And most importantly, what will happen to Rhonda?
So lets get started.
Does shereallynot remember, or is she going to make a run at figure things out on her own?
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Perhaps shell keep having flashbacks until something triggers the memory of those red soles?
At least Andre and Rhonda always have each other.
Meanwhile, Lucious isnt taking his dethroning well.
Im going to take my company back, he says to Cookie.
I dont know how our son turned out to be so rotten.
Why are you being lazy?
Hakeem spits at Laura.
Youre holding them back.
I was so stupid, she says on her way out.
Now nothing stands between Hakeem and his throne.
But Lucious and Thirsty enlist their band of thugs to visit the board members in contention for the position.
Nothing illegal, like murder, Thirsty instructs.
But everything else is fair game.
Only one member, badly beaten in the previous sequence, contests, No, its more than personal.
Make some noise for the new era of Hakeem Lyon, yall!
(Ah, sonowhes ready to reclaim his last name.)
Jameson seems convinced and so does the audience.
No one can solve a serious problem with a catchy tune like Jamal Lyon!
So lets just come back to Empire and be a real family again like we was before.
Now that Hakeem has everything else where he wants it, he realizes what hes still missing: Laura.
You promise me well really be together?
Promise, he says but then just before, he says, I dont think we should do this.
She tells him otherwise, then whispers, I love you, while theyre in the act.
I love you, too, Hakeem whispers back.
And then the camera pans up to the crucifix over Lauras bed.
Hope Hakeem can live up to her standards.
Thats how much the empire means to me, Lucious tells him.
Since Hakeems his baby, Lucious says, hell give him something: a gun.
You want to be king?
Kill your father and sit on his throne.
Hakeem puts the gun to his head, and Lucious keeps coaxing him to shoot.
He even turns around so Hakeem is facing his back, to make it easier for him.
Pull the damn trigger, Lucious says.
Is that what you want?
Pull the damn trigger!
But Hakeem puts the gun down and starts walking away.
I aint gotta do what you want, he says.
I keep my promises.
So, what do you think?
Would Lucious really shoot Hakeem?
Will Cookies plan to take Camilla out from the inside work?
Will Hakeem end up making an amazing CEO?
