: It's crazy how I can love your ass and hate you at the same moment.

It's crazy how I can love your ass and hate you at the same moment. The severed head in the box we've seen before (RIP Jemele), but it let Cookie know that things were serious, and she needed Lucious to help protect her and their family. For some reason it was in that moment that I could finally see why someone would ever possibly be scared of him. I have to admit, I did not buy Chris Rock as any kind of menacing figure until about the tail end of the hour when he met with Jemele and was eating that steak with a napkin draped across his chest. When she finally did visit him, it was for protection from the powerful, dangerous Chris Rock Frank Gathers. For all that Lucious has put her through over the years, why would she be running to visit him and make sure he was okay behind bars? : Did ya'll bother to tell him that when I was rotting away?Ĭookie's decision to not visit Lucious was justified, and I didn't blame her at all.It's refreshing, important and another reason why I feel this show has achieved such phenomenal fanfare.Ĭookie: Did ya'll bother to tell him that when I was rotting away? Henson.Īs we talked about in our Empire Preview with showrunner Ilene Chaiken, there are always social issues permeating throughout this show, as they've never sought to shy away from tough topics. Cookie's impassioned speech about incarceration in the black community was another shining moment for Taraji P. How absurdly amazing was that? From Al Sharpton to Andre Leon Talley, it was clearly the place to be and Cookie and company pulled it off beautifully. Her main goal was to finish the takeover of Empire and finally force Lucious out, but she also wanted to publicly show her support for Lucious by throwing a massive rally that would court celebrities and investors alike. Speaking of Cookie, she was all over the place.

Hakeem has come a long way from Empire Season 1, and while he's still a bit of a petulant child like 95% of the time, I enjoyed him more this week than I think I ever have.

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