


So it didn’t take much for his new girlfriend Anika (Grace Gealey) to convince him to stage a hostile takeover. Hakeem didn’t take getting passed over for Jamal lightly. Hostile Takeovers, Fist Fights, Murder and Pregnancy She was going to kill him with a pillow but Lucious stopped her and fired her (again) the next day.Ħ. Lucious was so thrilled that he’d beat death that he took a sedative and started confessing to Bunkie’s murder to Bunkie’s ghost just in time for Cookie to hear. Turns out, his doctor misdiagnosed Lucious and he doesn’t have ALS but a neuromuscular disease called myasthenia gravis. Miracle of all miracles, Lucious is going to live. By the way, great nod to “Hustle and Flow” with that “Whoop that Trick,” line everybody.Īlso Read: ‘Empire’s’ Explosive Finale: See TheWrap’s Interviews With Cast, Show Creator and EP (Video) The pair’s unexpected peace accord even led Lucious to name Jamal as his successor - much to the chagrin of Andre (Trai Byers) and Hakeem and a homophobic and lyrically challenged rapper named Black Rambo. Maybe it was the father and son collaboration on “Nothing to Lose” or the fact that Jamal went all Suge Knight on Baretti (Judd Nelson) but just like that, Lucious and Jamal were closer than ever. “Everybody’s just waiting for you to die.”Īlso Read: ‘Empire’ Finale: The Cookie-Anika Catfight of Your Wildest Dreams is Here (And It’s Brutal) “Seventeen years, bitch,” Cookie yelled in Lucious’ smug face. The fact that she had moved on with Malcolm was too much for Lucious to stomach and he fired her.

Nevermind all the times Lucious broke Cookie’s heart or allowed her to do prison time to save him. After the show, to no one’s surprise, Lucious punched his youngest son in the face.
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Gray) showed up to Snoop’s promotional concert and dropped a freestyle rap full of insults directed at his father. Still smarting that Lucious ( Terrence Howard) made Camilla (Naomi Campbell) disappear, Hakeem (Bryshere Y. Bom chicka wah wah.Īlso Read: ‘Empire’ Under Fire: Black Scholar Calls Show ‘Ghettofied’ ‘Coonery’ The steamy love scene even took place on a ridiculously large bear-skinned rug in front of a fire inside a sexy and secluded cabin. Henson) fans undoubtedly rejoiced when the fur-loving diva and her handsome hero Malcolm ( Derek Luke) consummated their passionate and budding romance. From Lucious’ epic medical miracle to the moment the police cuffed him, there wasn’t a dull moment when the soapy hip-hop drama wrapped up its debut year Wednesday night. The shockers from the Season 1 finale of “Empire” were countless and hit fans about as hard as Cookie’s fist hit Anika’s face during the episode’s catfight.Īnd until the Lee Daniels hip-hop drama returns, there’s plenty to dish about and dissect. Spoiler Alert: Do not read on if you haven’t watched Wednesday’s episode of “Empire.”
