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Hulu has renewed The Testaments, the Handmaid’s Tale sequel, for a second season, extending the story of Agnes and Daisy at Aunt Lydia’s elite Gilead school. Season 1 has posted strong global viewership and is nearing its finale, with Elisabeth Moss making a surprise guest appearance.
Dowd and Li unpack The Testaments’ Aunt Lydia flashback: Lydia offers herself to a future Gilead commander to prove loyalty, shoots a colleague in a test that reveals the brutality of the regime, and reveals Lydia’s abortion secret from Atwood’s sequel; her journals hint at a long-running plan to become Aunt No. 1 and to ally with June/Mayday against Gilead, reshaping our understanding of Lydia’s survival strategy and the show’s evolving power dynamics.
The Testaments' episode Stadium uses Lydia’s perspective to trace her origins and rise, showing how she helped launch the Aunt Lydia school, endures Judd’s brutal tests, and reveals a calculating pragmatism driven by survival—while she vows to document the crimes she witnesses, highlighting shifting loyalties, power dynamics, and a wary glimpse of her ultimate loyalties to the girls she once protected.
Deadline reports exclusive Disney data showing The Testaments’ Episode 4 drew about 20% more viewers than the premiere on Hulu and Disney+, with the series tallying over 11 million hours streamed globally after eight days. Because the data reflects only Episode 4’s first day, precise average views aren’t known, though it debuted in Hulu’s daily Top 15 and remains a top title for Disney’s streaming lineup. By comparison, The Handmaid’s Tale Season 6 finale logged 4.4 million U.S. views in its first seven days (up 22% from the premiere). The show, based on Margaret Atwood’s novel and a sequel to Handmaid’s Tale, follows Agnes and Daisy as they navigate Gilead, with Bruce Miller as showrunner and MGM/20th Television producing.
Hulu’s The Testaments reimagines Daisy as a new Gilead insider and Mayday spy with a Toronto upbringing, while book Daisy is June’s daughter Nichole (aka Holly)—a character not in the TV series due to the show’s shorter timeline. Showrunner Bruce Miller says the changes fit the four-year TV gap, with Daisy’s spy reveal in episode 1 and deeper backstory in episode 3.
The Hollywood Reporter details how The Testaments, Hulu’s Handmaid’s Tale sequel, aims to stand on its own by not reusing the familiar red cloak in season 1 and by weaving a fresh path through June’s world with new leads Daisy (Lucy Halliday) and Hannah/Agnes, while Moss returns in a supporting role. Creators Bruce Miller and Warren Littlefield explain a long-term plan—at least three seasons—built around a youth-centered awakening and evolving alliances, with Margaret Atwood’s involvement granting flexibility and depth as they expand the universe beyond Handmaid’s Tale’s direct continuity.
THR previews The Testaments as a Hulu/MGM TV adaptation, with Bruce Miller reshaping Margaret Atwood’s sequel to fit a fresh TV timeline. The first season follows Daisy (Lucy Halliday), a Toronto teen entering Gilead as a Pearl Girl, and Agnes (Chase Infiniti), Hannah’s Gilead name, as they navigate Aunt Lydia’s elite academy and the regime’s oppression while June (Elisabeth Moss) quietly returns. With a ten-episode arc featuring a new generation (Becka, Shunammite, and others) the show expands the Handmaid’s Tale universe and arrives amid timely conversations about women’s autonomy.
Hulu’s The Testaments ends its first episode with a major reveal: Daisy, the new student and covert Mayday operative, isn’t fully loyal to Gilead and has a backstory tied to June’s resistance. In episode 3, Daisy is shown to have grown up in Toronto after her parents were killed, but June explains she was actually born in Gilead and smuggled to Canada. This marks a key book-to-TV divergence: in Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments novel, Daisy is Nichole (aka Holly) and does not appear in the TV show. Series creator Bruce Miller says they aimed to follow the book’s arc while reworking Daisy’s age and role to fit the TV timeline, with the result that Holly remains safely growing up in Toronto for now.
Elisabeth Moss returns as June Osborne in The Testaments, Hulu's Handmaid's Tale sequel, delivering a surprise appearance in Episode 3 that ties June’s resistance to Daisy and Agnes/Hannah’s storyline. Moss says the show’s timeline diverges from the books (four years instead of the book’s 15), and she’s happy to appear as needed to serve the evolving narrative.
Amy Seimetz discusses her vivid return to TV in Hulu’s The Testaments as Paula, balancing acting with directing, and reflecting on her exit from The Idol; she auditioned for a role that pushed her beyond her comfort zone, praises The Handmaid’s Tale universe and Margaret Atwood’s darkly funny, human storytelling, and notes she’s already moving on with other projects like Mr. & Mrs. Smith and a documentary collaboration with Jillian Mayer.
The Testaments, a coming‑of‑age extension of The Handmaid’s Tale, shifts the focus to the next generation at Aunt Lydia’s academy, following Agnes MacKenzie and Daisy as they navigate power, loyalty, and resistance in a brighter yet still dangerous Gilead. With Ann Dowd returning as Lydia and a fresh young cast led by Chase Infiniti, Rowan Blanchard, and Lucy Halliday, the 10-episode series debuts April 8 on Hulu (three episodes at launch, then one per week).
Hulu releases the trailer for The Handmaid's Tale sequel The Testaments, set years after the original and following Agnes (Chase Infiniti) and Daisy as they navigate Aunt Lydia’s elite school and work to resist Gilead. The series premieres April 8 with three episodes, featuring Infiniti, Lucy Halliday and Ann Dowd among others, from creator Bruce Miller and producers MGM Television and 20th Television.
THR unveils a first look at The Testaments, the Handmaid’s Tale sequel series on Hulu, described as a coming-of-age thriller set in Gilead. Taking place four years after the original, the show follows Agnes, the daughter of the heroine June Osborne, as she grows up under the regime and trains for life as a wife while a resistance movement gathers. Based on Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Testaments is from showrunner Bruce Miller with Ann Dowd returning as Aunt Lydia; Chase Infiniti leads the new cast. The series premieres April 8 with three episodes, followed by weekly episodes on Hulu and Disney+-bundled subscriptions.
Hulu released the first trailer for The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, signaling a new generation’s fight against Gilead with Chase Infiniti in a key role; Agnes and Daisy navigate a dystopian prep school as Aunt Lydia looms large, with Bruce Miller and Elisabeth Moss attached to guide the series. The first three episodes drop April 8, followed by weekly releases.
The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, premieres April 8, 2026 on Hulu (with Disney+ bundles in the US and Disney+ internationally). The first three episodes drop, followed by a weekly release. Ann Dowd returns as Aunt Lydia, and Chase Infiniti leads as Agnes/Hannah, joined by a cast including Lucy Halliday, Rowan Blanchard, Mattea Conforti, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana and Birva Pandya. Produced by MGM Television and created for TV by Bruce Miller, the series expands the Handmaid’s Tale universe by following young girls in Gilead as they train to be wives.