Episode 10: How does it end?
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Shows are often crunched for time in season-ending episodes, and The Handmaid’s Tale is no exception. Its creators managed to pack a lot into the hour, and though Gilead persists, it’s clear that season 2 won’t be strapped for material. Rose and Laura talk, however, about how the source material of Margaret Atwood’s book is indeed exhausted by the finale, in some unexpected ways.How does it end? We can’t really say.
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