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?)
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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.
Should I become a doorman?
Warren says he has something important to tell Jamal, and Jamal brushes it off at first.
(Which seems to be the only thing hewasntactually in on at the time Diana conceived of it.)
Shes one of the most disgusting, violent people Ive ever met, he says.
By the time the cops show up to arrest Diana, the whole audience seems to be Team Cookie.
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Upstairs, Hakeem heads to where Anika and the nanny are to pick up Bella once and for all.
The way hell keep control, though?
He has videotapes of Anika and Diana from when Bella was supposed to be missing.
That makes her an accessory to kidnapping a crime for which the statute of limitations doesnt expire.
Anika sobs anyway, and I cant summon a MODICUM of pity for her.
And over on Long Island, Angelo and Jamal show up at Warrens motel room at the same time.
But Angelo is at rock bottom, disturbed,andhas a gun.
I dont understand it!
But in the scuffle, it goes off right into Angelos stomach.
Jamal starts crying and apologizing before immediately dialing 911.
But it seems like its too late…Angelo just might be dead.
Back at the event, Cookie and Lucious are as happy and proud as ever.
If youre really back, I think we should take our time this go-round, she says.
They say they love each other, and then Lucious heads to the hospital to check on Andre.
So Eddie is going to venture to stay at Empire now.
(But is he going to betray the Lyons or start embezzling funds somehow?
Shine beats Lucious to the hospital and starts whispering to an unconscious Andre.
You been keeping your mouth shut?
I didnt think so, either, he says.
Just then, Lucious arrives and wonders how they became friends.
Shine says Andres his boy they squashed their beef long ago.
(Yeah, right!)
Shine leaves and Lucious tells Andre that he clapped back at the people who put him in the hospital.
Im back now, and I needyouto come back stronger than ever, he says to Andre.
Just then, Andre starts to stir.
And sleepily, he ends up confessing: Pop…just dont hate me, he murmurs.
The bomb…I tried to kill you.
Of course, we all know who this has to be: Crazy Claudias back for her Dwight.
And a scene later, we see whats happening.
I told you I would never leave you…never.
And with that, all the plotlines are in place for the back half of the season.
Will Lucious forgive Andre (that is, if he even gets out of Claudias grasp at all)?
Is Angelo really dead?
Will Diana become the queen of her prison?
Will Jamal and Warren get back together?
Will Anikaeverbe punished for killing Rhonda?!
Hopefully our answers will come in 2018.
