:
Apr 25, 2018
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
86
User score
Generally Favorable
7.4
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
96% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
4% Mixed
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1 Review
0% Negative
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Apr 25, 2018
100
Handmaid’s Tale had a tough act to follow, but its second coming soars on multiple levels. It’s intense, heartbreaking, full of resolve and perfectly paced.
Apr 16, 2018
100
The Handmaid’s Tale is just as brutal, visually pointed, and brilliantly acted as it was in season one. ... The former Mad Men star must wear an even wider variety of masks this season, and she takes them on and off with such controlled ease that it is sometimes staggering. ... She’s surrounded by equally convincing actors.
User score
Generally Favorable
77% Positive
152 Ratings
152 Ratings
7% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
16% Negative
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
Jul 11, 2018
10
Another season and "The handmaid's tale" doesn't shock with the perfection in every aspect. We are in front of one of the best shows that will ever exist. Excellent in every aspect, and with that end, the viewers can't wait to see what you happen next.
Apr 26, 2018
10
Insanely intense & gob-smackingly good. Only 2 episodes in but Season 2 is already as good, if not better, than Season 1...
Apr 23, 2018
90
The new season of The Handmaid's Tale takes special delight in allowing bubbles of hope to surface in this opaque, sorrowful mire, only to submerge them before they can break open. Taken in large doses this makes for tough, wearying viewing. It’s also worth every moment of discomfort it dishes out. For now, we can take it.
Apr 18, 2018
83
Showrunner Bruce Miller has established the stakes for this world, and while it’d be nice if there was more focus, the series remains as unforgiving and unforgettable as ever. June’s anger and rage are ours as well, screaming out for those kept silent.
Apr 25, 2018
80
It's not the politics that drive this drama. It's the threat of what could be, portrayed in very human terms by Moss, Dowd and costars Alexis Bledel (Ofglen), Max Minghella (Nick) and Samira Wiley (Moira).
Apr 19, 2018
75
The Handmaid's Tale remains intellectually nourishing, easy to admire, and difficult to endure. It's a beautiful test of stamina, offering only small reprieves from June's suffering. It embeds us alongside her, and remains dedicated to illustrating how exactly the villains can win.
Apr 25, 2018
60
The first five hours of Season 2 offer little more than relentless misery, and they lean more into horror as a genre than the first season did, layering gory imagery on top of trauma on top of despair. ... The task for a show like this one is to offer not just more of the same, but some sense that women have the capacity to enact change. It’s highly possible The Handmaid’s Tale will do just that in the second half of the new season, but there’s an awful lot to endure before we get there.
Apr 26, 2018
10
The Handmaid's Tale returns with a purpose to make a mark in the TV landscape. A story this haunting and scary, and with performance that have never seen the face of this earth!!! The winner of 8 Emmys & 2 Golden Globes is looking up to be a TV classic of our times joining the ranks of other TV classics that defined their particular eras. OURS IS ''THE HANDMAID'S TALE ERA''!!!!!!
Sep 2, 2018
6
The second season stumbles upon itself, failing to match the heights of the first season. The characters became victims of the writing, the plot keeps getting a reset over and over throughout the season, only to culminate with a final episode unable to deliver the season's promise.
Nov 15, 2018
3
As seen in other work for tv/cinema, gender identity politics make its entrance in this kinda thing. It's annoying, biased, driven with agenda. It was difficult to keep it out but I don't think there was any effort. Apart from this, it's all really boring, slow and makes very little sense. Get ready for a 6 seasons long tv serie making money on the first season.
Jul 6, 2018
3
Season 1 was worth watching. In season 2 the characters loose their credibility and the story just trickles away. Almost everything is over dramatic (scenery, light, music, colors) and nearly everything triggers a flashback showing family, harmony and better life. You miss nothing if you finish with the end of season 1.
Jul 5, 2018
3
Season 1 was flawed but essentially solid. Season 2 is loud stupid senseless drama with a pretty budget. Overdone shock-value gore attempts to convince you of the dystopia's brutality while key characters miraculously survive their dramatic stupidity, repeatedly. The characters become mouthpieces for writers' beliefs, often at ends with the reality of their individual situation, and lose much of their inner life. I couldn't suspend my disbelief.
