Fox’s Empire – “The Outspoken King” Episode 2 Recap
January 15, 2015 by admin
Filed under Lingerie Events
With the first episode of Empire under their belt, Fox has a major hit on their hands — at least 10 million households say so. If you missed last week’s series premiere episode you can read the recap here or watch the show.
This week’s episode revolves around the opening of Luscious’ new club, Leviticus. Empire CEO Luscious Lyon is positioning his preferred successor and youngest son, Hakeem, to perform at the opening while his ex-wife, Cookie, is maneuvering to get her favorite son, Jamal, on the stage. Luscious refuses to allow Jamal to perform because Jamal is gay and he doesn’t want people to associate Club Leviticus as a “homosexual” club.
The show opens with Cookie gazing tearfully at “The Mansion That Cookie Built” as she approaches her exes lavish estate in a taxicab. Luscious’ wife, Anika, isn’t feeling Cookie’s impromptu visit, so she comes downstairs to mark her territory. Dressed in lingerie, she shows Cookie (and us viewers at home) what she’s working with. [That Lil Wayne lyric, “I hate to see her go but I love to watch her leave” never rang so true until tonight.]
Cookie demands “something to eat” and spars with Anika, revealing that it was her $400,000 in drug money that helped start Empire. Luscious snatches Cookie out of the room and quickly reminds her about the non-disclosure agreement she signed [as if Cookie gives a damn about a piece of paper]. [SIDENOTE: Notice how Cookie eats her food quickly like she’s still in jail and someone’s about to snatch her cornbread.]
While hanging out at a rehearsal studio, Hakeem meets Tiana [sounds and looks like Rihanna but with a T.], an Empire artist managed by Anika. Being true to the womanizer that he is, the self proclaimed “Prince Of The Empire” attempts to holler at her and she abruptly turns him down. [Tiana is played by Serayah McNeiil.]
Luscious arrives at his Empire office to find it flooded with news reporters. He learns that the lyrics for one of his biggest artists, Kid .44 (pronounced FOUR-FOUR) was the inspiration for a shooting that is bringing a lot of negative press to the company, threatening their IPO. Luscious considers dropping .44 from the label but offers to keep him on the roster if he agrees to perform with Hakeem at the grand opening of Club Leviticus. Cookie barges into the conference room and tells .44 that his lyrics are wack and he should be dropped from the label. .44 spits back and calls her a “bitch” and she retaliates calling him a punk.
Vernon gets a call from the NYPD that Bunky is dead. Vernon has no idea that Luscious killed Bunky despite Vernon telling Luscious last episode that Bunky was hooked up with some bookies and in desperate need of money. Luscious reveals that Bunky and Cookie are cousins and swears to find Bunky’s killer [which shouldn’t be so hard once he looks in the mirror]. Hakeem takes the news the hardest because Bunky was like a father to him. Hakeem refuses Cookie’s attempt to console him and flinches at her touch, recalling that vicious broom beating Cookie gave him in the Episode 1.
