So I just finished watching the season of Empire and I was absolutely fascinated by this episode. I know many have been turned off by the show after the beginning of this season was a little too Hollywood cameo filled and the writing was very sporadic and not tight. But damn it, I must say that by and large since the season has returned they have delivered show after show of must see t.v.

Tonight we found out that Luscious’ mom isn’t dead but is alive and well. We found out that the FBI is going to come back after the Lyon family. We saw the damn producer for the awards show reveal that he’s a queer and fucked around with Jamal, like OMG. We see that Jamal might be fucking around with Tiana again. We see that Rhonda is starting to piece together that boo boo kitty might have been responsible for killing her unborn child. We saw the Lyon’s come together and create a beautiful song that was just perfect. And then we saw Luscious’ mom show her true colors.

I mean how much can you fit into an episode. Oh, and lets not forget that Cookie’s assistant planted a seed in her sister’s head about being jealous. My goodness, the show may not still be for you but damn it did for me tonight. I was truly mesmerized by the collab that they did tonight. I thought it just made you sit back and think and appreciate that music and the voices that they have. Hakeem and his verse was fye. I can appreciate where the story lines and are going and the cliff hangers that they keep dangling are enticing.

They continue to shine the light on rebuking the stereotype that gay men all look and act alike. They continue to dig deeper into what it means to have your first love around and remembering all the up and downs that keeps you from letting go, especially when you have kids together and are in business too. I’m really happy that they went away from spinning Jamal from gay, to bi/curious or whatever they did and continued to explore the dynamics of gay men.

I’m excited to see what happens the next two weeks. One of the Lyons will die and there will be so much left to cover before they sign off for the summer. The music, the drama, the plots and the stories. Can’t wait to see what happens next.