Offred (The Handmaid's Tale episode)
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"Offred" is the premiere episode of the American television drama series The Handmaid's Tale. It was directed by Reed Morano, and written by Bruce Miller, adapting material from the 1985 Margaret Atwood novel The Handmaid's Tale. The episode debuted on the streaming service Hulu on April 26, 2017.
"Offred" | |||
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The Handmaid's Tale episode | |||
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 | ||
Directed by | Reed Morano | ||
Teleplay by | Bruce Miller | ||
Original release date | April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26) | ||
Running time | 57 minutes | ||
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The Handmaid's Tale is set in a near-future dystopia in which a mysterious epidemic of female infertility spontaneously affects women worldwide. The ensuing chaos results in a Dominionist Christian cult overtaking almost all of the United States, renaming it "Gilead" and enforcing a strictly patriarchal theocracy. The viewers follow a woman named June, more commonly known as "Offred" because she has been assigned to a man named "Fred" to bear him children. Fertile women such as June are known as "handmaids" and are forcibly conscripted to bear children for childless couples. Storytelling in the series is routinely non-linear as June has flashbacks to the time before Gilead's rise and a possible resistance movement.
"Offred" was released along with the second and third episodes of the series and the entire first season received widespread critical acclaim. Imagery from the series has also influenced political protests to the presidency of Donald Trump.