Empire Talk Week 2: The Outspoken King (Fox TV)

 

1. Cookie hires a very ghetto assistant Porsha (Ta’Rhonda Jones), who she doesn’t seem to like at all, but she comes in handy for retrieving heels hurled at Lucious’ head (“Porsha, get my damn shoe!”) and it’s Porsha who comes up with the idea for a coming out musical press conference event for Jamal (Jussie Smollett) to steal thunder from his brother Hakeem (Bryshere Gray) before his club Laviticus performance. Only Lucious cuts all that noise by telling Jamal that he’ll cut him off if he comes out of the closet. Later Hakeem begs Jamal to sing backup with him during the club performance and they kill it. Even Lucious has to admit they sound good together.

2. Hakeem makes a fool of himself at an upscale restaurant while hanging with his “entourage” one of which videotapes him exposing himself and calling President Obama a sell-out.  The video of course goes viral and Lucious goes off on Hakeem.  But I have a hard time believing the President would actually call Lucious looking for an apology.

#Empire Hakeem needs a Nanny #Stupid #Juvenile #Introublenow!
@EmpireFOX pic.twitter.com/YwGRrqoylB
— Tinsel & Tine (@tinseltine) January 15, 2015

3. One of Empire’s artist, Kid FoFo (Kristopher Lofton) is involved in a shooting which stirs up a controversy about rap lyrics inciting violence, all which threatens Empire’s IPO launch. Lucious goes on a news program to smooth the waters but with Cookies voice in his head, winds up defending rap: Where half of your family is locked off in prison.Our music is more of a narration of an oppressed people. You see, the Empire artists are telling the next generation that even though they live in a world where Trayvon Martin can get shot down like a dog without…

4.  Later Lucious drops Kid FoFo from the Empire label, not because of the controversy but because he dissed Cookie.

5. We find out why Andre’s wife Rhonda (Kaitlin Doubleday) was bringing him meds on episode 1, it’s because Andre (Trai Byers) is bipolar. We also see Rhonda wears the pants, while giving head.

#Empire Oh! Andre’s bipolar – they can take that in a number of spiraling directions! @JustTrai pic.twitter.com/C886Ljs73S
— Tinsel & Tine (@tinseltine) January 15, 2015

6. Last week Lucious killed long-time friend of the family Bunkie for causing trouble, extorting money and being disrespectful. This week we find out Bunkie was Cookie’s cousin. When Bunkie’s body is found, Lucious has to play it off like he’s grieving along with the rest of the family.

7. At the end we find out Cookie was not let out of prison early for good behavior, she’s actually working for the Feds and it’s about to get dangerous!