History Recap / TheHandmaidsTaleS2E12Postpartum

* EyeScream: Like Janine, the Martha in the Lawrence household, Cora, had one eye mutilated. This leads to a RealityEnsues moment where said Martha is bumping around stuff in the household.

* RealityEnsues:
** Just because Serena's gotten her baby doesn't mean she's magically going to start producing milk, and being separated from her daughter is causing June's supply to dry up; as a result Holly is going hungry.
** Messy house + Martha with one eye = Martha bumping into stuff around the Lawrence household.

** Not necessarily - Gilead are cribbing from Leviticus, where adulterous couples were to both be stoned. SO Gilead use death by drowning - also cueing into the "better they were thrown in the sea with a millstone around their neck..." bit in the Gospels. Still disproportionate - as they were in "pour encourager les autres" mode.

** Not necessarily - Gilead are cribbing from Leviticus, where adulterous couples were to both be stoned. SO Gilead use death by drowning - also cueing into the "better they were thrown in the sea with a millstone around their neck..." bit in the Gospels.

* AnArmAndALeg / {{Fingore}}: According to Commander Lawrence, the actual punishment for reading was supposed to be losing a finger, but Gilead has actually upgraded this to losing a hand instead for certain offenders, most likely for those of lower status.
* CallBack: It's revealed that Commander Lawrence was the one who came up with the idea for the colonies.

* WhamShot: The other weights shown lying in the pool imply that many others have met similar fates as Eden and Isaac.

* EyeScream: Like Janine, the Martha in the Lawrence household has her eye removed. This leads to a RealityEnsues moment where said Martha is bumping around stuff in the household.

* MadwomanInTheAttic: Commander Lawrence’s wife.

* AnArmAndALeg: According to Commander Lawrence, the actual punishment for reading was supposed to be losing a finger, but Gilead has actually upgraded this to losing a hand instead.

* TogetherInDeath: Eden believes she and Isaac will be, and so accepts her fate.

* PetTheDog: Once again, Serena is seen in more of a sympathetic light as she is not only devastated by Eden and Isaac's deaths, but also allowing June to care for Holly at the end of the episode.

* FridgeHorror: All the other weights at the bottom of the pool didn't get there by themselves.

* PetTheDog: Once again, Serena is seen in more of a sympathetic light as she is not only devastated by Eden and Isaac's death, but also allowing June to care for Holly at the end of the episode.

* StalkerWithACrush: Commander Lawrence appears to have extensively researched Emily's backstory, leading to a rather uncomfortable moment for Emily like a stalker knowing too much about his target.

* MadwomanInTheAttic: Commander Lawrence’s wife.

After giving birth alone in [[Recap/TheHandmaidsTaleS2E11Holly the last episode]], June is returned to the Red Center to pump milk for her baby while awaiting her next posting. Her milk begins to dry up, so she is sent back to the Waterford house in the hope that proximity to Holly increase the supply. Having realised that Nick does not care about her, Eden runs away with Isaac for a chance at real love. They are soon found out and are executed via drowning in a swimming pool.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Serena seems to be shifting to this from her previous BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor realization when she witnesses Eden and Isaac weighted down and thrown into a swimming pool to drown.

* RealityEnsues: Just because Serena's gotten her baby doesn't mean she's magically going to start producing milk, and being separated from her daughter is causing June's supply to dry up; as a result Holly is going hungry.

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* CruelAndUnusualPunishment: On par with the rest of Gilead's perverse execution methods, [[spoiler:Eden and Isaac are chained to giant weights and thrown into a swimming pool.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Serena is absolutely devastated and traumatized during [[spoiler:Eden and Isaac's execution.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Eden and Isaac, but especially Eden.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Serena seems to be shifting to this from her previous BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor realization when she witnesses [[spoiler:Eden and Isaac weighted down and thrown into a swimming pool to drown.]]

* StarCrossedLovers: Eden and Isaac.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Serena is absolutely devastated and traumatized during [[Eden and Isaac's execution.]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[Eden and Isaac, but especially Eden.]]

* RealityEnsues: Just because Serena's gotten her baby doesn't mean she's magically going to start producing milk, and being separated from her daughter is causing June's supply to dry up; as a result Holly is going hungry.