I feel like Aunt Lydia is not as strong a character in The Testaments.
I was so excited to see the continuation of her character growth and her fighting against the men, but I feel like she was just kinda… wasted. Like a figurehead without really doing much.
I also felt like it was very heavily implied in the first season that Aunt Lydia strongly believed in Gilead’s cause and was in deep denial because of her strong beliefs. I felt like playing out her flashbacks as her not really being a believer but just faking to survive, wasn’t the best direction to take. I feel like Dowd didn’t feel it fit her character either because her acting in those scenes seemed off.
I’m interested in how others feel about it. I loved how her character was written in Handmaid’s Tale so maybe I just went into Testaments expecting too much?