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The Testaments Season 1 Episode 1
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00:01This is Radio Free Boston with an update.
00:04Do we have a 4-0-3?
00:06The test with Biggie Boston was unsuccessful.
00:10We're fighting for you.
00:13For everyone still inside, keep your head down and stay safe.
00:16For our main 8-year-old behind the lines, tonight's message is arrived.
00:20Turn your dial to 101.6.
00:2399.2.
00:26This is Radio Free America.
00:27Forever the sound of freedom.
00:30There is a possibility of recent sanctions against the Gilead State.
00:59We're going to have to run the system.
01:01What will you do?
01:01We'll be here.
01:16You want to know what it was like for me, growing up in Gilead?
01:22I'm ashamed to say that I believed in Gilead once.
01:25I guess it's easier to accept a story, even a childish one,
01:31rather than believe that the people around you are monsters.
01:39Blessed morning, Agnes.
01:41In this story I'm telling, I'm not really sure what year it was.
01:46Sorry, it's hard to remember actual dates because girls were forbidden to have calendars.
01:52Just reading one could cost you a finger.
02:04You learn to mark time in other ways.
02:08I know I still had my dollhouse.
02:10It looked just like our real house.
02:14It had my bedroom and the dining room, a wife's parlor, even an attic where the Martha slept.
02:20They're in the badlands looking for me.
02:23We're in the city getting out of the breeze.
02:27But the dream falls back on me.
02:30I'm free.
02:35I was a plum.
02:38I didn't have my period yet.
02:40In my world then, I made all the difference.
02:45It was all we wanted.
02:47And it also terrified us.
02:56I, I know what to do
02:58Now that I've got a man like me
03:01I'm sorry, it can be so cool
03:05Baby, don't look cool
03:10I, I know what to do
03:12Now that I've got a man like you
03:15So I'm sorry, it can be so cool
03:19Baby, don't look cool
03:24Baby, don't look cool
03:27The Commander doll was always doing very important work.
03:31Just like my father.
03:33Keeping us safe from heretics and Mayday terrorists.
03:51The Martha dolls were always busy.
03:54But at night they would let the little girl doll sit in the kitchen with them.
03:59They would make her cinnamon toast and they would all talk.
04:01I'm gonna make it out here dinner a lot
04:09There is a wife doll.
04:11In blue, of course.
04:13That would be Paula.
04:15Who was my new stepmother then.
04:18Blessed morning, Agnes, dear.
04:20Rosa, how's your leg?
04:22Please tell me it's better.
04:23Yes, ma'am.
04:25It's kind of you to ask.
04:26Praise be his mercy.
04:30The high dusting is catching up with us, I'm afraid.
04:33Yes, ma'am.
04:33I'll do that after the Commander's meeting.
04:40Thank you, Zilla.
04:42Zilla was new.
04:43Her tongue was removed as punishment before she was posted with us.
04:48Probably for blasphemy.
04:50That was a big one for some wives.
04:53Well, she's certainly an improvement.
04:55That last one we had was a chatty Cathy.
04:58Sometimes, when I was playing with the dollhouse, I would lock the Paula doll in the attic, which was not
05:05nice.
05:06The Paula doll would pound on the door and scream, but the little girl doll would pay no attention.
05:11And sometimes she would laugh.
05:13Is that the new skirt?
05:17Up then.
05:21Well, don't you look pretty as a picture.
05:28Mother.
05:31I was worried to make you look gawky, but no.
05:40Praise be his mercy for not making me look too gawky.
05:46I'm an irritant to Paula.
05:50She wants me married and gone.
05:53I was born in the sinful before world.
05:57Please keep the counter clean, Risa.
05:59We don't want to get ants again.
06:01Yes, ma'am.
06:05Don't slouch, dear.
06:07Slouching girls get fat husbands.
06:30Under his eyes, sweetie-bye.
06:32Bye, Rosa.
06:36Bye, Rosa.
06:49Once, when we were pinks, I smiled at a boy on the playground.
06:53Leon's taped my mouth shut and made me stand in the dining hall for two days,
06:57holding the sign for a slut.
06:59That was for smiling.
07:01I wonder what would happen if I kissed one.
07:40When we became plums, we started going on the field trips.
07:45They were fun.
07:47Some parts more than others.
08:00I got you!
08:07When I met you in a restaurant,
08:12I was no damn good at all.
08:21You asked me what's my pleasure.
08:24Come along, girls.
08:35Come on, girls.
08:35Quiet, quiet, quiet.
08:38Dreamin', dreamin' is free.
08:44I don't want to live on charity.
08:50Pleasure's real, is it fantasy?
08:59Gross.
09:00Hold it enough.
09:02God's justice is beautiful.
09:05I'm sorry, Aunt Vidala.
09:07Friends, these men.
09:11Do you know what crime they committed?
09:15Yes, Shinamite.
09:17Rape.
09:18Ah, Vidala, that's what the red X is for.
09:20It's for rape.
09:21Praise be.
09:23Friends, these men.
09:26These horrible men.
09:28These.
09:29Rapists.
09:30You say rapists.
09:32Rapists, yes.
09:34Thank you, Shinamite.
09:36I'm not a raper.
09:37I didn't know that.
09:39Friends, it's a ghastly story.
09:41These men stole a young girl.
09:44Much like yourselves.
09:45This young girl was a kind who liked being the center of attention.
09:49A spirited girl.
09:51That kind of girl often earns a violent end for herself.
09:55Praise be his judgment.
09:57Praise be his judgment.
09:58These men saw this girl.
10:00They were overcome by their urges.
10:04They came in the night and took her from her own bed.
10:09What about her guardians?
10:11Some of them were her guardians.
10:13The urges of men are terrible things.
10:16And those urges must be curbed.
10:19That is the burden that God has personally laid upon each of you.
10:22Just by existing, we are mortally dangerous to otherwise perfectly good men.
10:28They were helpless to resist us.
10:31Even us.
10:32The daughters of commanders.
10:34The most godly of girls.
10:57I was a precious flower.
11:01Then why did I sometimes feel like a prized pig?
11:05Here we go.
11:06Open the gate.
11:18There we go.
11:21There we go.
11:23There we go.
11:25There we go.
11:29There we go.
11:31There we go.
11:34There we go.
11:35There we go.
11:35There we go.
11:36At the Aunt Lydia's school, pink dresses were for little girls.
11:40Plum dresses were for older girls like us.
11:44Predestined to marry high Gilead commanders once, we became eligible,
11:47which only happened if God blessed us with a period.
11:51Then we became greens and got pins.
11:57Blessed be the fruit.
11:59You're insane. The skirt looks fine.
12:01May the Lord open. Don't bother.
12:03Even God knows Paula has no taste.
12:06Come on, friends.
12:09Becca was the first person I met when we moved here from Colorado.
12:13She was my best friend, except we weren't allowed to have best friends.
12:17The aunt said that best friends led to keeping secrets,
12:19and secrets led to disobedience.
12:21And disobedient girls became women who were immoral, obviously.
12:25We've been sent good weather.
12:27This blessing.
12:29You have your address for you?
12:30You're moving, girls. Let's go.
12:32After lunch.
12:33Becca was already green.
12:34She was getting ready to be matched.
12:37She was moving on without me.
12:39But we didn't talk about that.
12:41This will be our third seamstress.
12:43My mother thinks if she gets the bodice just right,
12:46everyone will forget my dad's a dentist.
12:48Maybe you should dress as a tooth.
12:50Blessed day.
12:51Blessed day.
12:52We've been sent good weather.
12:53Thought I received with joy.
12:55Very, very cute hair.
12:57Yeah, I definitely agree.
12:58Thanks.
12:59You, Martha.
13:00Blessed be yours, too.
13:01Seriously.
13:01My Martha's socks.
13:02I look like I have a bedhead.
13:04Shunammite.
13:05Chitter, chatter, chitter, chatter.
13:06Flap your tongue around, and you're likely to lose it.
13:09Yes, Aunt Badala.
13:10Have a graceful day, girls.
13:12More haste.
13:14Let's see.
13:17Aunt Lydia was a legend.
13:19Blessed day, Aunt Lydia.
13:20She had been worshipped, then vilified.
13:22Thank you, Aunt Lydia.
13:23Then worshipped again.
13:25Blessed day, Aunt Lydia.
13:26In the four years since the War of Massachusetts, the purges had happened.
13:31As always, those remaining were able to shape history as they liked.
13:35Some people were hung, and some had schools named after them.
13:43At one time, we, too, were foolish, disobedient, deceived, and enslaved by all kinds of passions and empathy.
13:51We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
13:55But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us.
14:01Not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.
14:07White was for the Pearl Girls.
14:09They were new arrivals from outside of Gilead.
14:12Converts to our godly struggle.
14:14We might become gayers, having the hope of eternal life.
14:17Aunt Lydia and her missionaries gathered them from all over the world.
14:20They were mostly runaways.
14:22Of course they had to be young, and possibly fertile.
14:27Weirdos.
14:28I waited patiently for the Lord.
14:34The aunts at the Pearl Girls came eager for a new start.
14:37They were even more eager to prove their godliness by telling on you to the aunts.
14:42We all knew someone who had been ratted out by a Pearl Girl.
14:46Amen.
14:47The passion of the converted.
14:50What a pain in the ass.
15:14Nice work, Constance.
15:16Thanks.
15:30Pretty daisies, Hulda.
15:33Really?
15:34Thank you, Aunt Este.
15:35They're actually black-eyed Susan.
15:37Should you be thanking me?
15:39No.
15:40No, thank him, Aunt Este.
15:43Making me able, and for the flowers he made, and the thread.
15:48Pray forgive me.
15:50You are forgiven.
15:52Just be mindful around Al-Fadala.
15:57Aunt Gabbana!
15:59Blessed morning!
16:05Agnes.
16:06Aunt Lydia would like to speak with you.
16:13Come along.
16:16Agnes, get up, please.
16:18I'm sure it's good news.
16:20Back to work.
16:25Back to work.
16:26Back to work.
16:26I'm sorry.
16:44I'm sorry.
16:44I'm sorry.
16:45I'm sorry.
16:48I have to ask you.
16:48I'm sorry.
16:55by tradition only dead people are allowed to have statues i have been given one while still alive
17:04praise be your works aunt lydia i have been prematurely petrified
17:15agnes mackenzie how the time goes by i have been watching you for quite a while now
17:24why aunt lydia soon to be eligible may god make me truly worthy ah you will be rewarded
17:32if you are free of sin of course do you know why this statue was erected
17:41so you can always be watching over us yes we inspire the world with our good works agnes
17:48do you agree yes aunt lydia excellent i have good work that needs doing helping a new friend feel
18:02welcome
18:03agnes this is daisy one of my precious precious pearls recently arrived daisy may be joining your class
18:14she's going to be a plum perhaps i'd like you to show her around make her feel comfortable
18:20be her shepherdess it's an honor for you agnes thank you aunt lydia daisy be a good girl and stay
18:29with
18:30agnes lambs don't stray yes aunt lydia thank you aunt lydia wonderful go in grace
18:51blessed fruit may the lord open
19:03painting and sketching
19:11music classroom
19:12music classroom
19:18comportments this way domestic management is upstairs with aunt l'oreal hospitality decorating culinary arts
19:27fiber arts like embroidery lace making you can make a tablecloth if you dare and scripture class
19:36price please word
19:40weirdo
19:42aunt lydia didn't tell me much about you
19:46did she tell you anything about me
19:50nothing
19:50miss agnes
20:02did she ask you to watch me
20:06of course
20:07miss agnes
20:10to learn how to behave properly
20:15discipline and corrections are in the on-swing
20:17discipline
20:17you only go there when you earn it
20:24and lunch
20:25blessed be his bounty
20:32this is the dining room
20:33right obviously
20:36let's eat
20:40you cannot be mistress of a house
20:42unless you are the mistress of yourself
20:45do you understand me girls
20:48yes
20:49it is an offense to god to waste food with poor preparation
20:55if your meal is unacceptable speak firmly to your martha
21:00do you understand me girls
21:03yes
21:04friends
21:06let us give thanks to him
21:12and
21:13god is great
21:14god is good
21:15thank you god for our food
21:18by his blessings we are fed
21:20give us lord our daily bread
21:22amen
21:25girls
21:28you may socialize
21:45what is all this then
21:47this is Daisy
21:48aunt Lydia asked me to make her feel welcome
21:50hey
21:53it's a blessing to meet you all
21:57get out
22:07we're enjoying very fine weather
22:10by god's blessing
22:15it's a high pressure system i think
22:18Daisy
22:19pray
22:20where do you hail from
22:22Toronto
22:23Canada
22:24Miss
22:25Shunami
22:28that's a beautiful name
22:30it is
22:33i imagine Canada is very different from Gilead
22:37Toronto
22:38Toronto has been forsaken by God
22:40and defiled by Satan
22:43it is suffocating in sin
22:48so do you miss it?
22:52i pray it will be swallowed whole by the earth
23:00may he hear your prayer
23:06excuse me my god
23:09Daisy
23:11do you like soft serve ice cream?
23:15food is one of his miracles
23:16they have it here
23:18strawberry and vanilla
23:20hold up we'll take you
23:22yeah i can make you a swirl cone
23:24i'm sort of an expert
23:26aunt Lydia urged me to stay with miss Agnes
23:28ice cream is definitely one of his miracles
23:32and you wouldn't want to insult god
23:37you should get some
23:43come on
23:56they stuck you with the pearl girl
23:58what did you do wrong?
23:59she didn't do anything
24:01this is unprecedented
24:03so what did Aunt Lydia say?
24:05she said she's new here
24:08i'm just supposed to be a shepherdess
24:09i don't like her
24:10she didn't seem very nice
24:11well you can't trust her
24:12she'll tell Aunt Lydia everything
24:14she's a pearl girl
24:17Becca?
24:18your Martha is here to collect you
24:21yes on this day
24:25my fitting
24:27pray for me
24:28i wish i was green this season
24:30i wish we all were
24:32together
24:34it's starting to move
24:36very very fast
24:38it's a dress
24:39not a husband
24:42not yet
24:43well i can't wait to have a husband
24:44Becca!
24:45pray! come along! shake a leg!
24:48go with grace
24:51go with grace
24:52and grace i go
25:10you should tell Aunt her
25:11you're pearl girl
25:14for what?
25:15just say that she gossips
25:16or has a foul tongue
25:18sure
25:18or that she ran off to go get ice cream
25:20that could be possible
25:21she'd be punished
25:22for an awful person
25:24stop
25:25i didn't say to make her a gender traitor or anything
25:28just something small
25:32Agnes
25:33yes
25:33i know that you are very very nice
25:35but it's time to plumb up
25:37and get her before she can see you
25:39thank you
25:59cinnamon toast
26:01praise be his bounty
26:08thank you
26:08is it awful
26:10god never sends us more than we can bear
26:13sometimes he does get close though
26:18Becca had her final fitting
26:20she must be happy to be getting a new dress
26:24i'm sure she looks perfect
26:26she's a beautiful girl
26:29she could get an offer from a commander
26:32the dance
26:33her dad could
26:36she could marry one who lives in Wyoming
26:40or anywhere
26:42not Maryland
26:44she won't move far if she marries a high commander
26:47they need to live near the capital
26:50she could marry one who
26:52doesn't let his wife have any friends
26:55try not to think about it
26:59Rosa how did you meet your husband?
27:02what happened
27:03before i mean
27:08we met in a bookstore
27:12almost everyone we knew then was meeting online on tinder
27:15bumble
27:18we met in the cookbook section
27:21what's tinder?
27:22okay
27:24it's not something you're ever gonna need to know pumpkin
27:29blessed evening ma'am
27:34the commander will be home thursday
27:35has some things for the marthas to do
27:39you said your leg was better
27:41it is ma'am
27:44good
27:46head up to the third floor
27:47we'll start there
27:51yes ma'am
28:01i grew up riding
28:03when a horse would come up late my father would shoot it
28:09it was hard
28:11it was hard
28:12but it was the merciful thing to do
28:15haven't i told you that story?
28:18no mother
28:24i learned that
28:26i learned that
28:26sometimes you have to be hard
28:29sometimes you have to cut off weak branches
28:31and bothersome ones
28:35you'll understand when you're running your own household
28:39and have no blood
28:40final day
28:40good evening
28:41good evening
28:41good evening
28:42good evening
28:43good evening
28:44good evening
28:58may you take care
29:39Assembly time, my plums. Two lines. Two lines.
29:44Posture, Agnes. I'm sorry, I have a dollar.
29:53Plums, please assemble in the dining hall.
29:55Hurry along.
29:56Thanks. To your classes. Cha-cha.
30:09I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
30:26I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
30:48I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
30:49Blessed day. How was I?
30:52May the Lord open. Fine.
30:56Shut up. It was fine.
30:59Feel like puppy sleeves.
31:08Blessed day, graceful friends. We need your energy, because we have some difficult work to do today.
31:17For him.
31:23Are you ready?
31:24Are you ready?
31:25Yes, I'm sorry.
31:26Yes, I'm sorry.
31:36Hello, someone's in trouble.
31:39Good.
31:40He's the gross one.
31:42This man is a sinner.
31:44This man is a sinner, hidden amongst us.
31:45He was found touching himself, abusing himself, on school grounds.
31:52Gilead trusted him to protect you.
31:54Gilead trusted him to protect you, God's most precious girls.
31:58Instead, he chose wickedness.
32:01We do not play with the power of creation.
32:05What are they going to do to him?
32:07Quiet!
32:08He deserves our judgment, but do not relish in it.
32:11You are not blameless, girls.
32:15Shame upon any of you that tempt a man.
32:19Now, this is your decision.
32:22You will have to make many difficult decisions when you are wives.
32:27So what do you say, girls?
32:30Should this man go unpunished?
32:35Or should we pay?
32:38Quiet!
32:45Quiet!
32:47Quiet!
32:49Quiet!
32:51Quiet!
32:52Quiet!
32:53Quiet!
32:55Quiet!
32:56Quiet!
32:57Quiet!
32:58Quiet!
32:59Quiet!
33:00Quiet!
33:04I am so proud of the women you are becoming.
33:09Quiet!
33:24Oh my god.
33:29Oh my god.
33:38Oh my God.
33:41Frank, are you okay?
33:43I'm fine.
33:45Brings, be your concern.
34:09Daisy?
34:10Daisy?
34:15Fuck.
34:16What the fuck was that?
34:17They broke the rules.
34:19They cut it off.
34:20I saw his arm.
34:22Jesus Christ, he was fucking wide awake.
34:24For fuck's sake.
34:25Jesus, what the fuck?
34:31I'm sorry.
34:33Agnes.
34:34Agnes.
34:36Don't.
34:37Don't tell.
34:39Oh sweetie.
34:41Agnes, help Daisy get cleaned up.
35:01How do you feel?
35:07They told us about assemblies.
35:12But I didn't think it'd be like that.
35:15Like what?
35:26Thank you for taking care of me.
35:32When Aunt Lydia gives you an assignment, you do it.
35:37Miss Agnes, I am so sorry.
35:40I committed blasphemy.
35:43You were unwell.
35:44I took his name in vain.
35:47Agnes, there was no excuse.
35:51I know I must confess.
35:54Okay.
35:57Aunt Lydia is in charge of punishing pro girls.
36:02Okay.
36:06Praise be her discipline.
36:09I need to learn.
36:16Do you think she'll cut out my tongue?
36:21There are stories.
36:23Prino.
36:25Not for this.
36:26Probably not.
36:30Okay.
36:33If it's God's will.
36:35If it's God's will.
36:37If it's God's will.
36:38If it's God's will.
36:40I can't.
36:40Agnes, I can't.
36:41It's okay.
36:43You don't have to.
36:46You don't have to.
36:48It was just us.
37:06God sees our sins.
37:14We'll pray together.
37:16We'll show contrition.
37:20God is merciful.
37:24Beyonce, not so much sometimes.
37:29Are you sure?
37:33Our secret.
37:43Shunemite said Daisy was dangerous.
37:45She was right, of course.
37:48She said you should never, ever trust a pro girl.
37:51Well, but that was exactly what I did.
38:05Blessed night, my pearls.
38:08May God protect you.
38:13God bless you.
38:45God bless you.
39:10God bless you.
39:12We're here on the trees.
39:17This is Radio Free Boston.
39:19If you're hoping for some tunes, you're in the right place.
39:22For our May Day heroes behind the lines,
39:24tonight's messages are on channel 99.2.
39:28And remember, folks, don't let the bastards cry.
39:33Red Dog, Green House, White Barn, UF Package is waiting.
39:37If you're in the paperclip club, sit tight.
39:41That's it for tonight.
39:59That's it for tonight.
40:00I'm going to do it for today.
40:14Oh.
40:16My life is changing everyday.
40:19Every day, every bus of the way
40:29All my dreams was never quite as it seemed
40:36Never quite as it seemed
40:42I know I felt like this before
40:47But now I'm feeling it even more
40:52Because it came from me
40:58And then I open up and see
41:01The person following, here is me
41:05A different way to be
41:33It was still cold, but I remember the nights were getting shorter
41:38The shorebirds were back
41:39You could hear them really high up
41:42A sure sign of spring
41:45I didn't know who my mom was yet
41:48My real mom
41:51That would come soon
41:54I had no idea how much that would change things
41:59Without calendars, you learn to mark time in other ways
42:02It was when I became eligible
42:05And when I met Daisy
42:06It was when it all started
42:12To the amazing mind
42:16Understanding at the right
42:21With everything to me
42:28Oh, my life
42:31You're changing every day
42:35In every possible way
42:43And oh, my dreams
42:47It's never quite as it seemed
42:50Cause you're a dream to me
42:54Dream to me
42:56Let go
42:57Let go
42:58Let go
43:20La, la, la, la, la.
43:26La, la, la, la.
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