Things get crazy in the season 4 finale We did it! Weve made it to the finale! Lucious has an appropriate reaction: He slaps him and grabs a dinner knife. Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX But Eddie has a gun, and hes using his leverage to further the blackmail scheme. Cookie puts a stop to the standoff and kicks Eddie out of her house. Lucious and Cookie rally the troops. Andre wants to pay him off, but Cookie says he wants blood....
And while producers insist Smollett isnt going anywhere, someoneisbeing killed onEmpire. He remains a core player on this very successful series and we continue to stand behind him. Lets get this straight, Im in it with Jamal for the long run,declared Smollett. Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX (2) But I do think that our stories are firm and grounded. And I definitely would say that I want us to dip out while were still telling great stories....
The Lyons are finally back. Meanwhile, Jamal is more worried about losing the man in his life. Andre promptly dangles the man out of a window until he confesses that Kingsley was behind the setup. Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX Welcome to the family, Lucious cracks to a horrified Kai. Adds Lucious, Im giving you a choice because you are my son. Kingsley smartly opts for the signature. As father and son arent quite bonding, Cookie goes to see Kingsleys mom, Tracy, for herself....
Cookie and Claudia have their claws out in an epic fight (to the death?) Welcome back,Empirefans! Its time to come to terms with the craziness of the midseason premiere. Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX Jamal begins the episode distraught about shooting Angelo. And, as the next scene starts, we have our answer. Claudia has untied Lucious but now has his non-prosthetic leg chained to a piano. Lucious promises to make her pay, so she naturally shoots him with a tranquilizer gun....
He wants to come to Empire with her today. Dwight enters Empire to wild applause, as people like Becky and Porsha give him squealing, chatty hugs. Tiana is consistent as usual; Cookie kicks Tory Ash off the stage immediately. Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX But she reminds him that not only is she running a company but shes acting likehim.Well, like Lucious. She sends him home, which is probably for the best....
Which we know he didnt (well, not physically, anyway). The bigger problem, though? Nobody knows where Warren is. Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX He and Hakeem, fed up, head to Empire; Cookie and Lucious leave shortly after. She, Lucious, and Thirsty take the Andre situation into their own hands. (When Thirsty tells Lucious this, he does a hilarious impression of Cookie. Sometimes I forget that Thirsty accidentally became my favorite character?) (Okay, apparently Shine invited him to make one of the five albums hes responsible for....
Mrs. DuBois has each member of the Lyon family in her thoughts in a different way, too. For Andre, thats his brain. Jamal, his heart. Credit: Jean Whiteside/FOX Hakeem they dont say specifically, but process of elimination says its his…courage? Well see how hard they stick to this analogy. The only DuBois not really involved is Angelo: Hes a bit of a drunken mess these days. Its time for you to put this self-pity to rest, his mom says....
But none of them were really all that…believable. Instead of sitting here and continuing to scratch my head, lets just get into it. Its the morning of the hearing, and all the Lyons are dressed to the nines. Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX The courtroom is already a circus. Cookie is yelling out left and right, and Hakeems Free Bella protestors have shown up in full force. One gets kicked out. The judge seems like a tough customer, which is one strike against the Lyons....
She leaves, and suddenly he feels like hes being choked by his mother, Leah. His mind switches from flashbacks (hi again, Kelly Rowland!) to the present day, where…oh, wow. Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX Leah actuallyischoking him under the water, screaming about evilness in him. Claudia rushes in just in time, but still that was terrifying. And its just the shock Cookie needs to move herself into the mansion permanently. Hes also planning his next venture: An album of love songs....
The DuBois-Lyon war finally comes to a head… but is it really over? Empiresmidseason finale opens with a dream: Andres on stage singing, imagining that hes Empires latest star artist. Are they saving this for a season 5 plot?) Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX He starts screaming for Daddy! Lucious tells Andre that the people who did this to him are going to pay dearly. Over at Empire, another party is going on, as Eddies leaving his temporary post at the label....
),Empireis back and crazier than ever. Seriously, I mean it. This episode isridiculous, so lets just get into it. Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX News about Lucious post-traumatic amnesia hit TMZ, so its time for some serious damage control. It goes as well as youd expect. Cookie tries to take control, but Shine demands to hear Lucious speak. So immediately Lucious greets Shine with, Moonshine! My dear old friend. Every time Lucious calls him Moonshine, Ilose it....
He goes as far as to put dabs of paint on the actual piano keys. So nice how this happens! Everyones yawning, and the engineer, Calvin, is falling asleep and pressing the wrong buttons. Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX Privately, they start grumbling, and Calvin tells Porsha hes working them way too hard. Reluctantly, she agrees, if its one time and in a public place. But Cookie shrugs her off when Lucious arrives and says hes put Eddie in charge to deal with it....
This is the preposterous thought I was left with after the opening scene of Wednesdays episode ofEmpire. Cookie politely obliges, much to Porshas chagrin. But Cookie is just playing nice on Lucious first day back. Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX Dont get it twisted, Cookie tells Porsha as the matriarch heads out to a meeting. I still run this bitch. Next, we cut to Tiana, Jamal, and Hakeem on stage in a rehearsal....
