When Will ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Episode 4 Be Released On Hulu?

If you just got a Hulu account for the highly anticipated adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” you might not be used to the new streaming platform yet. While the first three episodes were released to be binged Wednesday, the rest of the show will be released weekly.

“The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 1, episode 4 will be released on Hulu Wednesday, May 4 at 12 a.m. EDT. That means the west coast fans can tune in Tuesday at 9 p.m. PDT.

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It’s easy to see why fans who watched the first three episodes would be anxious for the next seven. “The Handmaid’s Tale” tells the compelling story of Offred (Elisabeth Moss), a fertile woman who is forced to be a sex slave (more commonly referred to as a handmaid). Fertility is a rarity in the Republic of Gilead, but Offred isn’t interested in having anyone else’s baby. She wants to search for her own daughter.

Within the first three episodes, audiences already noticed how Offred is starting to resist those keeping her in captivity, like Serena Joy (Yvonne Strahovski). “The cookie scene is about humiliating Offred, but the most interesting part of it for me is when she spits it out and looks in the mirror and there’s that slight tiny smile,” Moss told the Hollywood Reporter. “Viewers as they watch the coming episodes may recognize that moment as the beginning of Offred’s resistance. In one of the original cuts, that shot wasn’t in there, and I insisted it be put back in. It’s the literal beginning of her fighting back.”

The remaining episodes of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 1 will be released Wendesdays at midnight EDT.