Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers for "Execution", Season 6, "The Handmaid's Story" Episode 9, now streaming on Hulu.

Nick Blaine, commander of Max Minghella, is no longer there.

The penultimate episode of The Handmaid's Tale ends with a relatively simple sabotage event that turns into a suicide mission by Joseph Lawrence, commissioned commander of Bradley Whitford. He was forced to board a flight with only Commander using the explosive device he wanted to leave before others arrived, but when Commander Walton (Josh Charles) invited Lawrence to board the plane, he had no choice but to join them. Not sure what was waiting for them was Nick, who spent his last moment asking Lawrence if June was OK, and then recalled that she often told him to leave Gilead behind and he was ignored.

Nick is right. Previously, this season, Nick's disgusting romance with Elisabeth Moss' protagonist June provided the show with a core romance, and he assured her that he finally brought her to the aftermath of freedom - after already exposing June's plans to Nick's guard commander Wharton.

Through the series’ run, Nick tries to help the swing between June and the ongoing loyalty to the theocratic politics, the haunted theocratic policy that complicated the performance’s actions and politics: his loyalty to her, unless his loyalty to the country and to the leaders.

Minghella has become all these roles and filmmakers for Emmy nominee Minghella, and he is all of them in his own right. ("Shell" is a film he directed, starring Elisabeth Moss, who played the Toronto International Film Festival last fall. type From a film in Wales, Minghella illuminates his ideas of complex loyalty to Nick's internal affairs, and what this particular radical young man does - but not tied to our current political moment.

In Nick's last moments, he's discussing and thinking about June, what does that mean for you?

It feels very poignant - and in line with the character and how he works on the show. He was really driven by this relationship. It ended with Bradley and he was also happy to be such a dear friend outside the show. That's right for me, too.

Interestingly, your character and Bradley are discussing June, as Nick and June have a broken love story throughout the series - their true feelings about each other, but it's all made up and twisted by the crazy political situation around. In many ways, they continue until the end.

I don't even know if this was the original intention. Lizzie and I didn’t know each other before they started filming the show. We were relieved to find that I think we not only did some chemistry together on the screen, but we did make connections as creative partners. Therefore, this may be reflected in the narrative. I've been looking forward to their scenes and I think she did it, too.

I think, as time goes by, the writers start writing to chemistry and relationships, and you two share it.

I don't know the answer. I have always been blessed to not realize the inherent functioning of the “Handmaid’s Story”, mainly trusting the creative leadership of the writing team and the show. It's great not to think too much about this kind of decision.

I found Nick's character very poignant because - I hope this doesn't offend you - he's fundamentally weak. So he is easily led by strong male characters, which is how he first participated in Gilead and what brought him back to leadership. Is it challenging to play slippery and indecisive?

Has been there since the first season. We tend to learn about the characters’ backstory on this show, but in the first season we were offered a small flashback of who these people were before it all happened. As far as Nick is concerned, you really have a clear understanding of who he is, and his lack of education and the apparent abuse of growth that leads to his insistence on appearing in the course of the story.

I thought Josh was a very smart actor, so Josh and I talked a lot about it. You see a lot in the real world: I think young people who are fundamentalized or easily misguided are usually looking for a strong male role model that they may lack to some extent. So I think that's smart. I think the Wharton is the worst person we have in Gilead, but he is probably the most confident and confident person. So while he is a very malicious character, I think there is a security that causes Nick to go astray.

Are you familiar with what is called “manosphere” – this alternative media landscape, podcast and content creators are sharing ideas about what it means to be a strong man?

I don't know this. I saw the show "Adolescent" and I think it involves some of the things you are talking about. This may not be the answer you hoped for, but what I've always found "The Story of the Handmaid" interesting is that this is the text since 1985, right? It is timeless in the themes and ideas of exploration. The show has a classical bend, and I've always leaned towards that - it's as exciting as classical literature in real history. And I have always loved the dramatic arc of the show. It does not shy away from the operatic elements of the story.

I think your meaning is related to what Margaret Atwood said - her novel is not about being about America today because she can point out the entire history of misogyny and abuse.

We think that when our history is actually cyclical, our sins are new. We often think that some of the ideas we interact with happen for the first time when they respond to us eternally.

Speaking of Nick's own archetype, the same weakness we discussed put him down. Earlier this season, the promise was finally broken with Gilead in June and headed to Paris with her, indicating that he had betrayed her plan to Commander Wharton. Are you surprised to read this in a script for the first time?

Just like I found this information while reading. Before this season, Lizzie and I talked on a different project. So for the first time, I know the direction of the character very well (before receiving the script).

Transparently speaking, I was very surprised at where they were going to Nick in Season 6 because it was completely different from his previous performances. Don't be too macro about it, but Nick's relationship with June has become a relief for the more tense theme elements of the show. So to understand this relationship we have to explore some darker, more nihilistic viewing points in "The Story of the Handmaid", which I was surprised by - but interested in as an actor. Of course, no one can blame them Pande.

I don't know if I knew that was where we were going to log in, I used to play all the same stuff. But it may just be my naivety, so I won't say there is any shock. I just thought it was a fun and bold decision.

I agree, this is not the last season.

It's hard to finish the show. I am not jealous of anyone responsible for this. But, as I've seen a lot of episodes lately, I find it satisfying to see the way of revenge in visceral, emotionally again. I hope the audience will not only enjoy the intensive aspects of the show, but also some emotional retribution.

This interview has been edited and condensed.