Top 10 Most Intense The Handmaid's Tale Moments

"Handmaid's Tale" is always intense, but these moments went beyond. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most nerve-wracking and agonizing scenes from the first four seasons of this dystopian drama series. Our countdown includes June reunites with Luke, June's foiled escape, Janine's sentence, and more! What do YOU think is the most intense "Handmaid's Tale" moment? Let us know in the comments!

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[MsMojo]

What do YOU think is the most intense "Handmaid's Tale" moment? Let us know in the comments!

[cinnamonsakura]

Literally the transportation of all those kids was super intense. I was begging that they would get them out and they did! But, the whole time, I was on my toes in fear.

[Alicia]

The most intense for me is Emily escaping into Canada with Nicole. When she comes out of the water and Nicole cries and then the Canadian police show up and help her 😭 It gets me every time!

[victoriajane_]

Let's be real, every scene in this show is intense. The show as a whole is terrifying and portrayed beautifully. I could name 50 moments on the top of my head that had me on the edge of my seat. I still feel like this is such an underrated show.

[crimsonclover]

For me, the most intense moment was right before Emily attacks Aunt Lydia. Emily is silent as Lydia talks down to her and then, getting no response, says, "It's like I cut out your tongue, ". Emily's eyes flash with rage and she lets Lydia have it. Brilliant acting from both actresses!

[marcietownsend]

So many intense moments but when they go to Washington DC and the statue of Abraham Lincoln is destroyed and the handmaids actually have their lips sewn shut is stunning. It's so satisfying when the handmaid with no tongue blows up the building and takes out many commanders with shattering glass and fleeing handmaidens.

[casandrabullock]

I don't think Adam Taylor gets enough credit for that awesome, haunting, and terrifying music score. I loved seeing Fred afraid. So afraid June could smell that fear.

[johnisuncomfortable]

100% agreed. Emily’s circumcision was the most sickening moment in the series, made worse by the fact that it is happening to women every day in places like the Middle East.

[PuppyDan]

The most intense moment for me was when June went into labour on her own after seeing Hanna at the lake house.

[Flappergothpunk]

as an ex muslim girl who lives in egypt (which is an islamic country ruled by islamic law), i relate to june and the handmaid's tale tears me up and sends chills down my spine

[krisw]

I don't know about intense but I cried my eyes out when June met Hannah at the villa and when the Angel Flight arrived and Rebecca was reunited with her dad! Literally crying right now...I'm a mom myself and this show just rips you apart sometimes. "Motherhood, we never took that into the equation."

[xinncnc]

the way the entire episode "Late" made me feel was so unreal to me the first time I watched it. when they pulled the Martha from the van and strung her up, I genuinely felt the air knocked out of my lungs. I wasn't sure I could keep watching.

I knew that had to be number one on this list.

[DCombz]

I thought the entire episode where June gets interrogated in Season 4 was the most intense episode of the series but one scene in particular, where she's led to a rooftop to give them info or watch two of her friends fall to their deaths, felt like a huge gutpunch.

[becorder]

It's a great show, but too intense for me. I always end up feeling sad and depressed after every episode

[Dank]

I think the most messed up scene, the most intense of them all, was when Serena smiled in season 5 at the end of episode 2. Remember: she is the one who created this society...It's a moment far more disgusting than when she interacted with Hannah in season 1 while June begged to see her.

[AutumnProcell]

emily and her lover’s story absolutely deserved #1, thank you.

[yalisaconner]

All those horror movies out there and this is definitely the scariest.

[dreamsteddybearsmaster]

What about when Emily gets her revenge on Lydia, Janine attempts suicide and when Lydia beats Janine in front of the Commanders and their wives and June literally yells at her to stop and shields a fallen Janine with her own body? They at least deserve honourable mentions!

[Bloodoil]

This woman’s work really made that scene, cry every time I hear it

[letolethe]

Seriously, Fred's exhilarating death is at #6? It should be number 1!