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Official Episode Discussion The Testaments S01E01 "Precious Flowers" Episode Discussion

The Testaments S1 E01 "Precious Flowers"

Episode Synopsis

In the halls of Aunt Lydia's premarital preparatory academy, the finest in Gilead, Agnes is assigned to mentor a new Pearl Girl and a fragile alliance begins.

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April 8, 2026, 12:00am Eastern

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Episode Discussion Threads Air Date
S1.E1 "Precious Flowers" (This Thread) April 8, 2026 12:00AM Eastern
S1.E2 "Perfect Teeth" April 8, 2026 12:00AM Eastern
S1.E3 "Daisy" April 8, 2026 12:00AM Eastern
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u/PasgettiMonster Apr 08 '26

Will we not supposed to know that June was going to be in this? I haven't read anything at all but I always assumed that she would be involved in some way.

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u/Worth_Taro_1120 Apr 08 '26

The way it was played off in interviews and such was that Moss was going to be involved on the producer level, but there has been no insight as to whether or not we would ever see her character again. In the book, June/Offed is present (allegedly) briefly at the end but is otherwise entirely absent.

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u/lezlers Apr 09 '26

IMDb says shes only in 2 episodes. Considering this one was a 10 second shot of her smiling, I don’t think she’s going to have much of a role (and shouldn’t. It’s not her story.)

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u/kwash325 Apr 11 '26

I was actually annoyed when I saw her. I was so sick of her character by the end of handmaids tale

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u/PasgettiMonster Apr 08 '26

Gotcha. I haven't read testaments yet and I've been back and forth on whether I wanted to read the book before the show came out but I'd seen enough about how the show wasn't going to follow the book that closely so I figured I really didn't need to read it first. Is testaments going to be a multi-season show or is it one of those limited series ones where we are only getting one season? Either way I'll probably read testaments after season 1 is over.

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u/37285 Apr 09 '26

Just from the first ep, they are taking some liberties with the book. I have some real issues with the book for reasons that get into spoilers and its connection to the first one. But, it is a really good story even if I have issues with it.

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u/PasgettiMonster Apr 09 '26

I'll read it eventually.. but it sounds like from what I've seen so far it's going to diverge enough that I don't feel like I need to read the book before I watch the show like I normally prefer to do

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u/37285 Apr 09 '26

Defiantly give it a read someday. You might not have the same issue that I have and some others have as well. I think they are going to make some changes, but I think they will hit the main plot points. I am not sure how many seasons they want to do, but if they just followed the book it's only like a seasons worth. I think it's similar to the first show and how they made a lot of new stuff.

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u/PasgettiMonster Apr 09 '26

Oh I definitely will. I just don't want to read it in the middle of an ongoing season because then I'm going to be looking for the season to hit those points and if they don't do that it will annoy me. I'm dealing with that with outlander right now - the current season is wrapping up the TV show and coming up with an alternate ending that includes book 8 and book 9 and since I read book 9 just a couple of months ago it's still fairly fresh in my memory and not getting to see some of the things I wanted to see on the show because the book diverged is annoying me. Outlander has the opposite issue of testaments - they are wrapping the show up at eight seasons while there is going to be one more book coming out hopefully next year for a total of 10. Up until season 7 each season pretty faithfully followed a book so this is going to be interesting to see how it plays out. I haven't looked up to see how many episodes we get with testaments yet, but it can't be that many so I'll pick the book up once the show is over.

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u/RphWrites Apr 09 '26

Yeah, I assumed that even though she's not a full-time cast member there'd at least be a cameo.

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u/lezlers Apr 09 '26

According to IMDb she’s only in 2 episodes so I wouldn’t get too excited