Elisabeth Moss says 'Handmaid's Tale' Season 2 will 'blow people away'

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Hulu's pushed viewers to the edges of their seats and sanity with its dark political thriller The Handmaid's Tale...and there's no plan to slow down in Season 2.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, star and producer Elisabeth Moss talked about the show's reception, including 13 Emmy nominations, and the "fucking ridiculous" Season 2 premiere.

"I’ve read the outline for the first episode, and it is fucking ridiculous," Moss told EW. "It’s insane! I can say this: There is literally no way that anyone can guess what happens. You can try, but you won’t do it. It’s incredible."

Season 1 ended with Offred A.K.A. June being escorted into an ominous van by government employees, not because of her affair with Nick or establishing contact with Moira and the resistance, but because the handmaids refuse to execute Janine.

"We’re really looking to blow people away, and we have every intention to break [the story] open and go even further in all directions," Moss added. "We have no intention of doing anything else than being even more balls to the wall than we were in season 1."

The Handmaid's Tale Season 1 is currently streaming on Hulu.

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Proma Khosla

Proma Khosla is a Senior Entertainment Reporter writing about all things TV, from ranking Bridgerton crushes to composer interviews and leading Mashable's stateside coverage of Bollywood and South Asian representation. You might also catch her hosting video explainers or on Mashable's TikTok and Reels, or tweeting silly thoughts from @promawhatup.

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