Secrets are currency in the dystopian regime of Gilead. The right ones can bring untold power. But let one slip in the wrong place at the wrong time, and you'll lose more than just your tongue.
While the first book followed the story of June Osborne, a handmaid enslaved by her Commander, the second revolves around three different women who are embedded in Gildead's society.
The most recognisable of them is Aunt Lydia, who also played a pivotal role in The Handmaid's Tale, while the other two are Agnes, a Commander's prospective wife, and Daisy, a girl who infiltrates Gilead from the outside.
Except, things are never that simple in Gilead, especially when you consider just how much these shows expand the world created in those books.
But what of June's other daughter?
Following the final episode of The Handmaid's Tale, showrunner Eric Tuchman described this turn of events as "heartbreaking": "Knowing we couldn't reunite them, it was heartbreaking," said Tuchman. "Because we're certainly aware of how much the audience was longing for that. It seemed to be what was driving June over the course of the whole series."
View Green Video on the source websiteAtwood kept this connection vague during an interview at the time, pointing out that the book only suggests their relationship as such, never explicitly confirming it either way. "We are pretty sure," Atwood told Time. "But we don’t really know." Still, the timings match up, and we do learn that both girls share a mother who was once a handmaid.
But what about the show itself? Is it confirmed on screen that June gave birth to Agnes and Daisy?
Hints are scattered throughout the first three episodes made available on launch. Chief among them is the (not-so) surprise return of Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne. She arrives via flashback, appearing to Daisy after her adoptive parents are killed and it's revealed they were working for Mayday.
View Green Video on the source websiteClues to this then recede, however, as the main narrative takes front and centre. June doesn't appear in relation to Agnes at all from that point on, although she does feature again in Daisy's flashbacks.
However, June does reveal in episode three that Daisy was born in Gilead, and it seems as though she was also there when Daisy was smuggled out: "When you first got out of Gilead, you would not stop screaming. Just so little. Mayday took you in the middle of night to Neil and Melanie. They didn’t know you were coming."
If Agnes and Daisy are indeed June's children, why doesn't this version of the story just reveal that straight out the gate?
But given just how popular the original book is, there might be another reason why The Testaments has held back from revealing everything up front.
In a recent chat with Radio Times, Miller and executive producer Warren Littlefield discussed the weight of audience expectation, suggesting that they "may not do exactly what [fans] are asking for in our narrative."
The Testaments is available to stream on Disney+ from Wednesday 8 April 2026. Sign-up to Disney+ from £5.99 a month.
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