When is The Testaments Episode 8 out?

The Testaments Episode 8 will follow Agnes as she dives into wedding planning

A woman in brown pins a brooch on a girl in purple
The Testaments depicts Gilead through the eyes of teenage girls (Image: Disney)

Fans of The Testaments can begin counting down to Episode 8.

With seven episodes now available to stream on Disney+, The Handmaid’s Tale sequel has already captivated audiences. The series follows June Osborne’s (played by Elisabeth Moss) teenage daughter Agnes (Chase Infiniti), as she rises through the ranks at Aunt Lydia’s (Ann Dowd) preparatory school for wives.

Agnes grows up as a firm believer in Gilead’s oppressive regime, yet everything is turned on its head when newcomer Daisy (Lucy Halliday) arrives at the school. The bond that forms between the two proves life-changing for both of them.

The most recent pair of episodes have delved into Lydia’s troubled past, alongside revealing how Daisy was recruited by Mayday to infiltrate Gilead as a spy. The girls have also been matched with prospective husbands, and Agnes is poised to begin wedding preparations in the forthcoming instalment, reports the Mirror.

But when exactly can viewers tune in?

When does The Testaments Episode 8 come out?,

Three young women wearing matching purple uniforms

The Testaments Episode 8 will be released next Wednesday, May 13 (Image: Disney)
Episode 8 of The Testaments will be released on Wednesday, May 13. As usual, it will be available to stream on Disney+ for UK and international viewers, while US fans can catch the show on Hulu.

A synopsis for the episode teases: “As Agnes is swept up in wedding plans, Daisy hides a life-altering secret and Hulda faces backlash after speaking out.”

It remains unclear precisely why Hulda (Isolde Ardies) is set to face a backlash, though fans have already put forward some rather unsettling theories.

Mabel Li in The Testaments

The series is streaming on Disney (Image: Disney)

While the Margaret Atwood adaptation got off to a relatively measured start, the pace has noticeably intensified over recent episodes. Episode 6 contained a particularly disturbing scene in which Aunt Lydia and Vidala (Mabel Li) were compelled to witness Gilead soldiers executing dozens of women.

It transpires that producers removed an even more distressing scene from that episode.

“There was a scene where the women shoot other women,” director Jet Wilkinson told CBR. “There was a whole scene when [the soldiers] bring out the women, they give them guns, and then they hold guns to the women’s heads.

“It was very confronting. We ended up cutting that scene, but there is someone at the end of the line, a woman shooting as well as Aunt Lydia at that time. [They’re] forced to do these brutal acts.”

The Testaments is streaming now on Disney+