The Testaments has officially been renewed at Hulu. The streaming service announced the renewal on Wednesday, May 20, the same day that the penultimate episode of Season 1 came out (the finale comes out May 27). According to Hulu, The Handmaid’s Tale spinoff’s audience grown weekly since its April 8 premiere.
Here’s what we know about the future of The Handmaid’s Tale spinoff. Warning: The Testaments spoilers ahead!
Yes, The Testaments Season 2 is official. Hulu says that the series has garnered over 45 million hours streamed globally on Hulu and Disney+ to date, and that it has been gaining momentum, with viewership growing week over week. Views for Episode 8 (released on May 13), were up 76% from the premiere (based on one-day views). The Testaments is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes at 88% and has held a top spot on the Hulu Top 15 Today list since premiere.
Set about four years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale series finale, The Testaments is a coming-of-age story that finds a new generation of young women in Gilead grappling with the bleak future that awaits them. For these young women, growing up in Gilead is all they have ever known, having no tangible memories of the outside world before their indoctrination into this life. Facing the prospect of being married off and living a life of servitude, they will be forced to search for allies, both new and old, to help in their fight for freedom and the life they deserve.
The series focuses on Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) and students at the Gilead school for girls named after her, namely Agnes MacKenzie (Chase Infiniti), Pearl Girl Daisy (Lucy Halliday), and their friends. Agnes is Hannah, June (Elisabeth Moss) and Luke’s (O-T Fagbenle) daughter, who was kidnapped by Gilead in The Handmaid’s Tale. Agnes has no memories of her life before Gilead, and certain unsettling events this season have made her question everything she knows about the society that raised her.
Episode 3 flashed back to Daisy’s life in Toronto before Gilead, revealing that her parents were murdered by Gilead, prompting her to meet June and join Mayday. Daisy is undercover in Gilead, and Garth (Brad Alexander) is her handler. Garth is the guardian Agnes is in love with, and she has no idea that the Gilead native is secretly working for the resistance.
Episode 6 revealed how Lydia became Aunt Lydia, the architect of the aunt social class. The backstory revealed that Lydia and Aunt Vidala (Mabel Li) knew each other as colleagues before Gilead and that Lydia had to prove her loyalty to the regime by killing Vidala, known then as Vivian. What neither of them knew was that there were no bullets in the gun. This created a chasm between the women that’s been festering every day as they work together at the Aunt Lydia School.
Here, find a deep dive into the Lydia-Vivian backstory and what it means for their characters in the present day.
There are 10 episodes total in the first season. The Testaments finale comes out on Wednesday, May 27, on Hulu.
In addition to the actors above, The Testaments stars Amy Seimetz, Rowan Blanchard, Mattea Conforti, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya, Kira Guloien, Charlie Carrick, and Nate Corddry.
The Testaments, Season 1 Finale, Wednesday, May 27, Hulu
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