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The Testaments S01E01-2 (2026)
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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, it 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 bed that's looking for me, we're in the city getting out of the freeze.
00:01:25But the truth falls back on me, I'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.
00:02:06I know what to do now that I've got a man like you.
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.
00:02:49But at night they would let the little girl doll sit in the kitchen with them.
00:02:53They would make her cinnamon toast and they would all talk.
00:03:03There is a wife doll.
00:03:04In 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?
00:03:14Please tell me it's better.
00:03:16Yes, ma'am.
00:03:18It'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.
00:03:26I'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.
00:03:57The Paula doll would pound on the door and scream, but the little girl doll would pay no attention.
00:04:02And 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.
00:04:20I was worried it would make you look gawky, but no.
00:04:30Praise be his mercy for 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 counterpoint.
00:04:47We don't want to get guns again.
00:04:49Yes, ma'am.
00:04:53Don't slouch, dear.
00:04:55Souching girls get a fat husband.
00:05:12What's the morning, is that?
00:05:17Under inside, a smoothie pie.
00:05:19Bye, Rosa.
00:05:35Once, when we were pinks, I smiled at a boy on the playground.
00:05:39Theonce taped my mouth shut and made me stand in the dining hall for two days, holding the sign for
00:05:44a slut.
00:05:45That was for smiling.
00:05:46I wonder what would happen if I kissed one.
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.
00:06:40Theonce.
00:06:45Theonce.
00:06:46Theonce.
00:06:51Theonce.
00:06:53Theonce.
00:06:56Theonce.
00:06:57Theonce.
00:06:58Theonce.
00:06:58Theonce.
00:06:59Theonce.
00:06:59Theonce.
00:06:59Theonce.
00:06:59Theonce.
00:06:59Theonce.
00:07:00Theonce.
00:07:00Theonce.
00:07:00Theonce.
00:07:00Theonce.
00:07:01Theonce.
00:07:01Theonce.
00:07:01You ask me what's called pleasure
00:07:05Come along girls
00:07:08Come on girls, come on
00:07:09Quickly
00:07:15Quiet, quiet, quiet
00:07:20Dreaming
00:07:21Dreaming is free
00:07:23I
00:07:25Don't want to live on charity
00:07:30Pleasure's real
00:07:32Is it fantasy
00:07:39Gross. Hold 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, Shunammite.
00:07:55Rape.
00:07:57That's what the red X is for.
00:07:59Praise be.
00:08:02Friends, these men.
00:08:04These horrible men.
00:08:08Rapists.
00:08:08You say rapists.
00:08:10Rapists, yes.
00:08:12Thank you, Shunammite.
00:08:14I'm not a raper.
00:08:15I didn't know that.
00:08:17Friends, 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 to like being the center of attention.
00:08:27Spirited 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.
00:08:43From 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.
00:08:58Just 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.
00:09:22The girls.
00:09:30I was a precious flower.
00:09:34Then why did I sometimes feel like a prized pig?
00:10:02I was a little kid.
00:10:09At the Aunt Lydia school, pink dresses were for little girls, plum dresses were for older
00:10:14girls like us, predestined to marry high Gilead commanders once we became eligible, which
00:10:19only happened if 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.
00:10:39Becca 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?
00:10:58Do you have your address today?
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.
00:11:22But 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's socks.
00:11:30I look like I have a bad head.
00:11:32Punemite.
00:11:33Chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter.
00:11:34Flap your tongue around and you're likely to lose it.
00:11:36Yes, Martha.
00:11:37Have a graceful day, girls.
00:11:40More haste.
00:11:41Blessed be.
00:11:43Blessed be.
00:11:44Aunt Lydia was a legend.
00:11:46Blessed day, Aunt Lydia.
00:11:47She had been worshipped, then vilified.
00:11:49Thank you, Aunt Lydia.
00:11:50Then 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.
00:12:03And some had schools named after them.
00:12:09At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived, and enslaved by all kinds of passions and 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 Savior appeared, he saved us.
00:12:26Not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.
00:12:31He saved us through the water.
00:12:32White was for the pearl girls.
00:12:34They were new arrivals from outside of Gilead.
00:12:37Converts through a godly struggle.
00:12:39We might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
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.
00:12:58The aunts 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.
00:13:08Amen.
00:13:10The passion of the converted.
00:13:12What a pain in the ass.
00:13:36Nice work, Constance.
00:13:51Pretty daisies, Hilda
00:13:53Really?
00:13:55Thank you, Aunt Estée
00:13:56They're actually Black Eyed Susan
00:13:57Should you be thanking me?
00:14:00No
00:14:01No, thank him, Aunt Estée
00:14:03Making me able
00:14:04And for the flowers he made
00:14:05With a thread
00:14:09Pray forgive me
00:14:10You will forgive him
00:14:12Just be mindful around Alphidala
00:14:17Aunt Gabana
00:14:18Blessed morning
00:14:24Agnes
00:14:25Aunt 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
00:14:41Let's get up
00:14:41I want you to get up
00:14:42I want to get up
00:14:46I want you to do so
00:14:49All of the difficulties
00:14:58That's all
00:14:58I might not
00:14:59I need to drink
00:14:59Big
00:14:59Hey, Dad
00:15:02How are you going to thriveиж
00:15:04You're
00:15:05in the house I'm
00:15:05say By James
00:15:06sorry Out of
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.
00:15:51Do you know why this statue was erected?
00:15:56So you can always be watching over us?
00:15:58Yes. We inspire the world with our good works, Agnes. Do you agree?
00:16:04Yes, Aunt Lydia.
00:16:05Excellent. I have good work that needs doing.
00:16:08Helping. Helping 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.
00:16:49Wonderful. Go 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, lace making.
00:17:40You can make a tablecloth, if you dare.
00:17:44And scripture class.
00:17:46Praise 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.
00:18:00Miss Agnes.
00:18:10Did she ask you to watch me?
00:18:14Of course.
00:18:16Miss Agnes.
00:18:18Let's 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.
00:18:28Yes.
00:18:30Yes.
00:18:31And lunch.
00:18:32Blessed be his bounty.
00:18:38This is the dining room.
00:18:40Quite obviously.
00:18:43Let's eat.
00:18:46You cannot be mistress of a house
00:18:48unless you are the mistress of yourself.
00:18:52Do you understand me, girls?
00:18:54Yes, Aunt Dala.
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, Aunt Dala.
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.
00:19:22By his blessings we are fed.
00:19:24Give us, Lord, our daily bread.
00:19:26Amen.
00:19:30Girls,
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.
00:20:01Get 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.
00:20:26Myth.
00:20:27Shunammite.
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
00:20:40and 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.
00:21:16They have it here.
00:21:17Strawberry and vanilla.
00:21:19Hold on, we'll take you.
00:21:20Yeah, 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.
00:21:32You spilled on my dress.
00:21:34Let's get you through.
00:21:35You should get some.
00:21:37Come on.
00:21:53They stuck you with the 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, honestly.
00:22:21Am I fitting?
00:22:23Pray for me.
00:22:24I wish I was green this season.
00:22:26I wish we all were together.
00:22:30It'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.
00:22:41Shake a leg.
00:22:43Go in, Grace.
00:22:46In, Grace, I go.
00:23:04You should tell on her.
00:23:05You're a pearl girl.
00:23:07For what?
00:23:08Just say that she gossips or has a foul tongue.
00:23:11Sure.
00:23:11That 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.
00:23:24Agnes,
00:23:26I know that you are very, very nice.
00:23:28But it's time to plumb up
00:23:29and get her before she gets you.
00:23:51Cinnamon toast.
00:23:52Praise be his bounty.
00:23:58Is it awful?
00:24:00God never sends us more than we can bear.
00:24:03Sometimes 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.
00:24:16She's a beautiful girl.
00:24:19She could get an offer from a commander at the dance.
00:24:23Her dad could.
00:24:26She 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
00:24:41doesn't let his wife have any friends.
00:24:44Try not to think about it.
00:24:47Rosa, 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
00:25:01was meeting online on Tinder, Bumble.
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,
00:25:50my 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.
00:26:08I learned that
00:26:10sometimes you have to be hard.
00:26:13Sometimes you have to cut off
00:26:14weak branches
00:26:15and bothersome ones.
00:26:18You'll understand
00:26:19when you're running your own household.
00:26:23Blessed evening.
00:26:26Blessed evening.
00:26:39Blessed evening.
00:26:42Blessed evening.
00:26:44Blessed evening.
00:26:45Blessed evening.
00:26:49Blessed evening.
00:26:50Blessed evening.
00:26:52Blessed evening.
00:26:53Blessed evening.
00:26:54Blessed evening.
00:27:19Assembly time, I promise. Two lines. Two lines.
00:27:24Posture, Agnes. I'm sorry, Ophidala.
00:27:33Plums, please assemble in the dining hall.
00:27:35Hurry along!
00:27:36Thanks, to your classes. Cha-cha.
00:28:03Let's take this out, Agnes.
00:28:26It was a day. How was it? May the Lord open. Fine. Shut up.
00:28:34It was fine. I feel like puffy sleeves.
00:28:44Blessed day, graceful friends. We need your energy.
00:28:49Because we have some difficult work to do today.
00:28:53For him.
00:28:58Are you ready?
00:29:00Yes.
00:29:06Oh, someone's in trouble. Good.
00:29:15He's the gross one.
00:29:16This man is a sinner. Hidden amongst us. He was found touching himself, abusing himself, on school grounds.
00:29:26Gilead trusted him to protect you, God's most precious girls.
00:29:32Instead, he chose wickedness. We do not play with the power of creation.
00:29:38What are they gonna do to him?
00:29:41Quiet! He deserves our judgment. Do not relish in it.
00:29:45You are not blameless, girls. Shame upon any of you that tempt a man.
00:29:52Now, this is your decision. You will have to make many difficult decisions when you are wives.
00:30:00So what do you say, girls? Should this man go unpunished?
00:30:08Or should he pay?
00:30:11Quiet!
00:30:12Quiet!
00:30:14Quiet!
00:30:14Quiet!
00:30:17Quiet!
00:30:19Quiet!
00:30:21Quiet!
00:30:22Quiet!
00:30:24Quiet!
00:30:37Quiet!
00:30:40Quiet!
00:30:42Quiet!
00:30:44Quiet!
00:30:46Quiet!
00:30:48Quiet!
00:30:50Quiet!
00:30:51Quiet!
00:30:51Quiet!
00:30:51Quiet!
00:30:51Quiet!
00:30:52Quiet!
00:30:52Quiet!
00:30:55Oh, my God.
00:30:59Henry!
00:31:00Oh, my God.
00:31:06Henry!
00:31:07Oh, my God.
00:31:08Oh, my God.
00:31:10Frank, are you okay?
00:31:12I'm fine.
00:31:15Praise be your concern.
00:31:37Daisy?
00:31:38Daisy?
00:31:42Fuck.
00:31:43What the fuck was that?
00:31:45They broke the rules.
00:31:46They cut it off.
00:31:47I saw his arm.
00:31:49Jesus Christ, he was fucking wide awake.
00:31:51For fuck's sake.
00:31:52Jesus, what the fuck?
00:31:57I'm sorry.
00:32:00Agnes.
00:32:01Agnes.
00:32:02Don't.
00:32:03Don't tell.
00:32:05Oh, sweetie.
00:32:07Agnes, help Daisy get cleaned up.
00:32:26How do you feel?
00:32:32They told us about assemblies.
00:32:37I didn't think it'd be like that.
00:32:40Like what?
00:32:51Thank 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.
00:33:03I committed blasphemy.
00:33:06You were unwell.
00:33:08I took his name in vain.
00:33:10Agnes.
00:33:11There is no excuse.
00:33:14I know I must confess.
00:33:17Okay.
00:33:20Aunt Lydia is in charge of punishing pro girls.
00:33:28I need to learn.
00:33:30I need to learn.
00:33:38Do you think she'll cut out my tongue?
00:33:42There were stories.
00:33:45I need to learn.
00:33:46Do you think she'll cut out my tongue?
00:33:54If it's God's will, if it's God's will, if it's God's will, if it's God's will, I 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.
00:34:09It was just us.
00:34:25God sees our sins.
00:34:33We'll pray together.
00:34:35We'll show contrition.
00:34:39God is merciful.
00:34:42Beyond's not so much sometimes.
00:34:47Are 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.
00:35:22Blessed night, my girls.
00:35:25May God protect you.
00:35:51Our secret.
00:36:02Oh.
00:36:04Oh.
00:36:07Oh.
00:36:10Oh.
00:36:10Oh.
00:36:11Oh.
00:36:12Oh.
00:36:12Oh.
00:36:30This is Radio Free Boston.
00:36:32If you're hoping for some tunes, you're in the right place.
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 at me.
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.
00:37:24Oh, my life is changing every day.
00:37:29Oh, my life is changing every day.
00:37:32Every burst of the wave.
00:37:38Oh, my dreams, never quite as it seems.
00:37:46Never quite as it seems.
00:37:52I know I felt like this before.
00:37:56But now I've heard it even more.
00:38:00Because it came from me.
00:38:06When I open up and see.
00:38:10The person falling here is me.
00:38:14A different way to be.
00:38:39It was still cold, but I remember the nights were getting shorter.
00:38:44The shorebirds were back.
00:38:46You could hear them really high up.
00:38:48A sure sign of spring.
00:38:51I didn't know who my mom was yet.
00:38:54My real mom.
00:38:57That would come soon.
00:38:59I had no idea how much that would change things.
00:39:04Without calendars, you learn to mark time in other ways.
00:39:07It was when I became eligible.
00:39:10And when I met Daisy.
00:39:13It was when it all started.
00:39:16The aunts told us lots of girls never blossom because they're disobedient and prideful.
00:39:21And those girls are worthless to God.
00:39:24Getting your period was like a stamp of approval from God himself.
00:39:28I was one of the chosen ones.
00:39:31Me.
00:39:34Why me?
00:39:36There was a chance I'd be able to conceive.
00:39:39I was supposed to be ecstatic.
00:39:40And I was.
00:39:43But I was also scared to death.
00:39:46It's hard to tell one from the other sometimes.
00:40:04Blessed morning.
00:40:10Rosa?
00:40:14Rosa?
00:40:24What on earth are you doing skulking around?
00:40:29Blessed morning, Mother.
00:40:32Going out for a morning ride?
00:40:35It's too early for your manipulative nonsense.
00:40:37What 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, he 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.
00:41:23Or laughed.
00:41:24We're not telling fibs now, are we?
00:41:27You 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.
00:41:46They go beneath your underpants and snap shut.
00:41:49Like this, yes?
00:41:51Change the pads every few hours.
00:41:53Cleanliness is godliness, especially so on these days.
00:41:55You should never smell it on yourself.
00:41:57Understood?
00:41:58Yes, ma'am.
00:42:04I was scared my first time, too.
00:42:08Thank 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.
00:42:48See if you can see the rainbow through the wall.
00:42:51See the translation?
00:42:52Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:42:54More tales.
00:42:54You're right.
00:42:55As I was walking along the forest, I came upon an enchanted castle.
00:43:02I saw inside there were all these little girls locked up.
00:43:06Sweet, 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.
00:43:22And 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.
00:43:36Yeah, I'm going to have a baby growling.
00:43:47Blessing morning.
00:43:49Agnes has blossomed.
00:43:51Praise be his mercy.
00:43:54how do you feel a little sick to my stomach it's a blessing to feel your body's miracle
00:44:05agnes will have some appointments now that she's eligible yes there's the new doctor of course
00:44:10and the proper tailor and on this doctor for the teeth whitening we need to make her as
00:44:16appealing as possible yes then congrats agnes i prayed so hard how about some coffee isn't that
00:44:32what women drink yes please it's completely obvious i'm walking weird you're perfect
00:44:46you're filled with his divine light and then a husband
00:44:54yes we pray a kind one
00:45:02real young woman your 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 enjoy your special day under his eye sweetie pie under his eye rosa
00:45:29would people notice the difference that i was a woman now
00:45:35was it something you could sense like a wild animal in the grass or smell like the air before a
00:45:42storm
00:45:44what's a day
00:45:46oh
00:45:47like a guardian walking past you in the summer heat
00:45:52oh
00:45:59oh
00:46:00oh
00:46:00oh
00:46:00oh
00:46:01oh
00:46:05oh
00:46:06oh
00:46:07oh
00:46:08oh
00:46:08and he set my feet on a rock and gave me a first place to stand.
00:46:13Amen.
00:46:26Blessed day, Miss Agnes.
00:46:27Blessed day. Have you seen Becca?
00:46:29No, I'm sorry. I was praying while I waited for you.
00:46:32You don't have to do that. Just 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.
00:46:44Is this about yesterday?
00:46:54Aunt Gabana?
00:47:16Let me see.
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.
00:48:02Let's go.
00:48:33Oh, my gosh. Hurry.
00:48:38Oh, my gosh.
00:48:42Ladies, this was the worst.
00:48:44Congratulations.
00:48:50Thank you, sir.
00:49:02Agnes Mackenzie, what a day this is.
00:49:07Aunt Vidala, as he blessed Ruth and Leah, he has blessed me this day.
00:49:11As he answered the prayers of Sarah and Rachel and Rebecca, he 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.
00:50:01Take my meatloaf.
00:50:02I need iron and folic acid and bioflavonoids.
00:50:05I'm stuffed, hold up.
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 and Agnes hates dancing in front of people, that could be
00:50:25a nightmare.
00:50:26Shut up, Shu.
00:50:28I'll crawl 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.
00:50:44Beck, I 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.
00:50:53Shake 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.
00:51:35Aunt Lydia entrusted you to guide this girl as you would your own child.
00:51:40I'm sorry, Aunt Fadala.
00:51:43You have been blessed with womanhood today.
00:51:47Is that a challenge you are ready for?
00:51:50Yes, Aunt Fadala.
00:51:51Then show me.
00:51:53Teach your strained lamb.
00:51:55Get up.
00:51:57You don't lounge around while defending his name.
00:52:04What must a sinner do?
00:52:09Pay, Aunt Fadala.
00:52:12She must pay for her sins, Aunt Fadala.
00:52:14Pay for her sins!
00:52:16Pay for her sins!
00:52:17Tell her what she is, Agnes.
00:52:19Dirty words come from what?
00:52:24A dirty girl.
00:52:29Corrections was our time to unleash.
00:52:32And we devoured it.
00:52:34Dirty girl!
00:52:35Dirty girl!
00:52:49We understood power in rage.
00:52:53Teenage girls appreciate rage.
00:52:55In Gilead, as elsewhere.
00:52:57You are nothing.
00:52:59You are a slut from the streets of Sodom.
00:53:01A child of sinners.
00:53:02She was there.
00:53:04She heard my blasphemy.
00:53:06I swear to God.
00:53:21I swear to God.
00:53:36All right, friends.
00:53:38Time for cake.
00:53:50Open.
00:53:55A vessel unclean has no use in 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 and fireplace ashes.
00:54:44By his mercy, at least, don't Gabbana spare our tongues.
00:54:48But I've taught you how to stay silent.
00:54:50Agnes, I had to confess my sins.
00:54:54I made a commitment to God.
00:54:56To 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, it 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, I was granted a fresh start here in Gilead.
00:55:44Please give me a chance.
00:55:57And on this day of all days, I think you deserved every bit of a punishment.
00:56:03Every bit.
00:56:05Do you agree?
00:56:06Yes.
00:56:06Thanks for coming, Mrs. Brighton.
00:56:08Please do say hello to the commander for me.
00:56:11I'll be able to see you, Mrs. McKenzie.
00:56:12Agnes, will be just a moment.
00:56:14Praise be.
00:56:18There are changes happening in your body and more on the way.
00:56:21Your prefrontal cortex is still developing and all the estrogen pumping through your body
00:56:27will tempt you into impulsive decisions.
00:56:30Dangerous ones.
00:56:33Womanhood is a test, Agnes.
00:56:35A lifelong 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.
00:57:07There's a lot on her mind today.
00:57:09Becca's a worrywart.
00:57:10It's just how she is.
00:57:12Open.
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.
00:57:37Only an x-ray to go.
00:57:38Can I get a size 2 light wing, please?
00:57:49Now, I hope that this isn't too heavy for you.
00:57:56I imagine your breasts must be quite tender.
00:58:04It's not too heavy.
00:58:07Lovely.
00:58:09You know, you really are getting to be a big girl, Agnes.
00:58:22And that's that.
00:58:24Let's take some pictures.
00:58:27Excellent.
00:58:29Open.
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.
00:59:10About my husband.
00:59:13A dark bedroom.
00:59:17And then a smell.
00:59:20And then he was in front of me, my husband.
00:59:24But he had no face.
00:59:27I tried to run away, but 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.
00:59:38Come along.
00:59:53It's a chilly night, dear.
01:00:20Come along, dear.
01:00:48We gather here tonight as this daughter of Gilliam.
01:00:51Alliad comes of age.
01:00:55Seeking his divine protection.
01:00:58And she will need it, his protection.
01:01:01For being a woman on God's green earth is no easy feat.
01:01:08In you go, dear.
01:01:10Rub-a-dub-dub.
01:01:19But we needn't look so far back to see the suffering of women, do we?
01:01:24That's why Gilliam was created.
01:01:28To bring women back to their rightful place.
01:01:38The world would be lost without you.
01:01:41Who can bring forth God's children?
01:01:43Who will populate this world so his divine presence can be multiplied?
01:01:51Who but you?
01:01:57You join your sisters now in this holy endeavor.
01:02:22You join your sisters now in this holy endeavor.
01:02:30Agnes Mackenzie, jettison all that came before this moment and embrace your new role.
01:02:37May the generations born to your womb be worthy in his eyes.
01:02:42Blessed be the fruit.
01:02:45Blessed be the fruit.
01:02:48May the Lord open.
01:02:59A token of your passage.
01:03:02May he bless your new path.
01:03:04Under his eye.
01:03:07Under his eye.
01:03:17Under his eye.
01:03:25Hi.
01:03:27Want some help?
01:03:31I thought I was going to 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 be.
01:03:51I thought you were mad.
01:03:56This was your season and I 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.
01:04:15I didn't.
01:04:19I don't want to get married.
01:04:23I don't want a husband.
01:04:36But what else would you do?
01:04:41I don't know.
01:04:48Aunt Lidia said we get 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.
01:05:22No aunts 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.
01:05:45Yeah.
01:05:45Come on.
01:05:46Let's go home.
01:05:47Let's go.
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