India, May 30 -- Based on Margaret Atwood's iconic 1985 novel, The Handmaid's Tale imagined a dystopian theocracy called Gilead, born from the ashes of a crumbling United States. The novel served as a chilling warning against authoritarianism, and when it got adapted it into a series in 2017, the show quickly became a cultural touchstone - eerily echoing rising global anxieties. Over the last eight years, the show has expanded well beyond Atwood's original material, chronicling a brutal struggle for freedom in a world that doesn't easily allow it. Now, with its sixth and final season, the series reaches a sobering, if not entirely satisfying, conclusion.

The final season of The Handmaid's Tale attempts to tighten its narrative and steer ...