Gets angry at Cookie's demands and storms out to go sing in the shower.Ħ. Works hard, hones her skill and impresses on Sway in the Morning. Works hard to train and then at the 11th hour signs a deal with Empire to double cross Cookie and Hakeem and reinforce that Lucious won't let Lyon Dynasty have even mediocre things. Working harder to pay back the chance given to her by Lyon Dynasty to find her dream. Cookie encourages Valentina to move past this and really train herself to be prepared for an upcoming performance on the radio show, Sway in the Morning. Hakeem slept with Valentina (Becky G), lead singer of his girl group, Mirage a Trois. Jamal misses like all the dance cues and looks less coordinated than 2015 Bobby Brown.ĥ. A technical issue causes the mics to feedback. Cookie kills the music, declares war and Hakeem and Timbaland come up to perform a sick diss track that includes references to his father's inability to satisfy his former fiance. Jamal performs his new track featuring Pitbull at Lucious' welcome back from jail party at Leviticus. Want more of our free, weekly newsletters in your inbox? Let’s get started. Cookie stares blankly, laughs and then declares Lucious is crazy. Cookie threatens to finish the job with the pillow the next time. Cookie tells Lucious, "I'm always gon' eat, just not with you." And then grabs the table runner, dumping the entire feast on the floor as she saunters out of the dining room. Cookie cries and calls Lucious an animal for tearing apart her family in the name of advancing his company. But what is faithful scenery chewer Cookie Lyon's response to the idea? a. Lucious calls everyone to dinner to offer them places back at Empire if they give up on Lyon Dynasty and submit to his rule. To stop at his favorite restaurant and grab the meal he's been missing for months.Ģ. To visit his probation officer and try to comprehend the terms of his pretrial release. To immediately start referring to himself as a god and speechify on the front steps of Empire as if he were Julius Caesar returning triumphantly from Gaul. To question how he ended up in this situation and consider how his actions have hurt his family. The first order of business outside the big house is: a. Lucious gets released on bail because his lawyer Thirsty Rawlings slipped the judge his own S&M photos during the hearing. 2 pencils and see how well you know The Lyons.ġ. So in honor of Empire's predictability, today's recap will be a multiple choice quiz, kids. It would be boring if not for the utterly glee with which Terrence Howard plays the heel. But everything we know about Lucious, from his hustle to the top to his ruthless business acumen, tells us exactly what he's going to do in every episode. One of those life changing events should have taught Lucious to appreciate his life and family, to strive for kindness wherever possible or at least to not get out of jail and immediately threaten war with everyone.