Overview
- Early reviews posted Thursday focused on standout performances from Chase Infiniti and Lucy Halliday, while some critics questioned how much new the series adds.
- Set about four years after The Handmaid’s Tale finale, the story follows teens Agnes and Daisy inside Gilead’s wife‑training school run by Aunt Lydia, framing the sequel as a coming‑of‑age tale.
- Hulu will release the first three episodes on April 8 in the U.S., with Disney+ carrying the show in the U.K., and weekly episodes will continue through May 27 for a 10‑episode season.
- Showrunner Bruce Miller returns with Ann Dowd reprising Aunt Lydia, and Miller said he cast Infiniti in part because her unpredictability reminded him of Elisabeth Moss.
- The TV adaptation updates Margaret Atwood’s novel by making Agnes and Daisy contemporaries and by spotlighting the young elite’s indoctrination, a shift several outlets said gives the franchise a fresh lens.