The Handmaids Tale Inside the Episode S2 E8 Womens Work A Hulu Original

Yvonne Strahovski (Serena Joy), Joseph Fiennes (Commander Waterford), Warren Littlefield (Executive Producer) and Bruce Miller (Creator) discusses the friction between the responsibilities of motherhood and the rules of Gilead. WATCH THE HANDMAID S TALE ABOUT THE HANDMAID S TALE Adapted from the classic novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid s Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism in its militarized return to traditional values. As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred (Elisabeth Moss) is a Handmaid in the Commanders household, one of the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate the world. In this terrifying society, Offred must navigate between Commanders, their cruel Wives, domestic Marthas, and her