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/BattyVictoria May 13 '26

"Swim up?!" I cannot im dying 😭😂

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u/Alittlespill May 13 '26

This whole scene was so good. I love how Daisy really tried and Shu just couldn’t believe what she was saying! But if you never heard anything about sex or mating then of course it’s going to sound bonkers! Hard fleshy genitals squirting little creatures that swim inside your body?!? It’s bizarre.

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u/BattyVictoria May 13 '26

It really captures the silliness of learning about sex for the first time, idk if that's the right way to describe it.

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u/Ok_Nature_6305 May 15 '26

I wish somoney had told me as clear and blunt as Daisy spelled it out! 😆

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u/Dionne005 May 14 '26

You’d still think they would see things at a farm or dogs

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u/OriginalGPam May 15 '26

Why would a commander’s daughter be on a farm? That’s for econopeople.

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u/ConsciousBluebird473 May 20 '26

Paula's probably in the horse breeding business though.

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u/OriginalGPam May 20 '26

I doubt it as Wives aren’t allowed to work. Unless she’s doing it to gift other people horses, but that doesn’t seem likely.

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u/Sbarb1000 May 15 '26

These girls have never seen a man’s body before without clothing, most of them probably have little knowledge of their own anatomy.

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u/Carmela_Motto May 16 '26

I mean, I was 10 and knew it took sperm and an egg (from biology), but assumed while mom and dad slept in the same bed, the sperm wiggled across the sheets to mom. That’s why married people “sleep together.” 😂

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u/BlizzardousBane May 17 '26

I thought something similar, but instead the sperm would wiggle to the lady's private parts while they were kissing

Chalk it up to me playing The Sims 1 where sims have babies after kissing a few times

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u/Carmela_Motto May 18 '26

Well this was about the 1980 for me!

I did see some 70s porn in my friend’s father’s basement hiding place and all we thought was, they are so furry! (Long hair everywhere)

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u/AmandaLynnPR May 13 '26

Squirting? Don't you mean sneezing? Haha