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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.
00:06:31They were fun.
00:06:40They were fun.
00:06:42They were just fun.
00:06:43They were fun.
00:06:43I got you.
00:06:44No!
00:06:50Who are they?
00:06:51I met you in your restaurant.
00:06:54No, no, no, no.
00:06:57I was not down at all.
00:07:05Come on girls
00:07:08Come on girls, quickly
00:07:15Quiet, quiet, quiet
00:07:17Quiet, quiet
00:07:18Dreaming, dreaming is free
00:07:23I don't want you to live on charity
00:07:30Pleasure's real or is it fantasy
00:07:39Gross, hold it enough
00:07:41God's justice is beautiful
00:07:44I'm sorry Aunt Vidala
00:07:47Friends, these men
00:07:50Do you know what crime they committed?
00:07:54Yes Shinamite
00:07:55Rape, Avidala, that's what the red X is for, it's for rape
00:07:59Praise be
00:08:02Friends, these men
00:08:04These horrible men
00:08:07These...
00:08:07Rapists? You say rapists?
00:08:10Rapists, yes
00:08:12Thank you Shinamite
00:08:14Not rapists
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
00:08:27That kind of girl often earns a violent end for herself
00:08:32Praise be his judgment
00:08:33Praise 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
00:08:49The urges of men are terrible things
00:08:52And those urges must be curbed
00:08:54That is the burden that God has personally laid upon each of you
00:08:57Just by existing
00:08:59We were mortally dangerous to otherwise perfectly good men
00:09:03They were helpless to resist us
00:09:06Even us
00:09:07The daughters of commanders
00:09:09The most godly of girls
00:09:31I was a precious flower
00:09:34Then why did I sometimes feel like a prized pig?
00:09:37What about the
00:10:06dance music
00:10:09At the Aunt Lydia school, pink dresses were for little girls.
00:10:12Plum dresses were for older girls like us.
00:10:15Predestined to marry high Gilead commanders once we became eligible,
00:10:19which only 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. The skirt looks fine.
00:10:32May the Lord open, don't bother.
00:10:34Even God knows Paula has no taste.
00:10:36Come along, friends.
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,
00:10:49and secrets led to disobedience.
00:10:51And disobedient girls became women who were immoral, obviously.
00:10:55We've been sent good weather.
00:10:57Miss Blessing, do you have your address today?
00:11:00Keep moving, girls. Let's go.
00:11:02After lunch.
00:11:03Becca was already green.
00:11:04She was getting ready to be matched.
00:11:06She was moving on without me, but 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,
00:11:15everyone 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 a joy.
00:11:23Very, very cute hair.
00:11:25Yeah, I definitely agree.
00:11:27Thanks.
00:11:27You're Martha.
00:11:28Blessed be yours too.
00:11:29Seriously.
00:11:29My Martha's socks.
00:11:31I look like I have a bedhead.
00:11:32Funamite.
00:11:32Chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter.
00:11:34Flap your tongue around and you're likely to lose it.
00:11:37Yes, Aunt Fadala.
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.
00:12:16We 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.
00:12:41Aunt 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.
00:13:38Nice work, Constance.
00:13:51Pretty daisies, Hilda.
00:13:54Really?
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.
00:14:02Aunt Estée.
00:14:03Making me able, and for the flowers he made.
00:14:05To the thread.
00:14:09Pray forgive me.
00:14:10You are forgiven.
00:14:12Just be mindful around Alphidala.
00:14:17Aunt Gabbana!
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.
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00:15:14People 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.
00:15:48If 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.
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.
00:16:08Helping a new friend feel welcome.
00:16:17Agnes, this is Daisy, one 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, make her feel comfortable, be 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.
00:16:51Go in grace.
00:17:02Blessed fruit.
00:17:04May the Lord open.
00:17:13Painting and sketching.
00:17:15Painting and sketching.
00:17:21Music classroom.
00:17:29Comportments this way.
00:17:30Domestic management is upstairs with Aunt L'Oreal.
00:17:33Hospitality.
00:17:34Decorating.
00:17:35Culinary arts.
00:17:37Fiber arts, like embroidery, lace making.
00:17:40You can make a tablecloth, if you dare.
00:17:44And scripture class.
00:17:46Price 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.
00:18:00Ms. Agnes.
00:18:10Did she ask you to watch me?
00:18:14Of course.
00:18:15Ms. Agnes.
00:18:18To learn how to behave properly.
00:18:22Discipline 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.
00:18:40Quite 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, Aunt Padala.
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 Padala.
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?
00:19:49This is Daisy.
00:19:51Aunt 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.
00:20:17It'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.
00:20:27Shunammai.
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.
00:21:05I pray it will be swallowed whole by the earth.
00:21:06Excuse me, my God.
00:21:09Daisy, do 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, 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.
00:21:53They 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 marker 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, come along.
00:22:41Shake a leg.
00:22:43I'm going, Grace.
00:22:46Angry as I go.
00:23:00Girl.
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 tongue.
00:23:11Sure.
00:23:11Or 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.
00:23:24Agnes,
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.
00:23:50Cinnamon toast.
00:23:52Praise be his bounty.
00:23:58Is it awful?
00:24:00God never sends us more than we can bear.
00:24:03Sometimes 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 doesn'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 was 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, my father would shoot it.
00:25:54It was hard.
00:25:57When 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 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.
00:26:47Lots of people have to be torn.
00:27:01You'll see what happened.
00:27:05A beautiful day.
00:27:05Did you see the movie?
00:27:09That's the first time we did.
00:27:11I found a painting on the concrete piece.
00:27:14A beautiful day.
00:27:15The whole day.
00:27:15The whole day.
00:27:15You had to be torn down.
00:27:16The whole day.
00:27:16The whole day.
00:27:16It's a beautiful day.
00:27:19Assembly time, my plums. Two lines. Two lines.
00:27:24Posture, Agnes. I'm sorry, Ovidala.
00:27:32Plums, please assemble in the dining hall.
00:27:35Hurry along.
00:27:36Thanks to your classes. Cha-cha.
00:28:04Let's take this out, Agnes.
00:28:27Blessed day. How was it?
00:28:30May the Lord open. Fine.
00:28:33Shut up. It was fine.
00:28:36I feel like puffy sleeves.
00:28:44Blessed day, graceful friends.
00:28:47We need your energy.
00:28:49Because we have some difficult work to do today.
00:28:53For him.
00:28:59Are you ready?
00:29:00Yes, I'm just going to say.
00:29:11Oh, someone's in trouble.
00:29:14Good.
00:29:15Who'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.
00:29:32Instead,
00:29:33he chose wickedness.
00:29:35We do not play with the power of creation.
00:29:38What 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.
00:29:51Now,
00:29:53this 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 shift the pain?
00:30:34I am so proud of the women you are becoming.
00:30:47I am so proud of the women you are becoming.
00:31:03I am so proud of the women you are becoming.
00:31:47I am so proud of the women you are becoming.
00:32:02Don't.
00:32:03Don't tell.
00:32:05Oh, sweetie.
00:32:08Agnes, 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 would 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, there is no excuse.
00:33:14I know I must confess.
00:33:17Okay.
00:33:20Aunt Lydia is in charge of punishing pro girls.
00:33:25Okay.
00:33:28Praise be her discipline.
00:33:31I need to learn.
00:33:38Do you think she will cut out my tongue?
00:33:43There are stories.
00:33:45Pray no.
00:33:46Not for this.
00:33:48Probably not.
00:33:51Okay.
00:33:54If 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.
00:34:39God is merciful.
00:34:42The aunts, not so much sometimes.
00:34:46Are you sure?
00:34:51Our secret.
00:35:00Shunemite 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.
00:35:52Today we free Him.
00:35:53Yet, what may my mom do this better?
00:35:55Hol very well, dear w Annual home is Doros.
00:35:56You may partner.
00:36:05Spongebob Mary Mary Andrew.
00:36:07The Son of evil would go for Hello names.
00:36:10He didn't really suffer.
00:36:10I find the wife, she's in the middle of her or noっ.
00:36:10Amy Sanders not my husband, but you're listening.
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.
00:37:31Every burst of the wave.
00:37:36Oh, my life is changing every day.
00:37:40Oh, my dreams was never quite as it seemed.
00:37:46Never quite as it seemed.
00:37:51I know I felt like this before.
00:37:55But now I'm hearing it even more.
00:38:00Because it came from me.
00:38:06And then I open up and see the person falling here is me.
00:38:13A different way of giving.
00:38:38A different way of giving.
00:38:43The shorebirds were 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.
00:39:53Oh, my great!αν
00:40:05Hi,
00:40:07my friends! It's
00:40:07hard to tell her how she just checked out! How's
00:40:07that? What's
00:40:14next?
00:40:20Rosa?
00:40:25What 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. 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, 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.
00:41:31No. 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 rock.
00:42:51See the translation?
00:42:52Yeah.
00:42:54As 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.
00:43:21And out of the whole bunch, I chose you.
00:43:24Is 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.
00:43:36Thank you, mate.
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 is a 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
00:44:26I 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
00:44:39I'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
00:45:00Mmm
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?
00:45:39Or smell
00:45:41Or smell
00:45:42Like the air before a storm
00:45:44What's a day?
00:45:46Like a guardian walking past you
00:45:48In the summer heat
00:46:08He set my feet on a rock
00:46:10And gave me a firm place 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
00:46:39But Aunt Lydia said I should stay with you
00:46:41You can't come
00:46:44Is this about yesterday?
00:46:53Aunt Gabana?
00:47:20Don't you think you can stay with me?
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.
00:48:37Hurry.
00:48:38Oh, my gosh.
00:48:42Oh, my gosh.
00:48:54Oh, my gosh.
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.
00:49:20Praise 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.
00:50:06I'm stuffed, hold up.
00:50:09Is your menstrual powder 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.
00:50:44Bec, 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. Shake 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.
00:51:24This morning.
00:51:26She has admitted to using the Lord's name in vain.
00:51:32Agnes.
00:51:35Aunt Lydia trusted you to guide this girl as you would your own child.
00:51:40I'm sorry, Aunt Padala.
00:51:44You have been blessed with womanhood today.
00:51:47Is that a challenge you are ready for?
00:51:49Yes, Aunt Padala.
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 Padala.
00:52:12She must pay for her sins, Aunt Padala.
00:52:14Pay for her sins! Pay for her sins!
00:52:16Tell her what she is, Agnes.
00:52:20Dirty words come from what?
00:52:24A dirty girl.
00:52:26Dirty girl! Dirty girl! Dirty girl!
00:52:29Corrections was our time to unleash and we devoured it Dirty girl!
00:52:35I'm ashamed of how much I miss it
00:52:48Whose fault is this?
00:52:50We understood power in rage.
00:52:53Teenage girls appreciate rage and Gailia
00:52:56Yet, as elsewhere, you are nothing.
00:52:58You're a slut from the streets of Sodom.
00:53:01A child of sinners and wars!
00:53:03She was there!
00:53:04She heard my blasphemy!
00:53:06I swear to God!
00:53:36All right, friends.
00:53:38Time for cake.
00:53:50Open.
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.
00:54:27Oh, that soap is disgusting.
00:54:36I heard the Marthas used rendered cow fat and fireplace ashes.
00:54:44By his mercy, at least, Aunt Gabana spared our tongues.
00:54:48But I've taught you how to stay silent.
00:54:51Agnes, I had to confess my sins.
00:54:54I made a commitment to God.
00:54:56To be a good pearl girl.
00:54:58Oh, congratulations.
00:54:58You're being a perfect little pearl 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?
00:55:17Why 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 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 every bit
00:56:04do you agree yes there are changes happening in your body and more on the way your prefrontal
00:56:23cortex is still developing and all the estrogen pumping through your body will tempt you into
00:56:27impulsive decisions dangerous ones womanhood is a test agnes a life-long test
00:56:40the aunts didn't teach us science my 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 becca's gonna be thrilled you're agreeing now
00:57:05i'm glad we're in it together there's a lot on her mind today
00:57:09becca's a worry wart it's just how she is open
00:57:17well praise be perfect teeth just perfect
00:57:23you know maybe you could help her through it all she's less anxious around you i mean you've always
00:57:29been so mature for your age thank you okay only an x-ray to go can i get a size
00:57:39two bite wing please
00:57:49now i hope that this isn't too heavy for you imagine your breasts must be quite tender
00:58:04it's not too heavy lovely you know you really are getting to be a big girl agnes
00:58:22and that's that let's take some pictures excellent thank you open
00:58:32and bite perfect
00:58:42still as you can be
00:59:06that's when i started having nightmares about my wedding night about 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 i tried to run away but he always caught up with me
00:59:31wake up
00:59:34agnes
00:59:35aunt lydia yes it's time come along
00:59:53it's a chilly night dear
01:00:07it's a chilly night dear
01:00:19it's time to get me
01:00:21come along dear
01:00:21oh
01:00:23oh
01:00:48We gather here tonight as this daughter of Gilead comes of age.
01:00:56seeking his divine protection and she will need it his protection for being a woman on god's green earth is
01:01:05no easy feat in you go dear rub-a-dub-dub
01:01:18but we needn't look so far back to see the suffering of women do we
01:01:24that's why Gilead was created
01:01:26to bring women back to their rightful place
01:01:38the world would be lost without you who can bring forth god's children
01:01:42who 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
01:02:00and
01:02:27and
01:02:30Agnes Mackenzie, jettison all that came before this moment and embrace your new role.
01:02:36May the generations born to your womb be worthy in his eyes.
01:02:42Blessed be the fruit.
01:02:44Blessed be the fruit.
01:02:48May the Lord open.
01:02:59A token of your passage. May he bless your new path. Under his eye.
01:03:07Under his eye.
01:03:17Wonderful.
01:03:25Hi.
01:03:27Want some help?
01:03:31I thought I was going to drown in there.
01:03:35Me 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.
01:03:49Yeah.
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 want this for either of us.
01:04:15I 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.
01:04:33I don't want a husband.
01:04:35But what else would you do?
01:04:41I don't know.
01:04:42I don't know.
01:04:48Aren't 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
01:05:15it 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
01:06:07let's go
01:06:09wait
01:06:10go
01:06:12go
01:06:13go
01:06:13go
01:06:17Let's go.
01:06:50Oh, my God.
01:07:41Oh, my God.
01:07:46Oh, my God.
01:08:16Oh, my God.
01:08:33Oh, my God.
01:08:55It was going to happen.
01:08:57Want had nothing to do with it.
01:09:01There were things to be wanted.
01:09:06Even in Gilead, even if there were consequences.
01:09:17Blessed morning.
01:09:19Blessed morning.
01:09:23Blessed morning.
01:09:29Pray, you know, smoking is not allowed, right?
01:09:36Yes, Miss Agnes.
01:09:37My apologies.
01:09:45Congratulations on your initiation.
01:09:55I better get inside, Miss Agnes.
01:10:05Sometimes you couldn't help but one.
01:10:08Even if you tried your best to stop it.
01:10:14There is no point to it.
01:10:17All that wanting.
01:10:26Agnes, finally.
01:10:33Your father is home.
01:10:35He'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.
01:11:12Finished.
01:11:13All these things need to be fixed.
01:11:16If they're temp controlled, then I think the transport is going to be fine.
01:11:19It's certainly vital.
01:11:21Blessed morning, Angel.
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, he has saved me from barrenness.
01:12:08By 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 gonna get married.
01:12:31Going to the chapel and we're gonna get married.
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