‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Star Elisabeth Moss Unpacks That Surprise Return, and Why Commander Wharton Is ‘the Worst Person in Gilead’
Note: This story contains spoilers from “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 6, Episodes 1-2.
High Commander Wharton (Josh Charles) has finally come to Gilead, but just who is the top-level Gilead official and why is showing up now? Plus, let’s dig into the return of June’s mother Holly.
Throughout the past five seasons of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” there have only been conversations about Commander Wharton. But in the first episode of Season 6, “Train,” he makes a grand, GQ-style entrance just as Nick (Max Minghella) returns home to his wife Rose Blaine (Carey Cox) after being apprehended for punching Commander Joseph Lawrence (Bradley Whitford) over the attack on June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss).
Prior to this point, we’ve only known that he’s Nick’s father-in-law — but as a Gilead official, he appears sincere and level-headed but Moss says he’s the absolute “worst.”
The star and executive producer, who previously...
High Commander Wharton (Josh Charles) has finally come to Gilead, but just who is the top-level Gilead official and why is showing up now? Plus, let’s dig into the return of June’s mother Holly.
Throughout the past five seasons of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” there have only been conversations about Commander Wharton. But in the first episode of Season 6, “Train,” he makes a grand, GQ-style entrance just as Nick (Max Minghella) returns home to his wife Rose Blaine (Carey Cox) after being apprehended for punching Commander Joseph Lawrence (Bradley Whitford) over the attack on June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss).
Prior to this point, we’ve only known that he’s Nick’s father-in-law — but as a Gilead official, he appears sincere and level-headed but Moss says he’s the absolute “worst.”
The star and executive producer, who previously...
- 4/8/2025
- by Raquel 'Rocky' Harris
- The Wrap
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