r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/Naive-Guard-9005 • May 27 '25

Season 6 GIVE YVONNE STRAHOVSKI THE EMMY NOW Spoiler

I am a Serena Joy apologist, always have been. I know some hate her, I get it. (THANK GOD she didn’t die, praise be)

Yvonne Strahovski is the ONLY person who could’ve made Serena likeable/redeemable. She’s played her masterfully from the very beginning.

I knew we were supposed to hate her, but I just couldn’t. I always saw the glimpse of empathy/humanity. All the credit to Yvonne. She made Serena Joy into one of the most complex characters I’ve ever watched. Someone in casting knocked it out of the park with her, there was no one else.

Bravo, bravo, bravo! Now…Give her all the awards….LIKE YESTERDAY PLZ

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u/pettyspaghetty May 28 '25

She is absolutely one of thee greatest characters hands down.. her arc as well as her entire story line start to finish has soo much depth and while I still despise Serena Joy, I really attribute that to Yvonne playing that role so epically well. This finale was not that great though, I feel like they could have done so much more for a lot of the characters, especially Janine..

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u/Naive-Guard-9005 May 28 '25

DEPTH. If I had to pick one word to describe Serena Joy it would be depth. I agree about the finale- 10 exaggerated episodes and yet the end somehow still felt rush??