After the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale premiered, fans are even more worried that the show is heavily hinting at a major character’s impending doom.
During the three-part premiere on Tuesday, April 8, June (Elisabeth Moss) had her highly-anticipated reunion with Nick (Max Minghella), but many viewers took that as a sign that the fictional couple were “doomed” ahead of the series finale.
“But this isn’t a love story so I’m scared Nick isn’t making it out of this season alive,” wrote a fan via X while another added, “I feel this is the last time they will see each other.”
There were multiple people who pointed out how the show appeared to be hinting that Nick “isn’t going to survive” season 6.
“The last scene between Nick and June had me crying,” read another social media response. “It really feels like one of them will die by the end of the season and I have a feeling it won’t be the one everyone expects.”
Elisabeth Moss and Max Minghella Disney/Steve Wilkie
Elsewhere on the internet, audience members questioned why Nick remained in Gilead despite helping June’s husband, Luke (O-T Fagbenle), and friend Moira (Samira Wiley) escape No Man’s Land as he continues to secretly help Mark (Sam Jaeger).
“Why would Nick NOT defect with June, Moira, and Luke at this point,” read a Reddit post. “I get that he has a family and he feels a duty to them but he’s been separated from his daughter and the woman he loves for over a year at least and he’s got to realize he’s no use to anyone including his unborn son if he’s dead.”
A response from another viewer argued that Nick didn’t want to leave Gilead because “he has no real shot to be” with June.
“I agree. I don’t know why people are always asking why he doesn’t leave,” a social media commentator noted. “I thought Mark made it fairly clear that wasn’t an immediate option anymore 🤷♀️ Plus they need some OG characters back in Gilead 😂.”
Based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name, The Handmaid’s Tale takes place in a dystopian future where the U.S. government was overthrown. The new regime gives men all the power and forces women into subservience. Women are even forcefully assigned to men for the sole purpose of bearing children. The first season took inspiration from Atwood’s book but has since explored its own storytelling. (It is important to note that Nick didn’t die in Atwood’s version of the story.)
While The Handmaid’s Tale is wrapping up, the story is far from over. Atwood’s 2019 novel The Testaments received an official series order from Hulu. Creator Bruce Miller recently hinted that viewers should expect some surprises.
Hulu After six seasons on Hulu, The Handmaid’s Tale will be wrapping up the story in 2025. Based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name, The Handmaid’s Tale takes place in a dystopian future where low fertility rates have led women to be assigned to men for bearing children. Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Madeline […]
“I hope [the audience has] questions when the show ends. I think this book is way too complicated to tie up neatly, and when I read the book I had a million questions at the end,” he exclusively told Us Weekly earlier this month. “So I hope if we’re doing justice to the story we told in the book, certainly you’ll have questions at the end.”
Executive producer Warren Littlefield, meanwhile, called the show’s finale “really satisfying,” sharing, “Living in the world of Gilead for our audience is sometimes a tough journey. But I think their patience will be rewarded because this final year is ordinary women doing extraordinary things. The revolution is here and they’re highly effective. There’s joy. Is there still a Gilead? Yeah. But we celebrate what they accomplish, and I think it’ll be very satisfying for the audience.”
New episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale are released Tuesdays on Hulu.
