Yesterday I finished watching the finale to the last season of The Handmaid's Tale, and ever since I've been trying to convince myself that it was not that bad, mostly because I have been watching the show almost since it first aired and it was a big part of my life and how I view the world. But, truth be told, many things don't sit right with me about the finale.
So, here's me ranting about it.
First and foremost, the fact that the finale and generally the whole season six, wants to pretend this is just June's story. This is June's story, but this is not just June's story.
This is Serena's story, this is Moira's story, this is Janine's story, this is Luke's story, this is Emily's story, this is even Lydia's story. This is the story about people being turned into slaves, into puppets, into ghosts of what they used to be. So, to pretend this was always just June's tale is pretty insulting to all of these characters. Because they didn't get to have proper endings in pro of June's finale.
Which also leaves many questions about so many characters. What happened to Serena? Did she get a passport? What's her destiny going to be? And what about Moira? What will she really do? And how did they get Janine out of Gilead? How did they convince Naomi to give up Charlotte/Angela? What's Janine's life going to look now that she's free? Is she going to fight or is she going to live her life freely?
How did Emily really get out of Gilead? Is she going to go back to her family? And what about Lydia? Why did she stay in Gilead? Is she an asset of Mayday now? Is she going to help the rebellion? And for that matter, what happened to New Bethlehem? The people there, what did they do? Did they get to leave? Are they stuck in Gilead too?
So many fucking questions unanswered because this was "June's story", because this was always June telling us about her life and nothing else. But that's not really the case. At first, of course, this was June telling us her story, but as seasons went by it evolved into a bunch of people telling their story, and I would've liked seeing that.
I really would've liked seeing June interview every single person that was relevant to her story and get their point of view on how things went down during Gilead and before Gilead. I would've liked seeing them take New York and a few other cities, I would've like seeing them get closer to Hannah. I would've liked to see Hannah.
Another question I have is what happened to Rose? Nick's wife, did she get remarried? Did she gave birth? What happened to her after Nick's death? I think she was a relevant enough character for these questions to be answered.
Generally, I think they left so many things out I. pro of telling a mediocre finale for June Osborn. And don't get me wrong, I know the finale is realistic, I know wars are not fought on days and I know happy endings are not plausible in these scenarios but goddammit would it been to hard to just, show Hannah? Don't get her back with June and Luke, that's alright, but tell me she's alive, tell me if she remembers her parents, show me if adapted to Gilead and her makeshift family.
And before you come at me, I know there's supposed to be a new series based on Testaments by Margaret Atwood, but that show is set 15 fucking years after the original ending, so that doesn't really feel satisfying to me.
Anywho, I just hope the show someday get a happier ending because I do believe it is possible to get what we dream for, even when the world is as cruel as The Handmaid's Tale world is. And honestly it would help my mental health if June and especially Luke got to have their daughter back once and for all.
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