Yvonne Strahovski Interview: "Serena Needs to Be Slapped in the Face" in Handmaid's Tale Season 6

Yvonne Strahovski says it herself. “She's hateable.” Serena’s run throughout The Handmaid’s Tale is absolutely littered with questionable and, in some cases, heinous decisions. But, this is the power of a force like Strahovski. Sometimes, in between terrible choices, Serena will get an opportunity to turn to the light, and even after everything she’s done, you can’t help but hope she finally reaches out, takes the lifeline, and forges a better path forward. However, time and time again, she back pedals and becomes consumed by self-righteousness, often at others’ expense, and Season 6 is no different.

At the top of the Emmy-winning series’ sixth and final season, Serena was close to finding a way out. She winds up on a train to Alaska with June (Elisabeth Moss) where she can get a fresh start with Noah. However, old habits die hard and her behavior ultimately exposes her identity and turns the train passengers into an angry mob. Thanks to June, she manages to escape the riot, but rather than continue her pursuit of a new path forward, she returns to Gilead to settle in Commander Lawrence’s (Bradley Whitford) New Bethlehem. While she’s promised things will be different there, it quickly becomes clear that that’s not the case, something Serena’s own leadership tactics perpetuate.

With The Handmaid’s Tale nearing its big finish, Strahovski returned to Collider Ladies Night to dig into some of Serena’s biggest moments in this final go-around, and to reflect on her experience tackling the character for six seasons.

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