Empire has been struggling to maintain the quality of Season 1 for quite some time now. Viewers have been clamoring for the show to return to its roots.
Thankfully, Empire Season 3 Episode 9 was one of the best episodes of the entire series. There were no crazy guest stars, or crazy plot twists.
The episode finally linked back to some of what has happened in previous episodes and it left me wondering whether the second half of Empire Season 3 would right the ship.
We’ll start by chatting about Cookie. She witnessed first hand just how much of a tough time Angelo was having winning over the public, so she stepped in.
Cookie has proven time after time that she’s a delight at public speaking. She can effortlessly get people on her side with a matter of words. No, we’re not talking about her getting Lucious to kill people.
We’re talking about her going back to her roots and thinking of the people. She knows what they want. You can probably only imagine Diana’s surprise when she noticed that Cookie was taking matters into her own hands in order to get Angelo’s fight for mayor to the masses.
Diana did not like this and turned to Lucious to broker a deal in order to have Cookie well away from Angelo. The collateral was that Lucious would get rid of someone who had some dirt on Angelo.
When Lucious followed through on his end of the deal, Diana stepped out because apparently Cookie’s big speech sent Angelo to the front of the early polls. She called it “the Cookie effect.”
Very fitting. As you probably know if you watch Empire online, Lucious does not take too kindly to people backing out on deals, so he exacted his revenge on her by making Angelo look bad in front of a camera.
Yes, you guys, our squeaky clean Angelo is not so squeaky clean after all. When he was 17-years-old he got a DUI and left a girl to die in the car.
With that development, it was obvious that Cookie was second-guessing her relationship with him and just like that, Lucious’ mission was completed.
Wrong. As much as Lucious thought everything was done, Tariq was still conspiring against him. This meant Empire’s assets were frozen, meaning there was no business.
Lucious knew Tariq was to blame, so he went to the FBI and caused a scene. It made Tariq look like a crazy dude in front of his colleagues.
The plot thickened when Shine offered up $ 50 million to have Empire resume normal business, but Shine had an ulterior motive. He wanted on the board.
Meanwhile, Andre finally decided to say goodbye to Rhonda in a heartbreaking scene. However, Rhonda gave him some tips on how to take over the Empire and Nessa was definitely involved.
Rhonda’s parting scene also involved Andre swearing to take Anika down for murdering her and her baby. Andre then threw his wedding ring into the water.
After that, he showed up at Leviticus, apparently to party with Shine. However, he was quick to point out that Shine liquidated his assets two-weeks before Empire being frozen, therefore confirming Shine’s part in all of the drama.
The pair made an alliance, with Andre revealing his intention to murder his father.
Gulp.
Could Empire be about to lose Lucious? Would anyone care at this stage?
Finally, Jamal entered rehab after Cookie witnessed just how bad his drug addiction was.
That’s a wrap on the fall run of Empire! What did you think of the developments?
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