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Handmaid's Tale's First Season Still Feels Uncomfortably Timely in 2025

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Hulu's The Handmaid’s Tale is set to end its run in April .

The show is set in a dystopian world of Gilead , a society ruled by far-right Christian conservatives.

Elisabeth Moss' character, "Offred," was an immediate hit at the Emmys .

The center of The Handmaid’s Tale is always June , and through her we learn how Gilead forced its way into existence.

We learn that some people, including the wife and child of another lesbian handmaid, Emily, managed to escape to Canada when things started getting bad, and Canada emerges as an important second location.

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