"The Handmaid's Tale" After Roe v. Wade?

Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale" is coming back for its fifth and penultimate season.

The series does not have the zeitgeist and Emmy awards and domination it had in early seasons.

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But it is still one of Hulu's highest profile series and a cultural touchstone.

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"Handmaid's" is an imperfect allegory and messy TV show with themes that will likely resonate even more than before.

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Season 5, shot long before the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Supreme Court decision, opens where Season 4 concluded.

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June and her husband Luke (OT Fagbenle) are forced to face the consequences of their actions, and it ends in a bloody, chaotic catastrophe.

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Serena's (Yvonne Strahovski) prominence and the growth of the pro-Gilead movement in Canada are two examples of the political implications.

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