Tonight is the night of Empire and we have the recap for tonight.
LUCIOUS IS RUDE AS HELL: The show opened with Lucious Lyon, played by Terrance Howard, getting bad news regarding his health and at the same time preparing for to take his company public. He has three sons and each of them have different personalities, dreams and goals. He doesn't like his son's sexuality, thinks his other son is weak and is totally ignoring the son who is smarter than he realizes and would be a great leader for Empire records.
COOKIE IS FRESH AND READY TO POUNCE : Lucious ex wife Cookie, played to perfection by Taraji P. Henson, has just been released from doing 17 years in jail and she is chewing up the scenery left and right. She shows up at her son Jamal's apartment and is happy to see him and his boyfriend living together. Cookie heads on over to Lucious office with a vengeance and informs him that he needs to give her part of the company that she helped start with her money back in the day. He is visibly shaken by Cookie's presence but doesn't cave to her demands just yet and offers her a spot in the company.
Cookie don't play Y'all!!!
She heads on over to her son Hakeem's spot and is met with resistance. Cookie tries to get Hakeem to embrace her but he isn't having it and Cookie has to put a broomstick to his ass.
Cookie don't play Y'all!!!
FLASH IT BACK: Through the ever present flashbacks we get back story on various characters and we find that Cookie is the driving force behind Lucious being a better rapper. Via flashbacks they are eating dinner with friends and family when young Jamal walks into the living room wearing women's heels. Lucious loses it and takes him to the back to basically beat him with Cookie right behind him to run interference.
SALT & PEPPER: The older brother Andre is secretly desiring and is somewhat scheming to take over the company from his father and leveraging everything in his way. He soon comes to see his mom and discusses the reasons for him marrying a white woman. What Cookie doesn't seem to see or she might is that Andre is using her to garner him a key position in Empire Records.
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES: Cookie causes a stylish scene in the Empire company meeting and lets Lucious know that she wants to manage him. Lucious tells her she can because he never wanted him and we are treated to a flashback of Lucious putting his baby son in the trash can.
LET THAT MARINATE FOLKS!!
BUNKIE NEED A HEALING: Lucious has a go to man, Bunkie, who is always there for him and who is constantly asking him for financial help. See Bunkie is the one who held the kids down and helped Lucious get things in order to be successful whilst Cookie was on a 17 year vacay. He is loyal but is constantly ignored by Lucious. He heads over to Lucious's house and ask for more money and is immediately shut down by Lucious who is visibly in pain from his ALS diagnosis. Lucious tells him that he won't be getting anything from him and Bunkie pulls his pistol. Bunkie let him know that he would tell everyone that Lucious killed a couple of guys back in the day.
Wait -Did we mention that bunkie is wearing an old velvet Big Daddy Kane Kangol suit and gold chain?
Lucious finds out that Bunkie has double-crossed him and after meeting on the pier one night he kills Bunkie without taking a second glance.
COLD BROTHER LUCIOUS!!!
DOUBLE TROUBLE: The episode ends with news from Lucious and Cookie that Jamal & Hakeem will be releasing separate projects at the same time thus pitting the two sons against each other.
QUESTIONS:
1. Is Cookie allowing her wicked son to take advantage of her or is she playing him instead?
2. Will Jamal and Becky, played by Gabby Sidibe, get closer maybe in a night of of drunken passions?
3. Will anyone find out that Lucious killed Bunkie and what is the backstory?
4. Is Lucious gonna get a better hairstyle?
Until next week!!!
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