Maybe being vegetarian before meant that her body couldn't handle cholesterol in the same way, or something?!
I noticed Aunt Lydia referred to "Emily" when she was implying C. Lawrence must have abused her in some way. I expected her to say "the previous OfJoseph" rather than using her actual name. Also intrigued that she seemed to think Emily lashed out at her & stole a baby because C. Lawrence had done something bad to her. I suppose she's already at a special level of cognitive dissonance & that won't allow her to consider her own behaviour could've played a part!
C. Waterford claimed that June & Serena tried to stop Emily stealing the baby. He has to protect June or she could turn on them & tell them all the things he & Serena did. I assume that they've been told that having had her second baby kidnapped, June was just desperate to check on her first born & that's why she went there. I also assume that the Waterfords did eventually call the authorities to report June & the baby missing. I'm not sure how they knew Emily was with her though - perhaps that had already been reported & C. Waterford knew about it. It would've been quite easy to report that the baby was stolen & their handmaid had run away in the aftermath. Checking Hannah's house would've been a logical first place to look. I wonder if they checked there previously when she disappeared.
Also worth noting that June doesn't have the same leverage with C. Lawrence as she did with the Waterfords. He's not played Scrabble with her, or taken her to Jezebels. His wife hasn't written official documents in his name, aided by June, or let her escape with the baby. All he's done is help Emily escape. Who's going to believe a disobedient, trouble-making handmaid over one of the top commanders when Aunt Lydia can testify that Emily assaulted her & the Waterfords back up the "official" story?! She really should be a lot more careful now - just because he helped Emily & took her in doesn't mean he's on her side.
On that topic, I firmly believe that everything he does is to protect his wife. Emily attacked Aunt Lydia, he had to get her out to avoid any extra drama at their house that his wife might get caught up in. June was clearly anti-Gilead when he met her so she makes an ideal handmaid for someone who doesn't want to go through with the ceremony & needs her to lie about it. He won't tolerate anyone bringing trouble to his door that might draw attention to his wife in any way. That's why he punished June by making her clean up the mess she made. At this point, I'm not convinced he's a goodie. I do think he loves his wife & feels responsible for her breakdown & will protect her whatever the cost. He did seem to get a kick out of breaking the rules when he was helping Emily though so maybe he's not all bad! & He did let June have a go at helping the Marthas despite knowing the risks. Perhaps that was just because she was already there & he didn't really want the drama of alerting the authorities to her presence in his house
Oh, the Marthas that reappeared - I assumed the one who was shot was the one the bomb-maker was waiting for to get her to her next location. When June was trafficked she didn't know who she was waiting for, when they'd come or where they'd take her. It's just a good thing the next Martha told her where she was going to take her before she died!
Phew, I can go to sleep now I've got all the thoughts out of my head! Also, yay, Emily made the phone call! I loved how her wife's car stopped all the traffic, very poetic! I did have a tiny bit of sympathy for Luke in his frustration but really he should know better by now that ex-handmaids need to be allowed to adjust in their own time. I worry that if June makes it out he's going to put pressure on her for everything to go back to normal straight away, as if she could just walk away from it all.
Really, definitely going to bed now...!