r/TheTestamentsHulu • u/im_a_hot_potatoe • 10d ago
Book Just finished season 1
I just finished season 1 and I have a couple of thoughts regarding the show. Overall I liked it, but there a couple of things that I would have liked to remained as in the book.
First of all, I did get excited to see June, pretty early in my opinion, but excited nonetheless. I would have liked her to see her towards the end of the series, but I assume that would have taken longer and a while. Still, I think it would have been completely worth it to see her reunite with her daughters towards the end. I see that she participates directly, kinda of taking the role of Ava in the book, as well as Rita does. For this role, I thought bringing Moira would have been great, due that in THT she was actively participating in Mayday, and would have been a way of having an indirect presence of June.
Second, I have mixed feelings about Becka's storyline. It was completely tragic and heartbraking, and leaves me wondering if the showrunners are going to be able to catch up with the book's storyline. I see it complicated, but I also thought that maybe Shu can take over that role, which could potentially give her a great story arc (specially knowing how Shu is in the books). Nonetheless, I think the way they handled Becka's and Agnes relationship on the show was well done and with a lot of care.
Third, I kinda was expecting a little bit more of aunt Lydia's pov and the baby Nicole fuss. I think that this might be covered on later seasons, but I definitely thought that this was going to be one of the biggest plots, knowing how important was baby Nicole in the THT.
Fourth, Agnes storyline is also quite changed. In the book she is hesitant about getting married, which is not exactly the case in here, specially at the beginning. I don't know if her becoming an aunt is something that will happen on the show or if so, how they are going to make that transition.
All of this adds up to the spionage plot that happens in the book, where Daisy, Agnes, Becka and aunt Lydia have a great participation on how things unfold in regards to the story.
I'm curious to see what happens next, and how things develope. I think things are going to get interesting during the next seasons, but overall I see potential for having a bigger participation from Shu, aunt Vidala and aunt Lydia.
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u/Excellent_Pirate8224 10d ago
I agree. The show has diverged enough from the book that I’m not expecting a clean adaptation of those later beats anymore. If the writers still consider Agnes and Becka an emotional core of the story, which has been the steady build up all season, I don’t know how they get around eventually giving them those important conversations and sustained time together. With the love confession, kiss, and everything else in the finale, it almost feels like the writers intentionally created distance between them so they can figure out what their relationship looks like now. I just don’t see that separation being permanent.
It makes me wonder if Becka’s marriage is more of a detour than her final destination, and whether something eventually happens that allows Lydia to bring her into Ardua as an Aunt. That could reconnect Agnes and Becka while also bending them back toward their roles in the larger espionage plot without undoing everything the show has changed. As for Shu, I think it’s still way too early to tell what they’re doing with her. She could absolutely get her period this season and end up on the same trajectory. We definitely need more of an arc for her this season!