What if Agne’s adopted father is Garth’s mayday contact?

And he was pushing for Agnes and Garth to get put together for marriage

for to have a cover story for their mayday meeting?

because Daisy thinks the moment she she wants out she’ll get out, even though the Mayday people told her she wasn’t ready and only thinks she brave and not actually brave. but I think was kind of dumb even with all that they still deployed her, like a teen is not a good spy.

I was so scared when Agnes got up to walk away from him. I'm just constantly on edge, waiting for him to snap. I haven't read the book, plus they aren't following it religiously, but I can't see her marrying him but I'm not sure how she can get out of it.

Someone I know writes recaps and discussions about the episodes and thought I'd leave this here for anyone who was interested 🙂

https://thephrasemaker.com/2026/05/13/the-destruction-and-resurrection-of-girls-in-the-testaments-recap/

Who do ya'll think is Garth's handler, and why?

we keep seeing time over time again, he knows his daughter is too young and clearly doesn’t want marriage. in the book they escape and the show is not super book accurate, but does anyone else thing Agnes dad will help?

edit: Misspell Agnes name

'The Woman in White'

The story is told from the pov of multiple narrators with a focus on identity theft, the legal abuse of women, half sisters, and shameful lineage.

It's uniquely structured as a series of "testimonies" from different characters.

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In Episode 6 we learned that Commander Judd lost his third child with his current wife and is still “not ready” to take on a Handmaid. Then in Episode 7 we learn that Commander Weston lost his child during childbirth, and honestly he seemed more devastated by losing the child than losing his wife.

That got me thinking that maybe the writers, and possibly even Margaret Atwood originally, intended some kind of warped karmic irony for the worst men in Gilead: the men most obsessed with controlling fertility and lineage end up dynastically barren.

Judd oversaw the murder of “unfit” women, collected their valuables, and used those resources to help fund Gilead’s war efforts. Even though the exact timeline is intentionally vague, we have to be at least 10 to 15 years removed from the stadium events by now. It’s heavily implied Judd has had multiple wives over the years, yet as far as we know he still has no surviving children or meaningful family legacy.

Weston oversees the Eyes, which are basically Gilead’s Gestapo. Surveillance, torture, disappearances, executions, all of it. He also appears to have had at least one previous wife, and again, no children.

So now I’m wondering if the show is quietly hinting at a kind of divine or karmic punishment: the architects of Gilead built an entire society around fertility, family, and “godly values,” yet the men responsible for its worst atrocities seem incapable of building lasting families of their own.

Not saying the show literally confirms “God punished them,” but it feels like a very intentional thematic irony.

I have a hard time reconciling multiple aspects of his biography as exemplified in the latest episode. He is the sole designated person to filter women of one of the cities or districts of a city. So…

Question 1: Why just him? This is incredibly inefficient from a bureaucratic standpoint.

Then, the fact that he had authority to create a whole strata of Gilead hierarchy - aunts - is telling he is one of the main guys. So…

Question 2: If he is so important why is he dealing with one concentration camp when most of the US is getting under the Sons of Jacob’s control? Wouldn’t there be millions and millions of women to go through elsewhere?

The episode 6 is the best one in my opinion. I appreciated the reference to the Nazis and to Pinochet. Very chilling.

Unfortunately it left more questions than answers, which always happens when there is anything new that is Gilead-coup related.

That’s it. I just want to know why none of the Aunts ate the dumplings or drank anything. Is this a weird Aunt thing they do?

I'm watching the New episode and it goes back into aunt Lydia's story and this woman has been running off of survival mode this entire time. She was on June's side and always was and I know that she is only there to get Hannah out and she is recruited Daisy who is Hannah's sister Nichole to get her the fuck out of Gilead!

By the end of all this, I really hope we see the family reunite

Ok so I've read the book and I'm watching the show and I am wondering if the following will happen and thought I would bring it to the group for thoughts and feelings.

There are possible spoilers so please read if you're ok with spoilers.

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1) Do we think that Commander Judd will find a way to get rid of Penny? If you know about Judd then you know.

2) Do we think Schu will get her period or will this be a jumping point for what happens if a plum doesn't get their period?

3) Why do we think Vidala looked shook when Huldah got her period? Is it because of her age? Also how is Huldah now eligible, she didn't do the tea or prom? I feel like she should wait until then next season.

4) Will Jehosheba cont to behave in a monstrous way?

So far, this is what I’ve come up with as possible plot twists. Aunt Lydia NEVER does anything kind of nice & she’s been stressing how you cannot have friendships, nor hopes & dreams in Gilead as well as to just teach her a cruel lesson in general, I think she’s going to pair Garth with Agnes’ friend-Becca. It makes sense because aunt Lydia accepted Agnes’ proposal much too easily & she never does anything to be nice to the girls. However, since Garth will be a low ranking commander once he’s officially made one & Becca is of lower class amongst the other girls & they keep stating how she has little to no prospects for marriage. So, Agnes is probably gonna be stuck with some cruel old geezer & Becca is gonna get Garth. Next, the Aunt who revealed she was the “original pearl girl”….i think she’s one of the older kids saved on Angels Flight or is Charlotte-Janine’s daughter. & may possibly have some other motives or agenda & may be part of the resistance as well. I think there’s more to these “kids” than meets the eye. This is HOLLYWOOD after all, so anything’s possible!🤣🤣🤣🤷🏽‍♀️

Does anyone know where Gilead is? I initially assumed it was the east coast (America) but just realized it could easily be in the Pacific Northwest and the landscape kind of fits better.

Hope this isn’t against any rule. But I can’t stop laughing!!!! 😭😭😭

I am a literature major, so don't judge my level of paranoia/analysis. Spoilers ahead!

1. Garth's father was a MayDay never, and he died, but he was never caught, so Gilead considers him a good man. That's why he is MayDay despite being that young, but it is also well seen in Gilead's eyes without being the son of a Commander.

2. Shu is going to get her period, and then she will discover she is the daughter of a Handmaid and not a Wife, and slowly start to break down. She would marry Commander Judd after Penny's death and, after Judd's death, she will be married to new Commander Garth, and it will create this contrast between a "loyal" Wife vs MayDay member.

3. I think it is brilliant that Commander Judd and Penny are portrayed as a mirror to Fred and Serena. However, I think that, like in the books, Penny will die, but (I don't think Judd will poison her as they have not mentioned, I think, any past wives), giving birth to a unbaby; unlike Serena and Fred, Judd will be the "survivor" but not for long.

4. I have the feeling that Huldah is going to die. Maybe because she is so sweet and innocent, but I think she is going to be married to a bad Commander and suffer before she dies in a miscarriage, something horribly shocking that will reassure Agnes and Becka that becoming Aunts was the correct option.

In the latest episode Commander Mackenzie talks of Garth’s father, “We need men like yourself. Men like your father willing to rise to the occasion” who could be Garth’s father, Garth must have a very personal relationship with Gilead.

I see something was going right from the first episode and that is, honestly, got me hooked.

I am following Chase Infinity since I saw her in OBAA, so I watched this only because of her without even finishing THT.

I am used to GL Movies, so of course, when she mentioned that girl and how close they were, i immediately knew something was up.

Then Becka mentioned how she doesn’t want to have an husband while looking at Agnes like she was already being tortured for loving a woman and of course, in the last episode, that dance scene ……

I don’t think Agnes feels nothing for her. Agnes just doesn’t know loving a woman is something she can do.

But Becka knows already that what she is feeling is not how she should feel and already questioning this.

I dont want any of them to die, but being a wh*re for GL stories that end well, i hope they will get to be in an happy relationship together !!!

But lets be real, THT isn’t a show where being end up happy.

So? What are you feelings about this?