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Hola amigos, buenas vibras para todos.
**Hello friends, good vibes to all.
The Handmaid's Tale is one of the most underrated series I've been able to watch considering how spectacular it is or was. After 6 seasons and 8 years June's story in Gilead came to an end last week with an episode that many are still talking about. This last season was marked by the “revolution” and “rebellion” of the maids against the theocratic/oppressive system that controls Gilead, all this we saw through 10 episodes which left no one indifferent. The public was sold the idea that the finale would be for and by the fans, I think it was not. I think what we saw a few days ago was very anticlimactic and left more doubts than certainties.
For those who have no idea about this series, to make a long story short, it is about a de facto state that took power in what was the United States to become a theocracy bordering on fanaticism where women are relegated to the background. There they have no voice, vote, freedom, free will, nothing at all, they are mere objects to repopulate society in the face of the birth crisis and as expected to satiate other things. A “country” ruled by men or commanders where the cult of God is a facade that hides the greatest horrors that a person can live, in this case, a woman.
The series is the struggle and resistance of these women against the abuses of this system, throughout the seasons we see how clandestine groups, contacts and support within the same system are forged to eventually give the necessary blows to bring down those walls little by little. The sixth season was called to be the final blow, the final moves on this chessboard and thus end this reign of terror. I'm not going to lie, as far as I'm concerned, this final road fell short, it is true that there were great moments and especially great episodes (the ninth was crazy, the best of the whole series) but in the end what really counts is the way everything culminates and this is where the conflict is.
It must be said that everything has a reason for being, this series is based on a novel by Margaret Atwood, of the same name, which also has a sequel called “The Testaments” that could explain why it ended the way it did. This sequel will be a series which is already in production and is expected next year. The reason for June and her fight was for two main things, the recovery of her daughter Hannah who is in the hands of these people in Gilead and to see all these men and their system fall. That ends up happening? - halfway and that's where the people's anger lies. The final chapter leaves many doubts, it does not happen what many expect, there is a change in the script and narrative level of the character (June) and that was not understood by many people, including me.
This final season I feel that it was not so difficult to watch compared to the rest, because yes, this is a series in which you have to swallow thickly and take a deep breath to see certain things, it is very hard, cruel and of an immense rawness. There are characters that ended as imagined, others not so much and that has to do with the writers and the way they thought it should end. A lot of people are comparing the feeling of this series finale to Game Of Thrones, that inconformity that what many wanted to happen didn't happen. I can understand the feeling because if it was a very short ending in terms of closing the overall plot, it's like having swum so far to die on the shore. Many aspired for a more explosive and flashy ending and in the end we were left with a very introspective closure.
Overall the series was amazing, one of the best I've ever seen, I used to put it in my top 3 but because of the way it closed it might drop to the top 5. The endings of seasons 4 and 5 were crazy, the least they could do was to do something remotely similar in terms of fan service. Because in the end it all boils down to that, The Handmaid's Tale didn't end to please people but with the vision of its creators. I recommend it openly, the story is one that is worth watching especially because today there are vestiges of these systems around the world, in the end it is not as fiction as you think. I give this final season a 7/10 and the series in general an 8.5/10 I leave the trailer here.
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Bueno mi gente por hoy es todo, espero que les haya gustado. ¡Un abrazo a todos, nos vemos en la próxima!
***Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it. ¡A hug to everyone, see you next time!