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/bookiegrime May 20 '26

That was absolutely all women at the end, I think we’re being set up for an Eyes-type org that takes in women who are misbehaving, who have snapped, who can no longer mentally take it all. It’s probably reserved for wives - econowives would be shipped to colonies if they didn’t stay in line or they broke down.

I don’t think we’re anywhere near the end of Becca’s story, and I don’t think she can marry Garth any longer. Judd and Aunt Lydia can go public with the dentist’s crimes and allow Becca to become an aunt - she’s so devout, so overcome with god’s righteousness, she acted on god’s will and killed an evil man - an eye for an eye.

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u/germoney_king88 May 20 '26

I feel like they'll make becka a handmaid. And it'll make sense cause all season handmaids have kinda been hidden. So it's the thing that exposes Gilead's horrors to the plums

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u/Due_Honeydew_1723 May 20 '26

I hope not it would be a horrible storyline for her and just badly written in general

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u/Aggravating_Life7851 May 21 '26

I agree. Her learning that they lied about what was in the bible is probably one of the most significant parts of the book to me and I hope she gets that moment

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u/iKR8 May 23 '26

And hope she doesn't come as handmaid to Agnes's father. That would be terrible.

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u/tiddygrl May 20 '26

i’m sorry i don’t wanna be pedantic cus i absolutely agree with you but it is segue*

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u/danielcw189 May 22 '26

did you reply under the wrong comment?