Becka Theory: After Episode 9!
Spoilers through Episode 9.
I have a theory that Becka is still going to end up in a wedding dress, but not because her original match with Garth continues normally. I think she may be married off to the drunk guy from the matchmaking ball as a punishment.
The show made a point of telling us that the guy who got Becka drunk at the ball still hadn’t been matched. That feels too specific to be a throwaway detail, especially this late in the season. In a story where marriage matches are one of the main forms of control, an unmatched man hanging around feels intentional.
Also, Dr. Grove’s death may actually be politically convenient for Gilead. Judd was already looking for a way to deal with him. Grove seemed to think Judd would save him, but the conversation between Lydia and Judd made it feel pretty clear that Judd was ready to drop him if necessary. Grove was a liability because of the abuse allegations, especially once multiple girls’ stories started lining up.
So, Becka killing him creates a problem, but it also solves one.
Gilead probably does not want to make a big public spectacle out of Grove’s murder, because then people might ask why Becka killed him. And the answer would lead straight back to the abuse. It is much cleaner for them to quietly bury the whole thing, pretend the institution handled it, and then punish Becka in a way that restores control without exposing the scandal.
That’s where the marriage comes in.
If they execute Becka or publicly punish her, they risk making her motive visible. But if they marry her off quickly, especially to a worse match, they can frame it as the restoration of discipline and order. It lets Gilead look like it is doing something while actually doing nothing about the abuse.
I also think Daisy being made a green matters here. If Daisy is now technically eligible, and Garth is Mayday, it would make sense for Aunt Lydia/Mayday to maneuver Daisy closer to Garth instead. That could mean Becka loses her original match and gets reassigned to the drunk guy. Garth becomes useful to Daisy’s escape plot, while Becka gets punished by being handed to someone awful.
So my prediction is:
Becka still appears in the wedding dress.
The wedding plot still happens or gets very close to happening.
But she is not marrying Garth.
She is being married off to the drunk guy as punishment.
It would be very convenient for Gilead: the man’s abuse gets buried, the girl who reacted to it gets disciplined, and the institution gets to pretend everything is back to normal.