00:01Previously, on the Testaments.
00:03You want to know what it was like for me growing up in Gilead?
00:06At the Aunt Lydia school, plum dresses were for older girls like us.
00:10Up then.
00:11Well, don't you look pretty as a picture.
00:14Thank you, Mother.
00:17Predestined to marry high Gilead commanders,
00:19which only happened if God blessed us with a period.
00:22You're insane. The skirt looks fine.
00:24Even God knows Paula has no taste.
00:26Then we became greens.
00:27I wish I was green this season.
00:29I wish we all were together.
00:32It's starting to move very, very fast.
00:35It's a dress. Not a husband.
00:37Not yet.
00:39White was for the Pearl Girls.
00:40They were new arrivals from outside of Gilead.
00:43Weirdos.
00:44This is Daisy.
00:46I'd like you to show her around.
00:48Make her feel comfortable.
00:49May the Lord open.
00:52You may socialize.
00:56What is all this then?
00:58This is Daisy.
00:59It's a blessing to meet you all.
01:01They stuck you with the Pearl Girl.
01:03What did you do wrong?
01:04She didn't do anything.
01:05Well, you can't trust her.
01:06It's time to plumb up and get her before she gets here.
01:10Shame upon any of you that tempt a man.
01:16Daisy!
01:17Jesus Christ, I was fucking wide awake.
01:19Miss Agnes, I am so sorry.
01:21I committed blasphemy.
01:23Our secret.
01:24Shunemite said you should never ever trust a Pearl Girl.
01:27But that was exactly what I did.
01:28It was when I became eligible.
01:30And when I met Daisy, it was when it all started.
01:49The aunts told us lots of girls never blossom because they're disobedient and prideful.
01:54And those girls are worthless to God.
01:58Getting your period was like a stamp of approval from God himself.
02:02I was one of the chosen ones.
02:05Me.
02:08Why me?
02:10There was a chance I'd be able to conceive.
02:13I was supposed to be ecstatic.
02:15And I was.
02:17But I was also scared to death.
02:20It's hard to tell one from the other sometimes.
02:40Blessed morning.
02:46Mother.
02:50Rosa?
02:57Rosa?
03:01What on earth are you doing skulking around?
03:06Blessed morning, Mother.
03:09Going out for a morning ride?
03:12it's too early for your manipulative nonsense what are you doing
03:23mother as he blessed ruth and leah he has blessed me this day as he answered the prayers
03:29of sarah rachel and rebecca he has saved me from barrenness by his hand he will make me fruitful
03:42it'll be his miracle
03:47wait for me in the parlor
03:55when becca got her period her mom was so happy she started laughing and crying at the same time
04:01i doubt paula has ever cried or laughed we're not telling fibs now
04:06are we you know the aunts will do their inspection no i wouldn't
04:16welcome to the sacred calling of womanhood there's a lot of tedious bother to the whole enterprise
04:26these are called wings they go beneath your underpants and snap shut
04:30like this yes change the pads every few hours cleanliness is godliness especially so on these
04:36days you should never smell it on yourself understood yes ma'am
04:45i was scared my first time too
04:49thank you for your help
04:53it's a woman's duty to pass on this kind of wisdom
04:59of course no one bothered to do it for me
05:11tabitha made this for you before she passed
05:17it's a cover for your pad
05:24thank you
05:25thank you
05:32see if you can see the remote through the rock
05:39as i was walking along in the forest i came upon an enchanted castle
05:46i saw inside there are all these little girls locked up
05:51sweet godly girls they were all under the spell of wicked witches
05:58luckily i had a magic ring but the ring only had the power to save one little girl
06:04so i looked at all of them very carefully and out of the whole bunch i chose you
06:10is that how i'll get a baby
06:16you won't need to sweetheart
06:19you are going to have a baby grow inside your tummy
06:33blessed morning agnes has blossomed
06:39praise be his mercy
06:41how do you feel
06:45a little sick to my stomach it's a blessing to feel your body's miracle
06:52agnes will have some appointments now that she's eligible yes there's the new doctor of course
06:58and the proper tailor and i'll list dr grove for the teeth whitening we need to make her as
07:04appealing as possible yes congrats agnes
07:14i prayed so hard
07:18how about some coffee
07:21isn't that what women drink yes please
07:26completely obvious i'm walking weird you're perfect
07:35you're filled with his divine light
07:39and then a husband
07:43yes
07:44we pray a kind one
07:53a real young woman your mother would be so proud of you
07:59rosa took care of tabitha when she was dying
08:04she sat next to her bed and fed her ice cubes
08:11i heard they're redistricting
08:13enjoy your special day
08:15under his eye sweetie pie
08:17under his eye rosa
08:21would people notice the difference
08:23sense that i was a woman now
08:27was it something you could sense like a wild animal in the grass
08:33or smell like the air before a storm
08:37blessed day
08:39like a guardian walking past you in the summer heat
09:00like a man
09:02and buyer he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand
09:21that's the day miss agnes
09:22blessed day have you seen becca
09:24no i'm sorry i was praying while i waited for you
09:27you don't have to do that just go inside like a normal person
09:29where are you going curiosity got eve kicked out of the garden
09:34but aunt lydia said i should stay with you
09:37you can't come
09:40is this about yesterday
09:50aunt gabbana
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12:17Rachel and Rebecca, he has saved me from barrenness.
12:21By his hand, he will make me fruitful.
12:24Praise be his mercy.
12:33Your blessing is a blessing upon us all.
12:44One of your own has been touched by his divine hand, girls.
12:47Praise be.
12:49Praise be.
13:06Take your meatloaf.
13:08You need iron and folic acid and bioflavonoids.
13:11I'm stuffed, hold up.
13:15Is your menstrual pot all soaked?
13:19No, not yet.
13:22Cool.
13:23You're so blessed.
13:26While green means more work and dancing in public and Agnes hates dancing in front of people, that could be
13:32a nightmare.
13:33Shut up, Sue.
13:35I crawled into your tights.
13:38I'm sure you'll be next.
13:41My breasts have been feeling pretty sore.
13:44They look bigger, don't they?
13:47My father always said I was blessed in that department.
13:52Beck, I can't ask Paul if I can come to your house today.
13:56I can say it's for green stuff.
13:58Up, girls.
13:59I have another fitting.
14:01Up, up, quick.
14:02Check your tail feathers.
14:04We need you in corrections.
14:08Come.
14:08A pearl girl needs your guidance.
14:10On your special day?
14:11What a drag.
14:15Corrections were done in a separate part of the school.
14:18The aunt's wing.
14:20This room reeked of the aunt's.
14:22What did she do?
14:23I don't know.
14:25It smelled like boiled wool and sweat.
14:27It smelled of certainty.
14:29If certainty had a smell.
14:31This young woman made a confession this morning.
14:36She has admitted to using the Lord's name in vain.
14:42Agnes.
14:45Aunt Lydia entrusted you to guide this girl as you would your own child.
14:50I'm sorry, Aunt Vidala.
14:54You have been blessed with womanhood today.
14:58Is that a challenge you are ready for?
15:00Yes, Aunt Vidala.
15:02Then show me.
15:04Teach your strained lamb.
15:07Get up!
15:08You don't lounge around while defending his name.
15:15What must the sinner do?
15:21Pay, Aunt Vidala.
15:24She must pay for her sins, Aunt Vidala.
15:27Pay for her sins, pay for her sins.
15:29Tell her what she is, Agnes.
15:32Dirty words come from what?
15:37A dirty girl.
15:42Corrections was our time to unleash
15:44And we devoured it.
15:49I'm ashamed of how much I miss it.
15:51Dirty girl! Dirty girl! Dirty girl! Dirty girl!
16:02Whose fault is this?
16:04We understood power in rage.
16:07Teenage girls appreciate rage.
16:09In Gilead, as elsewhere.
16:11You're nothing.
16:13You're a slut from the streets of Sodom.
16:16A child of sinners!
16:17She was there!
16:18And she heard my blasphemy!
16:21I swear to God.
16:53All right, friends.
16:55Time for cake.
17:07Open.
17:12A vessel unclean has no use
17:14in the service of the Lord.
17:22God wants you to put your shoulder
17:24into it, Agnes.
17:27I expected more from you
17:29on your special day.
17:32Now clean up and get to class.
17:50That soap is disgusting.
17:55I heard the Marthas used
17:57rendered cow fat
17:58and fireplace ashes.
18:03By his mercy,
18:05at least Aunt Gabbana
18:06spared our tongues.
18:08But I've taught you
18:08how to stay silent.
18:10Agnes,
18:11I had to confess my sins.
18:14I made a commitment to God
18:16to be a good pearl girl.
18:18Oh, congratulations.
18:19You're being a perfect
18:20little pearl girl.
18:21I didn't mean to rat you out.
18:22But when you got all up
18:23in my face,
18:24it was a lot.
18:26Corrections are a lot for you.
18:28Assembly is a lot for you.
18:29Maybe serving God
18:30is just too much for you.
18:32I really am sorry.
18:34Why did you come here?
18:36Why don't you just go back home?
18:41Not everyone has a home
18:42to go back to.
18:46Some people have crappy lives.
18:49A princess wouldn't get it.
18:55Vice Grace,
18:57I was granted a fresh start
18:59here in Gilead.
19:07Please give me a chance.
19:20And on this day
19:22of all days,
19:24I think you deserved
19:25every bit of that punishment.
19:27Every bit.
19:28Do you agree?
19:29Yes.
19:30Thank you for coming,
19:30Mrs. Brighton.
19:31Please do say hello
19:32to the commander for me.
19:35I'll go to see you,
19:35Mrs. McKenzie.
19:36Agnes will be just a moment.
19:37Praise be.
19:42There are changes
19:44happening in your body
19:45and more on the way.
19:46Your prefrontal cortex
19:48is still developing
19:49and all the estrogen
19:50pumping through your body
19:51will tempt you
19:52into impulsive decisions.
19:55Dangerous ones.
19:58Womanhood is a test, Agnes.
20:00The life-long test.
20:06The aunts didn't teach us science.
20:08My prefrontal cortex
20:10had no idea
20:11what Paula was talking about.
20:15Dr. Grover's ready
20:16for you, Agnes.
20:24I blinked
20:25and you girls grew up.
20:27Becca's gonna be thrilled
20:28you're agreeing now.
20:31I'm glad we're in it together.
20:33There's a lot on her mind today.
20:35Now, Becca's a worry wart.
20:37It's just how she is.
20:39Open.
20:44Well, praise be.
20:46Perfect teeth.
20:47Just perfect.
20:51You know, maybe
20:52you could
20:52help her through it all.
20:55She's less anxious around you.
20:57I mean, you've always been
20:58so mature for your age.
21:04Okay.
21:05Only an X-ray to go.
21:07Can I get a, uh,
21:08size 2 bite wing, please?
21:18Now, I hope
21:20that this
21:22isn't
21:24too heavy for you.
21:26I imagine your breasts
21:27must be
21:27quite tender.
21:34It's not
21:35too heavy.
21:37Lovely.
21:39You know,
21:40you really are
21:41getting to be
21:42a big girl, Agnes.
21:53And that's that.
21:54Let's take some pictures.
21:58Excellent.
22:00Open.
22:03And bite.
22:05Perfect.
22:13Still as you can be.
22:39That's when I started
22:40having nightmares
22:41about my wedding night.
22:42About my husband.
22:46a dark bedroom.
22:50And then a smell.
22:53And then he was
22:54in front of me,
22:55my husband.
22:58But he had no face.
23:01I tried to run away,
23:02but he always
23:03caught up with me.
23:05Wake up.
23:08Agnes.
23:09Aunt Lydia?
23:10Yes.
23:12Yes.
23:12It's time.
23:13Come along.
23:29It's a chilly night, dear.
23:46Come along, dear.
23:46Come along, dear.
23:58and he's going to be
24:27to a man's
24:28as this daughter of Gilead
24:30comes of age
24:34seeking his divine protection
24:37and she will
24:38need it, his protection
24:39for being a woman on
24:42God's green earth is no
24:44easy feat.
24:47In you go, dear.
24:48Rub-a-dub-dub.
24:58But we needn't look so far back
25:00to see the suffering of women, do we?
25:04That's why Gilead was created.
25:07To bring women back to their rightful place.
25:18The world would be lost
25:20without you. Who can bring forth
25:22God's children?
25:24Who will populate this world
25:26so his divine presence can be
25:28multiplied?
25:31Who
25:33but you?
25:38You join your sisters now
25:40in this holy endeavor.
26:13Agnes McKenzie,
26:15jettison all that came before
26:17this moment
26:17and embrace your new role.
26:20May the generations born to your womb
26:22be worthy in his eyes.
26:26Blessed
26:26be the fruit.
26:28Blessed be the fruit.
26:32May the Lord open.
26:44A token of your passage.
26:47May he bless your new path
26:48under his eye.
26:51Under his eye.
26:54Under his eye.
27:02Wonderful.
27:03Wonderful.
27:11Hi.
27:13Want some help?
27:17Thought I was gonna drown in there.
27:21Me too.
27:22When I had my initiation.
27:25I feel like I'm still drowning.
27:30It's better that you're here now.
27:35Praise be.
27:36Yeah.
27:38I thought you were mad.
27:43This was your season
27:44and
27:46I was ruining it.
27:49I thought you didn't want me
27:50to be a green.
27:56I didn't want this
28:01for either of us.
28:07I don't want to get married.
28:12I don't want a husband.
28:25But what else would you do?
28:31I don't know.
28:38Aunt Lydia said we
28:41get to leave everything behind.
28:45Everything that happened before tonight.
28:49Do you think that's real?
28:53What would you want to leave behind?
29:06It will be great.
29:10Pushing strollers together.
29:13No aunts
29:14following us around.
29:18That does sound nice.
29:21All will be well, Rebecca.
29:24All manner of things will be well.
29:30I'm freezing.
29:36Yeah.
29:37Come on.
29:39Let's go home.
29:40Come on.
29:45Let's go home.
34:33Agnes, finally.
34:35Agnes, finally.
34:40Your father is home.
34:42He'll be pleased to hear of your development.
35:05You look so pretty this morning.
35:06You look so pretty this morning.
35:10He's in the car, he's in the car, he's in the car, he's in the car.
36:11He's in the car, he's in the car, he's in the car.
36:31Agnes. May the Lord open, Daddy.
37:01The chapel of love, spring is here, the sky is blue, birds are saying, yes, if they knew, today's the
37:24day, we'll say I do, and we'll never.
37:31We won't be lonely anymore, because we're going to the chapel and we're going to get married, going to the
37:47chapel and we're going to get married.
37:53Gee, I really love you and we're going to get married, going to the chapel of love.
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