As has been the case, Empires penultimate episode wouldve included a twist that wouldve segued right into the original series finale. Cookie and Lucious have a big problem on their hands. However, the series finale that aired featured Yana, Lucious ex-girlfriend, and Damon Cross dying instead. For Season 5, viewers saw Lucious Lyon standing over a coffin and then found out that his oldest son, Kingsley lay inside. Empire has officially ended its run on Fox after six seasons with a finale that unfortunately left some major questions unanswered. Did you just ask that? Still bitter that Cookie left him at the airport last season, Lucious has been at odds with her, leading to a tumultuous back-and-forth that saw Cookie publicly announce that Empire was founded on her drug money. In the Season 6 premiere, it's learned that six months has passed since Cookie and Lucious separated. On a serious note, this family is the main suspect because other suspects has only Lucious or only Cookie at heart, but this family has Coocious at heart. 9-1-1: Lone Star Staging Firefly Reunion With Adam Baldwin and Gina Torres. Enter youngest Lyon brother Hakeem (Bryshere Y. The Empire team might have to make some tweaks to the original plan due to what was cobbled together to serve as the series finale, but the creators haven't given up on a real end to Empire. And I don't even mean because. During the finale of Season 3, Cookie and her family are together once again at the Laviticus nightclub in Las Vegas, where Jamal performs 'When Cookie Met Lucious'. ", Mahoney says they had to leave out a few revelations regarding earlier mysteries:Who shot Lucious? Gray), who persuades his brother to stay and try to establish a relationship with his young son, emphasizingthe finale's theme: "Family is everything. [26], In May 2015, Henson won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Cookie. Theres no telling if or when Empire will ever shoot its original ending, but viewers will have to settle for the series finale that did air for now. window.__mirage2 = {petok:"fURWVvkzH7lBGR776O5hJguXZlFxdQ3WNIj4056.2yo-3600-0"}; [CDATA[ So what should we expect for him moving forward? In other words, Kelly is a strong man. She wants some respect, but it isn't coming her way, and she is under the influence of drugs which makes her highly unstable. Jamal tries to rally the family . Producers say that was initially planned as the Episode 18 cliffhanger, but the violent action quickly moves to its resolution, as viewers learn Damon had bad aim as well as bad judgment: His daughter is dead. Henson admitted that she often has to "rein [Cookie] in" to keep from becoming "over the top" in her portrayal. Heres how it works. However, Yana's father Damon (Wood Harris) sees this hug and sees it as a sign that Lucious has been lying to him and is sleeping with his daughter. Kelly and Giselle were able to gain the power they had over the business was due to Andre Lyons (Trai Byers) and his breakdown after his separation from wife and son. In Season 2, after the arrest of Lucious, she attempts to make a hostile takeover in Empire but fails due to their investor siding with Lucious and Jamal, further damaging Jamal and Cookie's relationship. Sadly, this is the end of todays Note on a movie. Empire wrapped its six-season run with a break-up, two deaths, and a reunion between Cookie and Lucious. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. They have three sons: Andre, Hakeem, and Jamal. Additionally, Andre could pull the trigger because he finally has Empire and the only thing that could ruin it is his dads image, especially if they dont have the documents to clear Lucious as Andre claims. I guess that was a little bit of a surprise. The Views Sunny Hostin Shares Her Thoughts On Don Lemons Firing: It Doesn't Make Sense. Giddens also appreciated the character's grit and joked, "Cookie is no Claire Huxtable. When she was in bed with Lucious Lyon, this was confessed in his sleep. April 11, 2018. Cookie is not "malicious" but she "shoots straight from the hip" and she's usually right. While Cookie spent the. Discover your new favorite show: Watch This Now! Those ominous words followed the startling scene in which we again saw the Lyon family matriarch rushing to her car and sitting inside before the black luxury vehicle explodes -- presumably with her inside. [2] Cookie is devastated when her cousin Bunkie is discovered murdered. This job, this role, this experience, this beautiful cast, this brand I will have for the rest of my life.". We don't know when production will start again. "He's been doing so well putting a guilt trip on her. Lucious isn't the only one who may have died in the Empire Season 6 flash-forwards. Things got too real when a do-rag-wearing Lucious Lyon . Given Cookies jittery, guilty-as-hell energy as she exited her house and made her way to her TNT-rigged automobile, the show clearly wants us to think that Cookie murdered Lucious before running straight into the Grim Reapers clutches herself. Jamal's ultimate fate presumably would have been kept off-screen, as the premature series finale didn't even show Jussie Smollett in the flashback montage. Evan Yana's father and Lucious's rival, Damon Cross (Wood Harris), who is persuaded that there's no romantic entanglement with Lucious, approves of the professional relationship. Cookie is "very complicated and complex," the actress stated. Additionally, Hakeem used to have a thing for guns after he got shot. He was at a place where he didn't think that he could have good things in his life, and now he realizes that it is a possibility. At first Mouse wants a job, but then gets greedy after realizing that Andre is now the permanent CEO of Empire. Well, that's all I will say on her, and let your mind think of more reasons why Becky is a suspect. The sun has set on Fox's "Empire" at least for now. He continued, "She's the perfect leading lady. [27] She was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Lead Actress in a Drama Series, but lost to Viola Davis for her role in the ABC legal drama series How To Get Away With Murder. 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October 15 2019, 6:58 PM PDT. TVLine Items: Pose Vet Joins AHS, Fox Orders Lifeguard Drama and More Frank Gathers then sends Jermel's severed head to Cookie and Carol and realises that he is out to get her. ", "Was 'Empire' inspired by these real hip-hop stars? Viewers don't see a father-son reunion, likely due to the shooting schedule cut short, but the suggestion of one is there. "[14], A big part of the character is Cookie's fashion, which Henson has quite a lot of input in. Cookie helped found Empire financially with $400,000 worth of drug money. Given her family's penchant for drama and Lucious' persuasive nature, however, that might be easier said than done. The two, together, were in the drug dealing business, but afterwards, Cookie was . 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Damon already did shoot Cookie but had moved on to focus his fury on Lucious, leading to his demise. According to USA Today, this moment was due to be the cliffhanger at the end of Episode 18. [5] Knowing they would need well established actors to carry the series, executives at Fox reached out to Henson. During the defense's cross-examination of E. Jean Carroll, Trump's attorney asked the writer why she "did not scream" when she was "supposedly raped. At the end of the episode, viewers see her for the first time in a few seasons as shes out of jail and pats a gun on her waist saying, If I see him again, I wont miss. Who killed Lucious Lyon? He later performs a song (You're so Beautiful) that reveals his sexuality to the public, infuriating Lucious. As he strangled Mouse, the mother of his child, Terry, seemed to go into unexpected labor and laid on the ground as blood poured from her. Eldest son Andre (Trai Byers), whose personalcrisis led to the slip that allowed Kelly and Giselle take over, is out of the hospital but still bereft over his separation from his wife and son. Cookie could have done it, although she was back to considering Lucious the love of her life by. At the same time she schemes to get Jamal to come out publicly during Hakeem's debut performance at Lucious' club. There is already a death, possibly two in the premiere episode of the final season when Andres prison friend Mouse visits him looking to collect on a debt. [12] Cookie is a "tell-it-like-it-is everywoman." Carol was furious with her for a time, but not quite "kill Cookie with a car bomb" furious. Gray) wants nothing to do with her. Since it was the united efforts of Lucious, Cookie, and Andre that ended in Tracy's death, not to mention everything that went down before she snapped. Even though they separate there, even Cookie says it, it's not that they don't love each other, it's can they be together? The one where EW follows up with the cast. Off the top of my head, the Kingsley/Andre and Cookie/Carol & Candice storylines were cut ridiculously short, Cookie's in particular - I find it absolutely ridiculous that she would . Michael Ausiello / We're open to turning it upside-down and seeing what falls out in terms of what new stuff, what new twists and turns we can come up with to make it exciting. McGhee also stated that Cookie's sense of fashion was inspired by Michelle Obama. Empire was never a show that was short on drama, but the Fox series' finale managed to get two episodes worth of action into one. Carter praised Henson's portrayal of Cookie as well as the actor's previous characters and said that "Her characters consistently feel like real people the audience actually knows, thanks to the measured way in which she portrays black women who've endured hardships." "[15] After her time in prison, Cookie needed to reclaim what she put into Empire. He is out of the hospital and plans to become a missionary in South America until his brother Hakeem (Bryshere Y. He staged the coup with Gizelle but failed, how has Kelly managed to own those many shares for a very long time is still a mystery as the Lyons would normally have tried a lot of times to get it from him, but yet failed. Henson who had just ended her stint on Person of Interest in 2013 said she was done with television. Eventually, Lucious learns that Jeff is actually Lucious' son that he had with another woman, Tracy Kingsley, before he married Cookie. Any/all written content and images displayed are provided by the blogger/author, appear herein as submitted by the blogger/author and are unedited by Opera News. Again Jamal's lover fits all the description as Freda gatz as lucious considers gay boys more or less men without balls and also this family, has also had a lot of failed attempts at ending the Lyons. Unless Empire somehow gets those last two episodes, fans will never get to see how all of these questions and more were supposed to be answered. Cookie "doesn't compromise at all? But Lucious getting shot was teased as the climax of the final episode of the series; it could have been anybody, and fans may never get to see how it was supposed to go down. Empire Season 6 began similarly to last season, with a flash-forward of a main character dead. The woman you and your family killed. 's LaRoyce Hawkins Talks The 'Great Relief' Of Finally Being Renewed For Season 11. He's locked Leah away after she killed Tariq, whose body is sitting in the tub at his mansion. At some point, before she turns to dust in the ground, she needs to live a life that fulfills her needs instead of fulfilling everyone else's needs," Henson said. So, if not Tracy, Andre/Kingsley, Damon Cross, or even Yana, who could have killed Lucious? Of course, Empire went with the least heartbreaking route by killing off Lucious' illegitimate son Kingsley, although his death was heartbreaking in its own way. EMPIRE: L-R: Trai Byers and guest star Meta Golding in the "A Wise Father That Knows His Own Child" episode of EMPIRE airing Wednesday, April 17 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. "Cookie is trying to spread her wings. One of Empire's former girl groups, TBD (Three Black Divas), are pissed they were left out of the 20 for 20. The drama continues next Tuesday at 9/8c. Now, Empire didn't go nearly as far to confirm Cookie's death as it did Lucious after he was shot, since he looked pretty definitively dead in that particular flash-forward. "[16] Empire costume designer Rita McGhee says of the character: "She is everywomanShe wears a suit, but it's a leopard suit and she wears it with some thigh-high boots. * Pro-choiceBecky is incensed when Giselle signs out and proud pro-lifer Tiana to a record deal. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). Opera News furthermore does not condone the use of our platform for the purposes encouraging/endorsing hate speech, violation of human rights and/or utterances of a defamatory nature. In the Season 5 premiere, it has been revealed that two years has passed since Cookie and Lucious lost Empire to Teddy Barker which is then turned over to Jeff Kingsley after Teddy unexpectedly dies. New York, After only one premiere show, women are asking how to look like Cookie. It's not just his death but what he offered in his death. -- but with the show poised to end after this season, it looks like no one is safe, not even Cookie. Empire has never shied away from killing off major characters who aren't core members of the Lyon family in grand fashion -- remember Boo Boo Kitty's (Grace Byers) tumble over a balcony in Season 4? Opera News does not consent to nor does it condone the posting of any content that violates the rights (including the copyrights) of any third party, nor content that may malign, inter alia, any religion, ethnic group, organization, gender, company, or individual. Opera News does not consent to nor does it condone the posting of any content that violates the rights (including the copyrights) of any third party, nor content that may malign, inter alia, any religion, ethnic group, organization, gender, company, or individual. Whenever we get to shoot 20, it will start with [the Episode 19 cliffhanger]. "If Samuel L. Jackson had a baby with Bette Davis, it would be Taraji", says Jussie Smollett, who plays Henson's son Jamal in the series. He was on a journey with where he was with his faith and his belief in God and what he thought he could have in his life, and what I think he learned through this season was that beyond Rhonda, beyond losing his kid, there may be hope for him in the future. Still, Giselle and Patel have every reason to be as furious with Cookie as with Lucious, and Giselle especially might see Cookie as the reason why everything went wrong for her in the second half of Empire Season 6. For instance, Lucious almost died and lost his memory and he didn't snap out of . He then pulled out a knife and lunged at Andre with it, who fought back and punched him until the blade fell on the ground. In the very first episode of Empire, he was killed by Lucious for threatening to burn down his empire if he did not give him $3 million. Do people want more? To avoid a surprise attack by Damon, Lucious pounces first, furtively moving about his rival's home as security guards lie on the floor. Of course, his parents being murdered in real life shortly after the movie telling their story premiered might have caused some problems. A lot of shows are coming back," Henson said. Heres what he told TVLine: Episode 18 [originally was supposed to] end with the death of Yana, which wouldve given [viewers] a week to [recover].
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