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* AllThereInTheManual: Dr. Yates is not explicitly referred to by name, it is shown if you turn on Closed Captioning.

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* AllThereInTheManual: Dr. Yates is not explicitly referred to by name, it name in the episode; his name is shown if you turn on Closed Captioning.in closed captioning.



* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Dr. Yates had specifically told Aunt Lydia that forcing June to maintain a vigil is not good for June's Sanity.
* DrivenToSuicide: Feeling she has nothing more to lose, June acts in ways that could get her executed. Luckily, Dr. Yates counsels her.
* DueToTheDead: June makes her peace with Natalie and acknowledges her as a "fighter" and talks to her about her son.

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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Dr. Yates had specifically told Aunt Lydia that forcing June to maintain a vigil is not good for June's Sanity.
sanity.
* DrivenToSuicide: Feeling she has nothing more to lose, June acts in ways that could get her executed. Luckily, Dr. Yates counsels her.
executed, including attempting to kill Serena.
* DueToTheDead: June makes her peace with Natalie and Natalie, acknowledges her as a "fighter" "fighter", and talks to her about her son.



* JerkassHasAPoint: Aunt Lydia is still the cruel, controlling keeper of the Handmaids, and confines June to what is essentially solitary confinement with her vigil over Ofmatthew. However, her calling June heartless when she makes a biting joke at the braindead Ofmatthew's expense does affect her--ironically, it's part of what leads June to forgiving Ofmatthew and making peace with her.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Aunt Lydia is still the cruel, controlling keeper of the Handmaids, and confines June to what is essentially solitary confinement with her vigil over Ofmatthew. However, her calling June heartless when she makes a biting joke at the braindead Ofmatthew's expense does affect her--ironically, her; ironically, it's part of what leads June to forgiving Ofmatthew and making peace with her.



** Serena doesn't rat out June for trying to assassinate her (which would almost assuredly warrant execution), and instead tells a Dr. Yates that June cut herself without revealing the context. [[spoiler: Then again, she likely had plans of her own, as revealed in the next episode.]]

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** Serena doesn't rat out June for trying to assassinate her (which would almost assuredly warrant execution), and instead tells a Dr. Yates that June cut herself without revealing the context. [[spoiler: Then again, she likely had plans of her own, as revealed in the next episode.]]



* SanitySlippage: June's forced vigil nearly causes her to break and try to kill Serena. She even confesses this to Dr. Yates mentioning that she has lost hope she will ever see her daughters again.

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* SanitySlippage: June's forced vigil nearly causes her to break and try to kill Serena. She even confesses this to Dr. Yates Yates, mentioning that she has lost hope she will ever see her daughters again.

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