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00:00:18You wanna know what it was like for me, growing up in Gilead?
00:00:23I'm ashamed to say that I believed in Gilead once.
00:00:27I guess it's easier to accept a story, even a childish one, rather than believe that the
00:00:33people around you are monsters.
00:00:42In this story I'm telling, I'm not really sure what year it was.
00:00:46Sorry, it's hard to remember actual dates because girls were forbidden to have calendars.
00:00:52Just reading one could cost you a finger.
00:01:04You learn to mark time in other ways.
00:01:07I know I still had my dollhouse.
00:01:09It looked just like our real house.
00:01:13It had my bedroom and the dining room, a wife's parlor, even an attic where the Martha slept.
00:01:19They're in the badlands looking for me.
00:01:22We're in the city getting out of the freeze.
00:01:25But the truth falls back on me.
00:01:28I'm free.
00:01:33I was a plum.
00:01:36I didn't have my period yet.
00:01:38In my world then, I made all the difference.
00:01:43It was all we wanted, and it also terrified us.
00:02:09This is all we wanted.
00:02:23The commander doll was always doing very important work.
00:02:26Just like my father, keeping us safe from heretics and mayday terrorists.
00:02:46The Martha dolls were always busy, but at night they would let the little girl doll sit in the kitchen
00:02:51with them.
00:02:53They would make her cinnamon toast and they would all talk.
00:03:03There is a wife doll, in blue of course.
00:03:07That would be Paula, who was my new stepmother then.
00:03:11Blessed morning, Agnes dear.
00:03:13Rosa, how's your leg? Please tell me it's better.
00:03:16Yes, ma'am.
00:03:17It's kind of you to ask.
00:03:19Praise be his mercy.
00:03:22The high dusting is catching up with us, I'm afraid.
00:03:25Yes, ma'am. I'll do that after the commander's meeting.
00:03:32Thank you, Zilla.
00:03:34Zilla was new.
00:03:35Her tongue was removed as punishment before she was posted with us.
00:03:40Probably for blasphemy.
00:03:41That was a big one for some wives.
00:03:44Well, she's certainly an improvement.
00:03:46That last one we had was a chatty Cathy.
00:03:49Sometimes, when I was playing with the dollhouse, I would lock the Paula doll in the attic.
00:03:55Which was not nice.
00:03:56The Paula doll would pound on the door and scream, but the little girl doll would pay no attention.
00:04:01And sometimes she would laugh.
00:04:04Is that the new skirt?
00:04:07Up then.
00:04:11Well, don't you look pretty as a picture.
00:04:17Mother.
00:04:18Mother.
00:04:20I was worried it would make you look gawky.
00:04:23But no.
00:04:30Praise be his mercy.
00:04:31For not making me look too gawky.
00:04:35I'm an irritant to Paula.
00:04:39She wants me married and gone.
00:04:42I was born in the sinful before world.
00:04:45Please keep the counter clean.
00:04:47We don't want to get counts again.
00:04:49Yes ma'am.
00:04:53Don't slouch dear.
00:04:55Slouching girls get a fat husband.
00:05:17And there is that ice, sweetie pie.
00:05:19Bye, Rosa.
00:05:35Once, when we were pinks, I smiled at a boy on the playground.
00:05:39Theon's taped my mouth shut and made me stand in the dining hall for two days,
00:05:43holding the sign for a slut.
00:05:44That was for smiling.
00:05:46I wonder what would happen if I kissed one.
00:05:57No, no, no, no, no.
00:06:24When we became plums, we started going on the field trips.
00:06:28They were fun.
00:06:30Some parts more than others.
00:06:49When I met you in your restaurant, you told me I was no capital.
00:07:01You asked me what's my pleasure.
00:07:05Come along girls.
00:07:08Come on girls, quickly.
00:07:17Quiet, quiet, quiet.
00:07:18I'm dreaming.
00:07:21Dreaming is free.
00:07:24I don't want you to live on charity.
00:07:30Pleasure's real, or is it fantasy?
00:07:39Gross.
00:07:40Hold it enough.
00:07:42God's justice is beautiful.
00:07:44I'm sorry, Aunt Vidala.
00:07:47Friends.
00:07:48These men.
00:07:50Do you know what crime they committed?
00:07:54Yes, Shinamite.
00:07:56Rape.
00:07:57Aunt Vidala, that's what the red X is for.
00:07:59It's for rape.
00:08:00Praise be.
00:08:01Friends, these men.
00:08:04These horrible men.
00:08:06These...
00:08:07Rapists?
00:08:08You say rapists?
00:08:10Rapists, yes.
00:08:12Thank you, Shinamite.
00:08:14Not rape her.
00:08:15I didn't know that.
00:08:16Friends, it's a ghastly story.
00:08:19These men stole a young girl.
00:08:21Much like yourselves.
00:08:23This young girl was a kind who liked being the center of attention.
00:08:26A spirited girl.
00:08:28That kind of girl often earns a violent end for herself.
00:08:32Praise be his judgment.
00:08:34Praise be his judgment.
00:08:35These men saw this girl.
00:08:37They were overcome by their urges.
00:08:40They came in the night and took her from her own bed.
00:08:45What about her guardians?
00:08:47Some of them were her guardians.
00:08:50The urges of men are terrible things.
00:08:52Those urges must be curbed.
00:08:54That is the burden that God has personally laid upon each of you.
00:08:57Just by existing, we were mortally dangerous to otherwise perfectly good men.
00:09:03They were helpless to resist us.
00:09:06Even us.
00:09:08The daughters of commanders.
00:09:10The most godly of girls.
00:09:31I was a precious flower.
00:09:34Then why did I sometimes feel like a prized pig?
00:09:37There he is.
00:09:51The light is really that dark as if one was only two.
00:09:59He just took his years to ăn.
00:10:02That is great.
00:10:05Theт girl.
00:10:09At the Aunt Lydia school, pink dresses were for little girls, plum dresses were for older
00:10:13girls like us.
00:10:15Predestined to marry high Gilead commanders once we became eligible, which only happened
00:10:20if God blessed us with a period.
00:10:22Then we became greens, and got pins.
00:10:28Blessed be the fruit.
00:10:30You're insane.
00:10:31The skirt looks fine.
00:10:32May the Lord open, don't bother.
00:10:33Even God knows Paula has no taste.
00:10:36Come along, friends!
00:10:40Becca was the first person I met when we moved here from Colorado.
00:10:43She was my best friend, except we weren't allowed to have best friends.
00:10:47The aunt said that best friends led to keeping secrets, and secrets led to disobedience.
00:10:51And disobedient girls became women who were immoral, obviously.
00:10:55We've been sent good weather.
00:10:57This blessing, you have your dress fitting?
00:11:00Keep moving, girls, let's go.
00:11:02After lunch.
00:11:02Becca was already green.
00:11:04She was getting ready to be matched.
00:11:06She was moving on, without me.
00:11:08But we didn't talk about that.
00:11:10This will be our third seamstress.
00:11:12My mother thinks if she gets the bodice just right, everyone will forget my dad's a dentist.
00:11:17Maybe she dresses you too.
00:11:19Blessed day.
00:11:20Blessed day.
00:11:21We've been sent good weather.
00:11:22Thought I received with joy.
00:11:23Very, very cute hair.
00:11:25Yeah, I definitely agree.
00:11:27Thanks.
00:11:27You, Martha.
00:11:28Blessed be yours too.
00:11:29Seriously.
00:11:29My Martha sucks.
00:11:30I look like I have a bad head.
00:11:32Phunemite.
00:11:33Chitter chatter, chitter chatter.
00:11:34Flap your tongue around and you're likely to lose it.
00:11:37Yes, Aunt Dolan.
00:11:38Have a graceful day, girls.
00:11:40More haste.
00:11:41Blessed be.
00:11:44Aunt Lydia was a legend.
00:11:46Blessed day, Aunt Lydia.
00:11:47She had been worshipped, then vilified, then worshipped again.
00:11:52Blessed day, Aunt Lydia.
00:11:53In the four years since the War of Massachusetts, the purges had happened.
00:11:57As always, those remaining were able to shape history as they liked.
00:12:01Some people were hung, and some had schools named after them.
00:12:09At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived, and enslaved by all kinds of passions
00:12:15and envy.
00:12:16We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
00:12:21But when the kindness and love of God our Saviour appeared, He saved us.
00:12:26Not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy.
00:12:32White was for the Pearl Girls.
00:12:34They were new arrivals from outside of Gilead, converts to a godly struggle.
00:12:41Aunt Lydia and her missionaries gathered them from all over the world.
00:12:44They were mostly runaways.
00:12:47Of course they had to be young, and possibly fertile.
00:12:51Weirdos.
00:12:52I waited patiently for the Lord.
00:12:58Beyond said the Pearl Girls came eager for a new start.
00:13:01They were even more eager to prove their godliness by telling on you to the aunts.
00:13:06We all knew someone who had been ratted out by a Pearl Girl.
00:13:09Amen.
00:13:09The passion of the converted.
00:13:12What a pain in the ass.
00:13:14explodingเà¸liere seventeen eight months.
00:13:22Endless 효.
00:13:27He wanted to figure out why she felt helpless about liking them Zuts.
00:13:28Hands down down.
00:13:33Time for the no- vacations.
00:13:36heavily atraves.
00:13:37Nice work, Constance.
00:13:51Pretty daisies, Hilda.
00:13:54Really?
00:13:55Thank you, Aunt Este. They're actually Black Eyed Susan.
00:13:57Should you be thanking me?
00:14:00No.
00:14:01No, thank him, Aunt Este.
00:14:03Making me able, and for the flowers he made in the thread.
00:14:09Pray, forgive me.
00:14:10You are forgiven. Just be mindful around Alpha Dalla.
00:14:17Aunt Gabbana! Blessed morning.
00:14:24Agnes, Aunt Lydia would like to speak with you.
00:14:32Come along.
00:14:35Agnes, get up, please.
00:14:37I'm sure it's good news.
00:14:39Back to work.
00:14:42I'm here, Mark.
00:14:51I'm here.
00:15:12By tradition, only dead people are allowed to have statues.
00:15:16I have been given one while still alive.
00:15:21Praise be your works, Aunt Lydia.
00:15:23I have been prematurely petrified.
00:15:31Agnes Mackenzie, how the time goes by.
00:15:36I have been watching you for quite a while now.
00:15:40Why, Aunt Lydia?
00:15:42Soon to be eligible.
00:15:44May God make me truly worthy.
00:15:46You will be rewarded, if you are free of sin, of course.
00:15:51Agnes, do you know why this statue was erected?
00:15:56So you can always be watching over us.
00:15:58Yes.
00:15:59We inspire the world with our good works, Agnes.
00:16:02Do you agree?
00:16:04Yes, Aunt Lydia.
00:16:05Excellent.
00:16:06I have good work that needs doing.
00:16:09Helping a new friend feel welcome.
00:16:17Agnes, this is Daisy.
00:16:19One of my precious, precious pearls recently arrived.
00:16:23Daisy may be joining your class.
00:16:27She's going to be a plum?
00:16:29Perhaps.
00:16:30I'd like you to show her around.
00:16:32Make her feel comfortable.
00:16:34Be her shepherdess.
00:16:36It's an honor for you, Agnes.
00:16:38Thank you, Aunt Lydia.
00:16:40Daisy, be a good girl and stay with Agnes.
00:16:43Lambs, don't stray.
00:16:45Yes, Aunt Lydia.
00:16:47Thank you, Aunt Lydia.
00:16:50Wonderful.
00:16:51Go in grace.
00:17:02Blessed fruit.
00:17:04May the Lord open.
00:17:14Painting and sketching.
00:17:22Music classroom.
00:17:29Comportments this way.
00:17:30Domestic management is upstairs with Aunt L'Oreal.
00:17:33Hospitality, decorating, culinary arts.
00:17:37Fiber arts, like embroidery, vase making.
00:17:40You can make a tablecloth, if you dare.
00:17:44And scripture class.
00:17:46Price be his word.
00:17:49Weirdo.
00:17:51Aunt Lydia didn't tell me much about you.
00:17:55Did she tell you anything about me?
00:17:58Nothing.
00:17:59Miss Agnes.
00:18:10Did she ask you to watch me?
00:18:14Of course.
00:18:15Miss Agnes.
00:18:18To learn how to behave properly.
00:18:23Discipline and corrections are in the on-swing.
00:18:25You only go there when you earn it.
00:18:31And lunch.
00:18:32Blessed be his bounty.
00:18:38This is the dining room.
00:18:40Hey, obviously.
00:18:43Let's eat.
00:18:46You cannot be mistress of a house unless you are the mistress of yourself.
00:18:52Do you understand me, girls?
00:18:54Yes, Amphadala.
00:18:57It is an offense to God to waste food with poor preparation.
00:19:01If your meal is unacceptable, speak firmly to your Martha.
00:19:05Do you understand me, girls?
00:19:08Yes, Amphadala.
00:19:10Friends, let us give thanks to him.
00:19:17And?
00:19:18God is great.
00:19:19God is good.
00:19:20Thank you, God, for our food.
00:19:22Highest blessings we are fed.
00:19:24Give us, Lord, our daily bread.
00:19:26Amen.
00:19:29Girls,
00:19:32you may socialize.
00:19:48What is all this, then?
00:19:50This is Daisy.
00:19:52Aunt Lydia asked me to make her feel welcome.
00:19:54Hey.
00:19:56It's a blessing to meet you all.
00:19:59Get out.
00:20:09We're enjoying very fine weather.
00:20:12By God's blessing.
00:20:16It's a high-pressure system, I think.
00:20:20Daisy, pray.
00:20:22Where do you hail from?
00:20:24Toronto.
00:20:25Canada.
00:20:26Miss.
00:20:27Shunami.
00:20:29That's a beautiful name.
00:20:31It is.
00:20:34I imagine Canada is very different from Gilead.
00:20:38Toronto has been forsaken by God and defiled by Satan.
00:20:43It is suffocating in sin.
00:20:48So do you miss it?
00:20:52I pray it will be swallowed whole by the earth.
00:21:00May he hear your prayer.
00:21:08Daisy,
00:21:10do you like soft serve ice cream?
00:21:14Food is one of his miracles.
00:21:15They have it here.
00:21:17Strawberry and vanilla.
00:21:19Hold, I will take you.
00:21:21Yeah, I can make you a swirl cone.
00:21:22I'm sort of an expert.
00:21:25Aunt Lydia urged me to stay with Miss Agnes.
00:21:27Ice cream is definitely one of his miracles.
00:21:30And you wouldn't want to insult God.
00:21:35You should get some.
00:21:37Come on.
00:21:39Come on.
00:21:42Come on.
00:21:43Come on.
00:21:44Come on.
00:21:53They stuck you with a pearl girl.
00:21:55What did you do wrong?
00:21:56She didn't do anything.
00:21:58This is unprecedented.
00:22:00So what did Aunt Lydia say?
00:22:02She said she's new here.
00:22:04I'm just supposed to be a shepherdess.
00:22:06I don't like her.
00:22:07She didn't seem very nice.
00:22:08Well, you can't trust her.
00:22:09She'll tell Aunt Lydia everything.
00:22:10She's a pearl girl.
00:22:13Becca, your mark is here to collect you.
00:22:16Yes, Aunt Isay.
00:22:21My fitting.
00:22:23Pray for me.
00:22:24I wish I was green this season.
00:22:26I wish we all were together.
00:22:29It's starting to move very, very fast.
00:22:33It's a dress.
00:22:34Not a husband.
00:22:37Not yet.
00:22:38Well, I can't wait to have a husband.
00:22:39Becca, pray.
00:22:40Come along.
00:22:40Shake a leg.
00:22:43Go in grace.
00:22:45In grace, I go.
00:23:04You should tell Aunt her.
00:23:05You're a pearl girl.
00:23:07For what?
00:23:08Just say that she gossips or has a foul time.
00:23:10I'm sure that she ran off to go get ice cream.
00:23:13That could be possible.
00:23:14She'd be punished.
00:23:16You're an awful person.
00:23:17Stop.
00:23:18I didn't say to make her a gender traitor or anything.
00:23:21Just something small.
00:23:25Agnes, I know that you are very, very nice.
00:23:28But it's time to plumb up and get her before she gets you.
00:23:50Cinnamon toast.
00:23:52Praise be his bounty.
00:23:58Is it awful?
00:24:00God never sends us more than we can bear.
00:24:03God never sends us more than we can bear.
00:24:04Sometimes we just get close, though.
00:24:08Becca had her final fitting.
00:24:10She must be happy to be getting a new dress.
00:24:14I'm sure she looks perfect.
00:24:16I'm sure she looks perfect.
00:24:16She's a beautiful girl.
00:24:19She could get an offer from a commander at the dance.
00:24:23Her dad could.
00:24:25She could marry one who lives in Wyoming.
00:24:29Or anywhere.
00:24:31Not Maryland.
00:24:33She won't move far if she marries a high commander.
00:24:36They need to live near the capital.
00:24:38She could marry one who doesn't let his wife have any friends.
00:24:44Try not to think about it.
00:24:47So how did you meet your husband?
00:24:51Before, I mean.
00:24:56We met in a bookstore.
00:25:00Almost everyone we knew then was meeting online on Tinder.
00:25:03Bumble.
00:25:05We met in the cookbook section.
00:25:08What's Tinder?
00:25:11It's not something you're ever going to need to know, pumpkin.
00:25:15Last evening, ma'am.
00:25:20The commander will be home Thursday.
00:25:22I have some things for the Marthas to do.
00:25:25You said your leg was better.
00:25:27It is, ma'am.
00:25:30Good.
00:25:32Head up to the third floor.
00:25:33We'll start there.
00:25:37Yes, ma'am.
00:25:47I grew up riding.
00:25:49When a horse would come up late, my father would shoot it.
00:25:54It was hard.
00:25:57But it was the merciful thing to do.
00:26:00Haven't I told you that story?
00:26:03No, mother.
00:26:04Mother.
00:26:08I learned that sometimes you have to be hard.
00:26:13Sometimes you have to cut off weak branches and bothersome ones.
00:26:18You'll understand when you're running your own household.
00:26:23Blessed evening.
00:26:33Father physically.
00:26:45That was fun.
00:26:46No.
00:26:46That was fun.
00:26:50That was fun.
00:26:52That was fun.
00:27:19Assembly time, I promise, two lines, two lines.
00:27:24Posture!
00:27:25Agnes, I'm sorry, Ovidala.
00:27:33Plums, please assemble in the dining hall.
00:27:35Hurry along!
00:27:36Agnes, to your classes.
00:27:37Cha-cha.
00:28:03Listen to this, Agnes.
00:28:05Let's go.
00:28:19Come in.
00:28:22Let's go.
00:28:23Let's go.
00:28:25Let's go.
00:28:26Let's go.
00:28:26How is it?
00:28:27Blessed day.
00:28:28How is it?
00:28:29May the Lord open.
00:28:31Fine.
00:28:33Shut up. It was fine.
00:28:36I feel like puffy sleeves.
00:28:44Blessed day, graceful friends.
00:28:46We need your energy because we have some difficult work to do today for him.
00:28:58Are you ready?
00:29:00Yes.
00:29:01Blessed day.
00:29:11Oh, someone's in trouble.
00:29:14Good. He's the gross one.
00:29:16This man is a sinner.
00:29:19Hidden amongst us.
00:29:20He was found touching himself.
00:29:22Abusing himself.
00:29:24On school grounds.
00:29:26Gilead trusted him to protect you.
00:29:29God's most precious girls.
00:29:31Instead, he chose wickedness.
00:29:35We do not play with the power of creation.
00:29:39What are they going to do to him?
00:29:41Quiet.
00:29:42He deserves our judgment.
00:29:43Do not relish in it.
00:29:45You are not blameless, girls.
00:29:48Shame upon any of you that tempt a man.
00:29:52Now, this is your decision.
00:29:55You will have to make many difficult decisions when you are wives.
00:30:00So, what do you say, girls?
00:30:03Should this man go unpunished?
00:30:08Or should he be paid?
00:30:11What is it?
00:30:17What is it?
00:30:35I am so proud of the women you are becoming.
00:30:55Oh my god!
00:30:59Oh my god!
00:31:00Oh my god!
00:31:10Frank, are you okay?
00:31:12I'm fine.
00:31:14Please be your concern.
00:31:16Oh my god.
00:31:18Frank, are you okay?
00:31:18Oh my god.
00:31:37Daisy?
00:31:38Daisy?
00:31:42The fuck?
00:31:43What the fuck was that?
00:31:45He broke the rules.
00:31:46They cut it off.
00:31:47I saw his arm. Jesus Christ, he was fucking wide awake. For fuck's sake. Jesus, what the fuck?
00:31:58I'm sorry. Agnes. Agnes. Don't tell.
00:32:05Oh, sweetie. Agnes, help Daisy get cleaned up.
00:32:26How do you feel?
00:32:32They told us about it some days.
00:32:37I didn't think it'd be like that. Like what?
00:32:50Thank you for taking care of me.
00:32:56When Aunt Lydia gives you an assignment, you do it.
00:33:01Miss Agnes, I am so sorry. I committed blasphemy.
00:33:06You were unwell.
00:33:08I took his name in vain. Agnes, there's no excuse.
00:33:14I know I must confess.
00:33:17Miss Agnes, okay.
00:33:20Aunt Lydia is in charge of punishing pro girls.
00:33:25Okay.
00:33:28Praise be her discipline.
00:33:31I need to learn.
00:33:38Do you think she'll cut out my tongue?
00:33:42There were stories.
00:33:45Pray no.
00:33:46Not for this.
00:33:48Probably not.
00:33:51Okay.
00:33:53If it's God's will.
00:33:55If it's God's will.
00:33:57If it's God's will.
00:33:59If it's God's will.
00:34:00I can't.
00:34:01Agnes, I can't.
00:34:02It's okay.
00:34:03You don't have to.
00:34:06You don't have to.
00:34:08It was just us.
00:34:25God sees our sins.
00:34:33We'll pray together.
00:34:35We'll show contrition.
00:34:38God is merciful.
00:34:42Beyond's not so much sometimes.
00:34:46Are you sure?
00:34:50Are you sure?
00:34:51Our secret.
00:35:00Shunammite said Daisy was dangerous.
00:35:03She was right, of course.
00:35:06She said you should never, ever trust a pro girl.
00:35:09But that was exactly what I did.
00:35:21Blessed night, my girls.
00:35:25May God protect you.
00:35:29God bless you.
00:35:58God bless you.
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00:36:35For our May Day heroes behind the lines, tonight's messages are on channel 99.2.
00:36:40And remember folks, don't let the bastards cry.
00:36:45Red Dog, Green House, White Barn, you have packages waiting.
00:36:49If you're in the Paperclip Club, sit tight.
00:36:52That's it for tonight.
00:36:56Good morning.
00:37:22I'm out.
00:37:24Oh, my life is changing every day, every bus of the way.
00:37:38Oh, my dreams are never quite as it seems, never quite as it seems.
00:37:52I know I felt like this before, but now I'm feeling it even more, because it came from me.
00:38:06Then I open up and see the person falling here is me, a different way to be.
00:38:40It was still cold. But I remember the nights were getting shorter. The shorebirds were back. You could hear them
00:38:47really high up.
00:38:48A sure sign of spring. I didn't know who my mom was yet. My real mom. That would come soon.
00:38:59I had no idea how much that would change things. Without calendars, you learn to mark time in other ways.
00:39:07It was when I became eligible.
00:39:10And when I met Daisy, it was when it all started.
00:39:16The aunts told us lots of girls never blossom because they're disobedient and prideful. And those girls are worthless to
00:39:23God.
00:39:23Getting your period was like a stamp of approval from God himself. I was one of the chosen ones. Me.
00:39:34Why me? Why me?
00:39:36There was a chance I'd be able to conceive. I was supposed to be ecstatic. And I was.
00:39:43But I was also scared to death. It's hard to tell one from the other sometimes.
00:39:48the times.
00:40:04Blessed morning? Rosa? Rosa? Rosa? What on earth are you doing skulking around?
00:40:29Blessed morning, Mother. Going out for a morning ride?
00:40:35It's too early for your manipulative nonsense. What are you doing?
00:40:45Mother, as he blessed Ruth and Leah, he has blessed me this day.
00:40:50As he answered the prayers of Sarah, Rachel, and Rebecca, he has saved me from barrenness.
00:40:56By his hand, tea will make me fruitful.
00:41:04Blessed be his miracle.
00:41:08Wait for me in the parlor.
00:41:16When Becca got her period, her mom was so happy she started laughing and crying at the same time.
00:41:21I doubt Paula has ever cried. Or laughed.
00:41:24We're not telling fibs now, are we? You know the aunts will do their inspection.
00:41:30No, I wouldn't.
00:41:36Welcome to the sacred calling of womanhood.
00:41:40There's a lot of tedious bother to the whole enterprise.
00:41:45These are called wings. They go beneath your underpants and snap shut. Like this, yes?
00:41:51Change the pads every few hours. Cleanliness is godliness, especially so on these days.
00:41:55You should never smell it on yourself. Understood?
00:41:58Yes, ma'am.
00:42:04I was scared my first time, too.
00:42:07Thank you for your help.
00:42:11It's a woman's duty to pass on this kind of wisdom.
00:42:16Of course, no one bothered to do it for me.
00:42:28Tabitha made this for you before she passed.
00:42:34It's a cover for your pad.
00:42:54As I was walking along the forest, I came upon an enchanted castle.
00:43:01I saw inside there were all these little girls locked up.
00:43:05Sweet, godly girls.
00:43:09They were all under the spell of wicked witches.
00:43:13Luckily, I had a magic ring.
00:43:15But the ring only had the power to save one little girl.
00:43:19So I looked at all of them very carefully.
00:43:21And out of the whole bunch, I chose you.
00:43:25Is that how I'll get a baby?
00:43:30You won't need to, sweetheart.
00:43:33You are going to have a baby grow inside your tummy.
00:43:36Come on.
00:43:37Come on.
00:43:38Oh, my God.
00:43:39Oh, my God.
00:43:43Oh, my God.
00:43:47Blessed morning.
00:43:49Agnes has blossomed.
00:43:52Praise be His mercy.
00:43:54How do you feel?
00:43:57A little sick to my stomach.
00:44:00It's a blessing to feel your body's miracle.
00:44:05Agnes will have some appointments now that she's eligible
00:44:07Yes, ma'am
00:44:08There's the new doctor, of course
00:44:10And the proper tailor
00:44:12And I'll enlist Dr. Grove for the teeth whitening
00:44:15We need to make her as appealing as possible
00:44:17Yes, ma'am
00:44:18Congrats, Agnes
00:44:25I prayed so hard
00:44:29How about some coffee?
00:44:32Isn't that what women drink?
00:44:33Yes, please
00:44:37It's completely obvious
00:44:38I'm walking weird
00:44:41You're perfect
00:44:45You're filled with his divine light
00:44:48And then a husband
00:44:53Yes
00:44:53We pray a kind one
00:45:03Real young woman
00:45:04Your mother would be so proud of you
00:45:08Rosa took care of Tabitha when she was dying
00:45:13She sat next to her bed and fed her ice cubes
00:45:19I heard they're redistricting
00:45:21Enjoy your special day
00:45:23Under his eye, sweetie pie
00:45:25Under his eye, Rosa
00:45:29Would people notice the difference?
00:45:32That I was a woman now?
00:45:35Was it something you could sense?
00:45:37Like a wild animal in the grass?
00:45:40Or smell?
00:45:41Like the air before a storm?
00:45:45What's it like?
00:45:46Like a guardian walking past you in the summer heat
00:46:08He set my feet on a rock and gave me a furnace to stand
00:46:13Amen
00:46:26Blessed day, Miss Agnes
00:46:27Blessed day
00:46:28Have you seen Becca?
00:46:29No, I'm sorry
00:46:30I was praying while I waited for you
00:46:31You don't have to do that
00:46:32Just go inside like a normal person
00:46:34Where are you going?
00:46:35Curiosity got Eve kicked out of the garden
00:46:38But Aunt Lydia said I should stay with you
00:46:41You can't come
00:46:43Is this about yesterday?
00:46:53Aunt Gabana?
00:47:27Oh, my God
00:47:29Oh, my God
00:47:31Oh, my God
00:47:34Oh, my God
00:47:35Oh, my God
00:47:37Oh, my God
00:47:38Oh, my God
00:47:38Oh, my God
00:47:41Oh, my God
00:47:41Oh, my God
00:47:42Oh, my God
00:47:46beautiful show the light
00:47:48oh blessed day girls up up let's go
00:47:59girls up up someone's been lost
00:48:01let's go
00:48:12I'm
00:48:30I'm
00:48:31I'm
00:48:32I'm
00:48:32I'm
00:48:38I'm
00:48:41I'm
00:48:43what
00:49:00I'mور
00:49:02agnes
00:49:02Mackinzie what a
00:49:04day this is aunt bedala
00:49:08as he blessed
00:49:09ruth and leah he has blessed me this day
00:49:11has answered the prayers of Sarah and Rachel and Rebecca.
00:49:15He has saved me from barrenness.
00:49:17By his hand, he will make me fruitful.
00:49:21Praise be his mercy.
00:49:29Your blessing is a blessing upon us all.
00:49:39One of your own has been touched by his divine hand, girls.
00:49:43Praise be.
00:49:44Praise be, guys.
00:50:00Take my meatloaf.
00:50:02You need iron and folic acid and bioflavonoids.
00:50:05I'm stuffed, hold on.
00:50:09Is your menstrual paddle soaked?
00:50:13No, not yet.
00:50:16Cool.
00:50:17You're so blessed.
00:50:20While green means more work and dancing in public,
00:50:23and Agnes hates dancing in front of people,
00:50:25that could be a nightmare.
00:50:26Shut up, Shoe.
00:50:28I crawled into your tights.
00:50:31I'm sure you'll be next.
00:50:34My breasts have been feeling pretty sore.
00:50:37They look bigger, don't they?
00:50:39My father always said I was blessed in that department.
00:50:43Beck.
00:50:45I can't ask Paul if I can come to your house today.
00:50:48I can say it's for green stuff.
00:50:50Up, girls.
00:50:51I have another fitting.
00:50:53Up, up, quick.
00:50:53Check your tail feathers.
00:50:56We need you in corrections.
00:50:59Come.
00:51:00Pearl girl needs your guidance.
00:51:01On your special day.
00:51:03What a drag.
00:51:06Corrections were done in a separate part of the school.
00:51:09The aunt's wing.
00:51:11This room reeked of the aunt's.
00:51:13What did she do?
00:51:14I don't know.
00:51:15It smelled like boiled wool and sweat.
00:51:18It smelled of certainty.
00:51:19If certainty had a smell.
00:51:22This young woman made a confession this morning.
00:51:26She has admitted to using the Lord's name in vain.
00:51:32Agnes.
00:51:33Agnes.
00:51:35Aunt Lydia entrusted you to guide this girl as you would your own child.
00:51:40I'm sorry, Aunt Padala.
00:51:43You have been blessed with womanhood today.
00:51:47Is that a challenge you are ready for?
00:51:50Yes, Aunt Padala.
00:51:51Then show me.
00:51:53Teach your straying lamb.
00:51:55Get up.
00:51:57You don't lounge around while defending his name.
00:52:04What must a sinner do?
00:52:09Hey, Aunt Padala.
00:52:12She must pay for her sins, Aunt Padala.
00:52:14Pay for her sins!
00:52:15Pay for her sins!
00:52:17Tell her what she is, Agnes.
00:52:20Dirty words come from what?
00:52:25A dirty girl.
00:52:29Corrections was our time to unleash.
00:52:32And we devoured it.
00:52:35I'm ashamed of how much I miss it.
00:52:38Dirty girl!
00:52:39Dirty girl!
00:52:39Dirty girl!
00:52:42Dirty girl!
00:52:42Dirty girl!
00:52:44Dirty girl!
00:52:45Dirty girl!
00:52:46Dirty girl!
00:52:46Dirty girl!
00:52:47Dirty girl!
00:52:48Dirty girl!
00:52:48Dirty girl!
00:52:48Whose fault is this?
00:52:50We understood power in rage.
00:52:53Teenage girls appreciate rage.
00:52:55In Gilead, as elsewhere.
00:52:57You are nothing.
00:52:58You're a slut from the streets of Soder.
00:53:01A child of sinners and wars!
00:53:03She was there!
00:53:04And she heard my blasphemy!
00:53:06I swear to God.
00:53:36All right, friends.
00:53:38Pepper cake.
00:53:50Open.
00:53:55A vessel unclean has no use
00:53:57in the service of the Lord.
00:54:05God wants you to put your shoulder into it, Agnes.
00:54:09I expected more from you on your special day.
00:54:14Now clean up and get to class.
00:54:31Oh, that soap is disgusting.
00:54:36I heard the Martha's used rendered cow fat
00:54:39and fireplace ashes.
00:54:44By his mercy,
00:54:45these don't give on a spirit or tongues.
00:54:48But I've taught you how to stay silent.
00:54:50Agnes,
00:54:51I had to confess my sins.
00:54:54I made a commitment to God
00:54:55to be a good parole girl.
00:54:57Oh, congratulations.
00:54:58You're being a perfect little parole girl.
00:55:00I didn't mean to rat you out.
00:55:02But when you got all up in my face,
00:55:03it was a lot.
00:55:05Corrections are a lot for you.
00:55:07Assembly is a lot for you.
00:55:08Maybe serving God is just too much for you.
00:55:11I really am sorry.
00:55:13Why did you come here?
00:55:15Why don't you just go back home?
00:55:19Not everyone has a home to go back to.
00:55:24Some people have crappy lives.
00:55:27A princess wouldn't get it.
00:55:33Vice Grace,
00:55:35I was granted a fresh start
00:55:36here in Gilead.
00:55:44Please give me a chance.
00:55:57And on this day of all days,
00:56:01I think you deserve every bit of that punishment.
00:56:03Every bit.
00:56:05Do you agree?
00:56:06Yes.
00:56:06You're coming, Mrs. Brighton.
00:56:08Please do say hello to the commander for me.
00:56:11I'll go see you, Mrs. McKenzie.
00:56:12Agnes, will be just a moment.
00:56:13Grace B.
00:56:18There are changes happening in your body
00:56:20and more on the way.
00:56:22Your prefrontal cortex is still developing
00:56:24and all the estrogen pumping through your body
00:56:26will tempt you into impulsive decisions.
00:56:30Dangerous ones.
00:56:33Womanhood is a test, Agnes.
00:56:35A life-long test.
00:56:40The aunts didn't teach us science.
00:56:43My prefrontal cortex had no idea what Paula was talking about.
00:56:49Dr. Grove is ready for you, Agnes.
00:56:57I blinked and you girls grew up.
00:57:01Becca's going to be thrilled you're agreeing now.
00:57:04I'm glad we're in it together.
00:57:06There's a lot on her mind today.
00:57:09Now, Becca's a worrywart.
00:57:10It's just how she is.
00:57:12Open.
00:57:16Open.
00:57:17Well, praise be.
00:57:19Perfect teeth.
00:57:20Just perfect.
00:57:23You know, maybe you could help her through it all.
00:57:27She's less anxious around you.
00:57:29I mean, you've always been so mature for your age.
00:57:35Okay.
00:57:36Only an x-ray to go.
00:57:38Can I get a size 2 bite wing, please?
00:57:49Now, I hope
00:57:51that this
00:57:53isn't
00:57:54too heavy for you.
00:57:56I imagine your breasts must be
00:57:58quite tender.
00:58:00Okay.
00:58:04It's not too heavy.
00:58:07Lovely.
00:58:09You know, you really are
00:58:11getting to be a big girl, Agnes.
00:58:22And that's that.
00:58:24Let's take some pictures.
00:58:27Excellent.
00:58:28Open.
00:58:32And bite.
00:58:34Perfect.
00:58:42Still as you can be.
00:59:06That's when I started having nightmares about my wedding night.
00:59:09About my husband.
00:59:13A dark bedroom.
00:59:17And then a smell.
00:59:20And then he was in front of me,
00:59:21my husband.
00:59:24But he had no face.
00:59:27I tried to run away,
00:59:28but he always caught up with me.
00:59:31Wake up.
00:59:34Agnes.
00:59:35Aunt Lydia.
00:59:36Yes.
00:59:37It's time.
00:59:39Come along.
00:59:40Come along.
00:59:53It's a chilly night, dear.
01:00:20Come along, dear.
01:00:48We gather here tonight
01:00:50as this daughter of Gilead comes of age seeking his divine protection and she
01:00:59will need it his protection for being a woman on God's green earth is no easy
01:01:05feet in you go dear rub-a-dub-dub but we needn't look so far back to see the
01:01:21suffering of women do we that's why Gilead was created to bring women back to
01:01:30their rightful place the world would be lost without you who can bring forth
01:01:42God's children who will populate this world so his divine presence can be
01:01:47multiplied
01:01:52but you
01:01:57you join your sisters now in this holy endeavor
01:02:00so
01:02:29Agnes Mackenzie
01:02:31jettison all that came before this moment and embrace your new role may the
01:02:37generations born to your womb be worthy in his eyes
01:02:42blessed be the fruit
01:02:48may the Lord open
01:02:59a token of your passage may he bless your new path
01:03:05under his eye
01:03:07under his eye
01:03:08under his eye
01:03:17wonderful
01:03:18wonderful
01:03:25hi
01:03:27want some help
01:03:31thought I was gonna drown in there
01:03:34me too
01:03:36when I had my initiation
01:03:39I feel like I'm still drowning
01:03:43it's better that you're here now
01:03:48praise me
01:03:51I thought you were mad
01:03:56this was your season and
01:03:58I was ruining it
01:04:01I thought you didn't want me to be a green
01:04:08I didn't
01:04:11I didn't want this for either of us
01:04:19I don't want to get married
01:04:23I don't want a husband
01:04:35but what else would you do
01:04:37but what else would you do
01:04:41I don't know
01:04:48want Lydia said we
01:04:50get to leave everything behind
01:04:54everything that happened before tonight
01:04:58Do you think that's real?
01:05:02What would you want to leave behind?
01:05:16It will be great.
01:05:19Pushing strollers together.
01:05:21No odds following us around.
01:05:26That does sound nice.
01:05:29All will be well, Rebecca.
01:05:32All manner of things will be well.
01:05:38I'm freezing.
01:05:43Yeah.
01:05:44Come on.
01:05:46Let's go home.
01:06:02Let's go.
01:06:08Let's get off.
01:06:10All right.
01:06:16Let's go.
01:06:43So let's get started.
01:06:50I don't know.
01:07:30I don't know.
01:07:48I don't know.
01:08:35I don't know.
01:08:51I don't know.
01:09:06I don't know.
01:09:22I don't know.
01:09:29I don't know.
01:09:30I pray you know smoking is not allowed, right?
01:09:35Yes, Miss Agnes.
01:09:38My apologies.
01:09:46Congratulations on your initiation.
01:09:54Better get inside, Miss Agnes.
01:10:05Sometimes you couldn't help but want, even if you tried your best to stop it.
01:10:14But there is no point to it.
01:10:18All that wanting.
01:10:26Agnes!
01:10:27Agnes!
01:10:33Your father is home.
01:10:35You'll be pleased to hear of your development.
01:10:56You look so pretty this morning.
01:11:01He's in the parlor.
01:11:11Finished.
01:11:12The samples can be contaminated.
01:11:14All these things need to be fixed.
01:11:16If they're temp controlled, then I think the transport is going to be fine.
01:11:18It's certainly vital.
01:11:21Blessed morning, Angel.
01:11:23How about you.
01:11:34It's a good time.
01:11:37It's a good time.
01:11:40Thanks.
01:11:43Thanks.
01:11:44Please.
01:11:50You see.
01:11:52Let's go.
01:11:57Father, as he blessed Ruth and Leah, he has blessed me this day.
01:12:01As he answered the prayers of Sarah, Rachel, and Rebecca,
01:12:04he has saved me from barrenness.
01:12:07By his hand, he will make me fruitful.
01:12:11I know he will.
01:12:18Blessed be the fruit, Agnes.
01:12:20May the Lord open, Daddy.
01:12:24Going to the chapel and we're going to get married.
01:12:31Going to the chapel and we're going to get married.
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