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Empire Recap: Who Died? And Did Anyone Care?
The season 2 Empire finale was an episode packed with surprises. We learned that Lucious isn’t the devil’s spawn. His father was Joe, a cop, whom Lucious saw gunned down when he was a child. Empire has played fast and loose with flashbacks, so don’t be shocked if Joe rises from the grave just like…
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All You Need to Know to Get Ready to Binge-Watch the New Season of Orange Is the New Black
Finally, it’s time to get back to the ladies of Litchfield as Orange Is the New Black returns for a fourth season. It officially returns early Friday morning, but Netflix has been known to surprise by dropping episodes early. The last time we saw the inmates, a mixup enabled them to get free and frolic…
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Empire Recap: Here Comes the Bride … Just Not the One You Expected
Empire is back, baby! The so-so season rebounded with a jaw-dropping finale that warrants an OMG meter. Let’s go! This episode, “Past Is Prologue,” picks up three weeks later. Frank Gathers’ daughter, Freda Gatz, found out that her mentor Lucious was responsible for her dad’s death in prison. She shot at him, but Jamal ended…
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Empire Recap: No. 1 With a Bullet
We love family. They’re always there for us—asking for money or needing a ride to the airport or … never mind. Cookie has been talking a lot about family unity. In “Rise by Sin,” family matters cause all the problems. When Lucious reluctantly took in his batty mom, Leah Walker, in the last episode, he…
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Empire Recap: She’s a Bad Mama Jama
Forget the American Sound Awards—Empire has a new entrant in the “worst parent” competition. Lucious is horrible, but in “The Lyon Who Cried Wolf,” his mama makes him look like an amateur. Let’s go! Lucious and Cookie torpedoed Harper Scott’s profile on him, so the writer got even by giving Andre evidence that his supposedly…
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Empire Recap: Take These Cookies!
You may not care about that American Sound Awards storyline on Empire, but Cookie does because she thinks that it’s an opportunity to show the world the Lyon family is strong and that it will help Lucious regain control of their company. In last night’s episode, “More Than Kin,” Cookie makes it happen. Let’s go!…
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Empire Recap: Mother’s Day
How is that Lucious hasn’t been shot? Empire has enough suspects for a “Who Shot Lucious?” storyline. That’s just one of the questions I had for last night’s Empire episode, “Time Shall Unfold.” Rhonda and Andre have moved out of the mansion because there are too many bad memories since Rhonda tumbled down those stairs…
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Empire Recap: A Daddy With Mommy Issues
All together now: The pieces are falling into place on Empire. It’s been observed that Empire’s sophomore season has been off-key. In last night’s episode, “The Tameness of a Wolf,” the writers remembered their own history, and the plot points started to come together. Last week Jamal, who was angry with his dad, announced publicly…
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Empire Recap: Well, That Escalated Quickly
At some point I’m going to have to accept that my relationship with Empire is like Charlie Brown and the football. Against my better judgment, I’m always ready to get invested in a storyline, and then the writers resolve it before the commercial break. In this episode, “A Rose by Any Other Name,” Lee Daniels…
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Empire Recap: Hakeem Takes the Throne
Empire’s midseason finale featured two juicy cliffhangers: the fallout of Hakeem’s deciding vote to oust Lucious as Empire’s CEO and the fate of pregnant Rhonda, who was pushed down a staircase by a mysterious assailant. We got answers last night along with style no-nos, iffy parenting and eye-rolling moments. Let’s go! Investor Mimi Whiteman schemed…
