Following the series finale of The Handmaid's Tale, Elisabeth Moss opened up about the satisfying conclusion, admitting she wouldn't have signed on for the series had it not been authentic to her character June Osborne's story.

Moss also noted the parallels from the opening scene in the series' first season and why she thought the final moments were "genius."

In the final moments of the show, June wore teal, the trademark color of Commander's wives, as she returned to where it all began. She walked into the ruins of the Waterford's home, where she was raped and abused as the family's handmaid, which has since been burned to the ground.

As she walked up the stairs, she entered her old quarters and sat on a windowsill, paralleling the opening scene of the first episode. She smiled as she imagined her long-awaited reunion with her lost Hannah before pulling out a voice recorder and reciting the same monologue that played in the series premiere.

"A chair, a table, a lamp, there's a window with white curtains. The glass is shatterproof but it isn't running away they're afraid of. A handmaid wouldn't get far," she said slowly. "It's those other escapes, the ones you can open in yourself, given a cutting edge or a twisted sheet and a chandelier."

"I try not to think about those escapes. It's harder on ceremony days, but thinking can hurt your chances," she continued as the camera panned closer.

Then June smiled as she began her story, "My name is Offred."

In an interview with Variety, Moss revealed that she "loved" the series' ending and couldn't think of a more fitting way to say goodbye.

"As someone who has lived telling this story for nine years, I can't imagine it ending any other way," she explained. "When she starts to say 'A chair, a table, a lamp'… That moment, for the audience, is something I crave. 'Is that the original voiceover? Is that the way the book starts?'"

For Moss, the final scene was "television gold."

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