The new Hulu drama The Testaments takes place a number of years after The Handmaid’s Tale. It’s considered a sequel to that series, told from the perspective of teen girls who have grown up knowing nothing but the repressive life in Gilead.
Opening Shot: A shot of a mansion. Then we see the same mansion in dollhouse form, and push in until we see a girl looking out the window of her room, through the windows of the dollhouse.
The Gist: Agnes MacKenzie (Chase Infiniti) has grown up in Gilead, having been very young when the revolution and crackdown happened. She’s the daughter of a Commander, so she’s treated about the best that any teen girl is treated in the restrictive society. She’s a “plum”, which are the daughters of Commanders who haven’t had their periods yet; they dress in all-purple and are generally
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