The Handmaid's Tale Season 6's Actor Change Is A Big Step Forward For Gilead's Replacement

[Music] in the handmaid's tale season 5 Naomi putam the wife of Commander putam played her most significant role yet now ever kerine the actor who portrays Naomi is getting a similar boost invisibility in the handmaid's tales final outing based on Margaret Atwood's classic dystopian novel of the same name the handmaid's tale is one of Hulu's Flagship franchises but after nearly 8 years June Osborne's Elizabeth Olsen Saga is finally coming to an end enslaved by high-ranking families like Naomi's handmaids including June are tasked with solving the Republic of Gilead's infertility problem after giving birth the handmaids are torn from their infants and reassigned to another Gilead Elite once a handmaid can no longer serve Gilead by carrying children she's disposed of like all other women in Gilead including upper class women like Naomi are forbidden from reading and holding any position outside the home an ultraconservative patriarchal society that's Tethered to religious ideology Gilead strips women of their rights and personhood no matter where they stand Naomi's recent marriage to Commander Lawrence Bradley witford Gilead's architect makes her a more substantial Force ever kerine becoming a series regular on the handmaid's tale is important for New Bethlehem Naomi married Commander Lawrence Indiana the handmaid's tale T season 5 recently it was announced that ever kerine would be bumped up to a series regular for the handmaid's tale season 6 since Naomi is now Commander Lawrence's wife and since kerine is getting more screen time it seems that Naomi's part in the final season is pretty big in previous Seasons Naomi was married to Commander Warren putam and the couple's handmade Janine off Warren gave birth to a healthy baby Angela a seemingly model Gilead and couple the Putnams raise Angela as their own and are often the first to boast about the Republic's supposed merits throughout season 5 Naomi begins to show some sympathy for Janine's position and even allows the handmaid to interact with Angela after putam is executed for his crimes Naomi finds herself widowed wanting to appear more loyal to Gilead Lawrence proposes to Naomi who reluctantly accepts previously Lawrence was shown to be supportive of jun's cause and even aided anti-gad Rebels but he's one of the Republic's Architects given Naomi's new husband and elev role the handmaid's tale season 6 viewers will likely see a lot more of New Bethlehem Commander Lawrence's bigger and better version of Gilead