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THOUGHTS // The Handmaid’s Tale Season 6 Finale

What if… it was all just a dream? Yes. That’s where I’m at. The Kdrama-style twist now seems more believable than what we got this season.

Imagine: June wakes up. Nick is alive, competent, and finally doing something useful. Lawrence is at peace, tea in hand, quoting Rousseau. Moira gets a real script again. Nichole is finally out of her insignificant shadow role. And Hannah? She FINALLY exists as more than a pixelated photo. Luke? Calmly in the kitchen, making pancakes like the breakfast dad we were promised in season 1.

Gilead is still there (thanks to the spin-off), but at least in this dream, intelligence is still alive.

Because after this season? This is probably the only ending that doesn’t look like a badly written TikTok fanfic with an HBO budget.

Honestly, after this mess, a dream is the only thing left that makes sense and even that feels like too much to ask.

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Nick and June: Each betrayed in their own way

Nick silent, reserved, often kept in the shadows embodied the complexity of a man trapped in a system he didn’t choose, yet tried to navigate in his own way. He protected, resisted, and loved quietly. Reducing him now to a coward or a collaborator erases all nuance and tramples the subtlety the show once knew how to handle

June, on the other hand, has become the embodiment of a sanctified selfishness. She judges, demands, rejects, and consumes. No one seems to exist beyond her gaze or trauma. The character has frozen, turned into an untouchable symbol, unable to evolve without crushing those around her.

And that’s where the series fails.

Instead of questioning, it moralizes. Instead of offering nuance, it simplifies. Instead of taking risks, it opts for safe, digestible arcs.

Season 6, so far, has given in to a kind of emotional mainstream, flattening complex journeys to better elevate a sanctified heroine. The writers seem to have abandoned intellectual ambition and psychological coherence. This is no longer a subversive work it's a show flattering the very dynamics it once set out to challenge.

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To those who mourn Lawrence but spit on Nick: remember — manipulating evil doesn’t absolve it. Lawrence created the horror. Nick, on the other hand, was often the only one who acted in the shadows, without ever seeking the spotlight. Nick wasn’t perfect. He was human. And that’s exactly what the show just betrayed."