“Lyons Without Pride?”
one of the online headlines reads to Cookie’s frustration.
Still in solitary, Andre is needled once again by Gusto, who’s been Quincy’s primary bully.
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“How you gonna come for me and miss?”
Gusto asks as we flashback to an earlier brawl between Andre and his crew.
It’s here we first see Andre notice Gusto’s focus on Quincy as a target for his aggression.
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Andre grabs the book and gives it back to Quincy, no words shared between the two.
Fox) and Carol (Tasha Smith) to serve as the company’s office staff pro bono.
“Recovering crack ho,” Cookie snaps back.
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True, but ouch.
Becky insists she hasn’t received any real offers…just as Lucious is calling her phone.
As the former patriarch of Empire rings, Jamal and Hakeem enter the office to meet on their contracts.
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He owes Empire one more album of original music and until he delivers, he’s stuck there.
were going to run off together and leave her broke.
Nice work if you could get it, I suppose.
Lucious asks Thirsty to join Lyon Family Management and possibly open up his client list as possible investors.
Shadowboxing alone in solitary confinement, Andre remembers another encounter with Quincy.
When Quincy responds by saying he doesn’t have much of a future, Andre tells him otherwise.
When Blake realizes the song is about the shooting, he wonders why Hakeem isn’t recording it himself.
With that, Jamal shuts off the computer and goes back to his music.
When Lucious asks him what his obsession with the Lyons is, Kingsley says it’s simply business.
“It’s life or death.”
Ever the Silicon Valley social sweetheart, Kingsley laughs the threats off and goes back to his breakfast.
Lucious says they’ll simply do it in the disarrayed hotbox that is the Lyon Mansion.
The sisters, however, share a look that clearly shows they’re not falling for it.
“Go ahead, release the album,” Jamal says as he walks away.
“Lyons' gonna count the coins.”
And who’s in a correctional facility right now?
Andre, who flashes back to another moment with Quincy.
“Think they’ve got me boxed in, and that’s the moment I strike.
No warning, no threats, pure annihilation.”
“Give it to one of his apostles,” Andre commands.
While babysitting Prince in the playground, Blake recites the lyrics Hakeem gave him.
Blake insists he can whip up a nice dish and the four head home like one big happy family.
Cyrano de Hakeem seems to be in full effect.
But if Kingsley’s not visiting Andre, then who is he making the pilgrimage to see?
None other than Diana DuBois, of course.Phylicia Rashadis back in the Empire-verse and she’s out for revenge.
After bonding over their mutual knowledge ofLes Liaisons Dangereuses, Diana susses out that Kingsley wants information from her.
Will Diana and Kingsley’s unlikely alliance last given their respective thirsts for power?
And when the hell are we gonna find who’s in that casket?
Another week, another round of questions left to answer.
Stay tuned, Lyons den.
