Cookie and Claudia have their claws out in an epic fight (to the death?)
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Its time to come to terms with the craziness of the midseason premiere.
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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.
I know who you are, she tells Dwight as he passes out.
And I know exactly what Im doing.
After the title card, a flashback to Cookie in prison organizing the jumping of a prison guard.
I have a few choice words for his raping a, she tells her fellow inmates.
For the trouble, Cookie is put in solitary for three weeks.
He tells Cookie the institution is the last place Andre was spotted.
Thanks to security footage, they see Claudia lingering around the building around the time Lucious was there.
(Ya think?!
Porsha brings her quickly back to reality.
A tearful hug between the two in the bathroom ends in an appreciated I didnt wash my hands joke.
(Next up: Cabin fever makes Claudia even crazier.)
He goes in for a hug but ends up choking her instead.
She kicks him in the crotch and a full-onObsessed-esque battle ensues.
That wasnt music, Lucious says, speaking the most truth he ever has on the show.
Cookie heads upstate to a cabin Thirsty tells her Claudias father once owned.
To get Jamal out of his funk, Hakeem takes him to see their older brother in the institution.
But the reunion doesnt make anyone feel better.
She will not interrupt me again, Claudia says, Demi Moore giving her bestFatal Attraction.
He tells Cookie he wants to be a better man and Claudia can help him do that.
She tries to call in reinforcements but theres no signal.
Claudia responds with more sensory overload, but then the power goes out.
(Even Bunky gets a shoutout!)
But before Claudia can do the deed, her psychiatrist friend pulls up to the cabin.
When Claudia returns, it turns into anotherObsessed-esque battle, this time between Claudia and Cookie.
Kill that bh, Cookie tells Lucious, but he drives the ax hes wielding into the ground instead.
Jumpcut to the police taking Claudia away.
I decide who I am, not her, Lucious tells Cookie of his decision.
So how will this all play out?
In true, amazingly campyEmpirefashion, of course!
