Jamal and Hakeem throw down, and the FBI’s closing in on Lucious.
But this week, the title, Poor Yorick, actually served the themes well.
Your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
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Lucious has a few Yoricks in his life.
Bunkie might be the closest match.
(Nope, not a finger just a bullet.)
Still, its Vernons body that Lucious ends up helping Andre exhume from the grave in a veryHamlet-inspired scene.
and Becky tries to film the whole thing on her phone, twice.
(More on that later.)
Hip-hop wasnt born on Wall Street, Miss Whiteman, he tells Mimi.
Its also hard to understand why Roxanne would pin all her career ambitions on Luciouss downfall.
This is guy whos so beloved by the public, Bill Clinton himself danced at the #FreeLucious rally.
Isnt there a slightly less popular murderer to drag down?
into her passenger seat.
Hes a Lyon, after all.
And like poor Yorick, hes wont to set the table on a roar.
Most tweetable quote:This isnt when we hide.
This is when we roar!
Watching Cookie hustle is one of the best parts ofEmpire.
Its fitting that the videos refrain is that it aint about the money / its about the power.
Right now, Lucious has the money, but the power belongs to Cookie.
(Also: Anikas loyalty, which she ultimately decides she doesnt want.)
Cookie knows what Lucious did to Bunkie, and shes willing to twist that story to her advantage.
(Quick question for all youEmpire-loving lawyers out there: How could this charge possibly hold up in court?
No one checked Portias identification?)
Cookie tells Roxanne that Bunkie was trying to stop Lucious from purchasing the radio station.
The prison scenes mix seriousness with silliness in a way that feels just a bitwrong.
Is she exploiting Sandra Blands death for her own means?
No surprise here, but Grandma Moses canact.
Most tweetable quotes:Whitebitch, you got to go!
Do Ilooklike I catch the subway?
you oughta kill yourself with that wack weave you got on top of your head.
But it intensified when Jamal scored the cover ofRolling Stone.
Show me the pain!
the photographer tells him, in one of many cheeseball lines that make Jamals boyfriend Michael roll his eyes.
My favorite: I want you to play whatever youre feeling.
I want to beinsideyou.
This is what happens when you wear a silk robe to a photo shoot.
Moments later, the brothers are literally throwing punches at each other.
Were only on the fourth episode.
Come finale time, one of thems gonna end up dangling off the balcony.
It would be so satisfying to see him replace Lucious as the producer behind Jamals record.
Lucious would deserve it for pitting these two against each other.
If anything can strengthen brotherly love, its mutual resentment of their dad.
Most tweetable quote:Paybacks a bitch, Lucious!
Hakeem
Most GIF-able moment:Sorry, guys.
God spoke to Andre.
Andre begged forgiveness from God or as god calls himself, Lucious.
Lucious welcomed Andre back to Empire.
more than one tree has a hole in it.
His character is still delivering too much exposition for my taste.
Im just excited to see what he does when he gets back to Empire.
After everything thats happened last season, hasnt he suffered enough?
Most tweetable quote:All of the trees have the same hole!
Most GIF-able moment: Digging so obsessively, youd think he was thatguy fromBreaking Bad
