18 apps, 18 rejections, Canadian MA, conferences, a manuscript under review (now R&R). This cycle was brutal, but even more so for international applicants.
Please use the comments to speculate on how the next cycle will look like or share strategies regarding how you are going to approach this Fall’s cycle.
Initially I thought Daisy uses it to receive or transmit signals but it seems that she just listens to music. It seems very risky. What a stupid way to get caught.
This week: Agnes takes her place among the Green girls as the rituals of Gilead womanhood close in around her while Daisy struggles to keep her cover intact at the most dangerous kind of social gathering.
Questions to get us started:
⚠️ Full spoilers for Episode 4 allowed. Tag anything from future episodes.
Episode 5 drops Wednesday April 22 at 3am ET.
This one just hits different. Where can I find it?
The Testaments has arrived.
Use this thread to discuss the first three episodes: "Precious Flowers," "Perfect Teeth," and "Daisy."
Some questions to get us started:
Full spoilers for episodes 1-3 allowed here. Tag anything beyond that.
Episode 4 "Green Tea" drops Wednesday April 15 at 3am ET.
Blessed be the fruit, and welcome to r/TheTestamentsShow — created over a year ago and the original Reddit home for The Testaments on Hulu.
What we discuss here:
Rules: Be respectful. Tag spoilers. No cross-posting from other subs — original discussion only.
Episodes drop Wednesdays at 12am PT / 3am ET on Hulu and Disney+.
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
At the end of episode 2 the pearl girl is mockingly asked to go back to Toronto. But can she actually do that? Are pearls non-citizens of Gilead? If so, why are they allowed to endure the same punishments as the plums? And why are pearls in the same school as commanders daughters?
Tomorrow, April 8, is the launch date for The Testaments show. In the meantime, we have at least one day to speculate!
Which questions do you have that you want answered in the show?
Mine is the architecture of Gilead in preparation - something we didn’t see much of in The Handmaid’s Tale. Who came up with the idea of the coup? How were the logistics handled? How were the Americans forced into Alaska and Hawaii and whose are the US territories?