Whoever Put Daisy Into Gilead on The Testaments Wants Mayday to Fail

From a story point of view, I understand why Daisy has gone into Gilead to fight for Mayday on The Testaments.

In reality, this whole idea wouldn’t work, and people in charge would veto things pretty quickly.

Daisy is quickly proving why it would be a bad idea to put her into Gilead, even if she could get closer to a High Commander.

Daisy Has No Training To Succeed

The Handmaid’s Tale made things clear about Mayday operatives. They needed some sort of skill, or they needed to be willing to put the overall cause before their own needs.

June tried to get into Mayday earlier in the series, but they tossed her out.

Her own selfish actions had put the entire rebellion mission at risk. People were executed because they tried to help her, including the man who brought her back to his own family.

It took a long time for the group’s organizers to trust June, and it was only after she left Gilead and entered Canada that she was finally able to do anything.

So the idea that Daisy can just go in is moronic.

Sure, Mayday would love to get someone close to the high commanders, but they would also want someone with training.

Had Daisy taken a year or two to train and get to know the Mayday operations, then I could see her going into Gilead then. That’s clearly not the case, though.

She’s already 16 when we get the flashbacks in Toronto, and she’s the same age in Gilead. Not that much time has passed since her parents died.

It doesn’t even look like she’s had a crash course in how espionage works, because she seems to think that she’s calling the shots!

When she storms over to Garth, she acts like she’s the one in charge, which makes very little sense — and not from a women-aren’t-worthy-in-Gilead point of view.

Garth clearly has more experience and knows more about what’s going on.

He knew that the attack in the streets was supposed to be a recovery mission, while Daisy had no idea it was even going to happen!

She’s even shocked to learn that other plans are underway while she’s gathering information, making it clear she is as green as they come.

Let’s not overlook the use of the name June. Garth says he doesn’t know June, but I wonder if that’s not quite true.

He may not know her by her name, but it’s clear they have codenames while in Gilead. We heard on the radio the night Daisy was listening.

Speaking of the radio, why was Daisy listening to it from her bed?

There was a bright light from the radio when she turned it on, and in the silence of the room, she heard muffled sounds through the earphones.

Even the bed frame’s movement to hide the radio would have been audible to others across the room.

I’m surprised she hasn’t already been caught on The Testaments Season 1!

Daisy Doesn’t Have Self-Control

It’s not just a lack of training. Daisy is also acting out of anger.

She has just lost her parents, and her whole world is being upended. Not only has she learned that her parents were her adoptive parents, but she also learned that they were what Gilead considers terrorists.

Melanie and Neil were Mayday operatives, and they knew that they were raising a child of Gilead — a child who had been smuggled out.

They hid that information from Daisy for good reason, but it was only a matter of time before the truth came out.

When we leave Daisy and June, it’s clear that June is working on getting Daisy to safety. This 16-year-old girl has now learned that leaders from a totalitarian regime want her back.

Fear mixed with grief is dangerous, especially when teenage hormones are thrown into the mix.

We already saw on The Handmaid’s Tale what a lack of self-control could do.

Let’s just take The Handmaid’s Tale Season 6 into account, when June couldn’t bear to allow her friend, Janine, to be a possible casualty in the bombing.

That led to June going into Jezebels to warn Janine, and the plans were left behind. While June thought she could trust Nick, he chose his side by telling Commander Wharton.

Mayday’s plan to destroy Jezebels went up in smoke, and it all started with June’s lack of self-awareness and control, trying to save one instead of the many.

There’s a huge risk that Daisy will do the same.

She’s already taking risks by storming out of Commander Judd’s home to the school bus.

She speaks to Garth as if she has this authority, forgetting that anybody could be listening, and the idea of talking to a man is strictly forbidden.

When Agnes wouldn’t tell her the truth about getting her period during the second hour, she ran off to tell Aunt Vidala about her using the Lord’s name in vain, and then even ratted out Agnes when things got too tough in the circle.

Daisy is a liability, and everyone in Mayday should have known that. So, I can only think that either someone stupid put her in there, or someone is willing to let Mayday fail, because this was a huge gamble.

You made it to the end — and that means a lot.

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