Story & Timeline
13 entries in the The Handmaid compendium.
Story & Timeline — Era Chart
ParticicutionA ritual of stone and blood where women become executioners for the state.Season OneA woman's desperate fight for freedom in a theocracy that owns her body.Season FivePremiered September 14, 2022, on Hulu.Season FourThe fourth chapter of the series aired in 2021 as part of Hulu's dystopian saga.Season TwoA dystopian future following a Second American Civil War where fertile women face child-beThe WildernessFreedom lies beyond the trees, but danger follows in the shadows.Mayday Resistance NetworkThe shadow war for freedom hidden beneath the red robes of Gilead.Book Chapter: DepartureThe terrifying journey from the training center to a life of enforced servitude.Season Two: Escape AttemptA desperate bid for freedom that shatters illusions of safety within Gilead.Season One: Gilead EstablishedIn a world where women are property, one handmaid remembers who she was.Economic Collapse of 1985Financial ruin and panic paved the way for totalitarian rule.Salting of the EarthA barren legacy of salted soil where rebellion once grew.Offred's Escape to CanadaThe perilous journey from the walls of Gilead to the promise of freedom beyond the border.
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