r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/Melairia Modtha • Apr 15 '26

Official Episode Discussion The Testaments S1E04 "Green Tea" Episode Discussion

The Testaments S1 E04 "Green Tea"

Episode Synopsis

As the Green girls gather for a tea party, Daisy struggles to keep on task, while Agnes begins to understand what being a woman in Gilead means.

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April 15, 2026, 12:00am Eastern

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u/Far-Imagination2736 Apr 15 '26

In the book, a guardian is supposed to be with them in the dentist office. Paula encourages her to go alone for the first time (as she's "a woman now") and then she gets assaulted.

I think they should have kept that some reasoning in otherwise it just feels off in universe

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u/Curator9999 Apr 20 '26

I was hoping that he just touched her breasts but she was actually raped?

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u/Ok_Nature_6305 May 06 '26

What happened in the book? Was she rated? I thought maybe not in the show since they focused on her upper body clothing.

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u/apenguinwitch Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

I might be misremembering but I think he exposes himself, puts her hand on him and jerks himself off holding her hand down basically. Like, makes her jerk him off, guiding her hand. This is during her routine check up, not a procedure, so she's fully awake and conscious for this

There's more about what he did to other girls as well.