Agnes MacKenzie (Chase Infiniti) knows that her biological mother was a handmaid in The Testaments, and Gilead has taught her to be ashamed of that, but she also knows that she was born before Gilead. What she doesn’t seem to remember are any details about her life before the regime, including her own name and family. Agnes was old enough pre-Gilead to have childhood memories, so why are the memories gone?
We had the creator of The Testaments explain why Agnes doesn’t remember life before Gilead, and it turns out there was a lot of research into children in similarly traumatic scenarios. Warning: The Testaments spoilers ahead.
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