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* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: Eden tells Nick he's going to be a great father, without knowing that June is currently carrying Nick's child.
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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: None of the guard detail never thought to check the Handmaids for any contraband. Furthermore, there aren't any armed guards visible inside the room where Waterford is speaking. Even if they were offscreen, none of them think about using their firearms to take Ofglen down before she detonates her explosives.
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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: None of the guard detail never thought to check the Handmaids for any contraband. Furthermore, there aren't any armed guards visible inside the room where Waterford is speaking. Even if they were offscreen, none of them think about using their firearms to take Ofglen down before she detonates her explosives.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Horrific example, but you can see around 20 Handmaids standing on the balcony on the inside of Rachel and Leah Centre as Ofglen detonates their explosives. They are unable to escape and as evidenced by the funeral in the following example, almost all of them are killed.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Horrific example, but you can see around 20 Handmaids standing on the balcony on the inside of Rachel and Leah Centre as Ofglen detonates their her explosives. They are unable to escape and as evidenced by the funeral in the following example, episode, almost all of them are killed.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Horrific example, but you can see around 20 Handmaids standing on the balcony on the inside of Rachel and Leah Centre as Ofglen detonates their explosives. They are unable to escape and as evidenced by the funeral in the following example, almost all of them are killed.
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* LawOfInverseFertility: Serena's gunshot wound in the flashbacks essentially nixes any chance of her getting pregnant normally.
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* LawOfInverseFertility: Serena's gunshot wound in the flashbacks essentially nixes appears to nix any chance of her getting pregnant normally.normally [[spoiler: until we find that she is actually pregnant in Season 4]].
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Appears to be inverted, Serena's gunshot wound appears to destroy her uterus and likely nixes any plans to have children naturally. [[spoiler: This is played straight as Serena appears to be pregnant in Season 4]].
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Appears to be inverted, Serena's gunshot wound appears to destroy her uterus and likely nixes any plans to have children naturally. [[spoiler: This is later played straight as Serena appears to be is pregnant in Season 4]].
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Harshly averted, Serena's gunshot wound destroys her uterus and effectively nixes any plans to have children naturally.
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Harshly averted, Appears to be inverted, Serena's gunshot wound destroys appears to destroy her uterus and effectively likely nixes any plans to have children naturally.naturally. [[spoiler: This is played straight as Serena appears to be pregnant in Season 4]].
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* DramaticIrony: In the "Before" we see Serena at a college campus where the students are outraged by her talk of "woman should know their place." The college head tells them that Serena "has the freedom to say what she wants" but their hostile reaction prevents her from ever making a speech...which could never be uttered in public in the present.
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* BabiesEverAfter: Averted. Serena's gunshot wound destroys her uterus and effectively nixes any plans to have children naturally.
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* BabiesEverAfter: Averted. Serena's gunshot wound destroys her uterus and effectively nixes any plans to have children naturally.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Serena's presumed shooter is captured, we see him whimpering as Waterford prepares to shoot him. But the camera pans out to reveal the shooter's partner and Waterford promptly shoots her instead to make him suffer.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: None of the guard detail never thought to check the Handmaids for any contraband. Furthermore, there aren't any armed guards visible inside the room where Waterford is speaking. Even if they were offscreen, none of them think about using their firearms to take Ofglen down before she detonates her explosives.
* KickTheDog: Fred shoots the partner of Serena's suspected shooter to make him suffer. He then has the suspected shooter taken away to be tortured.
* KickTheDog: Fred shoots the partner of Serena's suspected shooter to make him suffer. He then has the suspected shooter taken away to be tortured.
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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: None of the guard detail never thought to check the Handmaids for any contraband. Furthermore, there aren't any armed guards visible inside the room where Waterford is speaking. Even if they were offscreen, none of them think about using their firearms to take her down.
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* SuicideAttack: Done by the second Ofglen at the new Rachel and Leah Center.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: None of the guard detail never thought to check the Handmaids for any contraband. Furthermore, there aren't any armed guards visible inside the room where Waterford is speaking. Even if they were offscreen, none of them think about using their firearms to take her down.Center.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: None of the guard detail never thought to check the Handmaids for any contraband. Furthermore, there aren't any armed guards visible inside the room where Waterford is speaking. Even if they were offscreen, none of them think about using their firearms to take her down.
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* PetTheDog: It's not the first time Serena Joy has shown some hollow conditional compassion to Offred, but it is the first time Offred does reciprocate some open mutual kinship with her. All the more devastating when Offred cries to Nick that she really did believe Serena Joy had the decency to empathize with Offred's desire to see Hannah.
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* PetTheDog: PetTheDog:
** It's not the first time Serena Joy has shown some hollow conditional compassion to Offred, but it is the first time Offred does reciprocate some open mutual kinship with her. All the more devastating when Offred cries to Nick that she really did believe Serena Joy had the decency to empathize with Offred's desire to seeHannah.Hannah.
** Subverted by Fred. He gets June a picture of Hannah, for which June is genuinely grateful... and then promptly tries to have sex with her. Fortunately, June's able to persuade him to back off because she's "worried about the baby."
** It's not the first time Serena Joy has shown some hollow conditional compassion to Offred, but it is the first time Offred does reciprocate some open mutual kinship with her. All the more devastating when Offred cries to Nick that she really did believe Serena Joy had the decency to empathize with Offred's desire to see
** Subverted by Fred. He gets June a picture of Hannah, for which June is genuinely grateful... and then promptly tries to have sex with her. Fortunately, June's able to persuade him to back off because she's "worried about the baby."
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* MoralEventHorizon: Fred does a BoomHeadshot the female partner of the man suspected of shooting Serena with the intent of making the man suffer.
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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: None of the guard detail never thought to check the handmaids for any contraband. Furthermore, there aren't any armed guards visible inside the room where Waterford is speaking. Even if they were offscreen, none of them think about using their firearms to take her down.
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June makes a recovery after her botched suicide attack.attempt. Serena tries to make nice with June, but reverts to her harsh ways when June requests to see Hannah. Eden confides with June her concerns about Nick being a Gender Traitor, so she convinces Nick to have sex with Eden to allay any suspicion. The Second Ofglen sets off a bomb in the new Rachel and Leah Centre.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Fred in the flashback. Having his wife shot in front of him essentially presses his BerserkButton and his determination to hunt the shooter down. And when he believes he has the suspected shooter, he shoots his partner first to make the man suffer his loss.
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June makes a recovery after her botched suicide attack. Serena tries to make nice with June, but reverts to her harsh ways when June requests to see Hannah. Eden confides with June her concerns about Nick being a Gender Traitor, she convinces Nick to have sex with Eden to allay any suspicion. The Second Ofglen sets off a bomb in the new Rachel and Leah Centre.
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* OriginsEpisode: While the Waterfords get more focus in the flashbacks, this trope applies more to Serena as it shows why she is so desperate to steal June's child from her, especially since the character is a lot younger than in the books. Fred also gets a bit of exposure here as well, as we start to see his hostility come out in the aftermath of Serena's shooting.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Fred in the flashback. Having his wife shot in front of him essentially presses his BerserkButton and his determination to hunt the shooter down.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Fred in the flashback. Having his wife shot in front of him essentially presses his BerserkButton and his determination to hunt the shooter down.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: A handmaid The Second Ofglen walks into a Commander's conference as a suicide bomber. We only see the explosion happen before the credits roll.
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* MassOhCrap: When Second Ofglen raises the bomb's trigger to show the other handmaidens outside, they take the opportunity to run like hell. Not only that, the Commanders assembled (Waterford included) quite literally freak out [[TakingYouWithMe as Ofglen runs towards the podium to detonate her explosives.]]
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* Squick: [[{{InUniverse}} Both Offred and Nick are disgusted when Offred tells Nick to have sex with Eden.]] Especially since Eden is a minor.
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* Squick: [[{{In-Universe}} Both Offred and Nick are disgusted when Offred tells Nick to have sex with Eden.]] Especially since Eden is a minor.
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* Squick: [[{{In-Universe}} Both Offred and Nick are disgusted when Offred tells Nick to have sex with Eden. Especially since Eden is a minor.
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* FanDisservice: Nick's sex scene with Eden is played this way: not only is Nick having sex with a minor, but the act itself is done through a hole in the bedsheet.
* MistakenForGay: Eden and Nick have not had sex since they were married, and Eden confesses this to Offred and her worries that Nick may be a Gender Traitor. Offred explicitly tells Nick to have sex with Eden to avoid suspicion.
* MistakenForGay: Eden and Nick have not had sex since they were married, and Eden confesses this to Offred and her worries that Nick may be a Gender Traitor. Offred explicitly tells Nick to have sex with Eden to avoid suspicion.
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* PetTheDog: It's not the first time Serena Joy has shown some hollow conditional compassion to Offred, but it is the first time Offred does reciprocate some open mutual kinship with her. All the more devastating when Offred cries to Nick that she really did believe Serena Joy had the decency to empathize with Offred's desire to see Hannah.Hannah.
* SuicideAttack: Done by the second Ofglen at the new Rachel and Leah center.
* SuicideAttack: Done by the second Ofglen at the new Rachel and Leah center.
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* PetTheDog: It's not the first time Serena Joy has shown some hollow conditional compassion to Offred, but it is the first time Offred does reciprocate some open mutual kinship with her. All the more devastating when Offred cries to Nick that she really did believe Serena Joy had the decency to emphasize empathize with Offred's desire to see Hannah.
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* PetTheDog: It's not the first time Serena Joy has shown some hollow conditional compassion to Offred, but it is the first time Offred does reciprocate some open mutual kinship with her. All the more devastating when Offred cries to Nick that she really did believe Serena Joy had the decency to emphasize with Offred's desire to see Hannah.
* PetTheDog: It's not the first time Serena Joy has shown some hollow conditional compassion to Offred, but it is the first time Offred does reciprocate some open mutual kinship with her. All the more devastating when Offred cries to Nick that she really did believe Serena Joy had the decency to emphasize with Offred's desire to see Hannah.
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