Empire

Previously on "Empire"...

I'm very excited to be the new

Chief Executive Officer of Empire Enterprises.

Excuse me,

you never mentioned Lucious.

Who's Lucious?

See that? They bringing in Frank Gathers.

That's your little girl.

Yeah, that's my girl.

Who's playing the role of Bolingbroke in the video?

Hey, Freda, say hi to Harper Scott.

You're acting paranoid right now.

I'm taking care of myself, honey. Are you?

I am. I'm taking my medication every single day, I am.

Don't tell me he's putting her

on my tour instead. Who?

Mirage á Trois couldn't even

fill up a coffeehouse.

Jamal, are you saying Lucious

is inauthentic?

I'm saying Lucious Lyon ain't even his real name.

Mimi is overprotective and jealous,

so I made a tape of me and Camilla

doing the nasty.

It'd be a whole lot easier

if you'd just take a swig

of whatever that was that you made

Mimi drink.

Rot in hell.

Well, that battle-ax did know fur.

Oh...

Empire has lost one of our

very own-- Camilla Marks Whiteman.

She was a beast in fashion that we...

that I was lucky to know.

See, nobody really knows what happened to her.

What we do know

is that she shouldn't be remembered the way she died,

because she was way more than that.

Antony and Cleopatra was the last creative thing

she did on this earth.

Besides going out like a carpet-munching

Romeo and Juliet. Mom.

So we're gonna carry on

with these designs and models

you see here today in Camilla's honor,

with Rhonda Lyon as our new Creative Director.

We will carry on with Camilla's legacy.

Come on, y'all, we gonna take Empire's fashion

to a place where it's never been before.

That's right. Make some noise for Antony

and Cleopatra.

I always hated that dumb name.

Come on, boy.

(gentle classical music playing)

I'm sorry.

For?

Accusing you of cheating.

Yeah... I wasn't myself, baby.

I know.

I know that that wasn't you,

and I really appreciate you seeing the doctor.

This new medication is working.

Good.

Good.

You still want to move out of the house?

I know.

I know it was a...

incredibly generous gift, I just...

Let's just talk about it later, okay?

Okay. Okay.

Now, ain't that cute.

Thinking you just back on top like that, huh?

No, I was just keeping your seat warm for you, son.

All right, you mind?

Actually, I wanted to commend you on...

getting rid of Camilla like that.

I didn't think you had it in you, son.

It wasn't supposed to go down like that.

Well, if you hadn't sent that sex tape,

we'd all still be under that

backstabbing bitch's thumb today.

Thank God you killed her.

I didn't kill her! Hey, hey!

Enough of that dry snitching.

Now, the State is calling it a murder-

suicide; that's what it is.

Sure, Cookie.

Lucious...

you work on your video.

You, Jamal, are working on your Black & White album.

Andre?

You okay, baby?

Yeah, I'm good.

You're taking your meds, aren't you?

I'm fine, Mom.

I'm on the mend.

Okay.

All right, no more fighting, okay?

To the world, there's nothing to see here.

No, I'm congratulating our son on...

actually earning this seat.

Just always got to find a way to just jab at your kids.

As a matter of fact,

when are y'all gonna

stop being kids, anyway?

I'm starting to think

raising y'all around all that money must have

stunted your growth.

Um, hello?

Does anybody remember what Sunday is?

It's your birthday.

It's not just my birthday.

It's the first birthday

in 17 years

that I get to breathe free air,

and I've been praying for this day,

and all I want is some damn peace, okay?

Can y'all just

give me a nice happy birthday dinner,

no drama. Think you can do that?

I gotta get out to Philly more often.

For what?

If not for your insisting

on this location for your video,

we could be on a nice, warm set.

Oh! God...

Wow, this is absolutely crazy.

Out of all the houses on this block,

this is the only one that ain't changed at all.

I mean, even the stairs are the same.

It's like it was saved just so

I could shoot this video here.

Why here?

Because it was right here,

in front of that lion,

that I slept the first few nights when I ran away.

And it was right there that Dwight Walker

became Lucious Lyon.

How did you end up here?

Where was your mother, Lucious?

Wherever she was, look,

this ain't got nothing to do with my mother.

I mean, this is my story,

and my story will win me awards.

Now, you know this ain't got

nothing to do with no awards, Lucious.

If you don't put your whole truth into this video,

what is the damn point?

Now, this is the third night in a row

she's gone over her time,

and she's cutting into my set.

We'll talk to her.

Ready for Tiana!

(audience cheering, clapping rhythmically)

Listen, I know this is your first tour, little girl,

so let me explain to you.

I'm the headliner.

You're the help.

You pull this in DC,

I'm pulling the plug on your mic.

I was just trying to get them fired up for you-- listen.

You can't just change the set list

and go over your time whenever you feel like it.

That's not what an opening act does

to a headliner.

("Look But Don't Touch" intro begins)

You and me need to talk, okay?

("All the Cash" by Evil Nine featuring El-P intro playing)

We are wasting our time.

Yeah, but we got to at least try.

I listened to her spit.

She actually is the truth.

Yeah, but truth is,

getting at Freda's gonna tick Dad off.

Well, that's-that's the gravy then.

You might want to tuck those chains, boys.

These fellas out here gonna see that shine a mile away.

Hey, yo, is that Hakeem? Hey, Hakeem!

Yo! Hey! Jamal Lyon.

How you doing? How you doing?

That ain't him. Yes, it is.