History Recap / TheHandmaidsTaleS5E7NoMansLand

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Serena could have easily avoided her current predicament if she took Mark Tuello's advice and stayed under the protection of the American Government in Exile.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Luke proceeds to use Gilead’s tactics in order to get revenge on Serena for everything she did to him and his family.
* HeelFaceTurn: Serena cries and apologizes to June. Given her history, it’s unclear if she will become TheAtoner or if this is part of her HeelFaceRevolvingDoor.

* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Continuing from what she experienced in the previous two episodes, Serena receives the full handmaid treatment when the Canadian immigration authorities place her under arrest and force her to give up Baby Noah.

* WhatTheHellHero: June gives Luke a look of disbelief and horror when he gleefully confesses he was the one who arranged for Serena to be arrested and have Baby Noah taken away from her.

'''June:''' It's not for you. It's for him. Look at him. Look at your baby. You are the only person in the whole world that he knows. You are the only familiar smell, you are the only voice he recognizes, you love him, and you wanted him so much. You're his mother, and he belongs with you. That is God's will. [[Recap/TheHandmaidsTaleS4E7Home Do you understand me?]]

** Just because June is willing to forgo any revenge towards Serena, doesn't mean some else will not. Specifically Luke. In addition, because Serena refused Mark Tuello's offer of asylum, Serena is classified as a citizen of Gilead when the Canadian authorities arrive to arrest her.

** Serena references the moment when June had a gun and wanted to shoot Serena but didn't.
** June repeats her line of "Do You Understand Me", but this time, in a more gentler context.

** Just because June is willing to forgo any revenge towards Serena, doesn't mean some else will not. Specifically Luke.

* AllForNothing: In the previous episode, Serena jumped at the chance to escape from the Wheelers by shooting her bodyguard/driver and forcing June to drive her away at gunpoint. But she has no proper escape plan and nowhere to go. June has to point out that she and the baby need medical attention or else they will die. Once in Canada, immigration authorities arrest her and Protective Services take baby Noah away from her,just like she feared the Wheelers would.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Serena having her child taken away by authorities and getting sent to a detention center for illegal immigrants is an obvious allusion to the American policy (specifically, those of the Trump Administration) of separating children from parents attempting to cross the border.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Serena having her child taken away by authorities and getting sent to a detention center for illegal immigrants is an obvious allusion to the ongoing border crisis between United States and Mexico.

* WhatTheHellHero: June gives Luke a look of disbelief and horror when he gleefully confesses he was the one arranged for Serena to be arrested and have Baby Noah taken away from her.

* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Similar to what she experienced in the previous two episodes, Serena received the full handmaid treatment when the Canadian immigration authorities place her under arrest and force her to give up Baby Noah.

* TraumaticCSection: In a flashback to June's early days as a Handmaid (Janine is still pregnant), she and Serena attend a home birth. After an arduous labor, the Handmaid, Ofclarence, has not delivered, so she is subjected to a C-section right there in the room with all the Handmaids present. The baby makes it, but she does not.

* SympathyForTheDevil: Even after all the pain Serena has caused her, June is absolutely horrified when she finds out the Canadian authorities are forcibly taking her away her baby and placing her under arrest.

HeelFaceTurn: Serena cries and apologizes to June. Given her history, it’s unclear if she will become TheAtoner or if this is part of her HeelFaceRevolvingDoor.

TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: June vents her long-standing anger towards a mostly helpless Serena.

Serena goes into labor while pointing a gun at June. The two of them find a barn where Serena can give birth. During a fight, June almost abandons Serena and the baby, but ultimately takes the high road and vows to saw them. The episode with Serena handcuffed to a hospital bed as Canadian officials tell her the baby will be placed with another family.

Serena goes into labor while pointing a gun at June. The two of them find a barn where Serena can give birth. During a fight, June almost abandons Serena and the baby, but ultimately takes the high road. The episode with Serena handcuffed to a hospital bed as Canadian officials tell her the baby will be placed with another family.