How has the Empire fared in that time?
Lets get into it.
Lucious and Cookie attend church service with Teri, who asks the congregation to keep Andre in their prayers.
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Have you ever been in church and felt like the sermon was meant for you?
Well, Pastor Browns words about getting your house in order really resonate with Lucious.
He believes that they should maintain strong, positive outlooks throughout Andres illness.
His dismissal of her emotions sends her running to her new best friend for validation: Damon Cross.
Id think he was supportive if he wasnt so inherently slimy.
Meanwhile, Lucious thinks his wife is off with her sister planning phase two of the Trust tour.
Lucious visits Kingsleys mother Tracy to enlist her help in establishing a relationship with their son.
Tracy blames Lucious for her crack addiction and has always maintained that he abandoned her and her son.
Lucious claims that he never knew Kingsley existed.
Hes able to talk her down, and she agrees to speak with Kingsley for Lucious.
Elsewhere, the FBI gives Kingsley a smart bracelet that doubles as a recording unit.
Thurston is suspicious, but Lucious is overjoyed.
After the lawyer leaves, Kingsley starts aggressively kissing Lucious ass.
He apologizes repeatedly for nearly killing Empire.
Hes so in awe of his fathers business sense.
He could learn so much from him.
Could he tell Kingsley more about how hes funding the Trust tour?
Around the third apology, Lucious catches on that something isnt right.
Once again, in a sudden revelation of her wrongdoings, Cookie gathers her things and leaves.
I wonder how many times Damon is going to let Cookie send him mixed signals.
Patience doesnt seem to be his strong suit.
At the Lyon family home, Andre is looking worse and worse as the chemo treatments continue.
His lips are discolored and he can barely keep his eyes open.
Hes still holding on to anger at the loss of his wife and their child.
He believes God met his love with punishment and has turned his back on faith.
Teri refuses to accept his rejection of God but agrees to drop the issue until hes stronger.
Later, Dr. Swain delivers an optimistic diagnosis that Andre could be cancer free after his round of chemo.
The Trust tour has moved on from Philly to New Jersey.
Devons debut album is finished (remember Devon?
The artist that Andre maniacally tore up a mans office to attain?
), and Becky wants Hakeem to introduce him to the fans as a co-sign of support.
Hakeem blows her off and says that he needs to focus on himself.
Becky calls him out on his selfishness.
Devon continues to look back at Tiana as he sings and gyrates across the stage.
Wasnt she just pining for Blake a few weeks ago?
Kingsley visits his mom in an effort to sort out the truth about her past relationship with Lucious.
Kingsley seems suspicious that his mothers story doesnt add up, but drops the subject when she gets upset.
Instead, Kingsley returns to Lucious to wipe the air once and for all.
He would have never trusted Tracy to raise him.
Kingsley is broken by the fatherly embrace hes waited so long for.
He reveals the recording rig to Lucious and the two hug each other, their faces wet with tears.
Kingsley returns the smartwatch recorder to the FBI.
Its unclear whether hes a Lyon, but he refuses to be a rat.
Without warning his family, Lucious waltzes into the Lyons dining room with Kingsley at his side.
Everyone looks disgusted that Lucious would let the man that nearly demolished their legacy into their home.
However, the news of Andre potentially being cancer free has softened her heart enough to allow Kingsleys presence.
Theyre pulling the plug on the whole thing.
Do you think Lucious is really using the Trust tour as a mule for drug trafficking?
Will we ever loop back to the man Luscious BEAT TO DEATH in an alley??
Tell us your thoughts below.
