Warning: Contains SPOILERS for The Handmaid’s Tale season 6, episode 9 and The Testaments! One storyline has been slowly ...

All of which is to say, I wasn’t surprised that both Nick Blaine (Max Minghella) and Commander Lawrence (Bradley Whitford) die before the series’ finale as much as I was shook at the way it unfolded.

In Season 6, Episode 9 of The Handmaid’s Tale, Aunt Lydia is seen undergoing a significant transformation, which transforms her character arc.

They actually did it; season 6 episode 9 felt like the best we’ve had in years. The Handmaid’s Tale gave fans a near-perfect penultimate episode before the finale.