Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers and key details from ‘The Testaments‘ series. Reader discretion is advised if you haven’t watched it yet.‘The Testaments’ had barely begun before it found a way to bring back the face fans never truly wanted to say goodbye to. Elisabeth Moss, who spent eight years as June Osborne in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, makes a surprise appearance in the very first episode of the spinoff, and it is the kind of moment that hits differently when you know what it means for the story ahead.The series premiere aired on Wednesday, April 8, and wasted no time in connecting the new chapter to the world audiences already know and love.
How Elisabeth Moss appears in ‘The Testaments’
According to Us Magazine, during the premiere, it is revealed that the new Pearl Girl, Daisy, played by Lucy Halliday, is secretly involved in Mayday. A glimpse into her life before she arrives in Gilead shows her skateboarding into her parents’ store, with June watching quietly in the background. It is a small moment, but a loaded one.June reappears again in the third episode, as viewers learn more about Daisy and what leads her to join Mayday. The cameo was kept tightly under wraps before the premiere, making it all the more satisfying for fans.
What the cast said about working with Elisabeth Moss
Before the surprise cameo was revealed, stars Rowan Blanchard and Mattea Conforti spoke exclusively to Us Weekly about Moss’s involvement in the show.Blanchard, 24, who plays Shunammite, said, “We haven’t met her yet, but we are really hoping to meet her soon. She’s our producer, and she was really involved in the show and what it would look like.”Conforti, 19, who plays Becka, noted that June has not yet crossed paths with their characters, at least not on screen.
What is ‘The Testaments’ about?
Set several years after the events of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, ‘The Testaments’ is narrated by Ann Dowd’s Aunt Lydia. The story follows Agnes from Gilead and Daisy from Canada as they secretly gather and smuggle incriminating information about Gilead’s regime out of the country. Both pose as Pearl Girls to infiltrate Canada, while Aunt Lydia operates as a covert source from within Gilead.The series is based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, which aired from 2017 to 2025, was set in a dystopian future where low fertility rates led to women being assigned to men for bearing children. ‘The Testaments’ picks up that world and carries it forward.In addition to Infiniti, Dowd, and Halliday, the cast includes Eva Foote, Kira Guloien, Amy Seimetz, Brad Alexander, Birva Pandya, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Mabel Li, and Isolde Ardies.‘The Testaments’ airs Wednesdays on Hulu.
