REBEL ALLIANCE

FOR TWO SEASONS, BRUCE Miller’s television adaptation (and expansion) of Margaret Atwood’s seminal novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, has earned its status as pinnacle dystopia. While zombie plagues, unsustainable planets and technological subversion are all chilling, there’s nothing quite like the horror of Gilead made real.

The exceptional cast, led by Elisabeth Moss as Offred/June, and Miller’s harrowing contemporary riffs on Atwood’s three-decade-sold narrative have made the series a global must-watch. It’s become watercooler television so bleak and absorbing that most viewers find themselves emotionally spent by the end of a typical hour,