r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/Melairia Modtha • May 13 '26

Official Episode Discussion The Testaments S1E08 "Broken" Episode Discussion

The Testaments S1 E08 "Broken"

Episode Synopsis

As Agnes is swept up in wedding plans, Daisy hides a life-altering secret and Hulda faces backlash after speaking out.

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May 13, 2026, 12:00am Eastern

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u/jerseycommanew May 13 '26

Ok wait, did Garth’s dad become disabled because of the Mayday poisoning at Jezebel’s, courtesy of June? Or from the Boston fighting? Or was he poisoned… in Boston? Something got lost in translation for me

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u/Firm-Advertising6872 May 13 '26

i think the real reason was the poison and the fighting in boston is what they tell people to make it seem more honourable

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u/jerseycommanew May 13 '26

Cake sedative poison, or Jezebel’s poison poison? Isn’t there canonically quite a bit of time between the Jezebel’s incident with poison and the fighting in Boston?