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The Testaments Season 1 Episode 6
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00:00Wait, you're so much further along than last time.
00:02Hold up.
00:03Your work with these girls is truly a triumph.
00:05They're magnificent.
00:07Somewhere out there is your future husband.
00:10Tonight you'll meet him.
00:11Excuse me, Miss Mackenzie, I'm being called away.
00:13You could take my place with the young lady.
00:15Garth was becoming a commander.
00:16And if he were a commander, he could be mine.
00:19Do not let them get my girls drunk.
00:22I'll have a word with them.
00:23Why don't we get a refreshment?
00:26Sue, I think I'm gonna be sick.
00:27She's drunk.
00:29Shh, it's a shame a girl with such promise.
00:32Threw it all away.
00:33As he blessed Ruth and Leah, he has blessed me the same.
00:37By his hand, may he make me fruitful.
00:39Praise be.
00:41I trust your expectations were met?
00:44Hardly.
00:45I saw more than one girl plied with drinks.
00:48You failed.
00:49How was I supposed to...
00:50You still have much to prove.
00:53Well, I have a dollar.
00:54I think maybe the time's come for you and I to discuss our vision in the future.
01:01Excuse me, commander.
01:26All right, girl.
01:27Sorry, I just can't help.
01:33In my own present day, I am an object of curiosity.
01:38Not to the world outside of Gilead.
01:42To these girls.
02:04Would you stop pacing?
02:05You're making me nervous.
02:07Chill.
02:07How?
02:09Why?
02:10What's going on?
02:11The aunts decide our contenders today.
02:14Two to three suitors each, usually.
02:15Then house visits.
02:16Then weddings.
02:17In prison for the rest of our lives.
02:20Don't say that.
02:22Why not?
02:24Whatever is in God's hands now.
02:26Or the aunts.
02:27Is there a difference?
02:28Huh?
02:28HERNATIS realmente evangelists?
02:29Ahem.
02:30Ahem.
02:30Ahem.
02:31Ahem.
02:32Ahem.
02:32Ahem.
02:33Ahem.
02:36Ahem.
03:37The irony is not lost on me.
03:40School canceled again, I take it?
03:42This is the fourth time this month.
03:44Fine by me.
03:45My classroom's a mess.
03:46I could use a day to clean it up.
03:53Whose turn was it to replace the coffee?
03:55Vivian's.
03:56And Vivian is where?
04:00You're late.
04:01Did you bring some coffee?
04:02Something's happening.
04:04There are some men outside.
04:05They're armed.
04:06That's weird.
04:07Keith, they want to talk to you.
04:09To me?
04:11Mm-hmm.
04:13Okay.
04:16What's happening?
04:32Oh, my God.
04:34Oh, my God.
05:02Please remove any items.
05:04Jewelry, cell phone, whatever's on your person, handbags.
05:10Everything into the containers.
05:19Don't worry, man.
05:20We'll get your belongings back soon.
05:28Let's go.
05:29Let's go.
05:30Oh, okay.
05:33Touch me.
05:44Susan Snyder.
05:46You're the pregnant one.
05:50No husband, right?
05:52I have a partner.
05:54Take her to the box store.
05:55Excuse me.
05:56Where are you?
05:57There's nothing you can do.
05:59Come with me.
06:02What is going on?
06:04What's he doing?
06:05Just because she's pregnant?
06:06That doesn't make any sense.
06:08Just at all.
06:11It quickly became clear there had been a coup.
06:15A forced change of leadership.
06:18The first of many to come.
06:20What would transpire next, none of us knew.
06:24What are they doing with that?
06:25What's going on?
06:27What the fuck are you going to do to that?
06:29What are you going to do to that?
06:41Sinners are always visible to the divine eye.
06:45The sins of these women have found them out.
06:50Oh, no.
06:51Close your eyes.
06:52Close your eyes.
06:53By his hands.
06:57Get down.
06:58Get down.
07:00Get down.
07:02Oh, my God.
07:03Get down.
07:05Get down.
07:06Get down.
07:07Get down.
07:07Get down.
07:09Hey.
07:15Commander Maddox has expressed interest in Becca.
07:18That's promising.
07:20Commander Maddox is the man who gave alcohol to Becca at the ball.
07:24And you intend to reward his terrible behavior?
07:28It's left Becca without any other options.
07:31Unfortunately, so...
07:33But John, perhaps you should administer to Hulda.
07:35She still needs to be certified.
07:38Okay.
07:58Bring her in.
08:05I'm ready.
08:07Please come in.
08:09Must have been a fruit, Aunt Vidala.
08:11Yes, yes.
08:12Pull down your undergarments and have a seat.
08:14Good job, Aunt Vidala.
08:20Come back.
08:23Come back.
08:28Come back.
08:32Come back.
08:33Come back.
08:34Come back.
08:34Hold it.
08:35Come back.
08:36Come back.
08:36Good job, Aunt Vidala.
08:41Good job,
08:42Aunt Vidala. Good job.
08:43Good job, huh?
08:43All right. How do
08:53I'm so happy for you.
09:30Where are they taking them?
09:33Fuck if I know.
09:47My mother still isn't speaking to me.
09:49Not since what happened at the ball.
09:52That wasn't your fault.
09:53Who cares?
09:54What if she winds up with a commander from the colonies?
09:57And I wind up with a commander from the colonies.
10:00Becca, do you know that some of your friends put themselves in jeopardy trying to save
10:04your reputation?
10:06From wicked girls.
10:09Jealous prune.
10:11What did she just call you?
10:13Prune.
10:14You know, like a plum that never turns green.
10:28Girls, good news.
10:31Our dear Holda has been touched by his divine hand.
10:36She is officially a green and thus eligible this season.
10:39You may celebrate.
10:45That's enough.
10:47Now, Holda, God has provided you the opportunity to step into your womanhood with an important
10:53lesson.
10:54question.
10:57What do you think the punishment ought to be for a girl who uses violence upon another
11:03girl?
11:12Such a girl.
11:12Such a girl ought to have her hands bound and whipped.
11:32Such a girl ought to have her hands bound and whipped.
11:35Hold up.
11:37Hold up.
11:38Hold Chunnamite's arms down on the desk.
11:54Hold up.
12:09Hold up.
12:21Teaching these girls was like a recipe for a tough steak.
12:26Hammer it with a mallet, then marinate and tenderize.
12:35I had seen it hooked before on myself and other women.
12:46Pass it down the line.
12:49Everyone takes one.
12:52Make this and pass it down the line.
13:03Some wolfed and guzzled, but I made my portion last as long as possible.
13:09Chewing and swallowing distracts from mental wheel speed.
13:13Also, it passes the time.
13:16I'm not going to take...
13:20I'm not going to take...
13:21You have it for me, I'm not.
13:23I've got you, I've got you.
13:25I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
13:26Don't hurt me. Don't hurt me.
13:28Have fun.
13:35It's okay.
13:56I'm sorry.
13:59About what?
14:02The coffee.
14:04I forgot it was my turn.
14:07What I wouldn't do for a cup of coffee right now.
14:11With milk.
14:14Warm milk.
14:26You're a damn fine teacher, Lydia.
14:35So are you.
14:49Here, pass it down.
14:51One bottle each.
14:54Pass it around.
14:57Just a few sips.
14:59We don't know when we're going to get started.
15:03One slice.
15:04One bottle.
15:06Where?
15:07Here.
15:08Pass it over here.
15:10Yeah, I'll be here.
15:12I'll be here.
15:13It's awesome.
15:23I'm sorry about your friend.
15:28I'm sorry, too.
15:35I learned quickly that having friends in Gilead was a liability.
15:40It would only bring pain and suffering.
15:43I've tried to pass this lesson along to my girls.
15:46First, my handmaids.
15:48Then, my precious flowers.
15:50But it doesn't always stick.
15:53I've tried to run.
15:53Rachel, what's it?
15:55You missed the bottle of the bottle.
15:57I'm so bad.
16:02Shu, how are your hands?
16:04Fine.
16:07I slept a host of a little self right now.
16:09I think maybe you guys should cool it on this laughing for a while.
16:16I heard some news from the nurse's office.
16:20Penny's gone into labor
16:23That's awesome
16:24No, hold up
16:26It's too early
16:27Right?
16:29This is her third pregnancy
16:31The others ended
16:40Dear Lord
16:41Watch over our friend Penny and her baby
16:43Keep them safe
16:44Offer them strength, healing and hope
16:47Amen
16:57Amen
16:57Help, no
16:59Let go of me, let go
17:01No
17:03No
17:19Hey, come to the side, he's coming through
17:23Oh my god
17:36Misogynists who openly disdain women
17:38One needn't fear them
17:41But the men who understand the power of women
17:44Who want to control it instead of deny it
17:47There is no one more terrifying
17:50I can sit by myself
17:53I can sit by myself
17:53God
17:54Good evening
17:55Well, good morning
17:57I've lost track
17:59I'm Commander Judd
18:00Of the Sons of Jacob
18:03And I've been tasked with the so-called women's sphere
18:05That is determining where each of you shall be placed in this new order
18:09What order?
18:10They haven't told us anything
18:19Fifty-eight
18:20Fifty-eight
18:20You mean my age?
18:22Yes
18:22Never married
18:23No
18:25Does that matter?
18:31You had an abortion
18:32I was very young
18:40You're aware that this form of person murder is now punishable by death
18:44And that the law is retroactive
18:47Well, I love children
18:48That's why I wanted to teach
18:50Ah, yes
18:52Women have been told for so long that they can achieve equality in the professional and public arenas
18:57I don't expect them to welcome the segregation
18:59But they will have to adjust
19:03It is God's will, after all
19:06Surviving these men requires patience
19:09And allies
19:11Wherever you can find them
19:14Well
19:16I, for one, commend the work you are doing
19:21You would be surprised how many women have said that same thing sitting in that chair
19:25Hoping to improve their outcomes
19:29I do have a suggestion
19:31One that might improve your own outcome
19:37What is it that you suggest?
19:42If you believe society is best served by separate spheres for men and women
19:47Shouldn't they be truly separate?
19:50Surely you have better things to do
19:52Than concern yourself with the petty details of all of this
19:57Who is going to teach the girls
19:59To be women
20:01And the women to be better women
20:03Women of God
20:05Delegation is but one of his many virtues
20:16Have there been any inquiries?
20:18No
20:19But what if someone inquires about Agnes McKenzie's lineage?
20:23She is the daughter of a handmaid
20:24There is nothing shameful in that
20:26Not just any handmaid
20:29We are not here to judge
20:31Let that be God's province
20:33Our job is to prevent the possibility of inbreeding
20:36So the children of Gilead may thrive
20:38Are we all in concert?
20:41Rowing together now?
20:46Now?
20:47Now?
20:49Now?
20:50Unexpected surprise
20:52Ah
20:55Is there something I can help you with?
20:59With a new offensive against May Day
21:01Some of our commanders have been shuttled to the front
21:05So
21:07These men should be taken out of the running until next season
21:12Thank you, Commander
21:14Your guidance is essential
21:15As we match our goals
21:19Commander
21:20How is your dear wife?
21:22I hear she's experiencing complications
21:26It's hard
21:26To be at home watching it all
21:29Unfold
21:30Come now
21:31There's no need to distract yourself with these women's issues
21:35Rest your mind
21:37Yes
21:38Perhaps you're right, Annalia
21:43I will handle this
21:45After all these years
21:47Don't you trust me?
21:56Attention, girls
21:57Physical education will conclude at two bells
22:00Do not forget to stretch after exerting
22:02Forty-eight
22:03Forty-nine
22:04Fifty
22:06Okay
22:07Agnes, your turn
22:10Agnes
22:12Sorry
22:13I was distracted
22:14No kidding
22:15This sucks
22:16In a few weeks, you'll all be gone
22:17And I'll still be here by myself
22:19I didn't mean to get my period
22:21Who cares
22:23Who wants to get married anyway?
22:27Okay, Becca
22:28You're kind of going off the deep end
22:30After what happened at the ball
22:31You should be throwing yourself at the mercy of Alidia
22:35Maybe I'll get lucky and I won't get any offers
22:37Then I can stay here with you, Sheila
22:39What is wrong with you?
22:41This is our whole lives
22:42Some people would give anything for the right match
22:44What?
22:47Agnes
22:49Agnes
23:02I'm in love
23:04And it's horrible
23:10Who?
23:18Garth
23:20My guardian
23:24How do you know
23:26That you're in love with him?
23:32Anytime I'm near him
23:33I feel hot
23:35My skin, like my cheeks
23:38And then my belly
23:42Have you ever felt that way before?
23:46No
23:49But I'm happy for you
23:52He's not even eligible
23:56True, but
23:59At least you can feel this way once
24:01Right?
24:04No matter what
24:05That's a blessing
24:19Agnes McKenzie
24:21Shouldn't you be
24:22On your way to class?
24:24Yes, Aunt Lydia
24:27Can I help you with something?
24:38Yes, Aunt Lydia
24:40Maybe
24:42I have a question
24:43Or a request
24:45A request?
24:46Very respectfully, Aunt Lydia
24:48Very
24:49All right, then
24:57My guardian
24:57The one who showed bravery
24:59On the bus that day
25:00When made a
25:00I am aware
25:02He's soon to be made a commander
25:04I thought perhaps
25:05You might make him eligible
25:08This season
25:10Maybe God protected him
25:11For that reason
25:18I shall think the matter over
25:22Thank you, Aunt Lydia
25:25For your graciousness
25:26Praise be
25:27Now get to class
25:29Late girls are difficult girls
25:31Go in grace
25:39This is the last day of childhood
25:41For these girls
25:44Innocence can be lost
25:47In so many ways
26:28Instruments
26:30Fresh
26:34Now
26:35If you are to join our cause
26:38You'll have to prove
26:39You mean it
26:40Are you prepared to do that?
26:43Yes
26:51Oh
26:52Oh, no
26:53No, no
26:54Please
26:55Please
26:56I beg of you
26:57I can't
26:58No, no, no
27:00Please
27:00Let me just say this
27:01Those who are not with us
27:04Are against us
27:08So which is it to be?
27:14No
27:15No
27:15No
27:15No
27:15No
27:16No
27:16No
27:16No
27:16No
27:17No
27:18No
27:18No
27:19No
27:19No
27:19No
27:20No
27:21No
27:21No
27:22No
27:22No
27:24No
27:24No
27:25No
27:26No
27:37No
27:39No
27:40No
27:40No
27:41No
27:42No
27:54Please, God, help me.
28:05Help me.
28:08Please.
28:15Please.
28:18Please.
28:19Please.
28:19Don't kill them.
28:20Help me.
28:23Help me.
28:25Help me.
28:30Help me.
28:31Help me.
28:33Help me.
28:35Help me.
28:37Please.
28:39Sinners are always visible to the divine eye.
28:43The sins of these women have found them out.
28:47Oof!
28:49Oof!
28:51Oof!
28:52Oof!
28:53Oof!
28:53Oof!
28:54Oof!
28:55Oof!
28:58Oof!
29:06Oof!
29:07Oof!
29:14Whatever my resolve may have been,
29:16after some days, I lost track
29:18of their plotline.
29:20The plotline of my resolve.
29:23Now,
29:24I was following the plotline
29:26of my survival.
29:29Please, I don't want to die.
29:31Please, don't.
29:33Please, I don't want to die.
29:34Please. Lydia, don't.
29:36Please.
29:42By his hand.
29:51Please, I don't want to die.
29:53Please, I don't want to die.
29:55Please, I don't want to die.
29:59Please, I don't want to die.
30:02Please, I don't want to die.
30:04Please, I don't want to die.
30:05Please, I don't want to die.
30:05Please, I don't want to die.
30:06Please, I don't want to die.
30:06Please, I don't want to die.
30:06Please, I don't want to die.
30:08Please, I don't want to die.
30:33Hold has been settled.
30:35Only a few open slots left.
30:38Which commanders remain?
30:40I have another one to add to the mix.
30:43Garth Chapin.
30:46The Guardian?
30:48He's not eligible.
30:50He will be, soon enough.
30:51Yes, and other commanders have been serving Gilead far longer.
30:55As you know, men serve Gilead in myriad ways.
31:11Well, come on now.
31:13Spit it out.
31:29I trust you heard the news.
31:32Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, for he does not willingly bring affliction to anyone.
31:40Praise be his words.
31:54Is it time to reconsider a handmaid?
31:59It isn't your domain anymore.
32:01I can still arrange one for you.
32:03Between friends, of course.
32:07Not yet.
32:08When you are ready, you know you can count on me.
32:13In so many ways, dear Enidia.
32:19Your price is above rubies.
32:23Praise be.
32:25Praise be.
32:27Praise be.
32:38Was I a phoenix, rising from the ashes?
32:41Or was I a cockroach?
32:43I wasn't sure anymore.
32:45But I was alive.
32:48Miss Clements, come in.
32:54We must construct a uniform for our new disciples.
32:58Your new disciples.
33:01Mine.
33:03I thought you might enjoy the privilege of weighing in.
33:24This one.
33:27It's a little rough.
33:30Might not be the most comfortable to the touch.
33:33No.
33:34I don't imagine it will be.
33:41My biggest gripe with the old world was the emphasis on comfort, ease, convenience.
33:48We had all become entitled little brats.
34:00And his child is with God now.
34:03Blessed are them more.
34:05For they shall be comforted.
34:12How quickly people forget that nothing good comes without a little grinding down of the tooth.
34:20For a seedling must fight its way through the dirt to meet the sun.
34:31Hold up.
34:32I made this for you.
34:35Really?
34:36No.
34:36I made it for myself.
34:38For good luck.
34:38But as you wait for your contenders, I thought you might need it.
34:42Just don't rub out all the good luck.
34:47Well, that's me.
34:48I have my first green appointment today.
34:49With the tailor.
34:50And then soon your dad to get my teeth whitened.
34:52Bye.
35:12Blessed day, Miss Agnes.
35:15See you tomorrow.
35:18See you.
35:33The Lord has challenged us today, hasn't he?
35:36I pray we are worthy of his gifts.
35:38Even if they don't seem like gifts at first.
35:42I know us aunts aren't always generous with praise, but...
35:46It's worth mentioning you've been an exemplary pearl girl.
35:49Today and all the days.
35:51I'm grateful for the chance to serve.
35:54Especially after my previous indiscretions.
35:57It takes time to adjust to the ways of Gilead.
35:59I made mistakes too.
36:02You're not from Gilead?
36:06Where are you from?
36:08Well, we're all on the same earth, dust to dust.
36:12But how did you end up in Gilead?
36:14How did you become an aunt?
36:17Well, dear, you need to have a calling.
36:19I heard mine, and I answered.
36:22I guess you could say I was the original pearl girl.
36:29I'll take it from here.
36:38We've checked all the bloodlines.
36:41Our matches are as clean as a wooden whistle.
36:45Yes, Aunt Lydia.
36:47I believe a celebration is in order.
36:50Each season brings its own obstacle,
36:52and this season has been particularly stimulating.
36:56May our greens move forward into holy matrimony
36:59as God intended.
37:01Blessed be the fruit.
37:04May the Lord open.
37:11It is now time to tell the girls' families.
37:16Oh, what delicious news they shall receive.
37:49We have done our best to teach these girls,
37:52to prepare them.
37:55But what they don't know yet is that life is long.
38:00The real brutality is when it asks you to endure,
38:03knowing what you have done,
38:05and what has been done while you stood by.
38:08But what choice do we have?
38:12Enduring is the only way through.
38:17I control the women's side of their enterprise
38:20with an iron fist in a leather glove
38:23in a woolen mitten.
38:25I made a promise to teach these girls to be women,
38:30women of God.
38:43I made another promise.
38:46After what happened to my girls at Jezebel's,
38:49after Boston fell,
38:51after the sting of the noose around my neck
38:53began to wear off,
38:54I vowed to document everything.
38:57And every one.
39:00Yes, aunts were afforded the special privilege
39:03of being allowed to write.
39:05The only women in Gilead who could.
39:08But what was I writing?
39:10Recording the crimes of weak men
39:12and far too many women?
39:15That was not allowed.
39:17That could bring down these men,
39:19chosen by God, to lead us.
39:54The corrupt and blood-smeared fingerprints
39:56of the past
39:57must be wiped away
39:59for the morally pure generation
40:00that is surely about to arrive.
40:04But among these bloody fingerprints
40:06are those made by ourselves
40:08and they can't be wiped away so easily.
40:13May God protect these girls
40:16because I'm not sure I can.
40:20But the truth was I did not want to be made of.
40:23This was also a story that I didn't want to be made of.
40:23But some people were in the past
40:23So I had said,
40:24because I can't wait for a minute
40:24and see you is not going to be made of.
40:32But this is a story that I did not want to be made of.
40:34So you were just going to be made of.
40:34And you're just going to be made of.
40:38And I'm not going to be the right thing
40:41Or from the people in the world
40:41and you're still talking about
40:42to be made of.
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