The Testament

Season One Episode One – Precious Flower

As we all know Agnes is the daughter of June Osborne. June tried in The Handmaid’s Tale to get to Agnes aka Hannah for years on the show. Now in this show Agnes is a teenager dressed in lavender which is the color for the Plums. When she becomes a Plum, she will be eligible to get married to a Commander once she becomes “a woman”. She is not a woman at 15 in normal times. She should be enjoying her youth and hanging out with her friends.

Agnes is still living with her father Commander McKinsey, but there is a new wife named Paula. They don’t talked about what happened to the first Mrs. McKinsey but I’m assuming she passed away. So we will call Paula, Agnes’s stepmother which you can clearly tell they don’t like each other. Agnes hangs out a lot with her Marthas and they adore her. She sneaks down to the kitchen at night to talk to them.

Agnes goes to a Plum Academy which is where all the girls her age and younger girls go. She has her friends and she hangs out with them during the day. But not the normal hang out teenagers do. There are Aunts who keep a strict eye on the girls all day long. And there is also Aunt Lydia who has crossed over from The Handmaid’s Tale. Aunt Lydia also has a statue of her in the foyer of the school. I still don’t know why she has this statue. It’s kind of odd knowing what we know about her from The Handmaid Tale’s. She seems to be cherished at this school.

And then there are the Pearl Girls all dressed in white clothing. I’m not sure yet why the Pearl Girls are there but it was said they are runaways from Canada who want to be members of Gilead. I’m not quite sure if that’s true or not but we will see. And why would any girl in their right mind want to go to Gilead. Girls, the grass is definitely not greener on the other side.

There is one Pearl Girl, Daisy, that Aunt Lydia want’s Agnes to groom and shadow her. Not sure what Daisy’s intentions are right now, but she is truly not about the Gilead life. There was a scene were a guy was tortured and she just freaked out. Agnes comforted Daisy. Agnes which helped some. Seems like Agnes my trust her but not fully yet.

At night, there is a scene where all the Pearl Girls are sleeping. As soon as Aunt Lydia leaves, Daisy gets a tape recorder she is hiding on the side of one of the beds. She puts her headphones on and it the resistance radio. As Daisy is listening to the music she thinks about her life outside of Gilead. She is skate boarding in the street. She stops and goes into a store. And then you see her!! June Osbourn!! OMG!!. Daisy is with May Day? I don’t want to assume that right now.

Why is June standing at the counter looking at Daisy. Did June have Daisy sent there to watch over Agnes. And, does Aunt Lydia have something to do with it since she is the connection between Daisy and Agnes.

This episode was not exciting but it was interesting getting to know the characters, especially the way Agnes thinks. She knows who her real mom is so we will see what happens with that. And Daisy. What is she up too. I can’t wait to find out.