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