Empirehas officially returned for season 2, and Gabourey Sidibe a.k.a.
the ever outspoken Becky will be blogging all of the drama week to week for EW.
Read on for the actress latest entry as she blogs Wednesdays episode, Be True.
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If you missedEmpire, Im not mad at you.
Heres what you missed.
ALL charges have been dropped against Lucious because the D.A.s star witness, Vernon, has killed himself.
Praise be to … Satan I guess?
You KNOW God had nothing to do with that!
Still, Satan seems wrong to say.
Praise be to Andre and Rhonda for killing Vernon so that he cant testify against Lucious!
Still feels wrong … WHATEVER!
Lucious is back at home in the Empire offices and so is Andre.
And so is Thirsty!
Looks like hes here to stay for a while.
How does he welcome him?
With a stripper party!!!
But Andre looks uncomfortable.
He clearly has a crush on Becky.
She seems pretty meek next to Tiana.
Cookie and Hakeem discuss whether or not Vernon really killed himself.
give him some pointers!
Michael comes in and we learn that Jamal and Ne-Yo are going on tour together!
We also learn that Michael is going on tour, too!
LuLu, you just beat a case that you most certainly are guilty for.
Maybe you better lay low and mind your business for a while.
Meanwhile, Andre goes to see his pastor after the stripper party.
Andre says he wants to protect his family by being baptized.
The Lyons in church?
I dont know, man.
But then one of them spits a razor out of her mouth and they steal Tianas purse!
Do you see how dangerous it is to take selfies?!
Artistic Weirdo is back!
Hes showing Jamal and Michael all of the fan interpretations of his portrait over bottles of champagne!
As it turns out, he also disapproves of Michael going on tour with Jamal.
Shut up, Artistic Weirdo!
Stay outta grown folks business!
I think I just found the perfect phrase to tattoo on my lower back!
Over yonder at Lyon Dynasty, Cookie is having a meeting with a promoter, Laz Delgado.
He is handsome and hes giving out sound advice to fix her security problems.
Hes handsome, too!
Cookie takes her back along with her sad dog, but puts her on probation.
Lastly, Laz is handsome!
Cookie meets Lucious to claim Vernons very dead ashes.
Cookie asks Lucious if hes the one who set up Tianas purse snatching.
He says he had nothing to do with it, but we cant trust him, can we?
Stop trying to trust Lucious!
Then they fight over whos taking Vernons ashes.
Nobody wants poor dead Vernon.
Back at Empire, Andre walks in on Thirsty making himself a cocktail in Lucious office.
Andre ask why hes there and Thirsty tells him that hes replacing Vernon.
Andre doesnt take too kindly to that.
Thirsty tries to get Andre to steal tracks from Lyon Dynasty.
Andre REALLY doesnt take kindly to that.
Hakeem is having a super weird party at his apartment.
Hes dancing with these girls, Laura included, when he tries to put the moves on her!
You KNOW what moves!
Laura lets him know that shes not that kind of girl and leaves the party.
He finds him on the balcony getting a bjob from …
Damn it, Artistic Weirdo!
I know a mouth is a mouth but come on!
Youre a sexual predator!
Heart broken, Jamal throws Artistic Weirdo Sexual Predator up against a wall and then out of his house.
That fine ass Becky is waiting on him at the door, ready to whoop that ass some more.
BECKY IS A GOOD FRIEND!
With her fine ass.
Theres a break-in over at the Lyon Dynasty offices!
Luckily Cookie and Laz are both at the office and both are strapped!!
Also, Sad Security dog is on the case, too!
Turns out that Thirsty sent these goons to steal the Lyon Dynasty tracks since Andre wouldnt do it.
And the office has also been bugged!
Cookie looks at Laz like shes found the Clyde to her Bonnie.
Andre and Hakeem go visit Jamal the morning after his rocking party.
Andre apologizes profusely and asks them to come to his baptism.
He says he wants to help heal this family.
Hakeem says hell go and Jamal considers it.
Andres next meeting is with Lucious.
He also confesses his suicide attempt last year.
In his Sunday best, Hakeem is trailing Laura so that he can apologize to her.
He feels bad for putting those moves on her.
He swears he wont again and that itll be all business.
Andre is at church getting ready for his baptism!
Cookie is there to double-check he looks good!
Andre attempts to make a confession to her but she tells him to keep his mouth shut.
Thats right, Andre.
You keep your mouth shut about a lot of things!
Jamal comes and sits with Cookie and Hakeem.
Cookie asks how his career is going as she is more or less out of his life lately.
He tells her that things are great and that Lucious is taking him to the next level.
Cookie cant even look at him.
I miss them being a team!
Surprisingly LuLu walks into church without spontaneously combusting into flames.
Andre is so glad to see him that he tells him he loves him.
The memory is violent and is too much for Lucious to bear.
He immediately gets up and walks out of the church.
Everyone is disappointed, yet no one is surprised.
Later, on a sexy, shirtless run through the park, Hakeem is accosted by two thugs!
They throw a blanket over him and throw him into a van!
No!!!!
Not the sexy, shirtless baby!!!!!!!
Yall, go down to the church and light a candle for Hakeems safe return!
