The Handmaid’s Tale season 4: Commander Winslow’s secret exposed after shock death?

THE HANDMAID’S TALE season 3 came to a controversial finale last season with June’s fate hanging in the balance. However, there are many lose ends yet to be explained including the mystery of Commander Winslow. What was really going on between Commander Winslow and Commander Waterford?

Fans of will remember the brutal scene where June Osborne (played by Elisabeth Moss) had finally had enough of Commander Winslow’s (Chris Meloni) exploitation and killed him in a brutal fashion. After the character was stabbed with his own pen, the plot quickly moved on. However, fans are still wondering what was really going on in the mind of such a complex character.

Commander Winslow made a huge impact upon fans during his first appearance on the Hulu show.

Winslow was introduced alongside his wife and a large amount of children, which he used as a sign of wealth and power during a time of a huge fertility crisis.

Moreover, it seems the Commander had reached a level of power where strict rules of Gilead no longer applied to him.

His overly intimate behaviour towards Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes) lead many fans to wonder if he is gay, but powerful enough for it to be overlooked by a regime that regularly hangs “gender traitors”.

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The Handmaid’s Tale season 4: Commander Winslow

The Handmaid’s Tale season 4: Will Commander Winslow's secret be exposed? (Image: HULU)

The Handmaid’s Tale season 4: Commander Winslow

The Handmaid’s Tale season 4: Commander Winslow (Image: HULU)

Now, the actor has opened up about the billiards scene that saw his character caress Fred’s shoulder, all before discussing a potential future for Fred and his wife in D.C.

The moment suggests Commander Winslow could be a gay or bisexual man, or at the least have some physical attraction to Fred, and the actor seems to agree.

Speaking to, the actor explained: “Whether you want to call it Easter eggs or bread crumbs, I just thought there was something to play there.


The Handmaid’s Tale season 4: Commander Winslow

The Handmaid’s Tale season 4: Commander Winslow was seen caressing Fred in earlier scenes (Image: HULU)

The actor went on to tease his character’s life as a facade, and revealed it was interesting to see another powerful commander as the vulnerable one, when the tables are usually turned for a character like Fred.

He added; “You're propping yourself up to be one thing, and the truth is that you are something else.

“That was an interesting duality to get into with Winslow. We’ve seen Waterford in the position of power so often that it's interesting to see the tables turned, where he was made to feel pursued and uncomfortable.”



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“Every other commander that I've seen on the show is very uptight, very linear, kind of always looking over his shoulder: ‘Am I doing this right? Am I pretending the right way? Am I doing this by the book, the Gilead way?’ And all of a sudden, you have this guy who couldn't give a s**t about any of that stuff, because there's no need to. My power is assured.”

With many fans predicting the downfall of Gilead next season, will the ways of Winslow and the other commanders be exposed?

Speaking to she said: “It's like the greatest relationship ever. I love it.

"I get so much joy out of working with Lizzie on camera.

“It's so layered and so complex. This season, the characters have elevated themselves to a new level of no bullsh*t."
