The Handmaid's Tale Season 2: 10 Big Questions After 'Other Women'
9. What Went Wrong With June's Escape?
Season 2 of The Handmaid's Tale has delivered quite a few surprises thus far, but the biggest was without a doubt June's escape in the premiere episode. The subsequent episodes saw the character laying low, buying her time. But, as she was about to board and aeroplane and leave Gilead behind forever and fly to Canada, she was apprehended.
Other Women focused on June's integration back into her role as Offred, but did little in the way of answering what went wrong with the escape plan.
There are several possible reasons the plan failed. Remember, this is Gilead we're talking about; no-one gets out alive. Did the powers that be know that June would be boarding the plane? Was her location leaked from someone on the inside, or was her apprehension a lucky coincidence? While we've yet to learn what happened, it's likely that the plan was sabotaged from someone on the inside.