Life for Offred and the rest of the handmaids looks set to become a lot harder, if the first teaser trailer for the second outing of the Emmy winning show is anything to go by.
In a mix of flashbacks and fast forwards the show’s US creator Hulu reveal a glimpse of what is awaiting the characters in the adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s classic novel about an oppressive authoritarian state, which will return later this year.
Elisabeth Moss’s Offred is shown gagged, presumably after her failed escape attempt at the end of the first season. Her successful fellow escapee Moira (played by Samira Wiley) is shown in her new life in Canada with tears in her eyes. If things are getting better, it’s going to be at a glacial pace.
The soundtrack is provided by a downbeat cover of Buffalo Springfield’s counterculture anthem For What It’s Worth, as we get a brief look at the much discussed “colonies”, the polluted areas of the former US where prisoners of the Republic of Gilead are sent.
Amid the trauma are signs of resistance. Banners are held aloft at what looks like a protest, Offred and Nick embrace and the final show is of a steely-eyed Moss.
The first series of the show became one of the most talked about of 2017. Moss won an Emmy for her depiction of Offred, and the show won an unexpected best series gong as well.
The series is set to return on Hulu on 25 April in the US; Channel 4 could not confirm an exact date for its UK return.
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