The Handmaid's Tale - Season 5 May 2026

: Anti-refugee sentiment grows in Toronto as Gilead’s ideology begins to take root among Canadian sympathizers. Pro-Gilead demonstrations and violent attacks on refugees become a central threat to June and her family.

: Pregnant and alone, Serena is placed with the Wheelers, a wealthy family who treats her as a "Handmaid-lite," controlling her movements and access to her newborn son, Noah. The Handmaid's Tale - Season 5

: After Esther (McKenna Grace) attempts a murder-suicide against Janine, Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) begins to question the brutality of the system she upholds, showing a rare, protective instinct toward "her girls". : Anti-refugee sentiment grows in Toronto as Gilead’s