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Empire Recap: Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe
Everyone, except Lucious, shows up to support Andre, who’s at a posh clinic, recuperating from his breakdown. The psychiatrist makes a few comments, but it’s Michelle White, the music therapist, who talks the most. That’s because Michelle is portrayed by Jennifer Hudson. At first Cookie gives side eye to this bipolar diagnosis. She thinks it’s…
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What Empire Gets Wrong (and Right) About Bipolar Disorder
Much of the early buzz around Empire was focused on Lucious Lyon’s ALS diagnosis. With the series’ skyrocketing ratings, there’s an opportunity to shed light on that fatal illness. When the show first addressed son Andre’s bipolar disorder, I was surprised and oddly delighted. Last year I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I thought bipolar disorder…
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Empire Recap: Miss Kitty Makes a Boo-Boo
A wedding planner dreams of retiring on the chunk of change she’ll make from Lucious and Boo Boo Kitty’s ostentatious nuptials. While they select sports teams to hand out as wedding favors, Cookie sweeps in with Porsha lumbering behind. As she passes Lola, Cookie gets a “Hi, Grandma!” That seems presumptuous of Little Miss Lola.…
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Empire Recap: Spilling the Tea, Slinging the Mud and Out for Blood
After giving Lucious (the only man she’s ever been with!) a taste of what he’s been missing, Cookie tells him, “If you want Cookie’s nookie, ditch the bitch.” Cookie is so poetic, Nikki Giovanni wants her lines. Lucious vows to get rid of Boo Boo Kitty. The man is clearly Lyon. Cookie wants to immortalize her ex…
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Empire Recap: Reunited and It Feels So Good
Caution: dancing microwaves ahead. Yeah, so a lot happened this week; some of it poignant, some of it unexpected, some of it absurd. Let’s get started. Hakeem’s arranged a candlelit dinner, prepared by Chef Roblé, for Camilla. He calls her “bae” and then must explain that the word means “babe.” Camilla is 40ish. Don’t make…
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Empire Recap: The Lyons, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Last week a single rose prompted Cookie to order a hit. Even Suge Knight told her to rethink her life choices. That rose is still causing trouble. Lucious invites Cookie to dinner at a fancy restaurant, takes her by the hand and leads her to … a family gathering to announce his engagement. What? This…
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Empire Recap: A Kiss From a Rose Gets a Rise Out of Cookie
In a nutshell: Boo Boo Kitty may find that all that glitters is not gold. On the other hand, she gets a massive diamond from Lucious, so she probably doesn’t care about that rose that turns Cookie into a bootleg gladiator. Tiana has a girlfriend. Hakeem has a stupid attitude. Andre and Rhonda continue to…
