The Testaments season finale revealed some interesting new information about how Gilead responded to June’s participation in the liberation of Boston. It also set up season 2. Beck is married and in her own home. But Shu, Agnes, and Daisy are back at the Aunt Lydia school and ready toContinue Reading
The Testaments episode 10 “Secateurs” dropped some very interesting bombs and perfectly set up a budding revolution for season 2. And it will be back for season 2- the official season 2 announcement was made recently. The episode title “Secateurs” refers to the gardening shears that Becka used to killContinue Reading
There’s just one episode left of The Testaments this season, and the action really started ramping up in The Testaments episode 9, “Marat Sade”. In this episode Becka’s father was finally held accountable, but not in the way anyone expected. The show has veered so far from the book atContinue Reading
All week I’ve been unable to get a scene from The Testaments episode 8 out of my mind. In the scene, Agnes (Chase Infiniti) takes part in a Gilead engagement ritual where the girl has to break a plate. The pieces of the plate are gathered up and put inContinue Reading
The Testaments episode 8 “Broken” was hard to watch on a couple of levels. But mostly because it just hits too close to home. In this episode the girls celebrate their engagements, and Huldah and Agnes grapple with the aftermath of being abused by Becka’s pedo father. When Huldah isContinue Reading
The Testaments episode 7 “Commitment” revealed more of Daisy’s backstory and a familiar face, and raised the stakes for Daisy inside Gilead. It’s almost eerie to watch The Testaments, in a way that wasn’t there in The Handmaid’s Tale. I was trying to pin down why it’s so unsettling, andContinue Reading
The Testaments isn’t holding back it seems. We dropped into Gilead just as Agnes (Chase Infiniti) graduated from Plum to Green, and now she’s about to be married off. I keep waiting for June (Elizabeth Moss) to come barreling in to save her. But it looks like Agnes’ fate isContinue Reading