US EditionTV Review: 'The Testaments' Is a Miscalculated 'Handmaid's Tale'
The sequel shifts to teenage girls in Gilead, where 10 episodes trace a coming-of-age story and a slower, more YA-focused rebellion.
- On Wednesday, April 8, the sequel series The Testaments premieres on Hulu and Disney+, following teenager Agnes navigating life within the dystopian regime of Gilead.
- Set four years after The Handmaid's Tale, the series shifts focus to the Plums—daughters of Gilead's elite trained at a school run by Aunt Lydia . These teenagers face predetermined futures as wives and mothers.
- Showrunner Bruce Miller cast Infiniti because her unpredictable nature reminded him of The Handmaid's Tale star Elisabeth Moss. "She's delightful, but you don't know if she's going to say if she wants chocolate or vanilla ice cream," Miller explained.
- Lucy Halliday portrays Daisy, a refugee from Canada who arrives at the academy with forbidden knowledge of the outside world. Her bond with Agnes becomes a catalyst for challenging Gilead from within.
- Miller envisions a potential five-season run totaling 30 to 50 episodes, allowing the series to chronicle the younger generation's awakening as they attempt to dismantle Gilead. The first three episodes premiere April 8, with new episodes following weekly.
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Who after six seasons "The Handmaid's Tale" doesn't yet have enough of life and society of the dystopian USA successor state Gilead, finds now in the series adaptation of Margaret Atwood's successor novel "The Testaments" a home. With the courageous change of perspective into the Young Adult subject.
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