Empire

- Previously on Empire... - Rhonda!

Andre messed up.

Andre did mess up.

What's your half brother Tariq doing here?

I know Lucious married Anika

just to keep her from testifying.

If I can prove that the marriage is fake, I can subpoena her.

I know we're still good as long as I see

- that fire in your eye. - What me and you had

is dead.

Get yourself together.

She is out there taking your song.

We're gonna show all these haters

how dark hell can get.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Cookie!

Cookie, you gotta come see this, Cookie!

Would you shut up all that noi...

Oh, hell no.

Uh-uh. Out.

Take it out. All of it.

What?

Take it out.

All right, get it, get it out of here.

You sure? All of it?

We can't keep the espresso machine,

a couple Jimmy Choos or nothing?

Out! All of it!

That damn Lucious needs to stop.

I'm done with his ass.

Empire - 03x02 - Sin That Amends

- Mm-hmm. - Um...

Bella's a preemie, and so she's gonna need

some specific attention.

Yes.

How do you handle stressful situations?

Well, I assess the baby's needs.

Does she need to be fed, or burped,

- or should I pick her up and... - Wait. Hold on, hold on.

Who in the hell are all these people in my house?

Oh, my God.

Up, up, up, up, up. Out. Come on.

I'm sorry, the interview's over.

Out. Ladies!

Ladies! Out! I don't need a nanny.

I said go!

- Lucious... - Get the hell out of here.

Come on!

Who gave you the permission to hire a nanny?

I need permission?

In my house, you do.

Or have you forgotten that the only reason you in here

is because of that damn federal investigation?

I don't need people I don't know

looking in my life, okay?

Oh, my God, Lucious,

I need help.

Okay? I cannot do this by myself!

I took care of Dwight all on my own.

I'll get Bella.

No!

You keep your crazy hands

- off of my baby. - You know what you're gonna do?

You got one job in this house,

and that's a mother.

Get in there and do your damn job.

And we are back, peoples.

And today we've got

Jamal Lyon and City Councilman

Angelo Dubois in the building

and we're talking about violence in hip hop.

Now, there's a question that we've all been

dancing around, so I gotta ask:

Jamal, at the Empire XStream launch party, what happened?

- It looked like you froze up onstage. - No, I didn't freeze up.

- That's not what happened. - Well, was it something

to do with you getting shot? Because...

PTSD is nothing to be ashamed of, brother.

- I'm sorry? - Posttraumatic stress disorder.

You see, these

African-American men, uh,

they're the primary victims

in gun violence and they come from a culture...

I-I'm sorry, I'm just gonna jump in right there.

With all due respect,

you're not a doctor, Councilman,

so please do not diagnose me.

And-and furthermore, as far as

"victim" goes, I'm not that.

If anybody's a victim, it's actually Freda Gatz.

All right, well,

then who put the gun in her hands?

Well, Councilman Dubois has a point, now.

How is Freda Gatz the victim?

Well, then, why don't we all try

to grow up where she grew up?

See, it's that line of thinking

that does a tremendous disservice to black folk.

Wait, I'm sorry.

What-what country are we living in? "Disservice"?

It's actually not thinking, it's a fact, Councilman.

Urban, young, black children

deal with poverty and racism,

oppression from police brutality itself,

- mass incarceration, so how... - Understandable.

How are we supposed to deal with these circumstances

if we marginalize ourselves?

- Hmm. - I'll tell you how.

Education.

Opportunity.

See, this is what we promote

in our program WOKE, all right?

We Organize for Knowledge and Empowerment.

Well, Councilman, why don't you tell Jamal Lyon

how WOKE is taking on racism and oppression?

I have a better idea.

Why doesn't Jamal come and visit

one of our anti-violence summits this week?

Come through, we'd love to have you, sir.

I'd love to. I'm there.

All right, yeah.

Hmm.

Jamal, what the hell is wrong with you?

Agreeing to do some stupid summit

with that bougie bitch.

He wouldn't know the streets

- if it shot him in the ass. - Lord, I know, Ma.

But you know what? He was making sense and you know it.

You know, what you need to be doing is making new music.

See, doing that radio station was just damage control.

You need to get your ass back onstage and prove to your fans

- that that brain fart was a one-time thing. - Ma... Ma, Ma...

Excuse me, Mrs. Lyon...

- Ms. Lyon. - Ms. Lyon.

Are you joining us at the summit?

No, I'm busy, and so is Jamal.

I guess he forgot to tell you

he's in the studio all week.

That's too bad. The kids are huge fans of yours.

As a matter of fact,

they started Snapchatting already.

- There we go. - Wow.

That one's Isaiah.

He's a, uh, he's a shining star.

- Mm-hmm. - Look, you know what?

I'm-I'm gonna figure out my schedule.

You know, I'm not gonna let them down.

That would be great. I appreciate that,

- from both of you. - Yeah, yeah.

Mm-hmm. We gotta go.

I look forward to seeing you both there.

- Uh-huh, bye-bye. - Why you gotta be so rude?

'Cause we got a FBI agent up our ass.

We don't need a politician, too.

That man was being so polite.

I don't trust polite people, stupid.

My Empire XStream launch

might have had some difficulties

had you not done what you did.

I mean, nobody's even talking about Jamal.

All anybody can talk about...

The press and me alike...

Is this rare talent

that just blew everybody away.

You shouldn't have cut me off.

We could've been making millions with Nessa a long time ago.

What I want to know is, what do you want to do next?

What's your next move?

I tell you what.

Me and Shine already working on something.

You know, I was thinking about coming out with a living album,

something like Yeezy with his Life of Pablo situation.

But bigger.

And my homie Nessa,

she gonna help me do it,

some of the tracks.

Is that what you really want?

With all the heat

you got going on

from being a part of my Empire XStream launch,

when the world is your oyster

and you can put any name

in your bucket list,

and these are the only two you want to work with?

As far as you and Hakeem working together,

that's a whole nother conversation.

He's got an entirely new set

of familial responsibilities he's gotta handle.

What's that got to do with it?

Bella's at home right now

with her mother, where you should be,

but you've got a convenient case of amnesia.

But we're gonna talk about that in private,

'cause me and Shine...

we got business to take care of.

You can keep your fancy espresso machine,

you can keep your little fancy

wine fridge...

You know what? Lucious, please,