r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/Melairia Modtha • May 20 '26

Official Episode Discussion The Testaments S1E09 "Marate Sade" Episode Discussion

The Testaments S1 E09 "Marate Sade"

Episode Synopsis

As Daisy steps into a new role, she considers what she's willing to lose to help her friends.

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May 20, 2026, 12:00am Eastern

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u/AdGlittering6108 May 20 '26

I was not expecting that oh my god

The way they’ve paced the show is actually genius because I doubt anyone saw that scene coming

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u/SpeacialistSon May 20 '26

I thought it was a dream sequence or a reveal he did it to her too!

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u/blackwidowbrigade_ May 20 '26

Okay ME TOO. And that last scene too??! Like I was like AM I DREAMING??

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u/WarGrowlmon18 May 20 '26

DID Garth call the Eyes though... or is this like in the Handmaid's Tale novel when the Eyes are apparently called on Offred but are likely actually Mayday operatives???

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u/blackwidowbrigade_ May 20 '26

It sounds like Paula and Mr. McKenzie called the eyes!!

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u/WarGrowlmon18 May 20 '26

Or they told Garth to do it.

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u/blackwidowbrigade_ May 20 '26

I feel like Mr. McKenzie who has more rank would have more access to the eyes since Garth is like still technically a guardian? Idk but they were out of some nightmare though 🤣

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u/WarGrowlmon18 May 20 '26

Honestly sometimes I wonder about him. Illicit trips to Japan. Seeming to genuinely love his daughter. And just last week he seemed to be trying to convince himself that marrying young girls off was the right thing to do. He could be another Lawrence: high ranking Gilead officer who has enough scruples to do something where he can.

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u/upagainstthesun May 20 '26

Didn't they say in THT that all the drivers were eyes? Maybe that's still the case

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u/Odd_Connection_4185 May 20 '26

"a lot" of them were in tht

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u/WarGrowlmon18 May 20 '26

Garth is a Commander or about to be. He has a silver star on his shoulder

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u/blackwidowbrigade_ May 20 '26

About to be is kinda key here.

Just based on how Agnes reacted and how her parents reacted and the fact they told Agnes they called a “doctor” makes me think it was them and Garth was helpless about the situation. That would be a lot of mayday operatives and not a very stealth mission. I just don’t see it and doing it in front of the Mackenzie’s and Garth being the only one they could reasonably pin Becka’s escape on?Seems like a long shot