Paula MacKenzie (Amy Seimetz) has made it explicitly clear that she wants her stepdaughter, Agnes (Chase Infiniti), out of the house on The Testaments. She’s more hopeful than ever that she’ll get a new start soon, now that Agnes has gotten her period and is eligible to become a wife. That hope is feeding Paula’s icy nature and her inability (and complete disinterest) to conceal her disdain for the daughter she didn’t want. In The Testaments Episode 4, streaming now on Hulu, Paula gets closer to the future she wants. Here, Seimetz explains the layers of Paula’s resentment for Agnes. Warning: The Testaments spoilers ahead.

As Handmaid’s Tale viewers know, Agnes is Hannah Bankole, June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) and Luke Bankole’s (O-T Fagbenle) daughter. Agnes doesn’t seem to remember her life before Gilead, but the adults in her life know who she is and who her parents are. June is one of Gilead’s biggest enemies. Infiniti explained to TV Insider that at the start of the spinoff, Agnes knows June as “a rebel handmaid” and nothing more. Agnes’ Gilead father, Commander MacKenzie (Nate Corddry), knows who June is to Agnes, and so does his new wife.

Originally published on tvinsider.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.

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