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The Testaments Season 1 Episode 1
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00:00Hello.
00:01Stay tuned for a minute from coastline.
00:03999, turn your dial to 101.6.
00:07And 99.5.
00:09You're now.
00:10We are now.
00:13I'm so-
00:13I'm so-
00:35I don't know.
00:58You want to know what it was like for me, growing up in Gilead?
01:04I'm ashamed to say that I believed in Gilead once.
01:07I guess it's easier to accept a story, even a childish one,
01:12rather than believe that the people around you are monsters.
01:20Blessed morning, I guess.
01:22In this story I'm telling, I'm not really sure what year it was.
01:27Sorry.
01:28It's hard to remember actual dates because girls were forbidden to have calendars.
01:33Just reading one could cost you a finger.
01:44You learn to mark time in other ways.
01:47I know I still had my dollhouse.
01:50It looked just like our real house.
01:54It had my bedroom and the dining room, a wife's parlor, even an attic where the Martha slept.
02:13It was all we wanted.
02:14I was a plum.
02:16I didn't have my period yet.
02:19In my world then, I made all the difference.
02:23It was all we wanted, and it also terrified us.
03:03The commander doll was always doing very important work.
03:06Just like my father, keeping us safe from heretics and mayday terrorists.
03:26The Martha dolls were always busy.
03:29But at night they would let the little girls all sit in the kitchen with them.
03:33They would make her cinnamon toast and they would all talk.
03:43There is a wife doll, in blue of course.
03:47That would be Paula, who was my new stepmother then.
03:51Blessed morning, Agnes dear.
03:54Rosa, how's your leg? Please tell me it's better.
03:56Yes, ma'am.
03:58It's kind of you to ask.
04:00Praise be his mercy.
04:02The high dusting is catching up with us, I'm afraid.
04:05Yes, ma'am. I'll do that after the commander's meeting.
04:12Thank you, Zilla.
04:14Zilla was new.
04:16Her tongue was removed as punishment before she was posted with us.
04:20Probably for blasphemy.
04:22That was a big one for some wives.
04:25Well, she's certainly an improvement.
04:27That last one we had was Chatty Cathy.
04:30Sometimes, when I was playing with the dollhouse, I would lock the Paula doll in the attic.
04:35Which was not nice.
04:37The Paula doll would pound on the door and scream, but the little girl doll would pay no attention.
04:42And sometimes she would laugh.
04:44Is that the new skirt?
04:47Up then.
04:52Well, don't you look pretty as a picture.
04:58Mother.
05:01I was worried to make you look cocky.
05:03But no.
05:10Praise be his mercy.
05:12For not making me look too cocky.
05:16I'm an irritant to Paula.
05:19She wants me married and gone.
05:22I was born in the sinful before world.
05:26Please keep your count on me, girls.
05:28We don't want to get cancer.
05:29Yes, Dad.
05:34Don't slouch, dear.
05:35Southing girls get fat husbands.
05:48With Africa.
05:52I gasp.
05:53It's worse thanrest.
05:53Good morning, Ms. Adams.
05:57leaving places.
05:58After his eyes, a big bag.
05:59Bye, man.
06:00Brother.
06:00No.esh
06:04She'll be prepared. Bye,
06:04Rosa. p around.
06:06bottle.
06:16Once, when we were pinks, I smiled at a boy on the playground.
06:19Leon's taped my mouth shut and made me stand in the dining hall for two days,
06:23holding the sign for a slut.
06:25That was for smiling.
06:27I wonder what would happen if I kissed one.
07:04When we became plums,
07:05we started going on the field trips.
07:09We were fun.
07:10Some parts more than others.
07:23I got you!
07:30I met you in the restaurant.
07:45Come on, girls.
07:48Come on, girls.
07:49Quickly.
08:20Gross.
08:21Hold it enough.
08:22God's justice is beautiful.
08:25I'm sorry, Aunt Vidala.
08:27Friends, these men.
08:30Do you know what crime they committed?
08:35Yes, Shunammai.
08:36Rape.
08:37Aunt Vidala, that's what the red X is for.
08:39It's for rape.
08:40Praise be.
08:42Friends, these men.
08:44These horrible men.
08:47These...
08:47Rapists.
08:48You say rapists?
08:51Rapists, yes.
08:53Thank you, Shunammai.
08:55I'm not a raper.
08:56I didn't know that.
08:57Friends, it's a ghastly story.
08:59These men stole a young girl.
09:01Much like yourselves.
09:03This young girl was a kind who liked being the center of attention.
09:07A spirited girl.
09:08That kind of girl often earns a violent end for herself.
09:12Praise be his judgment.
09:14Praise be his judgment.
09:15These men saw this girl.
09:17They were overcome by their urges.
09:21They came in the night and took her from her own bed.
09:26What about her guardians?
09:28Some of them were her guardians.
09:30The urges of men are terrible things.
09:32And those urges must be curbed.
09:35That is the burden that God has personally laid upon each of you.
09:38Just by existing, we were mortally dangerous to otherwise perfectly good men.
09:44They were helpless to resist us.
09:47Even us.
09:48The daughters of commanders.
09:50The most godly of girls.
10:11I was a precious flower.
10:15Then why did I sometimes feel like a prized pig?
10:18Then why did I sometimes feel like a prized pig?
10:52That is it?
10:57By the way.
10:59No doubt.
11:02That's it.
11:04And I don't like that.
11:05I can't wait.
11:09You can't wait.
11:11It's okay.
11:12Made a lot of it.
11:13Don't bother.
11:14Even God knows Paula has no taste.
11:17Come on, friends!
11:20Becca was the first person I met when we moved here from Colorado.
11:23She was my best friend.
11:25Except we weren't allowed to have best friends.
11:27Leon said that best friends led to keeping secrets.
11:30And secrets led to disobedience.
11:32And disobedient girls became women who were immoral.
11:35Obviously.
11:35We've been sent good weather.
11:37Miss Blessing?
11:39You have your address for me?
11:42After lunch.
11:43Becca was already green.
11:45She was getting ready to be matched.
11:46She was moving on without me.
11:49But we didn't talk about that.
11:50This will be our third seamstress.
11:53My mother thinks if she gets the bodice just right,
11:55everyone will forget my dad's a dentist.
11:57Maybe she dresses you too.
11:59Blessed day.
12:00Blessed day.
12:01We've been sent good weather.
12:02But I received a gift.
12:04Very, very cute hair.
12:05Yeah, I definitely agree.
12:07Thanks, new Martha.
12:08Blessed be yours too.
12:09Seriously.
12:09My Martha sucks.
12:11I look like I have a bedhead.
12:12Shunammite.
12:13Chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter.
12:15Flap your tongue around and you're likely to lose it.
12:17Yes, Aunt Badala.
12:18Have a graceful day, girls.
12:25Aunt Lydia was a legend.
12:27Blessed day, Aunt Lydia.
12:28She had been worshipped, then vilified,
12:30then worshipped again.
12:32Blessed day, Aunt Lydia.
12:34In the four years since the War of Massachusetts,
12:36the purges had happened.
12:38As always, those remaining were able to shape history as they liked.
12:42Some people were hung, and some had schools named after them.
12:49At one time, we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived, and enslaved by all kinds of passions.
12:57We lived in malice and envy, being hated, and hated one another.
13:00But when the kindness and love of God are saved, they are created, and saved us.
13:07Not because of the righteousness of death, but because of the mercy.
13:12White was for the pearl girls.
13:14They were new arrivals from outside of Gilead, converts to our godly struggle.
13:21Aunt Lydia and her missionaries gathered them from all over the world.
13:25They were mostly runaways.
13:27Of course they had to be young, and possibly fertile.
13:31Weirdos.
13:39The aunts of the pearl girls came eager for a new start.
13:41They were even more eager to prove their godliness by telling on you to the aunts.
13:46We all knew someone who had been ratted out by a pearl girl.
13:49Amen.
13:50The passion of the converted.
13:53What a pain in the ass.
14:16Nice work, Constance.
14:32Pretty daisies, Hilda.
14:34Really?
14:35Thank you, Aunt Esther.
14:36They're actually black-eyed Susan.
14:38Should you be thanking me?
14:40No.
14:41No, thank him, Aunt Esther, for making me able, and for the flowers he made, and the bread.
14:49Pray forgive me.
14:51You are forgiven.
14:52Just be mindful around Al-Fadala.
14:57Aunt Gabbana.
14:59Blessed morning.
15:05Agnes.
15:06Aunt Lydia would like to speak with you.
15:13Come along.
15:15Agnes, get up, please.
15:17I'm sure it's good news.
15:19Back to work.
15:27I'm sorry.
15:28I'm sorry.
15:52By tradition, only dead people are allowed to have statues.
15:57I have been given one while still alive.
16:01Praise be your works, Aunt Lydia.
16:04I have been prematurely petrified.
16:11Agnes Mackenzie, how the time goes by.
16:16I have been watching you for quite a while now.
16:20Why, Aunt Lydia?
16:22Soon to be eligible.
16:24May God make me truly worthy.
16:27Ah, you will be rewarded.
16:28If you are free of sin, of course.
16:31Do you know why this statue was erected?
16:36So you can always be watching over us?
16:39Yes.
16:40We inspire the world with our good works, Agnes.
16:43Do you agree?
16:44Yes, Aunt Lydia.
16:45Excellent.
16:47I have good work that needs doing.
16:49Helping a new friend feel welcome.
16:57Agnes, this is Daisy.
17:00One of my precious, precious pearls recently arrived.
17:04Daisy may be joining your class.
17:07She's going to be a plum?
17:09Perhaps.
17:10I'd like you to show her around.
17:12Make her feel comfortable.
17:14Be her shepherding.
17:16It's an honor for you, Agnes.
17:19Thank you, Aunt Lydia.
17:21Daisy, be a good girl and stay with Agnes.
17:23Lambs, don't stray.
17:25Yes, Aunt Lydia.
17:27Thank you, Aunt Lydia.
17:30Wonderful.
17:31Go and grace.
17:43Blessed fruit.
17:44Main alert, open.
17:54Painting and sketching.
18:02Music classroom.
18:09Comportments this way.
18:11Domestic management is upstairs with Aunt L'Oreal.
18:13Hospitality, decorating, culinary arts.
18:17Fiber arts, like embroidery, lace making.
18:21You can make a tablecloth, if you dare.
18:24And scripture class.
18:26Praise please, word.
18:29Weirdo.
18:32Aunt Lydia didn't tell me much about you.
18:35Did she tell you anything about me?
18:39Nothing.
18:40Miss Agnes.
18:50Did she ask you to watch me?
18:54Of course.
18:56Miss Agnes.
18:58She's wearing how to behave properly.
19:03Discipline and corrections are in the on-swing.
19:05You only go there when you earn it.
19:11And lunch.
19:12Blessed be his bounty.
19:19This is the dining room.
19:20Pretty obviously.
19:23Let's eat.
19:27You cannot be mistress of a house.
19:29Unless you are the mistress of yourself.
19:32Do you understand me, girls?
19:34Yes, Ambedala.
19:37It is an offense to God to waste food with poor preparation.
19:41If your meal is unacceptable, speak firmly to your Martha.
19:46Do you understand me, girls?
19:49Yes, Ambedala.
19:50Friends, let us give thanks to him.
19:57And?
19:58God is great.
20:00God is good.
20:01Thank you, God, for our food.
20:03By his blessings, we are fed.
20:05Give us, Lord, our daily bread.
20:07Amen.
20:10Girls, you may socialize.
20:14You may socialize.
20:29What is all this, then?
20:30Hey, this is Daisy.
20:32Lydia asked me to make her feel welcome.
20:35Hey.
20:37It's a blessing to meet you all.
20:40Tera.
20:50We're enjoying very fine weather.
20:52By God's blessing.
20:57It's a high-pressure system, I think.
21:00It's a high-pressure system, I think.
21:01Daisy, Craig, where do you hail from?
21:04Toronto, Canada, Miss, Shunamai.
21:10That's a beautiful name.
21:12It is.
21:15I imagine Canada is very different from Gilead.
21:18Toronto has been forsaken by God,
21:21and defiled by Satan.
21:23It is suffocating in sin.
21:29So do you miss it?
21:32I pray it will be swallowed whole by the earth.
21:40May he hear your prayer.
21:48Daisy,
21:50do you like soft-serve ice cream?
21:54Food is one of his miracles.
21:56They have it here.
21:57Strawberry and vanilla.
21:59Hold up, we'll take you.
22:01Yeah, I can make you a swirl cone.
22:03I'm sort of an expert.
22:05Aunt Lydia urged me to stay with Miss Agnes.
22:07Ice cream is definitely one of his miracles.
22:10And you wouldn't want to insult God.
22:16You should get some.
22:18Come on.
22:34They stuck you with the pearl girl?
22:35What did you do wrong?
22:36She didn't do anything.
22:38This is unprecedented.
22:40So what did it, Lydia, say?
22:42She said she's new here.
22:44I'm just supposed to be a shepherdess.
22:46I don't like her.
22:47She didn't seem very nice.
22:48Well, you can't trust her.
22:49She'll tell Aunt Lydia everything.
22:50She's a pearl girl.
22:53Becca?
22:54Your Martha is here to collect you.
22:57Yes, on this day.
23:01My fitting.
23:03Pray for me.
23:04I wish I was green this season.
23:06I wish we all were together.
23:10It's starting to move very, very fast.
23:13It's a dress.
23:15Not a husband.
23:17Not yet.
23:18Well, I can't wait to have a husband.
23:20Becca, Frank, come along.
23:21Shake a leg.
23:23Go with Grace.
23:26And Grace, I go.
23:44You should tell Aunt her.
23:45You're a pearl girl.
23:48What?
23:48Just say that she gossips or has a foul tongue.
23:51Sure.
23:52Or that she ran off to go get ice cream.
23:54That could be possible.
23:55She'd be punished.
23:56You're an awful person.
23:57Stop.
23:58I didn't say to make her a gender traitor or anything.
24:01Just something small.
24:06Agnes, I know that you are very, very nice.
24:08But it's time to plumb up and get her before she can see you.
24:20I don't have her feet.
24:31Cinnamon toast.
24:32Praise be his bounty.
24:39Is it awful?
24:41God never sends us more than we can bear.
24:44Sometimes we just get close, though.
24:48Becca had her final fitting.
24:51She must be happy to be getting a new dress.
24:54I'm sure she looks perfect.
24:56She's a beautiful girl.
24:59She could get an offer from a commander at the dance.
25:03Her dad could.
25:06She could marry one who lives in Wyoming.
25:09Or anywhere.
25:11Not Maryland.
25:13She won't move far if she marries a high commander.
25:16They need to look near the capital.
25:19She could marry one who doesn't let his wife have any friends.
25:24Try not to think about it.
25:28So how did you meet your husband?
25:31Before, I mean.
25:36We met in a bookstore.
25:40Almost everyone we knew then was meeting online on Tinder.
25:44Bumble.
25:46We met in the cookbook section.
25:49What's Tinder?
25:52It's not something you're ever going to need to know, pumpkin.
25:56Bless anything, ma'am.
26:01Commander will be home Thursday.
26:02I have some things for the Marthas to do.
26:05You said your leg was better.
26:08It is, ma'am.
26:11Good.
26:12Head up to the third floor.
26:14We'll start there.
26:17Yes, ma'am.
26:27I grew up riding.
26:29When a horse would come up late, my father would shoot it.
26:34It was hard.
26:37But it was the merciful thing to do.
26:41Haven't I told you that story?
26:43No, mother.
26:49We learned that sometimes you have to be hard.
26:53Sometimes you have to cut off weak branches and bothersome ones.
26:59You'll understand when you're running your own household.
27:03Have a sleeping.
27:07Good afternoon.
28:00Assembly time, my plums.
28:01Two lines.
28:02Two lines.
28:04Posture.
28:06I'm sorry.
28:07I put down.
28:13Plums, please assemble in the dining hall.
28:15Hurry along.
28:43Yes.
28:45Get back.
29:06It was a day.
29:09How was it?
29:10May the Lord open.
29:11Fine.
29:13Shut up.
29:15It was fine.
29:17If you like Puffy's wings.
29:25Blessed day, graceful friends.
29:27We need your energy.
29:29Because we have some difficult work to do today.
29:33For him.
29:39Are you ready?
29:40Yes, Master Archive.
29:51Oh, someone's in trouble.
29:54Good.
29:55It's the gross one.
29:57This man is a sinner.
29:59Didn't amongst us.
30:01He was found touching himself.
30:03Abusing himself.
30:04On school grounds.
30:07Gilead trusted him to protect you.
30:09God's most precious girls.
30:13Instead, he chose wickedness.
30:16We do not play with the power of creation.
30:19What are they going to do to him?
30:21Quiet.
30:22He deserves our judgment.
30:24Do not relish in it.
30:25You are not blameless, girls.
30:28Shame upon any of you that tempt a man.
30:33Now, this is your decision.
30:35You will have to make many difficult decisions when you are wives.
30:40So what do you say, girls?
30:43Should this man go unpunished?
30:46Please.
30:47Please.
30:48Please.
30:49Please.
31:15I am so proud of the women you are becoming.
31:36Oh, my God.
31:39Oh, my God.
31:41Oh, my God.
31:48Oh, my God.
31:51Frank, are you okay?
31:53I'm fine.
31:55Please be your concern.
31:56I can't believe that'd be true.
32:17I can't believe it.
32:17Daisy?
32:18Daisy!
32:23Fuck.
32:23What the fuck was that?
32:25You broke the rules.
32:26They cut it off. I saw his arm.
32:29Jesus Christ, he was fucking wide awake.
32:31For fucks.
32:33Jesus, what the fuck?
32:38I'm sorry.
32:41Agnes. Agnes.
32:43Don't. Don't tell.
32:46Oh, sweetie.
32:48Agnes, help Daisy get cleaned up.
33:07How do you feel?
33:13They told us about assemblies.
33:17I didn't think you'd be like that.
33:20Like what?
33:31Thank you for taking care of me.
33:36When Aunt Lydia gives you an assignment, you do it.
33:41Miss Agnes, I am so sorry.
33:43I committed blasphemy.
33:47You were unwell.
33:48I took his name in vain.
33:50Agnes, there is no excuse.
33:54I know I must confess.
33:57Okay.
34:00Aunt Lydia is in charge of punishing pro girls.
34:05Okay.
34:08Prayers be her discipline.
34:12I need to learn.
34:19Do you think she'll cut out my tongue?
34:21Do you think she'll cut out my tongue?
34:23There were stories.
34:25Pray now.
34:27Not for this.
34:28Probably not.
34:31Okay.
34:34If it's God's will.
34:36If it's God's will.
34:38If it's God's will.
34:40If it's God's will.
34:41I can't.
34:41Agnes, I can't.
34:42It's okay.
34:44You don't have to.
34:46You don't have to.
34:49It was just us.
35:06God sees our sins.
35:13We'll pray together.
35:15We'll show contrition.
35:19God is merciful.
35:20God is merciful.
35:22The answer not so much sometimes.
35:27Are you sure?
35:32Our secret.
35:40Shunemite said Daisy was dangerous.
35:43She was right, of course.
35:46She said you should never ever trust a pro girl.
35:50But that was exactly what I did.
36:02Blessed night, my pearls.
36:05May God protect you.
36:08Blessed night, my pearls.
36:09Blessed night, my pearls.
36:11Blessed night, my pearls.
36:12Blessed night!
36:14Blessed night.
36:41It has
37:05Let's go.
37:12If you're hoping for some tunes, you're in the right place.
37:15For our May Day heroes behind the lines, tonight's messages are on channel 99.2.
37:21And remember, folks, don't let the bastards cry.
37:25Red Dog, Green House, White Bar, you have packages waiting.
37:30If you're in the Paperclip Club, sit tight.
37:33That's it for tonight.
38:04Oh, my life is changing every day.
38:11Every burst of the way.
38:19Oh, my dreams never quite as a tear.
38:26Never quite as a tear.
38:32Oh, my dreams never quite as a tear.
38:36Oh, my dreams never quite as a tear.
38:46Oh, my dreams never quite as a tear.
38:47When I open up and see...
38:50...the person falling and hear his name...
38:55...it's a different way to be.
39:20It was still cold, but I remember the nights were getting shorter.
39:25The shorebirds were back. You could hear them really high up. A sure sign of spring.
39:32I didn't know who my mom was yet. My real mom. That would come soon. I had no idea how
39:41much that would change things. Without calendars, you learn to mark time another way.
39:47And it was when I became eligible. And when I met Daisy, it was when it all started.
39:57To the amazing mind. Understanding I'd survive. I gave everything to me.
40:12Oh, my life. You're changing every day. In every possible way.
40:27Oh, my dreams. It's never quite as it seems. Cause you're a dream to me. Dream to me.
40:39Ally.
40:47Ally.
40:50Ally.
40:59Ally.
41:00I'm out.
41:02Ally.
41:04Ally.
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