Will There Be A Second Season Of The Testaments? Yes – And Here’s What To Expect

Just as the season finale of The Testaments dropped on Disney+, the streaming giant delivered some welcome news for fans of the dystopian drama: a second season is officially confirmed. The announcement, made on 20 May 2026, signals Bruce Miller’s ambitious spin-off from The Handmaid’s Tale has a similarly long-running future ahead. With viewers discovering Agnes (Chase Infiniti) and Daisy (Lucy Halliday) week after week, and the numbers steadily climbing, it’s clear that this coming-of-age tale set in Gilead has struck a significant chord. Here’s what we’ve got in store for season 2.

Lucy Halliday as Daisy & Chase Infiniti as Agnes in The Testaments. (Disney/Steve Wilkie)
LUCY HALLIDAY, CHASE INFINITI

The Testaments Season 2: Plot, Cast, Release Date & More

From the moment The Testaments premiered on Disney+ and Hulu earlier this year, it captured the imaginations of a growing audience, with new episodes dropping weekly. The streaming numbers tell a compelling story: over 45 million hours have been watched globally, with viewership growing week on week. Most strikingly, views for episode 8 were up 76 percent from the premiere – a marked increase that suggests momentum building rather than waning interest. Eventually the 10-episode season garnered the coveted ‘Certified Fresh’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes at 88 percent approval, a strong indicator of both critical and audience approval.

Despite, on paper, treading similar ground to The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments has done well to reinvent the setting. Where the original series showcased rebellion and survival, The Testaments is more of a dramatic coming-of-age story that follows young teens Agnes and Daisy as they navigate Aunt Lydia’s (Ann Dowd) elite preparatory school for future wives. In those gilded halls, where obedience is instilled with brutal efficiency, their bond becomes the catalyst for upheaval — theirs, and potentially Gilead’s.

Created by showrunner Bruce Miller, who also shepherded The Handmaid’s Tale through its acclaimed run, The Testaments draws from Margaret Atwood’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. But The Testaments builds on Atwood’s world visually, emotionally and thematically, giving close attention to the interior lives of two young women whilst simultaneously exploring the broader mechanics of Gilead as a system. The production team, including executive producers Warren Littlefield, Elisabeth Moss, Steve Stark, and director Mike Barker, will almost certainly continue overseeing the series after the success of season 1.

Isolde Ardies as Hulda, Chase Infiniti as Agnes, Lucy Halliday as Daisy, Rowan Blanchard as Shunammite & Mattea Conforti as Becka in The Testaments. (Disney/Steve Wilkie)

Season 2 Plot

Atwood’s novel provides the foundation for season 1, but the book’s rich narrative landscape offers plenty of material for future seasons. Readers of The Testaments will already know that there are significant plot threads left to explore — particularly regarding Agnes and Daisy’s trajectories as they grow older and their influence within Gilead expands.

The surprise guest appearance by Elisabeth Moss, reprising her role as June, was precisely the kind of moment that delighted long-time fans whilst also serving as a narrative bridge between the two series. The dual narrative structure of Atwood’s novel, told partly through testimony and historical retrospectives, also opens creative possibilities for how Miller might develop the story further.

While there’s certainly a plot, season 1 was also very character led: the moral compromises, the small rebellions, the bonds that form in impossible circumstances. Season 2 will likely continue in that vein, deepening these characters whilst the stakes, as always in Gilead, continue to rise.

Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia in The Testaments. (Disney/Steve Wilkie)

The Cast

We expect the core cast to return for season 2, including:

• Chase Infiniti as Agnes MacKenzie
• Lucy Halliday as Daisy
• Mabel Li as Aunt Vidala
• Brad Alexander as Garth Chapin
• Rowan Blanchard as Shunammite Hayes
• Mattea Conforti as Becka Grove
• Zarrin Darnell-Martin as Aunt Gabbana
• Eva Foote as Aunt Estee
• Kira Guloien as Rosa
• Shechinah Mpumlwana as Jehosheba Yardarm
• Birva Pandya as Miriam Dawson
• Amy Seimetz as Paula MacKenzie
• Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia Clements
• Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne

Chelster House stands in for Aunt Lydia’s School in The Testaments. (Disney/Steve Wilkie)

Where Was It Filmed?

Season one of The Testaments was filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario, especially at Chelster Hall in Oakville, a sprawling, 43,850 sqft mansion that stands in for the Aunt Lydia School. One of Canada’s most expensive estates, Chelster Hall is home to eight bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, and a 7,000-bottle wine cellar – but of course there’s much less fun to be had in the world of Gilead.

Rowan Blanchard as Shunammite, Mattea Conforti as Becka, Chase Infiniti as Agnes, Lucy Halliday as Daisy & Isolde Ardies as Hulda in The Testaments. (Disney/Russ Martin)
ROWAN BLANCHARD, MATTEA CONFORTI, CHASE INFINITI, LUCY HALLIDAY, ISOLDE ARDIES

Release Date

Season 1 production and release timelines suggest that if production on season 2 begins reasonably soon, audiences could see new episodes sometime in 2027 — though this is speculation based on typical production schedules. Much will depend on the availability of cast and crew, and how quickly scripts are developed. Given the momentum from season 1, there’s every reason to believe Disney+ will prioritise getting the series back into production.

All episodes of The Testaments are available to stream on Disney+.