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.)
But Hakeem isnt mature enough to be in the same room with the womanhedumped for no real reason.
You should put some AutoTune on that mess, he says to Tiana who immediately slaps him.
She storms out, as she should, and Hakeem starts whining to Shine.
This life ruins everything.
They drive out to the suburbs (Connecticut?
where we meet a handful of kids who all belong to Shine.
Meanwhile, Andre goes to an outdoor cafe with Pamela and immediately starts accusing her of working with Diana.
This is getting confusing and its too much for both of them.
Turns out Thirsty was watching, and he immediately calls Lucious to get there before Andre leaves.
He didnt tell them because shes a cop, but they neednt worry anymore, because they broke up.
And she was the first person hes felt something like this for since Rhonda.
(So what was Nessa, chopped liver?
You guys had a ghost threesome!!!
Rhonda passed the baton!)
Elsewhere, Cookie is armed with the photo of Warrens bodyguard and a gun.
Warren agrees right away, which makes Cookie suspicious.
So he explains: Look, Jamal was the love of my life, and I lost him.
So clearing his name is the least I can do.
He spills, and Cookie goes to Andre.
Hakeem says he isnt going to let somebody else (a.k.a.
Hakeem goes over to the computer and deletes Warrens vocal tracks from the main file one by one.
Its like earlyEmpire bonding, goofing around, and creating great music out of real pain.
I love this scene!!
Turns out she was already on her way.
Still, she wont accept Andres apology.
You accuse me of treachery even when I trusted you with the biggest secret of my life!
Do you have any idea what that feels like?
Thats just the cue Andre needed to launch into a confession.
Turns out he did some extra digging, and theres no one in the NYPD called Pamela Rose.
Andres getting played, he says.
Back at Andres, Pamela is prodding him to tell her.
Cookie calls Andres cell, but he silences it.
They race to his apartment.
But while theyre on the way, Andre finally says it.
I tried to kill my father.
Instead of understanding, Pamela smiles.
I have a confession, too, Andre.
Im Vegas Metro, undercover.
And thats not all.
She says shes been after him for quite some time.
(That seems a little harsh, Pam.
Itdidtake you a few months to get this out of him.)
Then, as Andre squeezes her…the life runs out of her body.
Just then, Cookie and Lucious arrive at the door.
Andre is crying and panicking and apologizing.
I didnt mean to do it, Ma!
She lied this whole time!
But then she drops a bomb.
Theres nobody in here but you and us.
He looks to where Pamelas body was lying, and Cookies right: Theres nothing there.
Apparently, in the scene at the cafe, people were staring because he was yelling at the air.
So in the end, Diana DuBois plan worked even better than I expected.
Will Andreeverget the help he really needs?!
Can we yo put Diana, Angelo, and Anika away once and for all?
And what on earth is going on in Shines house in the burbs?
