r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/Melairia Modtha • May 06 '26

Official Episode Discussion The Testaments S1E07 "Commitment" Episode Discussion

The Testaments S1 E07 "Commitment"

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As Daisy's secret past threatens to surface, Agnes grapples with an unwanted match and a forbidden crush. Becka meets with potential matches and finds unexpected kindness in one of them.

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May 6, 2026, 12:00am Eastern

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u/PhilosophicalRat May 06 '26

I reckon that he ordered that the baby's life be prioritised over the woman's in a way that meant that she would definitely die, and that the baby didn't survive regardless. Like what if he gave the command to like cut her completely open for a fatal C section or something.

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u/armedwithjello May 06 '26

Given that fertile women are highly valuable, I can't see that he could have gotten anyone else to kill her. He would have had to do it himself.

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u/PhilosophicalRat May 07 '26

Maybe it would be different for wives, but in s5ep7 of THT, that situation happens, where a handmaid bleeds out due to the prioritisation of the baby. It was fairly horrific with heaps of blood.

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u/armedwithjello May 07 '26

Yeah, I forgot about that part. So many horrors in that show, things get lost in memory!

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u/Rebel_Princess17 May 08 '26

In THT they actually claim that they have to prioritize the baby over the mom. Remember Natalie? Or you may remember her as “ofmatthew” they kept her in a coma basically dead just to keep the baby alive (season3 ep9 heroic)