Hulu Premieres The Testaments Sequel Series

Hulu has premiered "The Testaments," a sequel series to the Emmy-winning drama "The Handmaids Tale," thrusting viewers back into the dystopian society of Gilead four years after the original show's finale. The 10-episode first season, adapted from Margaret Atwood's 2019 novel, centers on a group of teenage girls navigating life in the patriarchal regime at an elite preparatory school run by Aunt Lydia.

The series follows Agnes MacKenzie, played by Chase Infiniti, as she attends the school and prepares for her role as a future wife to a high-ranking Gilead commander. Agnes, adopted by Commander MacKenzie and his family, grapples with the rigid expectations of her world, where girls are categorized by age and fertility status, wearing pink before menstruation and green afterward. She forms a bond with newcomer Daisy, portrayed by Lucy Halliday, who arrives as part of the Pearl Girls initiative, a program recruiting fertile women from outside Gilead to convert to its ways.

Aunt Lydia, reprising her role from the original series under Ann Dowd's performance, oversees the school and the Pearl Girls project, enforcing Gilead's doctrines amid underlying tensions. The narrative explores...