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* MoodWhiplash: Offred is actually happy near the end of the episode, having something to tell Ofglen and having her love of words reawoken during the strange connection she made with the Commander over the Scrabble game. It comes crashing down when the Handmaid waiting at the gate is not Ofglen. Well, she is Ofglen, just a different one.

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* MoodWhiplash: Offred is actually happy near the end of the episode, having something to tell Ofglen and having her love of words reawoken during the strange connection she made with the Commander over the Scrabble ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}'' game. It comes crashing down when the Handmaid waiting at the gate is not Ofglen. Well, she is Ofglen, just a different one.



* WhamLine: "''I'' am Ofglen."

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* WhamLine: "''I'' am Ofglen.""

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* AdultFear: Baby Hannah nearly being kidnapped from the hospital.
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* MoodWhiplash: Offred is actually happy near the end of the episode, having something to tell Ofglen and having her love of words reawoken during the strange connection she made with the Commander over the Scrabble game. It comes crashing down when the Handmaid waiting at the gate is not Ofglen.

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* MoodWhiplash: Offred is actually happy near the end of the episode, having something to tell Ofglen and having her love of words reawoken during the strange connection she made with the Commander over the Scrabble game. It comes crashing down when the Handmaid waiting at the gate is not Ofglen. Well, she is Ofglen, just a different one.
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* AdultFear: Baby Hannah nearly being kidnapped from the hospital.
* CondescendingCompassion: The Wives offering Offred a cookie. Once she is away from them, she spits it out, despite it being the first sweet thing she's tasted in a ''very'' long time.


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* MoodWhiplash: Offred is actually happy near the end of the episode, having something to tell Ofglen and having her love of words reawoken during the strange connection she made with the Commander over the Scrabble game. It comes crashing down when the Handmaid waiting at the gate is not Ofglen.
* PrecisionFStrike: The last line in the episode is Offred's mental reaction the new Ofglen.
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** To accentuate the communal anxiety of a birth in Gilead, Aunt Lydia is compassionate and tender to Janine, a direct contrast to her usual brutal demeanor, though it's all part of the usual choreography and scripting of Gilead.

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** To accentuate the communal anxiety of a birth in Gilead, Aunt Lydia is sincerely compassionate and tender to Janine, a direct contrast to her usual brutal demeanor, though it's all part of the usual choreography and scripting of Gilead.
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** To accentuate the communal anxiety of a birth in Gilead, Aunt Lydia is compassionate and tender to Janine, a direct contrast to her usual brutal demeanor, though it's all part of the usual choreography and scripting of Gilead.
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* WhamLine: "I am Ofglen."

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* WhamLine: "I "''I'' am Ofglen."
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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: The Commander and his Handmaid are not supposed to be alone together.

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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: The Commander and his Handmaid are not supposed to be alone together.together.
* WhamLine: "I am Ofglen."

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They really don't look that similar, starting with one having curly red hair and another wavy blonde hair.


* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: It's probably not a coincidence that Janine and Offred look so similar.
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* ScreamingBirth: Janine has one. The Wife in charge...f akes one. It's as surreal as it sounds.

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* ScreamingBirth: Janine has one. The Wife in charge...f akes fakes one. It's as surreal as it sounds.

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* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals : It's probably not a coincidence that Janine and Offred look so similar.
* IronicNurseryTune : A devastated Janine sings to Angela, the same lullabye she sang to her son, Caleb.
* MeaningfulName : The baby is named Angela.
* PetTheDog : Offred has no love for Janine, but stops to tell her she's doing great.
** Subverted when the Wives treat Offred like a trained puppy by offering her cookies and commenting how sweet she is. Then call her a whore as she walks away.
* ScreamingBirth: Janine has one. The Wife in charge...fakes one. It's as surreal as it sounds.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem : The Commander and his Handmaid are not supposed to be alone together.

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!!Tropes featured in "Birth Day" include:

* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals : InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: It's probably not a coincidence that Janine and Offred look so similar.
* IronicNurseryTune : IronicNurseryTune: A devastated Janine sings to Angela, the same lullabye lullaby she sang to her son, Caleb.
* MeaningfulName : MeaningfulName: The baby is named Angela.
* PetTheDog : PetTheDog: Offred has no love for Janine, but stops to tell her she's doing great.
** Subverted {{Subverted}} when the Wives treat Offred like a trained puppy by offering her cookies and commenting how sweet she is. Then call her a whore as she walks away.
* ScreamingBirth: Janine has one. The Wife in charge...fakes f akes one. It's as surreal as it sounds.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem : ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: The Commander and his Handmaid are not supposed to be alone together.
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* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals : It's probably not a coincidence that Janine and Offred look so similar.
* IronicNurseryTune : A devastated Janine sings to Angela, the same lullabye she sang to her son, Caleb.
* MeaningfulName : The baby is named Angela.

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All the Handmaids and the Wives attend a celebration. Janine's baby has arrived. Offred reflects on the birth of her daughter, Hannah.

* PetTheDog : Offred has no love for Janine, but stops to tell her she's doing great.

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All the Handmaids and the Wives attend a celebration. Janine's baby has arrived. Offred reflects on the birth of her daughter, Hannah. \n\n The Commander requests a meeting with June.

* PetTheDog : Offred has no love for Janine, but stops to tell her she's doing great.great.
** Subverted when the Wives treat Offred like a trained puppy by offering her cookies and commenting how sweet she is. Then call her a whore as she walks away.
* ScreamingBirth: Janine has one. The Wife in charge...fakes one. It's as surreal as it sounds.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem : The Commander and his Handmaid are not supposed to be alone together.
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All the Handmaids and the Wives attend a celebration. Janine's baby has arrived. Offred reflects on the birth of her daughter, Hannah.

* PetTheDog : Offred has no love for Janine, but stops to tell her she's doing great.

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