EMPIRE: The Fool & The Return Of A Lyon

Empire is a seasonal movie that sorrounds a musically inclined family that, like the usual family, aren't without their ups and downs, their flaws and rough spots, but unlike the usual family are always pit up against each other, somewhat like the family setting the bible describes as one of the signs of the end, brother against brother,  sister against sister, father against son,  mother against daughter.

The Cast
Terrence Howard (Lucious), Taraji P. Henson (Cookie), Jussie Smollet (Jamal), Bryshere Y. Gray (Hakeem), Trai Byers (Andre), Grace Byers (Anika), Serayah (Tiana)

Empire has span four seasons now with every episode from the first season being so good keeping viewers in suspense with the end of every episode so bad that you find yourself drooling over the next episode, wondering what the subsequent episode would bring, what's going to happen next making predictions and just feeding off whatever they give us and it has been freaking good.

 We (loyal empire fans) all know what it is Lucious had been going through since the failed attempt on his life at the moment he had decided to make things right with his family, living the rest of his life enjoying each day with the love of his life, screen sweetheart Cookie, putting his eldest son Andre in charge of the Empire as the new CEO of the company leaving his other two sons, Jamal & Hakeem, to do what they do best and love, make music.

This post would just be about the fifth episode (episode 5 of season 4). In this episode we saw that the secret the Lyons had been trying to keep away from public knowledge had been leaked out putting all shareholders of the company on their toes in fear of being defrauded by the Lyons while Hakeem was seeking out ways to keep custody of his daughter. In light of the fear of Empire's shareholders and the story hungry media Lucious had to come out to address the board and Cookie spiced things up by inviting the media to have a peak Into production of Empires latest album, 20 for 20. The part (or parts) of this episode that got me was (or were)

• When Lucious spoke to board members saying he wasn't answerable to any one of them sitting in that room keeping the tough Lucious Lyon act up even while still in amnesia. This just proved Terrence Howard's wonderful and, might I say, superior acting prowess and Lucious' vastness in the art of lying.
• Lucious still keeping the act up at the studios with the media present whilst he was producing, his seeing of colors with music made me have a higher appreciation for music than I did before and little secret Empire was what made me have a deep appreciation for music and I'm a huge lover of true music now imagine that love increasing a few notches thanks to one character.
• Lucious painting in the house with his therapist immersing himself so deep in the music so much to not only just see colors, but colors forming images and images playing out as live pictures like they were rolling from a reel of film at the movies in old times.
• And the sweetest of all..........the return of Lucious Lyon, but we'll definitely miss Dwight (just when I was starting to like the character)

Generally this episode was so good enough to get someone jumping from a comfortable position without them realising it.

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