by Ricky Church
Prepare for a longer stay in Gilead as Hulu has renewedThe Testamentsfor a second season, continuing the story that began in The Handmaid’s Talebased on Margaret Atwood’s classic novel.
The Testaments is a sequel toThe Handmaid’s Tale, picking up several years after the conclusion of its mother series as it follows Agnes Macknezie otherwise known as Hannah Bankole, the daughter of Elizabeth Moss’ June Osbourne who spent much ofThe Handmaid’s Taletrying to rescue her daughter from Gilaed’s tyrannical regime. The series is based off Atwood’s sequel novel which was published in 2019, 34 years afterThe Handmaid’s Talebecame one of her best-selling novels.
The series stars Chase Infiniti as Agnes with Lucy Halliday as Daisy, a newcomer to Gilead, and Ann Dowd reprising herHandmaid’srole as Aunt Lydia. Also featuring among the cast is Mabel Li, Amy Seimetz, Brad Alexander, Rowan Blanchard, Mattea Conforti, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya and Kira Guloien.
The renewal comes a week ahead of the first season’s finale which will drop on Hulu and Disney+ Wednesday, May 27th. The show is created byHandmaid’sBruce Miller with Moss serving as an executive producer as well as guest star, reprising June for a couple of episodes in the season.
An evolution of The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments is a dramatic coming-of-age story set in Gilead. The series follows young teens Agnes, dutiful and pious, and Daisy, a new arrival and convert from beyond Gilead’s borders. As they navigate the gilded halls of Aunt Lydia’s elite preparatory school for future wives, a place where obedience is instilled brutally and always with divine justification, their bond becomes the catalyst that will upend their past, their present, and their future.
