Ahead of the Season 5 premiere of The Handmaid's Tale, Collider had the opportunity to chat with the cast of the series and discuss some of the more spoilery aspects that have now come to pass. While previous seasons have shown that Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) does have something resembling a moral compass, even though she still causes emotional and physical damage to the girls she thinks she's protecting, Season 5 shows her in a slightly new light. After teenage Esther (Mckenna Grace) suffers at the hands of Commander Putnam (Stephen Kunken), leading the young girl to attempt suicide and kill Janine (Madeline Brewer) in the process, Aunt Lydia goes to Commander Lawrence (Bradley Whitford) with the crime. Gilead doesn't have the best track record with protecting its women, so everyone is surprised when Lawrence has Nick (Max Minghella) kill Putnam.
During our short 1-on-1 interview, Ann Dowd spoke about Aunt Lydia's relationship with Janine and whether her care is genuine, the consequences of Putnam's actions, and she teased where Lydia's character arc is headed-namely The Testaments, which fans have been speculating that Season 5 has been teasing. With a handful of episodes remaining in the season, and Hulu renewing the series for its sixth and final season, it will be interesting to see where each character is headed as the race to the end begins.
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