1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:02,269 Previously on Empire... 2 00:00:02,270 --> 00:00:03,629 Welcome back, Eddie. 3 00:00:03,630 --> 00:00:04,797 ANDRE: He's gonna convince 4 00:00:04,798 --> 00:00:06,499 the board members to sell Empire to Kelly Patel. 5 00:00:06,500 --> 00:00:09,268 We'll buy Empire back from the shareholders. 6 00:00:09,269 --> 00:00:10,870 I'm going $700 million. 7 00:00:10,871 --> 00:00:12,738 BLAKE: That photo is not what you think. 8 00:00:12,739 --> 00:00:14,673 My son Blake's head with so much stuff, 9 00:00:14,674 --> 00:00:16,275 he don't know he's white anymore. 10 00:00:16,276 --> 00:00:17,977 And I ain't seen or heard from this dude 11 00:00:17,978 --> 00:00:19,378 in 15 years! 12 00:00:19,379 --> 00:00:20,513 I need a favor, all right? 13 00:00:20,514 --> 00:00:21,714 Can y'all just hop onstage with me? 14 00:00:21,715 --> 00:00:23,749 You guys can go ahead, but I'm out. 15 00:00:23,750 --> 00:00:24,884 This is your scarf. 16 00:00:24,885 --> 00:00:27,520 You were wearing it the night that you killed Shine. 17 00:00:27,521 --> 00:00:28,454 (GUNSHOTS) 18 00:00:28,455 --> 00:00:30,289 EDDIE: Either you withdraw your bid 19 00:00:30,290 --> 00:00:33,926 for Empire, or you spend the rest of your life in prison. 20 00:00:36,196 --> 00:00:39,965 After all these years, Eddie, 21 00:00:39,966 --> 00:00:41,567 this is what you're doing? 22 00:00:41,568 --> 00:00:44,069 I brought you the deal of a lifetime, 23 00:00:44,070 --> 00:00:45,671 and you just spit in my face. 24 00:00:45,672 --> 00:00:48,941 Because I didn't want your deal. Empire don't belong to you. 25 00:00:48,942 --> 00:00:51,010 There wouldn't be no Empire if I hadn't of paved the way. 26 00:00:51,011 --> 00:00:52,478 (SCOFFS) 27 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,948 Every door that you walk through, I opened that for you. 28 00:00:55,949 --> 00:00:59,552 That's it, right there. 29 00:00:59,553 --> 00:01:01,420 Then I got bigger than you. 30 00:01:01,421 --> 00:01:04,089 I sold more records, 31 00:01:04,090 --> 00:01:05,624 went public, 32 00:01:05,625 --> 00:01:07,393 and you were no longer the head Negro. 33 00:01:07,394 --> 00:01:10,162 - That's your problem. - No, you the problem. 34 00:01:12,532 --> 00:01:15,167 What if I killed Shine... 35 00:01:15,168 --> 00:01:17,236 after 30 years of friendship? 36 00:01:17,237 --> 00:01:20,372 If I did that to him, what do you think... 37 00:01:20,373 --> 00:01:21,874 COOKIE: No! Not here. 38 00:01:21,875 --> 00:01:23,008 EDDIE: Whoa. 39 00:01:23,009 --> 00:01:25,911 You think I came up in-in the Lyon's den without... 40 00:01:25,912 --> 00:01:27,746 without a gun? 41 00:01:27,747 --> 00:01:30,916 What you gonna do? You gonna stab me? 42 00:01:30,917 --> 00:01:32,151 Go ahead, stab me. 43 00:01:32,152 --> 00:01:33,719 Stab me! 44 00:01:35,322 --> 00:01:39,358 All right, that gets you out the door, then what? 45 00:01:40,627 --> 00:01:43,562 Anything happens to me or to mine, 46 00:01:43,563 --> 00:01:45,431 and my lawyer releases a statement 47 00:01:45,432 --> 00:01:47,633 that puts out all of your little 48 00:01:47,634 --> 00:01:49,868 ghetto deeds, your little ghettocides. 49 00:01:52,105 --> 00:01:55,074 You know what? 50 00:01:55,075 --> 00:01:57,243 The hundreds of millions of dollars 51 00:01:57,244 --> 00:02:00,613 that you were gonna get from the sale of Empire, 52 00:02:00,614 --> 00:02:02,314 you're gonna sign that over to me. 53 00:02:02,315 --> 00:02:04,917 - (SCOFFS) - 'Cause you didn't want it. 54 00:02:04,918 --> 00:02:08,721 - And you don't deserve it. - COOKIE: Oh, I see. 55 00:02:08,722 --> 00:02:12,691 So you a snitch, bitch, and a thief. 56 00:02:12,692 --> 00:02:14,393 - Okay. - Let's go. 57 00:02:14,394 --> 00:02:16,228 So take your little sleezer slut 58 00:02:16,229 --> 00:02:18,464 and get the hell out of my house. 59 00:02:18,465 --> 00:02:20,571 Nobody's scared of your guns around here. 60 00:02:20,572 --> 00:02:21,700 - Stop. Let's go. - (LAUGHS) 61 00:02:21,701 --> 00:02:24,136 - You better laugh. - Let's go, Eddie. 62 00:02:24,137 --> 00:02:25,704 COOKIE: Yeah, laugh, laugh now. 63 00:02:25,705 --> 00:02:26,772 The joke's on you 64 00:02:26,773 --> 00:02:28,574 'cause you should've pulled the trigger, bitch. 65 00:02:28,575 --> 00:02:30,509 (EDDIE LAUGHS) 66 00:02:30,510 --> 00:02:36,828 Subtitle sync and corrections by awaqeded for www.addic7ed.com. 67 00:02:37,584 --> 00:02:39,585 ♪ 68 00:02:48,795 --> 00:02:50,329 All right, here. 69 00:02:50,330 --> 00:02:52,298 No, no, no, no, no. Come on. 70 00:02:52,299 --> 00:02:53,999 It doesn't matter if your father pulled the trigger. 71 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,702 If the D.A. can prove that he ordered a hit on Shine, 72 00:02:56,703 --> 00:02:57,636 it's a wrap. 73 00:02:57,637 --> 00:03:00,539 So if Eddie takes the scarf to the police, 74 00:03:00,540 --> 00:03:03,509 I can't beat it. 75 00:03:03,510 --> 00:03:05,678 Lucious. 76 00:03:05,679 --> 00:03:08,514 I can work miracles, you know that. 77 00:03:08,515 --> 00:03:11,216 But they've been coming at you for a long time, 78 00:03:11,217 --> 00:03:13,485 and now with this supposedly hard physical evidence, 79 00:03:13,486 --> 00:03:15,154 they'll lock you up and throw away the key. 80 00:03:15,155 --> 00:03:19,191 We need leverage. Who has ideas? 81 00:03:19,192 --> 00:03:22,561 Yo, we could throw some distortion on the kick. 82 00:03:22,562 --> 00:03:25,230 Nah. Keep it clean. 83 00:03:25,231 --> 00:03:26,932 I'll bring the distortion. 84 00:03:26,933 --> 00:03:29,068 Well, can we pay Eddie off? 85 00:03:29,069 --> 00:03:31,337 No. He wants blood. 86 00:03:31,338 --> 00:03:33,339 THIRSTY: Then we snatch something he cares about. 87 00:03:33,340 --> 00:03:36,742 - Giselle? - He doesn't care about her. 88 00:03:36,743 --> 00:03:37,743 ♪ I been on a roll ♪ 89 00:03:37,744 --> 00:03:39,378 ♪ Since I walked up in the building ♪ 90 00:03:39,379 --> 00:03:40,913 ♪ Now they can't forget the face ♪ 91 00:03:40,914 --> 00:03:42,348 ♪ Everything I do is fast ♪ 92 00:03:42,349 --> 00:03:43,615 ♪ You can't forget the pace ♪ 93 00:03:43,616 --> 00:03:45,317 ♪ Yelling, "Who that young fella ♪ 94 00:03:45,318 --> 00:03:46,552 ♪ Dripping, need an umbrella" ♪ 95 00:03:46,553 --> 00:03:48,487 ♪ Um, tell 'em, I'm coming ♪ 96 00:03:48,488 --> 00:03:49,755 ♪ Like a fortune teller ♪ 97 00:03:49,756 --> 00:03:51,924 ♪ One better, don't exist, I admit I'm clever ♪ 98 00:03:51,925 --> 00:03:55,394 ♪ When you walk into the bank, you not know one teller ♪ 99 00:03:55,395 --> 00:03:57,596 ♪ Oh, my goodness, boy I'm back ♪ 100 00:03:57,597 --> 00:03:59,565 - ♪ And I'm winning ♪ - ♪ And I'm winning ♪ 101 00:03:59,566 --> 00:04:00,933 - ♪ That's a fact ♪ - ♪ That's a fact ♪ 102 00:04:00,934 --> 00:04:02,701 - ♪ I told 'em I'm-a do it ♪ - ♪ I'm-a do it ♪ 103 00:04:02,702 --> 00:04:04,036 - ♪ That's a wrap ♪ - ♪ That's a wrap ♪ 104 00:04:04,037 --> 00:04:05,371 ♪ Said they coming for my spot 105 00:04:05,372 --> 00:04:06,739 - ♪ But where they at? ♪ - ♪ Where they at? ♪ 106 00:04:06,740 --> 00:04:08,540 - ♪ Where they at? ♪ - ♪ Where they at? ♪ 107 00:04:08,541 --> 00:04:09,775 - ♪ Where they at? ♪ - ♪ Where they at... ♪ 108 00:04:09,776 --> 00:04:11,410 ♪ Where they at? ♪ 109 00:04:11,411 --> 00:04:13,245 I have a way in, 110 00:04:13,246 --> 00:04:15,714 but it disgusts me just thinking about it. 111 00:04:23,604 --> 00:04:26,239 ♪ Why does it feel like December? ♪ 112 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:30,776 ♪ Lately your touch has been colder than winter ♪ 113 00:04:30,777 --> 00:04:35,214 ♪ And I can remember it differently, baby ♪ 114 00:04:35,215 --> 00:04:38,217 ♪ It ain't been warm in forever ♪ 115 00:04:38,218 --> 00:04:40,686 ♪ But that's what we get when we can't seem ♪ 116 00:04:40,687 --> 00:04:42,889 ♪ To figure it out ♪ 117 00:04:42,890 --> 00:04:46,626 ♪ Really what we fighting about? ♪ 118 00:04:46,627 --> 00:04:48,127 ♪ When I see you ♪ 119 00:04:48,128 --> 00:04:51,697 ♪ I see a stranger with one foot out the door ♪ 120 00:04:51,698 --> 00:04:54,767 ♪ And I try and try to read you ♪ 121 00:04:54,768 --> 00:04:57,470 ♪ What can I do to reach you? ♪ 122 00:04:59,406 --> 00:05:02,174 ♪ Oh, oh ♪ 123 00:05:02,175 --> 00:05:04,477 ♪ But I ain't come this far ♪ 124 00:05:04,478 --> 00:05:07,947 ♪ To lose you ♪ 125 00:05:07,948 --> 00:05:10,149 ♪ It's never been this hard. ♪ 126 00:05:10,150 --> 00:05:13,486 (PIANO FLOURISH) 127 00:05:14,255 --> 00:05:16,490 JAMAL: All right, piano lady. 128 00:05:16,491 --> 00:05:19,292 That was beautiful. 129 00:05:19,293 --> 00:05:21,161 Where is everybody? Aren't we supposed to rehearse? 130 00:05:21,162 --> 00:05:23,463 Well, Preacher is doing some sort of 131 00:05:23,464 --> 00:05:24,931 "Breakfast Club" interview, 132 00:05:24,932 --> 00:05:26,126 and everybody else 133 00:05:26,127 --> 00:05:30,303 got great gig offers, so it's just you and me. 134 00:05:30,304 --> 00:05:32,806 Yeah. All right, well, 135 00:05:32,807 --> 00:05:36,563 I guess they ain't tripping over being in the spotlight no more. 136 00:05:36,564 --> 00:05:39,216 Well, it's not exactly like we can be Anonymous 137 00:05:39,217 --> 00:05:40,661 when the entire world knows who we are. 138 00:05:40,662 --> 00:05:41,762 Come on, don't act like you didn't 139 00:05:41,763 --> 00:05:43,087 enjoy yourself at the rent party. 140 00:05:43,088 --> 00:05:47,292 Yeah, and I know exactly what comes after that. 141 00:05:47,293 --> 00:05:48,593 All of the tabloids and the media, 142 00:05:48,594 --> 00:05:51,029 and that's exactly what I didn't want. 143 00:05:51,030 --> 00:05:52,463 But we've dealt with that before, Tory. 144 00:05:52,464 --> 00:05:54,933 - You know, I mean... - You were willing to sacrifice 145 00:05:54,934 --> 00:05:56,334 me and the entire band 146 00:05:56,335 --> 00:05:57,969 the second that your family came calling. 147 00:05:57,970 --> 00:06:02,173 Look, if everybody else wants to chase fame, cool, let them. 148 00:06:02,174 --> 00:06:05,276 But guess what, my friend, we have fans 149 00:06:05,277 --> 00:06:07,212 that are waiting for new music from Anonymous. 150 00:06:07,213 --> 00:06:08,580 Why don't you get some rest. 151 00:06:08,581 --> 00:06:11,716 We'll meet later at Laviticus, and we'll figure it out. 152 00:06:11,717 --> 00:06:14,218 Fine. 153 00:06:17,089 --> 00:06:19,324 (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) 154 00:06:22,928 --> 00:06:25,363 Well, well, it's just like you 155 00:06:25,364 --> 00:06:28,266 to pick the bougie-est place in town. 156 00:06:28,267 --> 00:06:30,668 - What do you want, Cookie? - It's not what I want, 157 00:06:30,669 --> 00:06:32,403 it's what you want. 158 00:06:32,404 --> 00:06:36,107 You have proven to be quite the opportunist who will... 159 00:06:36,108 --> 00:06:40,645 bust it open for anyone, to get ahead. 160 00:06:40,646 --> 00:06:45,016 And here you are, yet again, sucking up to Eddie. 161 00:06:45,017 --> 00:06:47,585 And for what? 162 00:06:47,586 --> 00:06:51,089 To go back to being head of A&R? That's your dream? 163 00:06:51,090 --> 00:06:52,624 I'm gonna be CEO. 164 00:06:52,625 --> 00:06:54,926 (GASPS, LAUGHS) 165 00:06:54,927 --> 00:06:56,861 Is that... That's what Eddie told you, huh? 166 00:06:56,862 --> 00:06:58,763 Eddie is using you, 167 00:06:58,764 --> 00:07:01,833 just like he used all of us. 168 00:07:01,834 --> 00:07:03,935 And when he is done with you, 169 00:07:03,936 --> 00:07:06,504 he will kick your ass to the curb. 170 00:07:06,505 --> 00:07:09,641 What's your offer? 171 00:07:09,642 --> 00:07:14,545 Get me that scarf, and you will have your independent imprint, 172 00:07:14,546 --> 00:07:17,148 all your own, no strings attached. 173 00:07:17,149 --> 00:07:19,117 You will never hear from us again. 174 00:07:19,118 --> 00:07:22,186 Besides, don't you want to run something of your own? 175 00:07:22,187 --> 00:07:25,123 Instead of working under a man all your life? 176 00:07:25,124 --> 00:07:26,691 I had something of my own, Cookie. 177 00:07:26,692 --> 00:07:28,893 A career. 178 00:07:28,894 --> 00:07:31,929 Friends. The love of my life. 179 00:07:31,930 --> 00:07:33,464 But then you came along 180 00:07:33,465 --> 00:07:36,034 and proceeded to take it all from me. 181 00:07:36,035 --> 00:07:37,368 And now you walk in here 182 00:07:37,369 --> 00:07:40,138 and act like you're doing me a favor 183 00:07:40,139 --> 00:07:42,240 by offering me what you took from me. 184 00:07:42,241 --> 00:07:45,376 So now you get to sit back and watch 185 00:07:45,377 --> 00:07:48,146 while I sit on the throne all by myself, 186 00:07:48,147 --> 00:07:50,915 and there is nothing you can do about it. 187 00:07:50,916 --> 00:07:53,484 You cannot bribe me or threaten me 188 00:07:53,485 --> 00:07:57,054 because I am not afraid of you or your family anymore. 189 00:08:03,362 --> 00:08:04,896 This is my time. 190 00:08:12,705 --> 00:08:15,239 ♪ ...allowances, finesse a... with some counterfeits ♪ 191 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:16,874 ♪ But now I'm countin' this ♪ 192 00:08:16,875 --> 00:08:18,576 ♪ Parmesan where my accountant lives ♪ 193 00:08:18,577 --> 00:08:21,245 ♪ In fact, I'm downin' this D'USSÉ with my boo bae ♪ 194 00:08:21,246 --> 00:08:23,348 ♪ Tastes like Kool-Aid for the analysts... ♪ 195 00:08:23,349 --> 00:08:26,084 Yo, I'm sorry I'm late. 196 00:08:26,085 --> 00:08:29,887 ♪ That is good, won't you sit it on my taste bloods? ♪ 197 00:08:29,888 --> 00:08:30,988 ♪ I get way too petty... ♪ 198 00:08:30,989 --> 00:08:32,857 (LINE RINGING) 199 00:08:32,858 --> 00:08:35,760 (PHONE VIBRATING NEARBY) 200 00:08:35,761 --> 00:08:36,961 ♪ A.M. to the P.M. ♪ 201 00:08:36,962 --> 00:08:39,364 ♪ P.M. to the A.M., funk ♪ 202 00:08:39,365 --> 00:08:42,633 ♪ ... Out your diem, you just got to hate 'em, funk ♪ 203 00:08:42,634 --> 00:08:45,036 ♪ If I quit your BM... ♪ 204 00:08:46,338 --> 00:08:48,873 Tory? 205 00:08:48,874 --> 00:08:50,675 Tory. Nuh-uh. 206 00:08:50,676 --> 00:08:53,244 Tory. What the...? 207 00:08:53,245 --> 00:08:54,979 Tory? Tory? 208 00:08:54,980 --> 00:08:56,214 Come on, come on. Why would you...? 209 00:08:56,215 --> 00:08:57,749 Come on, come on. No, no. Uh-uh. 210 00:08:57,750 --> 00:09:00,151 Somebody help us! Somebody! 211 00:09:03,891 --> 00:09:06,707 (JAMAL VOCALIZING) 212 00:09:16,687 --> 00:09:18,220 Are we back at rehab? 213 00:09:22,125 --> 00:09:23,659 Hey. 214 00:09:23,660 --> 00:09:26,562 Was that all a dream? 215 00:09:28,532 --> 00:09:32,501 No, it wasn't a dream, Tory. 216 00:09:32,502 --> 00:09:34,837 What were you thinking? 217 00:09:34,838 --> 00:09:38,374 (CRYING): I wasn't. 218 00:09:46,416 --> 00:09:49,719 I can't do this anymore, Jamal. 219 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,322 Being in the spotlight, it just... 220 00:09:53,323 --> 00:09:56,359 It hurts too bad. 221 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,494 We just... 222 00:09:58,495 --> 00:10:01,130 - We should... we do need to slow down... - Jamal. 223 00:10:02,733 --> 00:10:07,002 Haven't you ever just wanted to be nobody? 224 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,308 Yeah, sometimes. 225 00:10:14,378 --> 00:10:19,215 But we also don't have to be high to be nobody. We don't... 226 00:10:19,216 --> 00:10:23,019 We don't have to be dead, you know. 227 00:10:23,020 --> 00:10:25,388 You're never gonna be nobody. 228 00:10:25,389 --> 00:10:28,090 You're Jamal Lyon. 229 00:10:44,141 --> 00:10:45,875 Renee? 230 00:10:48,045 --> 00:10:49,979 Lucious. 231 00:10:49,980 --> 00:10:52,782 I'm-I'm meeting my daughter for lunch. 232 00:10:52,783 --> 00:10:55,184 Yeah, you were supposed to, but, um, 233 00:10:55,185 --> 00:10:59,155 something came up, and she asked me to... 234 00:11:00,657 --> 00:11:02,258 Actually, I offered. 235 00:11:02,259 --> 00:11:06,062 I thought it was about time you and I met face-to-face. 236 00:11:06,063 --> 00:11:11,734 Well, I... I'm thoroughly acquainted with your face. 237 00:11:11,735 --> 00:11:14,270 I mean, it's plastered all over the walls. 238 00:11:14,271 --> 00:11:17,473 It is all very impressive. 239 00:11:17,474 --> 00:11:19,475 "20 For 20," huh? 240 00:11:19,476 --> 00:11:24,347 Must feel good to have a body of work to let you know 241 00:11:24,348 --> 00:11:28,250 that all those years of toil wasn't in vain. 242 00:11:28,251 --> 00:11:33,889 Or in my daughter's case, rotting in prison. 243 00:11:41,331 --> 00:11:44,533 Cookie said you would be tough. 244 00:11:44,534 --> 00:11:46,569 You surprised? 245 00:11:46,570 --> 00:11:48,671 I'm Cookie's mama. 246 00:11:48,672 --> 00:11:50,940 She's your daughter, 247 00:11:50,941 --> 00:11:54,310 but you weren't always her mother, were you? 248 00:11:56,380 --> 00:11:58,881 Now, me and Cookie, we've been through a lot 249 00:11:58,882 --> 00:12:00,950 over the years, and, I mean, some of the things 250 00:12:00,951 --> 00:12:04,153 we went through wasn't that pretty. 251 00:12:04,154 --> 00:12:07,323 But I never judged you for your choices. 252 00:12:07,324 --> 00:12:10,693 I'm asking you that you don't judge us for ours. 253 00:12:10,694 --> 00:12:13,729 I'm not gonna rehash the past with you. 254 00:12:13,730 --> 00:12:16,031 Cookie gave up her freedom, 255 00:12:16,032 --> 00:12:19,435 years with her boys, because she thinks she loves you. 256 00:12:19,436 --> 00:12:22,738 Uh, whether I believe that or not, it really doesn't matter. 257 00:12:22,739 --> 00:12:26,709 What does matter is that you love her 258 00:12:26,710 --> 00:12:28,711 just as much, in return. 259 00:12:28,712 --> 00:12:32,014 I love her with all of my heart. 260 00:12:32,015 --> 00:12:33,816 I promise. 261 00:12:33,817 --> 00:12:37,920 Pretty words from a pretty man. 262 00:12:38,889 --> 00:12:42,324 You tell my daughter to call me. 263 00:12:46,363 --> 00:12:47,696 Hmm. 264 00:12:47,697 --> 00:12:50,199 LUCIOUS: Listen, baby, 265 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:54,703 turning myself in is the only way to save Empire. 266 00:12:54,704 --> 00:12:56,372 Will you please sit down and just talk to me? 267 00:12:56,373 --> 00:12:58,841 No. Not if you're talking crazy. 268 00:12:58,842 --> 00:13:00,541 Well, you act like there's some other way out of this. 269 00:13:00,542 --> 00:13:03,544 We have until tomorrow to figure something out. 270 00:13:03,545 --> 00:13:06,313 Anything we do will either jeopardize you, 271 00:13:06,314 --> 00:13:08,549 or jeopardize our family; I'm not gonna allow it. 272 00:13:08,550 --> 00:13:10,051 What do you want me to do, huh? 273 00:13:10,052 --> 00:13:13,054 You want me to make a choice between you or Empire? 274 00:13:13,055 --> 00:13:15,289 - You sound crazy! - What, you think 275 00:13:15,290 --> 00:13:18,325 I want some has-been to determine my fate? 276 00:13:18,326 --> 00:13:20,061 To tear down my legacy? 277 00:13:20,062 --> 00:13:23,664 It's my choice, it's not his, and it's not yours. 278 00:13:23,665 --> 00:13:26,167 (SIGHS) 279 00:13:26,168 --> 00:13:28,869 We need to come up with some dirt on Eddie. 280 00:13:28,870 --> 00:13:30,971 Fabricate something. 281 00:13:30,972 --> 00:13:32,540 I've already made my choice. 282 00:13:32,541 --> 00:13:34,341 You know what? Give me a gun, I'll put two bullets 283 00:13:34,342 --> 00:13:36,844 in that bitch's skull. You can't hear him squawking 284 00:13:36,845 --> 00:13:38,779 - from six feet under. - Stop, stop, stop. 285 00:13:38,780 --> 00:13:40,347 Look at me. 286 00:13:42,250 --> 00:13:45,820 Now, you've spent half of your life in prison for our family. 287 00:13:45,821 --> 00:13:47,221 It's my turn. 288 00:13:48,824 --> 00:13:51,492 Let me be the man that's worthy of your love. 289 00:13:51,493 --> 00:13:53,294 - Please. - No. 290 00:13:53,295 --> 00:13:55,963 Lucious, there's got to be a different way, come on. 291 00:13:58,333 --> 00:13:59,667 Yo, what's the word? 292 00:13:59,668 --> 00:14:01,302 Anything we need to know? 293 00:14:05,173 --> 00:14:08,409 I need to talk to you, son. 294 00:14:11,346 --> 00:14:13,280 Here. 295 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,254 (SIGHS) 296 00:14:21,890 --> 00:14:25,960 I've decided to turn myself in for Shine's murder. 297 00:14:28,563 --> 00:14:33,167 Um, before I do this, I need you to prepare a bid 298 00:14:33,168 --> 00:14:37,872 to buy Empire back, exterminate the rats, 299 00:14:37,873 --> 00:14:40,875 and I need you to make sure that there's a Lyon 300 00:14:40,876 --> 00:14:43,410 that's seated on that throne. 301 00:14:44,980 --> 00:14:49,250 I'm the one that should be locked away, not you. 302 00:14:49,251 --> 00:14:51,252 If I hadn't brought Shine into my plans, 303 00:14:51,253 --> 00:14:52,887 - you wouldn't be... - Oh, no, no. You... 304 00:14:52,888 --> 00:14:56,157 Let me take the fall, Pop. 305 00:14:56,158 --> 00:14:58,159 All I've ever done is disappoint you. 306 00:14:58,160 --> 00:14:59,093 Disappoint me? 307 00:14:59,094 --> 00:15:01,328 You helped me build Empire. 308 00:15:01,329 --> 00:15:04,765 You took it from the Philly streets to Wall Street. 309 00:15:04,766 --> 00:15:07,535 You did this, Andre! 310 00:15:07,536 --> 00:15:10,070 I mean, she needs you. 311 00:15:10,071 --> 00:15:12,039 I don't care about running the company anymore, Pop! 312 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:13,741 I'm not talking about the company. 313 00:15:13,742 --> 00:15:16,176 I'm talking about your mother. 314 00:15:17,913 --> 00:15:20,180 She's gonna need you... 315 00:15:21,950 --> 00:15:26,887 more than ever, because I'm not gonna be there. 316 00:15:29,758 --> 00:15:33,594 And out of all of them, 317 00:15:33,595 --> 00:15:36,764 you're the one that's most like me. 318 00:15:36,765 --> 00:15:39,700 What'd you say? 319 00:15:42,237 --> 00:15:44,438 That fire in you? 320 00:15:44,439 --> 00:15:46,407 I put that there. 321 00:15:47,676 --> 00:15:49,710 I did that. That's the Lyon. 322 00:15:49,711 --> 00:15:53,247 That's me. 323 00:15:53,248 --> 00:15:56,884 And maybe you got sick, because all those years, 324 00:15:56,885 --> 00:16:00,221 you've been trying to suppress your real nature. 325 00:16:00,222 --> 00:16:01,956 I mean, you are a Lyon. 326 00:16:01,957 --> 00:16:04,925 A Lyon roars, and I put you in those schools 327 00:16:04,926 --> 00:16:07,061 with white people... it's my fault, 328 00:16:07,062 --> 00:16:09,230 because I was trying to make you less threatening. 329 00:16:09,231 --> 00:16:11,098 I did that. 330 00:16:11,099 --> 00:16:16,737 And more than the others, you have me in you. 331 00:16:16,738 --> 00:16:21,141 You're the Lyon, son. 332 00:16:23,411 --> 00:16:25,379 Pop, I... 333 00:16:25,380 --> 00:16:30,117 I need you to promise me 334 00:16:30,118 --> 00:16:33,320 that you're gonna look after your mother, 335 00:16:33,321 --> 00:16:37,024 and look after this family. 336 00:16:41,963 --> 00:16:43,631 I promise. 337 00:16:43,632 --> 00:16:45,866 (SNIFFLES) 338 00:16:50,472 --> 00:16:53,307 I love you, son. 339 00:16:55,777 --> 00:17:00,915 (CRYING): I-I love you too, Pop. 340 00:17:00,916 --> 00:17:02,116 (SNIFFLES) 341 00:17:14,987 --> 00:17:17,589 Andre, you got the bid prepared? 342 00:17:20,827 --> 00:17:22,194 $750 million. 343 00:17:22,195 --> 00:17:24,262 So that seals it. We can get Empire back. 344 00:17:24,263 --> 00:17:26,831 It's not that easy, son. 345 00:17:28,100 --> 00:17:29,301 LUCIOUS: Look here. 346 00:17:29,302 --> 00:17:31,937 You all need to know something. Um... 347 00:17:31,938 --> 00:17:34,973 Eddie's trying to blackmail me. 348 00:17:37,410 --> 00:17:39,411 He says if the bid doesn't go to him, 349 00:17:39,412 --> 00:17:43,014 he's gonna pin Shine's murder on me. 350 00:17:44,951 --> 00:17:47,586 What the hell is wrong with him? 351 00:17:47,587 --> 00:17:49,354 What, he's pulling crimes out of thin air now? 352 00:17:49,355 --> 00:17:50,889 To hell with him, Dad. 353 00:17:50,890 --> 00:17:53,959 You need proof, first of all, to convict somebody. 354 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,528 He's got it. 355 00:17:57,930 --> 00:17:59,631 I killed Shine. 356 00:18:00,466 --> 00:18:02,667 What the hell you just say? 357 00:18:04,136 --> 00:18:05,837 Mom, you knew about this? 358 00:18:06,806 --> 00:18:09,474 Shine came after your father, son. 359 00:18:09,475 --> 00:18:11,810 Everybody comes after Dad. 360 00:18:11,811 --> 00:18:13,278 How's that possibly a reason to... 361 00:18:13,279 --> 00:18:14,579 ANDRE: Shine helped me plant the bomb 362 00:18:14,580 --> 00:18:15,814 in Vegas. 363 00:18:15,815 --> 00:18:17,148 You lying. 364 00:18:17,149 --> 00:18:18,850 COOKIE: Calm down, boy. 365 00:18:18,851 --> 00:18:22,220 Shine was nothing but a thug who used every opportunity 366 00:18:22,221 --> 00:18:23,989 to steal from this family. 367 00:18:23,990 --> 00:18:25,824 HAKEEM: Yeah, but he might have been a thug, 368 00:18:25,825 --> 00:18:28,360 but while you were finger painting with your nurse, 369 00:18:28,361 --> 00:18:31,229 he had my back. 370 00:18:31,230 --> 00:18:33,765 Sit down, Hakeem. 371 00:18:39,472 --> 00:18:41,773 So, we lost Mom for 17 years, 372 00:18:41,774 --> 00:18:44,442 now we lose you for the rest of your life, 373 00:18:44,443 --> 00:18:47,178 all to continue to save some company 374 00:18:47,179 --> 00:18:49,848 that does nothing but destroy our family? 375 00:18:49,849 --> 00:18:53,351 Mal has a point. 376 00:18:53,352 --> 00:18:55,887 Maybe we should think about this. 377 00:18:55,888 --> 00:18:57,722 Yeah, maybe we need to think about all 378 00:18:57,723 --> 00:19:01,560 that Empire consistently takes from us. 379 00:19:01,561 --> 00:19:06,264 Dad, if it's gonna save you, then let Eddie have it. 380 00:19:06,265 --> 00:19:12,203 What Empire... has taken from us? 381 00:19:16,008 --> 00:19:19,377 What about what it's given us? 382 00:19:19,378 --> 00:19:21,513 What about all the artists that we create 383 00:19:21,514 --> 00:19:26,885 that make music which comforts people, 384 00:19:26,886 --> 00:19:29,921 that helps them through the worst of times. 385 00:19:29,922 --> 00:19:32,857 Look at what it's given everybody here at this table. 386 00:19:32,858 --> 00:19:35,527 I mean, we... 387 00:19:35,528 --> 00:19:39,230 we make music that will live eternally. 388 00:19:39,231 --> 00:19:42,734 It's worth any sacrifice 389 00:19:42,735 --> 00:19:46,371 that any of us will ever have to make. 390 00:19:55,748 --> 00:19:57,749 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 391 00:20:03,222 --> 00:20:05,924 Hey. It's good to see you. 392 00:20:05,925 --> 00:20:07,726 The Patel bid. 393 00:20:11,464 --> 00:20:13,765 Thank you. 394 00:20:38,624 --> 00:20:40,892 Thank you. 395 00:20:44,864 --> 00:20:45,830 LEONARD: As you all know, 396 00:20:45,831 --> 00:20:48,299 the highest bidder, whom we deem credible 397 00:20:48,300 --> 00:20:51,636 and responsible, will win Empire. 398 00:20:51,637 --> 00:20:54,606 Now the Eddie Barker, Kelly Patel bid. 399 00:20:59,145 --> 00:21:01,513 $700 million. 400 00:21:01,514 --> 00:21:02,647 (ALL MURMURING) 401 00:21:02,648 --> 00:21:04,983 We made way more than that with the rent party. 402 00:21:04,984 --> 00:21:06,451 - We got this. - Yes! 403 00:21:06,452 --> 00:21:09,120 I'll now open the bid from the Lyon family. 404 00:21:14,126 --> 00:21:15,560 Zero dollars? 405 00:21:15,561 --> 00:21:16,928 - What? - What? 406 00:21:16,929 --> 00:21:18,830 What? 407 00:21:25,805 --> 00:21:28,173 This is rigged. 408 00:21:28,174 --> 00:21:29,641 No, it's not. 409 00:21:29,642 --> 00:21:31,509 You did this? 410 00:21:31,510 --> 00:21:33,545 Yeah, I did it. Damn right, I did it. 411 00:21:33,546 --> 00:21:37,916 See, what y'all don't understand is that Empire 412 00:21:37,917 --> 00:21:39,951 is not just a building. 413 00:21:39,952 --> 00:21:42,687 It's not even just its artists. 414 00:21:42,688 --> 00:21:44,956 It's us, the Lyons, 415 00:21:44,957 --> 00:21:48,793 and we shouldn't pay another dime 416 00:21:48,794 --> 00:21:51,162 for the Empire we built 417 00:21:51,163 --> 00:21:53,765 when Empire's most valuable asset 418 00:21:53,766 --> 00:21:57,035 is this family. 419 00:21:57,036 --> 00:21:58,636 Does the board accept our bid? 420 00:22:06,545 --> 00:22:09,714 The board accepts Eddie Barker and Kelly Patel's 421 00:22:09,715 --> 00:22:12,717 $700 million bid for Empire. 422 00:22:12,718 --> 00:22:15,220 EDNA: Congratulations. 423 00:22:15,221 --> 00:22:17,021 KELLY: Thank you. 424 00:22:17,022 --> 00:22:18,223 Why would you do that?! 425 00:22:18,224 --> 00:22:20,658 You just gave away Empire! 426 00:22:25,498 --> 00:22:27,232 I did it for that. 427 00:22:27,233 --> 00:22:29,367 Yes, Empire is precious, 428 00:22:29,368 --> 00:22:32,537 but your freedom means more to me. 429 00:22:32,538 --> 00:22:35,206 That wasn't your call. 430 00:22:35,207 --> 00:22:37,675 Our sons need their father, 431 00:22:37,676 --> 00:22:39,277 and I need my man. 432 00:22:39,278 --> 00:22:41,579 JAMAL: Hey, y'all can always rebuild Empire, 433 00:22:41,580 --> 00:22:43,114 but you can't get that time back. 434 00:22:43,115 --> 00:22:45,116 Exactly. We still got the money 435 00:22:45,117 --> 00:22:46,885 from the rent party, so we good. 436 00:22:46,886 --> 00:22:48,453 All the money we raised with the rent party 437 00:22:48,454 --> 00:22:50,388 has to be returned, since our bid didn't go through. 438 00:22:50,389 --> 00:22:52,627 - Those were the conditions. - Look, we still gonna 439 00:22:52,628 --> 00:22:55,038 make a killing off of selling the Empire shares to Patel. 440 00:22:55,039 --> 00:22:57,173 ANDRE: Yeah, well, Eddie is forcing us 441 00:22:57,174 --> 00:22:58,474 to hand over that money in exchange 442 00:22:58,475 --> 00:22:59,936 for keeping quiet about Shine. 443 00:22:59,937 --> 00:23:02,105 You just the one with the good news today, huh? 444 00:23:02,106 --> 00:23:03,773 Shut up! 445 00:23:03,774 --> 00:23:06,876 All I hear is fear. 446 00:23:06,877 --> 00:23:08,344 I didn't marry a scared man, 447 00:23:08,345 --> 00:23:10,613 and I damn sure did not bring 448 00:23:10,614 --> 00:23:12,849 three scared men into this world. 449 00:23:12,850 --> 00:23:17,520 Yes! We will have to rebuild Empire from scratch. 450 00:23:17,521 --> 00:23:19,289 Is it scary? Hell yeah! 451 00:23:19,290 --> 00:23:21,124 Is it gonna be hard? Yes! 452 00:23:21,125 --> 00:23:23,459 But you know what the difference is? 453 00:23:23,460 --> 00:23:25,161 This time, I'm here, 454 00:23:25,162 --> 00:23:27,730 and I done been through way too much 455 00:23:27,731 --> 00:23:30,800 to give up now, so... we have each other. 456 00:23:32,303 --> 00:23:35,171 We made a plan... 457 00:23:35,172 --> 00:23:37,373 and a promise that we would not make a move 458 00:23:37,374 --> 00:23:40,810 without the other person. 459 00:23:40,811 --> 00:23:43,780 You didn't have that right. 460 00:24:10,939 --> 00:24:13,174 (PLAYING MELANCHOLY MELODY) 461 00:24:13,175 --> 00:24:16,177 ♪ 462 00:24:24,193 --> 00:24:26,181 No other music company has ever accomplished what... 463 00:24:26,182 --> 00:24:27,833 Don't forget to thank me, baby. 464 00:24:27,834 --> 00:24:30,102 Let's talk business, shall we? 465 00:24:30,103 --> 00:24:32,971 None of this would have existed without me! 466 00:24:32,972 --> 00:24:36,041 Not those gold records! Not those plaques! 467 00:24:38,111 --> 00:24:40,979 (CRYING): I did 17 years for this family. 468 00:24:40,980 --> 00:24:43,181 You built this company on my back! 469 00:24:46,219 --> 00:24:49,254 ♪ 470 00:24:54,861 --> 00:24:57,285 ♪ Found a love I can lean on 471 00:24:57,286 --> 00:25:01,022 LUCIOUS: Empire has been around for almost 20 years 472 00:25:01,023 --> 00:25:03,024 because of the love and support of family. 473 00:25:03,025 --> 00:25:04,759 LUCIOUS: I want you to know that I would 474 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:08,996 trade this company and everything I've ever had 475 00:25:08,997 --> 00:25:12,433 to make sure I never lose you again. 476 00:25:12,434 --> 00:25:15,970 ♪ 477 00:25:15,971 --> 00:25:17,872 (CHUCKLES) 478 00:25:17,873 --> 00:25:20,307 (COOKIE LAUGHING) 479 00:25:22,344 --> 00:25:24,412 ♪ 480 00:25:29,451 --> 00:25:31,452 (PLAYS FINAL NOTE) 481 00:25:49,738 --> 00:25:51,972 ♪ 482 00:26:04,686 --> 00:26:08,155 Uh... where's our car? 483 00:26:08,156 --> 00:26:10,925 I forgot. That's, um, Empire's car. 484 00:26:10,926 --> 00:26:12,560 Oh... (SIGHS) 485 00:26:12,561 --> 00:26:14,528 (BOTH LAUGHING) 486 00:26:14,529 --> 00:26:15,763 - Hey, Webb. - Yeah? 487 00:26:15,764 --> 00:26:17,365 Will you get us a cab or something? 488 00:26:17,366 --> 00:26:18,632 Yes, sir. 489 00:26:18,633 --> 00:26:20,034 Lord, have mercy... 490 00:26:20,035 --> 00:26:21,369 I know I should be angry 491 00:26:21,370 --> 00:26:23,671 after all that's happened, but, man... 492 00:26:23,672 --> 00:26:26,040 thinking about what you said in there 493 00:26:26,041 --> 00:26:30,444 about that just being a building without Lyons in it... 494 00:26:30,445 --> 00:26:32,680 Empire's in the heart. 495 00:26:32,681 --> 00:26:35,449 You were really willing to go to prison 496 00:26:35,450 --> 00:26:37,585 so we could keep Empire? 497 00:26:37,586 --> 00:26:39,887 I was gonna go to prison for you. 498 00:26:39,888 --> 00:26:42,890 You know, you been talking a lot of smack 499 00:26:42,891 --> 00:26:44,425 about us getting back together, 500 00:26:44,426 --> 00:26:46,427 you wanting me back and respecting me. 501 00:26:46,428 --> 00:26:49,864 For the first time, I can feel it. 502 00:26:52,801 --> 00:26:57,037 Hey, we gonna take this place back. 503 00:27:02,010 --> 00:27:04,812 Hi, um, Jamal Lyon to see Tory Ash. 504 00:27:04,813 --> 00:27:08,916 Mr. Lyon. We... tried to call you earlier. 505 00:27:08,917 --> 00:27:10,885 I'm sorry, I kind of got wrapped up 506 00:27:10,886 --> 00:27:12,153 in some family stuff. How's she doing? 507 00:27:12,154 --> 00:27:14,255 Tory suffered a grand mal seizure. 508 00:27:14,256 --> 00:27:17,458 It's not uncommon for people suffering with addiction. 509 00:27:17,459 --> 00:27:18,492 Okay. 510 00:27:18,493 --> 00:27:20,895 We tried to resuscitate her... 511 00:27:20,896 --> 00:27:22,897 Wait, what do you mean "resuscitate her"? 512 00:27:22,898 --> 00:27:26,834 She's gone, Jamal. I'm sorry. 513 00:27:41,883 --> 00:27:44,118 (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS) 514 00:27:48,490 --> 00:27:52,660 I heard what happened to Tory. I'm so sorry, baby. 515 00:27:52,661 --> 00:27:55,362 Yeah, it's really sad. 516 00:27:55,363 --> 00:27:58,466 Why are you packing? 517 00:27:58,467 --> 00:28:01,001 'Cause I'm leaving, Ma. 518 00:28:01,002 --> 00:28:05,706 I need to... get out of here and go somewhere. 519 00:28:05,707 --> 00:28:07,541 Oh. Oh, I get it. 520 00:28:07,542 --> 00:28:09,810 You need a vacation. I... (EXHALES SHARPLY) 521 00:28:09,811 --> 00:28:13,848 No, Ma, it's not like that. 522 00:28:13,849 --> 00:28:15,983 I'm really leaving. 523 00:28:20,388 --> 00:28:22,289 I need to be nobody for a minute. 524 00:28:22,290 --> 00:28:23,824 And I can't do that here. 525 00:28:23,825 --> 00:28:27,495 But, Jamal, it's more important now than ever 526 00:28:27,496 --> 00:28:29,163 that the family sticks together. 527 00:28:33,201 --> 00:28:35,436 Please. 528 00:28:37,139 --> 00:28:40,107 That's what I've always done... 529 00:28:40,108 --> 00:28:43,277 but th-there's always gonna be something, Mom. 530 00:28:43,278 --> 00:28:44,945 Always. 531 00:28:44,946 --> 00:28:47,715 Where you gonna go? 532 00:28:47,716 --> 00:28:50,851 I don't even know, I just, I... 533 00:28:53,288 --> 00:28:55,356 I just want to disappear. 534 00:28:55,357 --> 00:28:59,126 No. No, Jamal. 535 00:28:59,127 --> 00:29:04,198 You are a part of my heart. You can't disappear. 536 00:29:10,605 --> 00:29:14,675 Ma, I need for you to let me go. 537 00:29:16,344 --> 00:29:17,678 All right? Please. 538 00:29:17,679 --> 00:29:21,348 No, no. No, no... 539 00:29:22,951 --> 00:29:25,519 JAMAL: I love you. 540 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,422 I love you so much. 541 00:29:28,423 --> 00:29:30,656 (SNIFFLES) 542 00:29:34,209 --> 00:29:36,576 I want two maybe three security guys. 543 00:29:36,709 --> 00:29:38,176 - Okay. - Guide these people along. 544 00:29:38,523 --> 00:29:42,125 Ha! I can't believe that this day is finally here. 545 00:29:42,126 --> 00:29:44,294 - I mean, we did it. - Finally. 546 00:29:44,295 --> 00:29:45,562 We actually beat them. 547 00:29:45,563 --> 00:29:48,098 Look, I think, for the press conference, 548 00:29:48,099 --> 00:29:49,466 you should be a little less gleeful... 549 00:29:49,467 --> 00:29:51,875 - Okay. - And focus more on the future 550 00:29:51,876 --> 00:29:54,144 of Empire under our new leadership. 551 00:29:54,145 --> 00:29:55,846 - Okay? - Okay, I know, girl, I know, 552 00:29:55,847 --> 00:29:57,814 but you don't know my history with this family. 553 00:29:57,815 --> 00:29:59,616 - I can only imagine. - You just got to give me 554 00:29:59,617 --> 00:30:00,984 this moment. 555 00:30:00,985 --> 00:30:01,885 All right. 556 00:30:01,886 --> 00:30:04,287 Just... little moment. (LAUGHS) 557 00:30:04,288 --> 00:30:06,389 - GISELLE: I'll see you in there. - I'll be right there. 558 00:30:06,390 --> 00:30:08,124 (CHUCKLES) 559 00:30:11,429 --> 00:30:13,630 Congratulations, Anika. 560 00:30:15,466 --> 00:30:18,235 I just wanted to wish you the best. 561 00:30:20,571 --> 00:30:22,305 Do I need to call security? 562 00:30:22,306 --> 00:30:23,840 Oh, no. No need. 563 00:30:23,841 --> 00:30:26,109 You bested the Lyons at business. You won. 564 00:30:31,582 --> 00:30:34,417 I'm done blaming you, Anika. 565 00:30:34,418 --> 00:30:36,086 I don't have to. 566 00:30:36,087 --> 00:30:39,022 You know, I know what it's like to have a guilty conscience. 567 00:30:40,258 --> 00:30:42,826 How it can haunt you. 568 00:30:53,604 --> 00:30:56,540 It's time for both of us to move on. 569 00:30:56,541 --> 00:31:01,011 We got a lot more life to live without holding on to the past. 570 00:31:02,413 --> 00:31:04,648 Truce. 571 00:31:11,155 --> 00:31:13,023 Truce. 572 00:31:21,465 --> 00:31:23,700 Andre. 573 00:31:28,206 --> 00:31:30,173 Good luck. 574 00:31:31,175 --> 00:31:32,909 You, too. 575 00:31:37,415 --> 00:31:39,683 ♪ 576 00:31:41,385 --> 00:31:43,053 (EXHALES) 577 00:31:53,364 --> 00:31:55,532 You're just gonna give it all up? 578 00:31:55,533 --> 00:31:57,601 Ma, you don't understand. 579 00:31:57,602 --> 00:32:00,704 You're damn right, I do not understand. 580 00:32:00,705 --> 00:32:04,174 You gave up prime years of your life, 581 00:32:04,175 --> 00:32:07,642 you said so your magnificent Empire could be built, 582 00:32:07,643 --> 00:32:10,180 and now you're just gonna toss it away to somebody? 583 00:32:10,181 --> 00:32:13,250 We had no choice. 584 00:32:13,251 --> 00:32:15,018 Ah. 585 00:32:15,019 --> 00:32:16,519 I get it. 586 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,822 Got something to do with old yella, don't it? 587 00:32:18,823 --> 00:32:23,260 Lucious is a changed man, okay? I love him. 588 00:32:23,261 --> 00:32:26,062 - Okay? So just... - Girl. Girl. 589 00:32:26,063 --> 00:32:28,999 I can't fight you on this. 590 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,035 But do not let your love for a grown man 591 00:32:32,036 --> 00:32:33,871 who is not your son 592 00:32:33,872 --> 00:32:36,840 make a fool out of you, again. 593 00:32:36,841 --> 00:32:40,611 I'm sorry, am I interrupting something? 594 00:32:41,412 --> 00:32:43,113 No. 595 00:32:43,114 --> 00:32:45,549 No, you didn't. 596 00:32:45,550 --> 00:32:47,851 I got to go. 597 00:32:47,852 --> 00:32:49,086 Cookie. 598 00:32:49,888 --> 00:32:51,755 - We'll see you. - Okay. 599 00:32:51,756 --> 00:32:53,457 - Soon. - Yes. 600 00:32:53,458 --> 00:32:55,859 - All right, Cookie. - Okay. 601 00:32:57,428 --> 00:32:59,096 Lucious. 602 00:33:00,398 --> 00:33:01,899 (COOKIE SIGHS HEAVILY) 603 00:33:01,900 --> 00:33:03,567 (DOOR OPENS, CLOSES) 604 00:33:03,568 --> 00:33:06,069 How much of that did you hear? 605 00:33:06,070 --> 00:33:07,337 I heard enough. 606 00:33:07,338 --> 00:33:09,439 Sorry. 607 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,842 Listen... 608 00:33:11,843 --> 00:33:14,011 if we're gonna start over, 609 00:33:14,012 --> 00:33:16,780 I think we should do it the right way. 610 00:33:16,781 --> 00:33:19,816 Yes, you're right. That is why we have 611 00:33:19,817 --> 00:33:22,653 to get on this talent, because, you know, Jamal is... 612 00:33:22,654 --> 00:33:24,655 What are you doing down there? 613 00:33:24,656 --> 00:33:26,223 (LUCIOUS SIGHS) 614 00:33:28,626 --> 00:33:30,961 Cookie, I want you to be my wife, 615 00:33:30,962 --> 00:33:33,630 and I want to start over as your husband. 616 00:33:33,631 --> 00:33:35,265 (LAUGHING) 617 00:33:35,266 --> 00:33:37,234 Lucious, get off the floor, 618 00:33:37,235 --> 00:33:39,970 with that gimp leg and... 619 00:33:41,906 --> 00:33:44,608 I thought that might shut you up. 620 00:33:46,444 --> 00:33:49,346 Now, baby, I know, um... 621 00:33:49,347 --> 00:33:53,584 I've given you more than enough reasons to... 622 00:33:53,585 --> 00:33:55,852 to doubt me, 623 00:33:55,853 --> 00:33:59,022 and I'm sorry for that. 624 00:33:59,023 --> 00:34:01,792 But with this ring, I promise that I'm going to love you 625 00:34:01,793 --> 00:34:03,193 for the rest of my life 626 00:34:03,194 --> 00:34:05,762 and that... 627 00:34:05,763 --> 00:34:08,532 I want you to marry me. 628 00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:12,069 Cookie, will you marry me? 629 00:34:17,208 --> 00:34:20,944 Okay, I mean, if-if-if this is real, then... 630 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,948 I really need you to put us first, 631 00:34:24,949 --> 00:34:29,686 Lucious, put me first, put... me before Empire, 632 00:34:29,687 --> 00:34:31,922 before anybody. I-I have to... 633 00:34:31,923 --> 00:34:35,258 Come on, man, you gonna say yes or no? 634 00:34:37,829 --> 00:34:39,863 (SIGHS) 635 00:34:42,734 --> 00:34:44,167 Yes. 636 00:34:45,503 --> 00:34:47,871 - Make you sweat a little. - (LAUGHING) 637 00:34:51,909 --> 00:34:53,677 It's beautiful. 638 00:34:54,779 --> 00:34:56,413 - Come on. - Come on where? 639 00:34:56,414 --> 00:34:59,116 - I want to call the judge. - No, not now. We need the boys. 640 00:34:59,117 --> 00:35:01,618 - The boys have to witness this. - No... Wait. 641 00:35:01,619 --> 00:35:03,653 My babies got to see this. 642 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:10,694 This moment... 643 00:35:10,695 --> 00:35:12,763 I don't want to lose it. 644 00:35:12,764 --> 00:35:15,098 (SOFTLY): Okay. 645 00:35:15,099 --> 00:35:17,100 - Come on. - Okay. 646 00:35:17,101 --> 00:35:18,301 (KNOCKING) 647 00:35:19,937 --> 00:35:21,538 Oh. 648 00:35:23,241 --> 00:35:25,042 You're not answering your phone. 649 00:35:25,043 --> 00:35:27,577 Well, I ain't got nowhere I got to be. 650 00:35:27,578 --> 00:35:31,048 Nobody I got to see. Thanks to your man Eddie 651 00:35:31,049 --> 00:35:32,349 taking my Empire. 652 00:35:32,350 --> 00:35:33,717 Thank you. 653 00:35:33,718 --> 00:35:36,486 Look, Hakeem, my head has been all switched up 654 00:35:36,487 --> 00:35:39,556 in every which way lately, with my-my... 655 00:35:39,557 --> 00:35:42,826 career and my album, with Eddie. 656 00:35:42,827 --> 00:35:45,762 Look, I ain't got time for whatever this is. 657 00:35:49,167 --> 00:35:51,468 I'm pregnant. 658 00:35:55,540 --> 00:35:57,941 And it's yours. 659 00:35:59,477 --> 00:36:01,878 I haven't been with anyone else, 660 00:36:01,879 --> 00:36:04,648 because I can't seem to be with anyone else but you. 661 00:36:04,649 --> 00:36:07,918 And right now I am so scared, and I don't know what to do. 662 00:36:08,686 --> 00:36:11,121 (WHISPERS): Wow... 663 00:36:11,122 --> 00:36:12,656 Wait. 664 00:36:12,657 --> 00:36:15,759 You're pregnant with my baby? 665 00:36:17,829 --> 00:36:20,130 ♪ 666 00:36:23,634 --> 00:36:25,335 - Don't worry. - (SNIFFLES) 667 00:36:25,336 --> 00:36:27,270 We're gonna figure this out. 668 00:36:27,271 --> 00:36:29,472 It's always been me and you, Tiana. 669 00:36:36,412 --> 00:36:39,470 Leading Empire into the future is our new CEO... 670 00:36:39,471 --> 00:36:42,372 Anika Calhoun. 671 00:36:43,341 --> 00:36:45,242 Thank you. 672 00:36:45,243 --> 00:36:49,146 Thank you, Eddie. Thank you so much. 673 00:36:49,147 --> 00:36:51,014 Wow. This is surreal, 674 00:36:51,015 --> 00:36:53,317 to be able to return to the Empire family 675 00:36:53,318 --> 00:36:57,154 and, um, to... I guess, sit on the throne. 676 00:36:57,155 --> 00:37:00,691 - (LAUGHTER) - Um, but with my amazing team behind me, 677 00:37:00,692 --> 00:37:02,493 I just know that there is nothing that 678 00:37:02,494 --> 00:37:06,096 - we won't be able t... - (BABY CRYING) 679 00:37:07,665 --> 00:37:10,200 (BABY CONTINUES CRYING) 680 00:37:12,337 --> 00:37:15,038 (QUIET CHATTER) 681 00:37:15,039 --> 00:37:16,306 (EXHALES) 682 00:37:16,307 --> 00:37:18,409 Okay, um... (CHUCKLES) 683 00:37:18,410 --> 00:37:19,510 I'm sorry. 684 00:37:19,511 --> 00:37:21,311 Questions. Any questions? 685 00:37:21,312 --> 00:37:22,479 (REPORTERS SHOUTING) 686 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:23,847 - Ms. Calhoun. - Yes? 687 00:37:23,848 --> 00:37:26,483 What are your goals for Empire as CEO? 688 00:37:26,484 --> 00:37:30,248 Well, um, the first goal that we were thinking about implementing 689 00:37:30,249 --> 00:37:32,298 - that we think will really... - WOMAN: I have a question. 690 00:37:32,299 --> 00:37:34,600 Are you aware of the remarkably high number 691 00:37:34,601 --> 00:37:39,171 of CEOs who are clinical psychopaths? 692 00:37:42,042 --> 00:37:44,477 (WHISPERS): What is happening? 693 00:37:46,346 --> 00:37:47,980 Ms. Calhoun? 694 00:37:55,055 --> 00:37:57,123 This is your new CEO? 695 00:37:57,124 --> 00:37:59,625 Can this bitch even pass a drug test? 696 00:37:59,626 --> 00:38:01,427 - Okay. - Mm-mm. 697 00:38:01,428 --> 00:38:04,864 - Let me step in for a second. - Mm-mm. Mm-mm. No. No. I'm good. 698 00:38:04,865 --> 00:38:07,066 - Okay. - I am good. Um... 699 00:38:07,067 --> 00:38:08,601 - Ms. Calhoun! Ms. Calhoun! - Ms. Calhoun! 700 00:38:08,602 --> 00:38:09,526 Yes? 701 00:38:09,527 --> 00:38:12,238 Can there even be an Empire without the Lyons? 702 00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:15,053 Well, um, during Empire's most profitable years, 703 00:38:15,054 --> 00:38:19,078 I was the head of A&R, and so I have no doubt that... 704 00:38:19,079 --> 00:38:22,281 How many lives did you destroy to get your little come-up... 705 00:38:22,282 --> 00:38:24,450 (MOCKINGLY): Anika? 706 00:38:24,451 --> 00:38:26,452 (WHISPERING): I have to go. 707 00:38:26,453 --> 00:38:29,722 I have to go. I have to go. 708 00:38:32,192 --> 00:38:35,961 Uh, Ms. Calhoun just needed to get some fresh air. 709 00:38:35,962 --> 00:38:37,096 But I just wanted to say 710 00:38:37,097 --> 00:38:38,698 that this-this moment is surreal for me 711 00:38:38,699 --> 00:38:40,466 because I grew up with... 712 00:38:40,467 --> 00:38:41,667 (GASPS) 713 00:38:41,668 --> 00:38:43,436 What did you do to me? 714 00:38:43,437 --> 00:38:46,138 Smile for the cameras. 715 00:38:46,139 --> 00:38:47,173 ♪ 716 00:38:47,174 --> 00:38:50,176 LUCIOUS: I need you to promise me 717 00:38:50,177 --> 00:38:52,912 that you're gonna look after this family. 718 00:38:53,747 --> 00:38:55,514 You are a Lyon. 719 00:38:55,515 --> 00:38:57,083 A Lyon roars. 720 00:38:57,084 --> 00:38:59,385 (GASPING) 721 00:39:00,654 --> 00:39:02,121 (KELLY CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY) 722 00:39:02,122 --> 00:39:03,489 (PANTING) 723 00:39:03,490 --> 00:39:05,925 ANDRE: I know what it's like 724 00:39:05,926 --> 00:39:07,226 to have a guilty conscience. 725 00:39:07,227 --> 00:39:08,427 How it can haunt you. 726 00:39:20,207 --> 00:39:23,042 (GASPING) 727 00:39:28,115 --> 00:39:30,783 Karma's a bitch. 728 00:39:30,784 --> 00:39:32,351 (SCREAMS) 729 00:39:40,660 --> 00:39:43,395 (SCREAMS) 730 00:39:43,396 --> 00:39:44,797 What the hell? 731 00:39:49,536 --> 00:39:51,770 (WEAK, WHEEZING BREATHS) 732 00:40:12,325 --> 00:40:14,326 ♪ 733 00:40:19,966 --> 00:40:22,468 You know, when we did this the first time... 734 00:40:22,469 --> 00:40:25,671 they just checked the I.D.s to make sure we were legal, 735 00:40:25,672 --> 00:40:27,673 then voilà, we were married. 736 00:40:27,674 --> 00:40:30,075 I want more this time. 737 00:40:30,076 --> 00:40:33,078 Well, I can... poot out some vows... 738 00:40:33,079 --> 00:40:35,080 (CHUCKLES) right off the dome, if you'd like. 739 00:40:35,081 --> 00:40:37,283 Oh, well, did you bring a DJ? 740 00:40:37,284 --> 00:40:38,617 You gonna strike up a beat, 741 00:40:38,618 --> 00:40:40,519 - gonna freestyle? - (CHUCKLES) 742 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:41,921 JUDGE: I've found simple works best. 743 00:40:41,922 --> 00:40:44,790 Just speak from your heart. 744 00:40:51,064 --> 00:40:53,065 Are you ready? 745 00:40:53,066 --> 00:40:56,735 ("AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH" BY MARVIN GAYE PLAYING) 746 00:41:04,010 --> 00:41:07,413 You are my breath. 747 00:41:07,414 --> 00:41:09,949 You're my song. 748 00:41:12,252 --> 00:41:14,954 You're the chorus that plays in my head. 749 00:41:14,955 --> 00:41:19,258 You're the lights that I see when I close my eyes. 750 00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,594 You're my everything, Cookie. 751 00:41:23,597 --> 00:41:25,464 (TAKES DEEP BREATH) 752 00:41:25,465 --> 00:41:27,933 We've been through the fire... 753 00:41:29,169 --> 00:41:32,671 and I know our future holds more storms, 754 00:41:32,672 --> 00:41:36,308 but... what I do know 755 00:41:36,309 --> 00:41:38,677 is that with you by my side, 756 00:41:38,678 --> 00:41:41,947 I can get through anything. 757 00:41:41,948 --> 00:41:45,184 JUDGE: No other human ties are more tender, 758 00:41:45,185 --> 00:41:49,455 no other vows more sacred than those you assume now. 759 00:41:49,456 --> 00:41:54,460 ♪ 'Cause, baby, there ain't no mountain high enough ♪ 760 00:41:54,461 --> 00:41:55,961 ♪ Ain't no valley... ♪ 761 00:41:55,962 --> 00:41:58,330 JUDGE: In your journey through this life, 762 00:41:58,331 --> 00:42:00,132 I require and charge you both 763 00:42:00,133 --> 00:42:03,335 to remember that love and loyalty alone 764 00:42:03,336 --> 00:42:06,272 will avail as the foundation of a happy home 765 00:42:06,273 --> 00:42:07,940 and meaningful life. 766 00:42:07,941 --> 00:42:11,677 ♪ It's time to be a man now ♪ 767 00:42:11,678 --> 00:42:14,680 ♪ I don't need it, you can keep your money ♪ 768 00:42:14,681 --> 00:42:16,181 ♪ I don't want it ♪ 769 00:42:16,182 --> 00:42:18,450 ♪ If you're gonna throw it up in my face ♪ 770 00:42:18,451 --> 00:42:20,953 ♪ Makes the world go round... ♪ 771 00:42:20,954 --> 00:42:22,621 ♪ If you're ever in trouble, I'll be there on the double ♪ 772 00:42:22,622 --> 00:42:25,491 If these solemn vows be kept inviolate, 773 00:42:25,492 --> 00:42:30,229 your life will be full of joy and peace. 774 00:42:30,230 --> 00:42:34,366 Two separate souls joined together as one, 775 00:42:34,367 --> 00:42:36,035 to share desires, 776 00:42:36,036 --> 00:42:38,637 dreams, memories 777 00:42:38,638 --> 00:42:40,673 and all uncertainties. 778 00:42:40,674 --> 00:42:43,942 ♪ Don't you know that there ain't no. ♪ 779 00:42:45,178 --> 00:42:46,745 Hakeem... he's got a gun! 780 00:42:46,746 --> 00:42:48,747 - Dad, what are you doing?! - (GUN COCKS) 781 00:42:48,748 --> 00:42:51,517 - No! - (THREE GUNSHOTS) 782 00:42:51,518 --> 00:42:53,385 (ECHOING GUNSHOT FADES) 783 00:42:53,386 --> 00:42:55,254 JUDGE: Lucious... 784 00:42:55,255 --> 00:42:58,357 and Cookie... 785 00:42:58,358 --> 00:43:00,059 I now pronounce you 786 00:43:00,060 --> 00:43:02,127 husband and wife. 787 00:43:02,128 --> 00:43:06,665 ♪ 'Cause, baby, there ain't no mountain high enough ♪ 788 00:43:06,666 --> 00:43:10,402 ♪ Ain't no valley low enough ♪ 789 00:43:10,403 --> 00:43:12,037 ♪ Ain't no river. ♪ 790 00:43:12,306 --> 00:43:18,406 Subtitle sync and corrections by awaqeded for www.addic7ed.com.