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RataChen

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  1. June may be broken in this moment, but she is clever enough to figure out that she didn’t directly sentence Omar and family to their “punishment.” My theory is that Omar’s fate was sealed when this Mayday Unit was compromised. I’ve been thinking about Omar and family not returning home since last week, and my theory of why has everything to do with the compromised safe house in Episode 3. If the safe house was compromised, it’s a safe bet that someone in that house rolled over when promised protection, and started name-dropping. That’s why Omar and family never arrived home, they were already implicated and sentenced before anyone even knew June’s was in their home. (If they knew she was there, they would have knocked the door down.) I think the neighbor knocking on the door was a warning from Mayday, too little too late. The plane was intercepted, thanks to the safe house intel. June was captured and sent to the Aunts. Three days have elapsed, and here’s what I theorize happened: 1) the apartment had been searched, and June’s fingerprints are found on everything. Way to go not touching anything, especially in a society where every intimate detail of your physiology is documented. 2) a dress is noted as missing from the econowife’s wardrobe, which is coincidentally on June. I would think that the totalitarian government would make sure that every econo-household item, like clothing, is inventoried at initial issue, just like an army supply. Probably even document items repurchased for the lower class too. 3) They were already well aware that June was somewhere out there. The safe house had known she was due for arrival, so she was already given up when it was compromised. All of this brings us to “now.” Mayday is silent due to the breach. It’s very convenient that June was captured, so they can use her as a scapegoat for their silence. If the resistance network knew that there was a compromised unit, distrust would be rampant, and no one would be willing to make a moves to fight the system. They’re not helping Handmaids escape anymore, but I’m willing to bet that they will use Handmaids as an liberation army in the future. Aunt Lydia changed the narriative on June’s capture to break her. She knows what really happened, that there is a real threat to order (Mayday), and it scares her. Lydia knows darn well that June is strong, and knows that she has to break her to keep her and the oppressive system in line, since June is a real threat to order. I hate that June is forcing herself to be this obidient Offred, but like a cult, she’s programming herself to survive (using chanting in an attempt to drown out thoughts, repetition of tenants, following protocols of desired behavior, all to keep herself in line). TL:DR- A snitch from safe house lead to Omar and family being torn apart, not June. Lydia is afraid of the strength in June, so she’s being a lying suckity-suck to break June. June is programming herself to survive.
  2. I was going crazy just listening to the noise June was making as she waited. Let’s play with marbles when no one is supposed to be home... great idea!
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