Throughout his first season, The wills did an excellent job representing The various horrors that young women face. in Gilead, especially the rich teenage girls groomed to be obedient brides to the much older men in power in the country. But for the show’s main characters, including Agnes (Chase Infiniti) and Becka (Mattea Conforti), the brainwashing has begun to crack long before it’s time to take their vows.
These two are best friends in a place where the very concept of “best friends” is frowned upon. That mini-rebellion brings them even closer, and it’s not long before we realize that Becka has romantic feelings for Agnes, although neither girl has been allowed to emotionally mature enough to really understand what that means. For her part, Agnes believes that being in love with Garth (Brad Alexander), her handsome bodyguard, means she is in love with him.
A rift develops between the best friends when Agnes begins spending more time with Daisy (Lucy Halliday), who is new to Gilead. But things really fracture when Becka, who doesn’t want to get married in the first place, becomes engaged to Garth, who has been promoted to the material ranks of Gilead’s husband only after a starry-eyed Agnes makes a plea on his behalf.
I haven’t had the chance to see the final episode still? we will be discussing Specific details of “Secaterus”so come back now.
As The wills Entering their final episodes, both Becka and Agnes saw their carefully planned lives go completely off course. When Becka learned that her father, Gilead’s resident dentist, had been sexually assaulting his patients, including her beloved Agnes, she acted on the lessons about righteous revenge that had been instilled in her over the years and stabbed him to death.
After Agnes and Daisy pressure their teachers to defend Becka, it is decided that Becka’s mother (Kate Hewlett) will confess to her daughter’s crime. This is not a happy ending for Becka, although her future is threatened. slightly less terrible when Agnes makes Garth promise to keep his promise and go ahead with the wedding.
In “Secateurs,” Becka, teary-eyed from the loss of her mother and having just been injected with a strong sedative, has a precious moment alone with Agnes before the ceremony. In this scene, she murmurs that she knows everything is going to be okay because Agnes is there with her. He then leans in and kisses Agnes on the lips; They hug afterwards, but we see Becka’s dreamy smile turn into a look of dread.
In a new interview with VarietyThe actors talked about the scene and what awaits Becka.
Agnes, Infiniti said, had a completely innocent reaction to the kiss; she is so protected that she simply has no other way to interpret it.
“She knows that a ‘gender traitor’ in Gilead is bad,” he said, referring to Gilead’s derogatory term for queer people. “But she doesn’t really know what that means. I think her interactions with Becka and the emotions that Becka feels for Agnes, I think Agnes just sees it as Becka loves her, just like Agnes loves her. And whether or not it’s the same way, she just knows that’s her person in life.”
For Becka, Conforti said, marrying Garth is the safest of all her bad options. She doesn’t yet know that her new husband is secretly an agent of Mayday, helping the rebellion against Gilead (season two will no doubt delve into that), but she feels like he’s going against the grain in some ways.
“He’s willing to move so she can be close to her friends, and he’s willing to support her in that way and really give her the future that she really wants, which is not being a wife or becoming a mother,” Conforti said. “She can understand, oh, there’s this partnership here; we can have a mutual sense of trust and understanding. She also knows that Agnes is in love with him, so I think in some ways being involved in their relationship allows her to stay close to Agnes as well. But she’s willing to marry Garth because there’s no expectation of anything romantic.”
The wills The first season is streaming on Hulu and Disney+.
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