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Sullivan’s Crossing is a Canadian romantic drama series created by Roma Roth. Based on the book series by Robyn Carr, the CTV series follows Maggie Sullivan, a neurosurgeon who decides to move back to her hometown after facing some legal trouble. When she gets back, she finds it hard to reconnect with her estranged father, but things soon change when she meets the mysterious newcomer, Cal Jones. Sullivan’s Crossing stars Morgan Kohan, Chad Michael Murray, Tom Jackson, Andrea Menard, and Scott Patterson. So, if you loved the small town vibe, feel-good drama, and likable characters in Sullivan’s Crossing, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Virgin River is a romantic drama series developed by Sue Tenney. Based on the book series by Robyn Carr, the Netflix series follows Melina “Mel” Monroe,...

The cast of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants almost looked very different!

Blake Lively, America Ferrera, Alexis Bledel and Amber Tamblyn played best friends united by a pair of pants that followed them on huge adventures in two movies starting back in 2005.

The women are still supporting each other in 2024. In fact, America, Amber and Alexis recently issued a statement in support of Blake amid her lawsuit against Justin Baldoni.

They are part of what made the franchise as successful as it is, but we’ve learned that several other big actresses were in the running for the roles.

Producer Debra Martin Chase named six stars who were could have played Carmen, Tibby, Lena and Bridget during an appearance on the Hollywood Gold podcast.

The shortlist included one actress who was famous for her role on The O.C. and several other young actresses who have gone far in Hollywood.

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It's been over 20 years since "Gilmore Girls" premiered, and it is still the cozy cup of coffee that we return to. Some seasons of "Gilmore Girls" are better than others, but a trip to Stars Hollow means that you get to travel to a magical place that has a 1950s charm and unique characters, like Kirk (Sean Gunn), who keeps the town running with his many job skills. The show also sprinkles in self-aware jokes, which usually involve Lorelai (Lauren Graham) making sarcastic comments about non-emergencies that Taylor Doose (Michael Winters) has deemed as true emergencies.

There are moments centered in reality as Lorelai and her daughter, Rory (Alexis Bledel), face life's hurdles, like Lorelai's choice to end her engagement to Max Medina (Scott Cohen). This mix of fantasy and real life allows for both escape and reflection, turning this show into comfort food.

Gilmore Girls is coming back to TV! Lorelai and Rory Gilmore fans are in for a treat this summer, the series has been picked up by the Hallmark Channel and will be airing soon. Keep reading for all the details! Here’s how to watch Gilmore Girls this summer.

The CW introduced the popular mother and daughter duo back in 2000, Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham quickly became household names and viewers fell in love with the quirky town of Stars Hollow.

Alexis Bledel And Lauren Graham Are Back

Gilmore Girls ran for seven seasons on The CW, the network aired the final episode in May 2000 and was so wildly popular that Netflix actually picked up rights to the series and streamed a reunion season back in 2016.

The hilarious drama followed single mom Lorelei as she navigated being the mother of a nerdy and unique teen girl in a small Connecticut town.

Blake Lively is no stranger to the spotlight but lately, the glare has felt more personal than professional. Once part of Taylor Swift’s exclusive inner circle of “It Girls,” the Gossip Girl alum now appears to be on the outside looking in. After months of social silence, cryptic unfollows, and public distance, the speculation has reached a boiling point. And now, insiders suggest that Lively is preparing to speak her truth not just publicly, but legally.

Sources close to the actress say she’s gearing up for what could be a game-changing deposition related to the It Ends With Us drama, as per Daily Mail. The insider claims,

Blake is happy that the clock is ticking a little longer before her deposition takes place, She is going to take this extra time and make sure she is ready for anything thrown at her… She’s confident she’ll be...

Gilmore Girls is returning to TV!

Gilmore Girls originall aired from 2000 through 2007 for a total of seven seasons. The series stars mother-daughter team Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, played by Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel, as they navigate life in their small town with all its ups and down.

The classic TV series will begin airing all seven seasons on the Hallmark Channel on August 25.

Keep reading to find out more…

The series will be airing entirely in order starting with the pilot. Episodes will air on the Hallmark Channel on weekdays from 2-6 pm and on weekends from 8-10 am along with special marathon runs of the show.

In a statement shared by Hallmark Channel, an executive spoke about their decision to start airing the cult classic show. The statement reads, “The success of the Gilmore Girls universe is a testament to the power of storytelling that is centered around love,...

Some things just feel so synonymous with the fall season. One of those is Gilmore Girls, which Deadline reports will be airing on Hallmark Channel starting August 25. The series ran for seven seasons, starring Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham, among others such as Sean Gunn and Melissa McCarthy. The series will air on Hallmark Channel weekdays from 2 Pm to 6 Pm as well as on weekends from 8Am to 10 Am. Deadline reports there will also be special occasion marathons. This is part of a linear-only partnership with the network.

The hit series originally aired on the WB and even spurred a four-part revival series on Netflix in 2016. The original series sports an 87% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes. The series is great to watch year round, but it’s made many lists proclaiming it prime viewing material in the fall and winter seasons. There’s something about the fall and winter sets...

Cult classic Gilmore Girls is coming to the Hallmark Channel.

Beginning August 25, the series will air all seven seasons in sequential order, starting with the pilot. It will air on weekdays from 2-6 pm and on weekends from 8-10 am, in addition to special occasion marathons, as part of the linear-only partnership.

Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, Gilmore Girls starred Lauren Graham as Loralei Gilmore, a single mom, and Alexis Bledel as her academically-minded teenage daughter Loralei “Rory” Gilmore. It premiered October 5, 2000 and became a flagship series for The WB network. The seventh and final season aired on The CW, ending on May 15, 2007.

The show follows the duo, both navigating coming-of-age in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, while mom operates the Dragonfly Inn and daughter gets into private school with dreams of attending an Ivy League university. The series also features now-household names including Melissa McCarthy, Jared Padalecki and Milo Ventimiglia among many others.

After being The Handmaid's Tale's only Emmy nomination for the fifth season, Elisabeth Moss is probably the show's best shot at being recognized for its sixth and final season this year. At the moment, Moss is in fifth place in Gold Derby's odds for Best Drama Actress, which is set to have five slots. But if the 2017 drama series champ gets a farewell hug from voters, don't be surprised to see it pop up in other races, including the acting category it once dominated unlike any other: Best Drama Guest Actress.

Up until the fifth season, the Hulu series had fielded at least one nominee in the category each time it was eligible. For the first season in 2017, it landed a lone nomination for Alexis Bledel, who prevailed. The following year, it tripled its Season 1 total with bids for Kelly Jenrette, Cherry Jones, and eventual winner Samira Wiley. While...

Supernatural might have built its longstanding legacy on demon-hunting brothers, cult-level fan obsession, and epic biblical arcs, but every now and then, the show threw in a gem to remind us that the writers never forgot their cast’s humble beginnings. One such gem is a callback to Jared Padalecki’s Gilmore Girls days neatly tucked into Season 1.

If you’re a fan of early 2000s teen drama lore, you’ll know just why this callback was a razor-sharp dig at one of Padalecki’s co-stars on the teen dramedy. With a Supernatural reunion underway, let’s revisit a throwaway line that’s actually one of the show’s most low-key yet clever inside jokes to date- one you’d only be able to catch if you’re well-versed in both universes.

Supernatural Took a Sly Jab at Gilmore Girls Rivalry

In Season 1’s Episode 16, titled “Shadow”, when Sam (Jared...

Jinger Duggar‘s apparent love Gilmore Girls recently raised eyebrows among the former Counting On star’s fans. On June 28, a Reddit user pointed out that Jinger, 31, seems to be a fan of the popular comedy-drama series starring Alexis Bledel, Lauren Graham, Milo Ventimiglia, Scott Patterson, Kelly Bishop, Jared Padalecki, and more. “Jinger being a fan of Gilmore Girls is so interesting,” the Redditor shared alongside a photo of Jinger with a red Luke’s Diner mug. “Seeing that she even owns a Luke’s mug is making me wonder why she loves that show so much. Obviously it’s a great show, but it is centered around the fact that Lorelei fled her home at 16 and decided that she wanted to be independent and nothing like her parents. It’s interesting that this storyline seems so dear to Jinger.” The series follows Lorelai Gilmore, a single mom who got...

When the coming-of-age film “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” was released in 2005, it quickly became a favorite among young audiences thanks to its thoughtful perspective on teenage issues and an impeccably cast ensemble of newcomers (Blake Lively in her first role and America Ferrera coming off of “Real Women Have Curves) and rising TV stars. In the years since, the movie’s cult has only grown, and when “Sisterhood” screened at the American Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre last week in honor of its 20th anniversary, the theater was packed with devoted fans.

Director Ken Kwapis, actor Jenna Boyd, producer Christine Sacani, and executive producer Kira Davis participated in a post-screening Q&a and talked about the film’s making and legacy. Kwapis admitted that when he was first approached about directing “Sisterhood,” it didn’t sound like a promising job. “I was sent the script by Warner Bros. with a one-line description,...

It's an honor to be nominated... until you're disqualified.

There are a lot of rules when it comes to the Emmys. Some are pretty standard and easy to remember — the annual eligibility period is June 1-May 31 — and others, well, you gotta read the fine print in the rulebook, even the TV Academy itself. Sometimes things fall through the cracks, but they're usually rectified before nominations are announced (see: Alexis Bledel being ineligible in guest for The Handmaid's Tale this year). When they're not, though, that leads to the unfortunate situation of the TV Academy revoking nominations.

Here are six times the Emmys rescinded nominations, including one instance more than a quarter century later.

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In 1995, Miller's HBO talk show, Dennis Miller Live, received three nominations, including for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. However, the TV Academy soon rescinded the nomination after it...

For your consideration… or not.

Earlier this month, Alexis Bledel withdrew herself from Emmy consideration due to a rule change. The actress, who won Best Drama Guest Actress in 2017 for The Handmaid's Tale, made an appearance in the show's series finale, but the new rule prohibits her from competing in guest for the same show because of her prior 2018 nomination in supporting. Instead of submitting in supporting, Bledel took herself out entirely. And she's far from the first star to do so.

Here are seven other times actors voluntarily bowed out of the Emmy race.

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Larroquette dominated Best Comedy Supporting Actor in the '80s, winning the category four years in a row from 1985 to 1988 for his turn as Dan Fielding. And then he decided four was enough, withdrawing his name in 1989, three years before Night Court ended. "As we got to that fifth season, I...

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movies are still beloved to this day, and that’s thanks in large part the very talented cast!

The first movie in the franchise hit theaters 20 years ago in 2005, introducing fans to best friends played by Alexis Bledel, Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera and Blake Lively who are united… by a universally flattering pair of pants. They got back together again for a sequel in 2008, and there’s been talk of a third movie over the years.

All these years later, the cast is still in the news thanks to their enduring friendships.

We got curious about how much everyone was worth and did some digging to put together a ranking of the franchise’s biggest stars based on their estimated net worth! Who comes out on top? The character was introduced in the second movie and beats out the next closest earner by $10 million.

Amber Tamblyn is reacting to Blake Lively‘s big win in court.

If you forgot, Amber, 42, and Blake, 37, starred alongside America Ferrera and Alexis Bledel in 2005′s The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and the 2008 sequel. The four have remained very close friends throughout the years.

When Blake first went public with her allegations against It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni, Amber, America, and Alexis were among the first stars to publicly support her.

On Monday (June 9) after the federal judge dismissed Justin‘s lawsuits against Blake, Amber took to her Instagram Story to react.

Keep reading to find out more…“Proud of you, Blake,” Amber wrote. “This is a win for women everywhere who dare to speak out.”

If you missed it, a judge just dismissed Justin‘s $400 million lawsuit that accused the couple of orchestrating a smear campaign against him after Blake accused Justin of sexual harassment.

Many early aughts projects are turning 20 this year, and that includes the film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, based on the book by Ann Brashares. After 20 years, one of the cast's auditions has stuck with director Ken Kwapis. In a recent interview with ScreenRant, Kwapis reflected on Blake Lively's audition. Lively played Bridget Vreeland, and as Kwapis pointed out, Lively hadn't had an acting job before. She was joined by Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls), America Ferrara (Ugly Betty), and Amber Tamblyn. Together they played friends Bridget, Tibby, Lena, and Carmen, who find a pair of jeans that, despite their varied body types, fit them all perfectly. When the quartet parts for the summer, they decide to share the pants and go on journeys of self-transformation. When reflecting on Lively's audition for the role, Kwapis said:

"Blake came in without anything on her resume. She'd never had an acting job before,...

The new Emmy rule for guest eligibility has claimed its first victim.

Alexis Bledel, who returned to The Handmaid's Tale for last week's series finale, only had a few minutes of screen time, so she understandably submitted in the Best Drama Guest Actress category for the upcoming Emmys. However, a 2025 addendum to the Emmys rulebook stipulates that if a performer was previously nominated in supporting or lead, they cannot switch to guest for that same show at any future date, regardless of how much screen time they have — or, in Bledel's case, don't have.

As originally reported by Variety and confirmed by Gold Derby, the Television Academy notified Bledel that she would be moved from Best Drama Guest Actress to Best Drama Supporting Actress, the same category where she was nominated in 2018 (losing to Thandiwe Newton for Westworld). As a result, Bledel opted to withdraw her name from consideration completely,...

Alexis Bledel is withdrawing her most recent Emmy consideration for The Handmaid’s Tale.

The 43-year-old actress played Dr. Emily Malek/Ofglen in the hit Hulu drama series from seasons 1-4, and made a return to the season 6 series finale. She was nominated for four Emmy Awards for the role in 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2021.

She won in 2017 for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, and received the same nomination in 2020 and 2021. However, since she appeared in seven episodes in season 2 in 2018, she was instead nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series that year.

Keep reading to find out more…

Even though Alexis was originally submitted again for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for 2025, the Television Academy has created a rule that leaves her ineligible to be nominated.

The new policy does not allow actors who have previously been nominated in a lead or supporting category...

Alexis Bledel has withdrawn herself from Emmy consideration for “The Handmaid’s Tale” following rule changes to the guest acting categories.

Bledel, who plays Dr. Emily Malek/Ofglen in the Hulu drama, had been submitted for outstanding guest actress in a drama series for her appearance in the series finale, “610 – The Handmaid’s Tale.” However, due to a newly enforced Emmy rule disqualifying actors previously nominated in a lead or supporting category for the same show, the Television Academy notified Bledel and her team that she would be moved to the supporting actress race. As a result, she opted to withdraw her name from consideration and will not appear on the nomination ballot when voting begins on June 12.

Bledel won the guest actress Emmy in 2017 and was nominated again in 2020 and 2021. In 2018, after appearing in seven of 13 episodes that season, she was deemed ineligible as a guest and was nominated instead...

Gilead isn’t finished yet. Though The Handmaid’s Tale closed its final chapter on May 27 after a gripping six-season run, its legacy lives on — through the eyes of a new generation.

Hulu’s next installment, The Testaments, is not just a continuation, but a bold reimagination of Margaret Atwood’s dystopia, diving deeper into the cracks of a crumbling empire.

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If The Handmaid’s Tale was June Osborne’s story, The Testaments belong to the daughters — and the formidable Aunt who’s still standing.

“It’s about Mean Girls growing up Gilead,” says showrunner Bruce Miller, giving a stark and biting preview to Entertainment Weekly.

“It really is about what it’s like to be young and full of energy when the country is trying to turn you into something awful… When all of a sudden they’ve been telling you, ‘you are wonderful, you’re perfect,...

The Handmaid’s Tale has been one of the most thought-provoking and powerful shows of the last decade. Based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name, the series paints a rather chilling picture of a dystopian world where women are stripped of their rights. While the premise is obviously intriguing, here we have actress Elisabeth Moss leading the way with her brilliant acting chops as June.

With this, the show also managed to keep the viewers hooked, as every episode adds something important to the story. All such episodes are well-received by the public, but some have earned a pretty high rating on IMDb, detailing just how much fans have loved them. So, let’s look at the top 5 episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale, ranked by IMDb.

5. Smart Power – Season 2, Episode 9 (IMDb: 8.9) Elisabeth Moss in a still from The Handmaid’s Tale | Credits: Hulu

In this episode, Fred and Serena...

The director of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantshas commended the movie’s actors' public support of Blake Lively amid her current career controversies. Lively gained her breakout role in that coming-of-age story from the director Ken Kwapis in 2006, continued to find success in its sequel, as Serena van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl, and recently with the romantic drama It Ends with Us. While this Colleen Hoover adaptation was a hit at the box office, the public fallout between Lively and her co-star and director, Justin Baldoni, led to several lawsuits, with both suing each other for defamation.

The controversies between Lively and Baldoni have been a hot topic ever since It Ends With Us premiered, and the spiraling effect of their public feud, accusations of sexual harassment emerged. In a candid interview with ScreenRant, Kwapis has spoken about how Lively’s Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-stars have...

After eight years on screen, Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale took its final curtain call, featuring surprising reunions, moments of forgiveness, and the possibility of new beginnings. From the unexpected return of Emily (played by Alexis Bledel), who left the show in Season 4, June surprisingly forgiving Serena, and Janine’s well-deserved happy ending, the finale offered a mix of closure and hope for the future.

Additionally, The Handmaid's Tale ending leaves the door open for June (Elisabeth Moss), Luke (O-t Fagbenle), and the Mayday resistance to potentially return in The Testaments spinoff. Fans of the award-winning series were less than satisfied, with many claiming it felt more like a warm-up to the sequel series, The Testaments, rather than a satisfying conclusion. The Handmaid's Tale ended on Hulu on May 27, 2025, and all six seasons are currently streaming there.

Why Did The Handmaid's Tale End Like That? Read full article on The Direct.

Warning: This story contains spoilers from Season 6 of The Handmaid’s Tale.

Fresh off the series finale, The Handmaid’s Tale cast and creatives gathered Wednesday at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles to reflect on the Emmy-winning show’s full-circle moments — and to reveal a surprise guest.

Calling the final scenes of the six-season series “a very meta experience to film,” star, director, and executive producer Elisabeth Moss described the moment her character, June Osborne, walks through the ruins of the Waterfords’ home and reflects on her past as a handmaid, known as Offred, in the Boston household.

“It was a really beautiful experience, because we had a closed set just to keep it really nice and calm,” said Moss, who directed four episodes this season, including the finale, during the FYC event. “Every single member of this crew took it upon themselves that this was going to be...

There were always certain characters from The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood that we knew would need to come to life on the screen. They were characters mentioned throughout Offred’s story in the novel, but they never got a voice of their own. Alexis Bledel took on the role of one of them, taking on the role of Ofglen, who we would learn was actually called Emily.

From the beginning of the series, Emily’s story was harrowing. She was made a Handmaid after trying to flee America for Canada, where her wife and son were citizens of. Since she held an American passport, she was stopped at the border, and so started her harrowing ordeal that would lead to mutilation, a time in the toxic colonies, and much more.

The Handmaid’S Tale - “The Handmaid’s Tale” - June reflects on her experiences in Gilead and decides what to do next.

The Handmaid's Tale had what almost qualifies as a happy ending. June (Elisabeth Moss) is alive, albeit still minus her daughter, and even Emily (Alexis Bledel) has made it out of Gilead. However, showrunner Bruce Miller believes that Serena Joy Waterford (Yvonne Strahovski), who tormented June in the early days of Gilead, deserved a more brutal end to her arc.

"I wanted to kill her," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "Because I think she was such a horrible person and being dead on the side of the road completely anonymously [after she was pushed from the train in the season premiere, which she miraculously survived] would have been a fitting end. I had to be convinced not to throw her off that train, along with the kid."

But Season 6 co-showrunner Eric Tuchman disagreed. "That would have been a very shocking opening for the season, and a realistic thing that might happen," he said. "But we felt strongly that there was more story for Serena, that...

Note: This story contains spoilers from “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 6, Episode 10.

“The Handmaid’s Tale” star Elisabeth Moss says the Hulu show’s “super meta” finale wasn’t quite an ending at all, but rather the beginning of June’s long fight to bring Hannah (Jordana Blake) home.

After an intense, emotional and heartbreaking Episode 9, Episode 10 titled “The Handmaid’s Tale” came in to wrap up the series with some sweet character returns, tender farewells and a final scene that serves as PSA that June will stay at the forefront of the resistance trying to take down Gilead.

“We put so much thought into it. We thought about lots of alternatives, lots of ideas,” Moss told TheWrap. “There were ideas that felt too convenient, or that wouldn’t lead to the sequel, ‘The Testaments,’ which we’re making. So there’s things that we just felt didn’t quite work. This was...

Pedro Pascal is strategically pursuing another Emmy, but his limited screen time undoubtedly presents a challenge.

Despite appearing in five of the seven episodes in the second season of HBO Max’s dystopian drama “The Last of Us,” Pascal has boldly decided to submit himself for consideration in the lead drama actor category at the Primetime Emmy Awards. The choice has raised crucial questions about fairness, category integrity and the responsibility of the Television Academy’s acting peer group to intervene if nominations seem misaligned with the performances presented.

In Season 2, Pascal’s character, Joel, meets an early demise consistent with his tragic fate in the original video game. While his presence continues to resonate throughout the rest of the narrative, his actual screen time effectively turns him into an extended cameo, or in better words, a beefy supporting role. Yet, he is competing for recognition alongside actors who have...

After 6 seasons of politically-charged, gut-wrenching drama, The Handmaid's Tale has come to an end. With a hugely impactful 66 episodes needing to be wrapped up, Bruce Miller and co nailed the landing with an emotionally moving final outing that saw, among many other plot threads that included the shocking return of Alexis Bledel's Emily, the story of Serena (Yvonne Strahovski) and June (Elisabeth Moss) come to a quiet, affecting end.

After a long-standing bitterness amidst unfortunate circumstances left the two as enemies, the finale tied up their story in the most poignant way possible. With Serena's redemption now complete, one more apology to June was met with the one thing she could never have expected: forgiveness. Now tied by a shared experience and the indescribable bond of motherhood, this could well be the lasting memory of The Handmaid's Tale's final episode for millions of fans who had long been invested in their ever-twisting relationship.

After nine years on air, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale bowed out on 27 May when the tenth and final episode of season six appeared on the platform, prompting immediate reflection from star-director Elisabeth Moss and creator Bruce Miller on June Osborne’s last stand and the franchise’s future. Both stressed that the finale is a stopping point rather than an endpoint, as a series based on Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments is already in development and expected to pick up the story 15 years later.

Moss, who helmed the closing hour, called the coda “television gold,” praising its circular design that returns June to the Waterford home in a teal dress while she repeats her opening-episode monologue.

She argued that the image captures the drama’s core argument about resistance and survival. Speaking at PaleyFest LA, she added that unresolved plot threads were intentional, leaving narrative space for the forthcoming spinoff.

Blessed be the Emmys rulebook, but it needs some serious updating.

With “The Handmaid’s Tale” having taken its final bow, Hulu has confirmed its official Emmy submissions for the critically acclaimed drama, with one entry in particular already causing waves.

Variety has learned exclusively that the streamer has submitted Alexis Bledel in the guest drama actress category for her appearance in the series finale (“610 – The Handmaid’s Tale”), despite a newly enforced Emmy rule disqualifying actors who have been previously nominated in a lead or supporting category for the same show. Bledel won the Emmy for guest in 2017, and garnered two additional noms in the same category in 2020 and 2021. However, in 2018, after appearing in seven of the 13 episodes for a season, she was ineligible to compete as a guest; she was submitted and eventually nominated for supporting drama actress. The one-year recognition for her character, Ofglen, appears to fall outside the bounds of eligibility,...

There were many callbacks to earlier episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale in the series finale. While the locations are somewhat easy to get, it’s not always that easy to get former cast members. Well, the series did it, and was able to keep these cameos a complete surprise — even from those of us who saw some of the filming!

Caution: This post contains Spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale series finale.

The final episode quickly picked up with the fall of Gilead in Boston. The Guardians had to pull back, meaning that the state of Massachssets was free from Gilead control and back under American law. This allowed one character who hasn’t been seen since the end of the fourth season make a return.

There were two characters last seen earlier in The Handmaid’s Tale season 4 that were more of a surprise in the series finale. After all, these two cameos,...

This post contains spoilers from The Handmaid’s Tale‘s series finale. Proceed accordingly.

The idea to have Alexis Bledel return as Emily for The Handmaid’s Tale series finale may not have originated with series star Elisabeth Moss, but it found its biggest cheerleader in her.

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[Editor’s note: The following review contains spoilers for “The Handmaid’s Tale” finale — Season 6, Episode 10, “The Handmaid’s Tale.”]

If the “Handmaid’s Tale” series finale is going to include a series-defining monologue, then Cherry Jones may as well be the one to deliver it. Having just heard her daughter, June (Elisabeth Moss), is planning to go back out into the field and continue fighting Gilead, Holly (Jones) is upset. She’s been worrying about June for years now, suffering through long stretches when she doesn’t know where she is, who she’s with, or if she’s even still alive. More recently, the opposite anxiety besets Holly. She has to watch as June is captured and strung up to be hanged, all while caring for June’s youngest daughter (also named Holly).

It ends happily enough — June once again survives, and her rescue even sets off a string of events that frees Boston from Gilead’s grip...

After six wonderful seasons, The Handmaid's Tale comes full circle. The question was always whether Gilead would start to fall before The Testaments began.

Caution: This post contains Spoilers for The Handmaid's Tale series finale.

There was a lot riding on The Handmaid’s Tale season 6, episode 10. It needed to bring closure to June’s story, but it also couldn’t completely shut down the Gilead regime considering what we know of The Testaments. The writers had a lot to deliver, and arguably, it worked.

The episode opened off the back of the explosive penultimate episode. With the High Commanders gone, Boston fell to May Day. We didn’t get to see the fighting in the street, but we did learn that it took nine days for it to happen. Somewhere along the line, Janine was taken by Gilead, with June and Mark working tirelessly to find her.

It wasn’t just Boston that fell,...

The following contains spoilers for The Handmaid's Tale, Season 6, Episode 10, "The Handmaid's Tale."

The Handmaid's Tale ended the same way it began - with two women walking down the street. The first woman in question was June, played by Elisabeth Moss, while the second was someone Handmaid's Tale fans never thought they would see again - Alexis Bledel's Emily.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor explained why Emily's return was important. "It felt right to bring closure to Emily's journey and offer the audience a sense of completion," she said. "Bruce [Miller, showrunner] put together such a kind and talented group, and so many of the original crew were still there in Season 6. The production runs like a well-oiled machine - everyone brings their best. I'm excited to see what they create in [sequel series] The Testaments."

Bledel dropped out of the show after Season 5 and her character's absence was...

Note: This story contains spoilers from “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 6, Episode 10.

“The Handmaid’s Tale” showrunners Eric Tuchman and Yahlin Chang said the huge return of actress Alexis Bledel and the beloved character she plays, Dr. Emily Malek/Ofglen, was a wish the entire writers room hoped to bring to reality.

[Show creator] Bruce [Miller] really wanted to have Emily back,” Chang told TheWrap. “I think every season, Bruce, and the rest of us, the writers really wanted her back. It was a wish. We didn’t know if Alexis would go for it, and we were just so thrilled when she said yes. But it’s something that Bruce has wanted for a long time, and we were, so sad to not have her for a while.”

That’s right! Truly one of the moments “Handmaid’s Tale” fans have been waiting for was the return of Dr. Emily, June’s former right-hand-woman...

Warning: This article includes Spoilers for the series finale of The Handmaid's Tale!

Even though Alexis Bledel left the show four years earlier, The Handmaid’s Tale star returned for the finale, and now she’s explaining why. The dystopian story ran for six seasons, coming to a close with the series finale on May 27, 2025. Throughout most of the show's run on Hulu, Alexis Bledel's Emily was a staple of the story.

This made it all the most shocking when Bledel chose to leave The Handmaid's Tale. Narratively, they chalked the decision up to Emily leaving her loved ones in Canada so that she could go back to fight against Gilead – a noble decision that feels perfectly in character.

Although Bledel left after season 4, the Og handmaid returned for the finale of The Handmaid’s Tale, explaining to The Hollywood Reporter the reason why. She said this of her decision to return:

It was an immediate yes.

Note: This story contains spoilers from “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 6, Episode 10.

The sun has set on Gilead. For now.

After six seasons, Hulu’s critically acclaimed series “The Handmaid’s Tale” has reached its endpoint, which is really more of a pause until the story picks up again in spinoff series “The Testaments.” And that’s what it felt like as June Osborne narrated the eponymous final episode, summing up the surviving characters’ next steps.

Not an end. Just a breather.

O-t Fagbenle and Elisabeth Moss in “The Handmaid’s Tale.” (Disney/Steve Wilkie)

Obviously, with a spinoff in the works, it was never an option to end “The Handmaid’s Tale” with the fall of Gilead. The finale was always going to be open-ended, allowing for Gilead to come back bigger and badder than ever in “The Testaments.” And while it’s a foregone conclusion that the spinoff will build on the original,...

One of The Handmaid’s Tale's most significant characters made an unexpected return in the intense series finale, and fans still can’t get over it. The final episode of the Hulu series began streaming on Tuesday, May 27, and in it Alexis Bledel reprised her role as Emily, years after taking her leave. Bledel’s character is heard saying, “Blessed be the fruit,” shocking June (Elisabeth Moss) as she looks into a window marked with the words “Freedom” in the final episode.

Bledel spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about her return, which was an idea from series creator Bruce Miller, who wrote the final episode, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” which was directed by Moss. The Gilmore Girls alum praised the team involved in the entirety of The Handmaid’s Tale while also admitting that she didn’t hesitate when offered the cameo role, as it felt right for Emily. She said:

“It was an immediate yes.

Alexis Bledel and Blake Lively appeared alongside America Ferrera and Amber Tamblyn in the 2005 coming-of-age film, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. The four actresses went on to act together in a 2008 sequel and have remained good friends. When Lively filed the lawsuit against Justin Baldoni in December, Bledel and the others came to her support.

Lively wasn’t the only Sisterhood actress to have found herself at the center of a controversy. Bledel was once named the most dangerous celebrity online. Interestingly, it wasn’t anything that the Gilmore Girls actress did online that earned her the name.

McAfee named Alexis Bledel the most dangerous online celebrity

Alexis Bledel wasn’t as popular as her Sisterhood co-star, Blake Lively. Bledel was known to a niche population of viewers who never missed an episode of Gilmore Girls. So, when she was cast as Emily Malek in Hulu’s adaptation of...

The Handmaid’s Tale recently concluded its run after six critically acclaimed seasons. The series finale provided resolution to the overall story with a sequel series already in development. The finale also had a big surprise for the fans as Alexis Bledel reprised her role as Emily, bringing closure to her character.

During an interview, Bledel spoke about her return after she had to exit the series after the fourth installment. Her character’s absence was explained within the series without too many details regarding Emily’s future. As a result, Bledel deserved better than a vanishing act, and we’re glad she returned to close the door on the character in the finale.

Alexis Bledel’s Emily returned for The Handmaid’s Tale finale

Actress Alexis Bledel became famous after playing the fan-favorite Rory Gilmore in Gilmore Girls. Bledel later joined the cast of The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian drama series...

Spoiler Alert: The following reveals major plot points from the series finale of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale.

Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale concluded its run tonight after 8 years and 6 seasons, following June Osbourne (Elisabeth Moss) in her fight to rid the world of evil.

While there were wins for the rebellion, Gilead lives on with many of June’s strongest allies trapped there at the start of the episode, like Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) and Janine (Madeline Brewer). Her beloved daughter Hannah isn’t free, but she learns she will be closer to her.

In an early scene in the episode, June reconnects with Serena (Yvonne Strahovski) and her baby boy, Noah. These women have come a long way from the mortal enemies they were throughout most of the early seasons. June was Serena’s former handmaid, and there’s no way they could ever be friends, but by the end,...

[This story contains specific spoilers from The Handmaid’s Tale series finale, titled “The Handmaid’s Tale.”]

While looking into a window marked with the words, “Freedom,” June (Elisabeth Moss) and viewers of The Handmaid’s Tale heard a familiar voice.

“Blessed be the fruit.”

The voice belonged to Alexis Bledel, who returned as Emily in the series finale of the Hulu series, which began streaming Tuesday.

Her arrival was as much of a surprise to June (Elisabeth Moss) as it is to the audience who hasn’t seen the Og handmaid since Bledel left the series after season four. Bledel, an original star who earned four nominations for her role on the Hulu dystopian series, departed without a specific explanation.

While the fifth season was in production, Bledel had said, “After much thought, I felt I had to step away from The Handmaid’s Tale at this time. I am forever grateful to [showrunner] Bruce Miller for writing such...

After its debut in 2017, The Handmaid’s Tale quickly changed the perception of Hulu and streaming contenders. While Netflix had gotten to the Emmys first, Hulu was poised to win big awards and shake up the streaming landscape. Almost a decade later, the Outstanding Drama Series winner ends its dominant run with hope for a final season surge at the Emmys. With six different Emmy-winning performers across the seasons and another half dozen with nominations, The Handmaid’s Tale is already one of the most awarded and nominated dramas of the past two decades. With its final chapter, The Handmaid’s Tale takes one more moment to remind us that the fight is not over yet.

Spoiler Alert !!!This recap will contain spoilers for "The Handmaid's Tale" - The self-titled finale for the series of the same name. It also includes spoilers for The Testaments, Margaret Atwood's 2019 sequel to The Handmaid's Tale book.

[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale series finale.] The Handmaid’s Tale brought an original star back in the series finale in a big surprise for fans. The move to bring this character back for one final scene made for a nice moment of reconnection in the after of Mayday’s liberation of Boston seen in the penultimate episode of the series. Alexis Bledel returned as Emily in the series finale, titled “The Handmaid’s Tale,” available on Hulu as of May 27 at 12 a.m. Et/9 p.m. Pt. Emily was a fixture of The Handmaid’s Tale from the very first episode up until her unexpected exit in the Season 4 finale. Season 5 began with an explanation of Emily’s absence when June (Elisabeth Moss) reconnected with Emily’s wife, Sylvia (Clea DuVall), who revealed that she had returned to Gilead to fight for the resistance and hunt down Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd). Emily was...

Note: This story contains spoilers from “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 6, Episode 10.

And just like that, Bruce Miller’s TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel has officially taken its final bow. In six seasons and 65 episodes, viewers watched June Osborne go from a frantic but courageous handmaid into the leader of a rebellion against the patriarchal, totalitarian society of Gilead.

“The Handmaid’s Tale” showrunners Eric Tuchman and Yahlin Chang unpacked the finale’s biggest moments with TheWrap, including those heartwarming surprise returns, June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) and Luke Osborne’s (O-t Fagbenle) tender farewell, Serena Wharton’s (Yvonne Strahovski) apology and much more.

In Episode 10, titled “The Handmaid’s Tale,” June’s years-long worth of efforts took down Gilead’s reign over Boston, returning the city to U.S. territory. As the last bits of Gilead’s hold on her home burn up in flames, memories of Nick Blaine fall onto her like ashes.

Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers for the series finale of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” now streaming on Hulu.

Bruce Miller has known he wanted to end “The Handmaid’s Tale” since before the Hulu adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s book debuted in 2017. And fans who tuned into watch the series finale Tuesday will see Miller stuck with that ending, and he’s got the receipts to prove it.

“Well, if you go back and watch the pilot, at the beginning of the pilot, you can hear her click that tape recorder that she clicks at the end of the series to start recording ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ in the audio — and we didn’t go back and put that in, that was there,” Miller told Variety.

“The Handmaid’s Tale” series finale ends with June (Elisabeth Moss) returning to her bedroom in the Waterfords’ now-destroyed home to begin recording her tale, which begins...

Alexis Bledel left "The Handmaid's Tale" in 2022 after four seasons as part of the cast of Hulu's hit drama. At the time, the announcement came as a shock because her character, the handmaid-turned-rebel Emily Malek, was a major part of the story, which is a rather bleak tale about women who are subjected to horrific abuse in an authoritarian dystopia known as Gilead. So, what made Bledel walk away from one of the best shows Hulu has released to date?

In case anyone was wondering if she got fired, Bledel revealed in a statement released to Variety that the decision to leave "The Handmaid's Tale" was entirely her own. That said, the actor didn't explain what made her want to walk away from the series. In her own words:

"After much thought, I felt I had to step away from 'The Handmaid's Tale' at this time. I...