1 00:00:00,031 --> 00:00:01,640 Previously on Empire... 2 00:00:01,672 --> 00:00:03,663 Wait till I launch Empire XStream. 3 00:00:03,688 --> 00:00:05,936 Y'all gonna wish y'all made this deal. 4 00:00:05,961 --> 00:00:08,375 - I want you to destroy Gram. - Battle me. 5 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:10,265 I designed my own little streaming apps. 6 00:00:10,313 --> 00:00:12,079 I'm-a have you bloody and trending worldwide. 7 00:00:12,148 --> 00:00:14,382 You don't want to be mixing those with alcohol, man. 8 00:00:14,398 --> 00:00:17,014 That song she did at Laviticus is already getting crazy heat. 9 00:00:17,039 --> 00:00:19,107 - And that song's not what she wants. - I agree with him. 10 00:00:19,132 --> 00:00:21,764 Did he tell you that he put in a bid to run for mayor? 11 00:00:21,789 --> 00:00:24,422 You think he's gonna do that with a convicted felon on his arm? 12 00:00:24,447 --> 00:00:26,678 Imagine what you could do with your own imprint. 13 00:00:26,703 --> 00:00:29,312 Man, you better go get your girl back. 14 00:00:31,765 --> 00:00:34,343 All right, all right, hold your horses! 15 00:00:34,412 --> 00:00:35,578 I'm coming. 16 00:00:37,443 --> 00:00:38,911 So sorry I'm late. 17 00:00:38,936 --> 00:00:41,468 - Tiana's having a little breakdown. - Hey. 18 00:00:41,632 --> 00:00:43,561 - I'm sorry. - This is for you. 19 00:00:43,586 --> 00:00:45,552 Oh. Thank you. 20 00:00:45,621 --> 00:00:48,022 - Come here. - Thinking of me on your big day? 21 00:00:48,090 --> 00:00:50,457 Yes. You know some traditions can't be disrupted. 22 00:00:51,650 --> 00:00:52,988 - Move, I got to get dressed. - Hey. 23 00:00:53,013 --> 00:00:54,995 Let me help you get dressed. Come here. 24 00:00:55,020 --> 00:00:56,269 No, I can do it. 25 00:00:56,294 --> 00:00:58,011 Here, wait. 26 00:00:58,036 --> 00:00:59,660 Wait, one sec, one sec, babe, one sec. 27 00:00:59,685 --> 00:01:01,267 - It's okay. - Wait. 28 00:01:01,336 --> 00:01:02,635 Oh, no, that can wait. 29 00:01:02,704 --> 00:01:04,303 What's under this? 30 00:01:05,734 --> 00:01:07,673 - Yeah. - No, no, no. 31 00:01:07,742 --> 00:01:09,420 - All right, look. - What's up? 32 00:01:09,445 --> 00:01:11,344 I don't want our first time to be 33 00:01:11,412 --> 00:01:13,700 when you're getting ready to run for mayor. 34 00:01:13,725 --> 00:01:14,840 You're distracted. 35 00:01:14,865 --> 00:01:16,282 See? Saved by the bell. 36 00:01:16,351 --> 00:01:17,950 Stay right there. I'll be back. 37 00:01:21,348 --> 00:01:23,315 - Baby, I'm gonna have to go. - Okay! 38 00:01:24,424 --> 00:01:26,885 - You sent me an e-mail? - I sure did. 39 00:01:26,910 --> 00:01:30,518 - Open it up. - Oh, a photo of... 40 00:01:30,543 --> 00:01:33,081 - of all of you. - Yes. 41 00:01:33,293 --> 00:01:36,127 Just a little reminder that you have my vote, Mr. Mayor. 42 00:01:36,196 --> 00:01:38,534 - Well, all right. - Mm-hmm. Mm-mm. 43 00:01:38,559 --> 00:01:41,566 Go do mayor stuff. Bye-bye. 44 00:01:41,635 --> 00:01:42,644 Bye. 45 00:01:44,230 --> 00:01:45,689 Ugh! What? Stop it! 46 00:01:45,713 --> 00:01:47,035 - ♪ But nobody loves me like me ♪ - Why is this playing? 47 00:01:47,060 --> 00:01:48,098 ♪ They could say ♪ 48 00:01:48,123 --> 00:01:50,190 ♪ We're better off together... ♪ - Ugh! Stop it! 49 00:01:50,385 --> 00:01:51,899 Shut up, Tiana! 50 00:01:51,924 --> 00:01:53,778 ♪ They're calling you the Carrie ♪ 51 00:01:53,847 --> 00:01:55,914 ♪ And I'm your Mr. Big ♪ 52 00:01:55,982 --> 00:02:00,018 ♪ A fairy tale hidden under some other nonsense ♪ 53 00:02:00,043 --> 00:02:02,182 ♪ But like we say, we're in a place... ♪ 54 00:02:02,207 --> 00:02:04,332 Derek, I'm sorry. It's still... it's too busy. 55 00:02:04,357 --> 00:02:06,858 I don't know. We need to strip that down or something. 56 00:02:06,927 --> 00:02:08,426 Strip all of it away. It's too busy. 57 00:02:08,495 --> 00:02:09,705 Oh, you buggin', man. 58 00:02:09,730 --> 00:02:10,962 This is a banger. 59 00:02:11,031 --> 00:02:14,940 Yeah, all right. Let's just wait for some fresh ears till my mom gets here. 60 00:02:18,086 --> 00:02:19,452 You okay? 61 00:02:19,972 --> 00:02:21,089 Yeah, I'm fine. 62 00:02:21,114 --> 00:02:23,284 I'm just, I'm off my pain meds. 63 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:25,214 What? 64 00:02:25,239 --> 00:02:26,933 Philip freaked me out about all the artists 65 00:02:26,958 --> 00:02:28,704 that get addicted to opiates. He's right. 66 00:02:28,749 --> 00:02:31,081 Yeah, well, that Philip dude is a little extra. 67 00:02:31,106 --> 00:02:34,376 ♪ They can try to promise me forever... ♪ 68 00:02:34,401 --> 00:02:36,164 - Yo, what's that? - ♪ But nobody loves me like me... ♪ 69 00:02:36,189 --> 00:02:37,276 I don't know. 70 00:02:37,301 --> 00:02:40,181 ♪ They could say we're better off together ♪ 71 00:02:40,213 --> 00:02:41,946 ♪ But nobody loves me like me... ♪ 72 00:02:41,971 --> 00:02:43,229 The hell? 73 00:02:43,254 --> 00:02:47,423 ♪ This time, keep yours 'cause I got mine, oh... ♪ 74 00:02:47,573 --> 00:02:49,400 ♪ Hush, little baby ♪ 75 00:02:49,425 --> 00:02:51,292 ♪ Don't say a word ♪ 76 00:02:51,317 --> 00:02:54,924 ♪ Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird ♪ 77 00:02:55,308 --> 00:02:57,041 Shh, shh, shh, shh. 78 00:02:57,066 --> 00:03:00,049 ♪ And if that mockingbird don't sing ♪ 79 00:03:00,074 --> 00:03:01,237 ♪ Mama's gonna... ♪ 80 00:03:01,262 --> 00:03:03,806 You sound like a wounded wildebeest in here. 81 00:03:03,831 --> 00:03:05,542 - Man, whatever. - She's a Lyon. 82 00:03:05,567 --> 00:03:08,063 She knows when somebody's singing off-key. 83 00:03:08,088 --> 00:03:09,721 I got something she'll love. 84 00:03:17,839 --> 00:03:20,032 How's that, Daddy's baby? 85 00:03:20,057 --> 00:03:21,893 Yeah, whatever. 86 00:03:22,065 --> 00:03:25,033 Are you coming in here to thank me for helping your ass with Shine? 87 00:03:25,102 --> 00:03:26,835 'Cause you know you still owe me for that, right? 88 00:03:26,903 --> 00:03:28,103 Oh, relax. 89 00:03:28,128 --> 00:03:30,205 As soon as Shine gets back from Vegas, 90 00:03:30,273 --> 00:03:33,659 he's gonna sit down with you, for you to be the head of his A&R. 91 00:03:34,199 --> 00:03:35,398 He's been told. 92 00:03:35,467 --> 00:03:36,792 Really? 93 00:03:36,817 --> 00:03:37,979 Really. 94 00:03:38,203 --> 00:03:39,402 Thanks. 95 00:03:40,831 --> 00:03:43,964 ♪ They can try to promise me forever... ♪ 96 00:03:44,831 --> 00:03:47,206 - What the hell is this? - What? 97 00:03:47,231 --> 00:03:50,065 ♪ We're better off together ♪ 98 00:03:50,090 --> 00:03:51,909 - ♪ But nobody loves me like me... ♪ - _ 99 00:04:02,093 --> 00:04:05,866 Pop, Thirsty, this is Brian Piznarski. 100 00:04:05,969 --> 00:04:08,570 Piz is one of the top cyber-security experts in the city. 101 00:04:08,595 --> 00:04:10,936 He's working with our in-house I.T. guys. 102 00:04:11,179 --> 00:04:12,960 So, is it Piz or Piss? 103 00:04:12,985 --> 00:04:14,608 It's Piz, Pop. 104 00:04:14,950 --> 00:04:16,549 Okay. What's happening? 105 00:04:16,618 --> 00:04:19,413 All we know so far is someone's hacked into Empire's e-mail server 106 00:04:19,438 --> 00:04:23,013 and pushed an MP3 file into the network's cell phones and tablets. 107 00:04:23,038 --> 00:04:24,324 One of Tiana's demos. 108 00:04:24,393 --> 00:04:25,968 So they must have gotten into the music servers. 109 00:04:25,993 --> 00:04:27,994 Well, they tried, but the firewall's rock solid. 110 00:04:28,063 --> 00:04:31,093 The song's been passed around as an e-mail attachment, but only internally. 111 00:04:31,118 --> 00:04:33,140 W-wait. So, Empire XStream, 112 00:04:33,165 --> 00:04:35,147 the subscriber information, that's all secure? 113 00:04:35,172 --> 00:04:36,903 Andre said that was a top priority. 114 00:04:36,972 --> 00:04:38,850 No, it's life or death. 115 00:04:39,046 --> 00:04:41,374 If XStream subscriber data is comprised, 116 00:04:41,399 --> 00:04:43,897 that means we've blown through $50 million. 117 00:04:43,922 --> 00:04:45,053 Put that down. 118 00:04:45,882 --> 00:04:48,622 Okay, Mr. Cyber Expert, 119 00:04:48,647 --> 00:04:49,983 who did this? 120 00:04:50,052 --> 00:04:51,584 Well, that's gonna take some time, Pop. 121 00:04:51,653 --> 00:04:53,720 We need to give him a list of possible suspects. 122 00:04:53,789 --> 00:04:55,864 The way I see it is, there's Tariq, there's Shine, 123 00:04:55,889 --> 00:04:56,944 and then there's everybody else. 124 00:04:56,969 --> 00:04:59,159 Yeah, I mean, Shine is a definite suspect, 125 00:04:59,227 --> 00:05:01,861 but this is way too complicated for his ass. 126 00:05:01,930 --> 00:05:03,561 And I don't like to put nothing past the FBI, 127 00:05:03,586 --> 00:05:05,202 'cause they love to play dirty. 128 00:05:05,227 --> 00:05:07,560 - Yeah. - But this is too messy for Tariq. 129 00:05:07,585 --> 00:05:08,768 So, who else? 130 00:05:08,837 --> 00:05:10,864 What about your boy Vaughn? 131 00:05:10,889 --> 00:05:13,443 He and Birdman tried to buy our streaming services. 132 00:05:13,468 --> 00:05:15,413 You turned him down. 133 00:05:15,438 --> 00:05:17,052 Get Vaughn's ass in here. 134 00:05:17,077 --> 00:05:18,378 On it. 135 00:05:18,447 --> 00:05:20,927 Look, in the meantime, I need you to figure out 136 00:05:20,959 --> 00:05:22,536 what the problem is and fix it 137 00:05:22,561 --> 00:05:24,184 so we can get back to using our e-mails. 138 00:05:24,252 --> 00:05:25,663 My head is about to burn the hell off. 139 00:05:25,688 --> 00:05:27,366 - Come on. - Yes, sir. 140 00:05:27,391 --> 00:05:28,905 ♪ 'Cause you like the way I move ♪ 141 00:05:28,968 --> 00:05:30,616 ♪ And if you say that you got me, you down for me ♪ 142 00:05:30,641 --> 00:05:33,733 - ♪ I'm down for you ♪ - HAKEEM: ♪ I'm down for you ♪ 143 00:05:33,819 --> 00:05:37,014 ♪ I got what you been feenin' ♪ 144 00:05:37,085 --> 00:05:40,077 ♪ I don't want nobody else but you ♪ 145 00:05:40,146 --> 00:05:43,475 ♪ Come show me if you mean it ♪ 146 00:05:43,514 --> 00:05:46,318 ♪ I don't want nobody else but you ♪ 147 00:05:46,343 --> 00:05:49,499 ♪ Don't want nobody else but you ♪ 148 00:05:49,546 --> 00:05:52,882 ♪ I don't want nobody else but you ♪ 149 00:05:52,958 --> 00:05:55,726 ♪ Don't want nobody else but you ♪ 150 00:05:55,795 --> 00:05:58,328 ♪ I don't want nobody else but you. ♪ 151 00:06:00,866 --> 00:06:03,667 We're good together, me and you, Nessa. 152 00:06:03,736 --> 00:06:05,780 Yeah. For sure. 153 00:06:05,991 --> 00:06:09,179 You know, me and you got something you and Dre never gonna have. 154 00:06:09,204 --> 00:06:10,503 We got music. 155 00:06:12,303 --> 00:06:14,638 Rakon, play it from the bridge. 156 00:06:14,663 --> 00:06:17,076 - Here it is. - Come on. 157 00:06:17,101 --> 00:06:19,577 - Hey, guys. - What do you want? 158 00:06:19,602 --> 00:06:21,693 I want to talk to you, brother to brother. 159 00:06:21,718 --> 00:06:23,021 Nessa, will you give us a minute, please? 160 00:06:23,046 --> 00:06:24,530 - Yeah. - Ain't nothing to talk about. 161 00:06:24,555 --> 00:06:26,132 You stole her out from under me. 162 00:06:26,157 --> 00:06:27,641 Now she got to choose. 163 00:06:28,944 --> 00:06:30,233 Nessa... 164 00:06:30,342 --> 00:06:32,506 I had no idea you were into Nessa, Hakeem. 165 00:06:32,531 --> 00:06:34,920 - Neither did she. - Listen. My big brother has a few issues 166 00:06:34,945 --> 00:06:37,202 - I don't know if he told you about. - Hakeem, listen. 167 00:06:37,227 --> 00:06:40,662 Whatever this is has nothing to do with me, okay? 168 00:06:40,687 --> 00:06:42,748 Now, I'm going to get Shine from the airport. 169 00:06:43,678 --> 00:06:45,284 You drive safe, baby. 170 00:06:53,512 --> 00:06:55,779 You better fall back, boy. 171 00:06:58,597 --> 00:06:59,909 Mm. 172 00:07:09,665 --> 00:07:11,064 Oh, my God. 173 00:07:11,089 --> 00:07:12,126 Lucious. 174 00:07:12,151 --> 00:07:14,151 I got Mr. Vaughn Cooper for you. 175 00:07:14,731 --> 00:07:16,164 What up, L? 176 00:07:16,189 --> 00:07:17,898 What's going on, fellas? 177 00:07:17,924 --> 00:07:19,323 What we doing? 178 00:07:19,348 --> 00:07:20,814 Have a seat, bro. 179 00:07:22,189 --> 00:07:24,689 What's this look on y'all faces, man? I don't like it. 180 00:07:24,767 --> 00:07:26,233 What's happening? 181 00:07:26,302 --> 00:07:29,411 You know, where you and me come from, 182 00:07:29,693 --> 00:07:31,863 if a man has an issue with another man, 183 00:07:31,888 --> 00:07:33,488 he handles that man-to-man. 184 00:07:33,513 --> 00:07:37,011 We don't hide behind a computer screen like a bunch of bitches, you know? 185 00:07:37,036 --> 00:07:39,746 First of all, who are you talking to? 186 00:07:39,771 --> 00:07:41,300 And where you going with this? 187 00:07:41,325 --> 00:07:43,917 We know you hacked Empire's e-mail. 188 00:07:43,986 --> 00:07:45,485 Hacked their e-mail? 189 00:07:45,554 --> 00:07:47,354 Do I look like I be hacking e-mails? 190 00:07:47,423 --> 00:07:48,689 You believe that? 191 00:07:48,757 --> 00:07:52,526 I invited you and Birdman to my house as friends, 192 00:07:52,594 --> 00:07:57,276 to offer you an opportunity to be a part of Empire XStream. 193 00:07:57,301 --> 00:07:59,268 Y'all tried to buy me out. 194 00:07:59,293 --> 00:08:02,402 When I said no, maybe you felt a certain kind of way. 195 00:08:02,471 --> 00:08:04,771 Maybe you wanted to hit me back or something. 196 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:06,740 I was working with Live Nation. 197 00:08:06,809 --> 00:08:09,977 I saw Empire XStream was about to hit the bottom of the sea; 198 00:08:10,002 --> 00:08:11,288 you was about to catch a brick. 199 00:08:11,313 --> 00:08:12,746 We tried to help you out. 200 00:08:12,815 --> 00:08:14,348 You were working for Live Nation? 201 00:08:14,416 --> 00:08:17,007 Yeah, I was working with Live Nation. I got fired. 202 00:08:17,032 --> 00:08:18,585 All right, all right, all right. 203 00:08:18,654 --> 00:08:20,671 Hey, uh, sorry to interrupt. 204 00:08:20,696 --> 00:08:22,522 If you've gotten any e-mails, don't open them. 205 00:08:22,591 --> 00:08:24,711 What are you talking about? Our e-mails are still down. 206 00:08:24,766 --> 00:08:26,526 No, the servers just came back online. 207 00:08:26,595 --> 00:08:27,928 Somebody's doing this remotely. 208 00:08:27,997 --> 00:08:29,463 Hold on, I just got ten... 20... 209 00:08:29,531 --> 00:08:31,098 I just got 50 new e-mails. 210 00:08:31,166 --> 00:08:32,632 I'm-I'm getting flooded with them, too, Pop. 211 00:08:32,701 --> 00:08:35,547 They're releasing every e-mail ever sent to or from Empire. 212 00:08:35,572 --> 00:08:37,280 Delete them now! 213 00:08:37,305 --> 00:08:39,239 No. It's got me locked out. 214 00:08:39,308 --> 00:08:41,141 Now it's a message. 215 00:08:41,210 --> 00:08:42,576 They want a million dollars 216 00:08:42,627 --> 00:08:44,032 wired to an offshore account... 217 00:08:44,064 --> 00:08:46,352 - What? - ... every hour on the hour or we... 218 00:08:46,377 --> 00:08:47,781 Pop, Pop, Pop! 219 00:08:47,806 --> 00:08:49,007 Hey, hey! 220 00:08:49,032 --> 00:08:50,530 Listen here, Opie Cunningham! 221 00:08:50,555 --> 00:08:53,444 My son said you're the best person in this business, so I hired you. 222 00:08:53,469 --> 00:08:55,622 Now, you got to the end of the day to fix this 223 00:08:55,691 --> 00:08:57,407 or that's your ass. 224 00:08:57,641 --> 00:09:00,453 - You got me? - Yeah. Yeah. 225 00:09:01,487 --> 00:09:04,125 Come on. Welcome to the Empire. Let's go. 226 00:09:06,203 --> 00:09:07,934 - Move your ass! - Get. 227 00:09:07,959 --> 00:09:09,680 All right, all right. All right. 228 00:09:13,496 --> 00:09:15,556 The breach occurred at 2:48 a.m. 229 00:09:15,581 --> 00:09:17,097 They got access to every e-mail 230 00:09:17,122 --> 00:09:20,183 that was ever sent or received to an Empire company device. 231 00:09:20,561 --> 00:09:22,160 Well, how do we stop them? 232 00:09:22,185 --> 00:09:23,619 There's nothing to stop. 233 00:09:23,644 --> 00:09:25,255 They stole the data and now it's gone. 234 00:09:25,324 --> 00:09:27,157 Yeah. And apparently they can leak it out to the world 235 00:09:27,226 --> 00:09:29,605 little by little or all at once. Right? 236 00:09:29,630 --> 00:09:30,830 Unless we pay the ransom. 237 00:09:30,855 --> 00:09:32,796 I'd rather blow my damn brains out 238 00:09:32,864 --> 00:09:35,165 before I give some punk living in his mama's basement 239 00:09:35,234 --> 00:09:37,151 all my hard-earned money. 240 00:09:37,339 --> 00:09:40,136 Look, keep him away from Empire XStream. 241 00:09:40,205 --> 00:09:42,339 I mean, we lose that, we lose everything. 242 00:09:42,571 --> 00:09:43,995 Yeah. No, yeah. 243 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:45,619 Thank you. 244 00:09:45,667 --> 00:09:47,844 Every leaked e-mail that mentions you by name. 245 00:09:47,913 --> 00:09:49,923 Color-coded, I might add, by level of interest. 246 00:09:49,948 --> 00:09:52,616 So now you can see who's loyal and who's trying to stab you in the back. 247 00:09:52,676 --> 00:09:54,585 Now, most of them still revere you, of course, 248 00:09:54,618 --> 00:09:56,017 but I think we start here. 249 00:09:56,042 --> 00:09:57,354 We need to find that needle in the haystack. 250 00:09:57,379 --> 00:09:58,472 Thanks. 251 00:09:58,573 --> 00:09:59,980 Thanks, Dre. 252 00:10:00,025 --> 00:10:02,573 2:48 a.m. I mean, that's after hours. 253 00:10:02,730 --> 00:10:04,894 From the day I was born, 254 00:10:04,919 --> 00:10:06,658 at Mount Sinai Hospital... 255 00:10:06,683 --> 00:10:08,687 y'all know, just three blocks from here... 256 00:10:10,103 --> 00:10:13,036 New York City has been my home. 257 00:10:15,642 --> 00:10:19,508 I went to school at P.S. 180, right here in Upper Manhattan. 258 00:10:19,533 --> 00:10:21,411 Matter of fact, that's where I learned 259 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:23,555 what matters most in life... 260 00:10:23,580 --> 00:10:25,828 to be of service to others. 261 00:10:27,719 --> 00:10:30,906 Because I still believe in the untapped potential 262 00:10:30,931 --> 00:10:32,522 of this great city. 263 00:10:32,547 --> 00:10:34,236 - I know that together, - Hello? 264 00:10:34,261 --> 00:10:36,922 we can make this city an even better place 265 00:10:36,947 --> 00:10:38,322 to raise our children. 266 00:10:38,353 --> 00:10:40,787 - Phone call for you. - Why? On your phone? 267 00:10:40,855 --> 00:10:43,414 Would you mind stepping away and keeping your voice down? 268 00:10:43,439 --> 00:10:46,726 An issue that is very, very important to me is violence... 269 00:10:46,751 --> 00:10:48,201 Who is this? 270 00:10:48,232 --> 00:10:50,605 Lucious, I am busy. 271 00:10:50,630 --> 00:10:53,132 Look, whatever it is, it can wait. 272 00:10:53,201 --> 00:10:56,137 Emergency board meeting? Now? 273 00:10:59,053 --> 00:11:00,986 Christian. 274 00:11:01,011 --> 00:11:03,111 WOKE stands for 275 00:11:03,136 --> 00:11:07,258 We Organize Knowledge Empowerment. 276 00:11:09,735 --> 00:11:11,297 The board has reviewed the situation, 277 00:11:11,322 --> 00:11:13,689 and we think we should consider paying the ransom. 278 00:11:13,735 --> 00:11:15,368 Y'all out of y'all mind. 279 00:11:15,436 --> 00:11:17,603 Negotiate with terrorists? 280 00:11:17,672 --> 00:11:19,905 Better start looking for a new CEO, then. 281 00:11:19,974 --> 00:11:22,174 Co-CEO. And she hasn't weighed in. 282 00:11:22,243 --> 00:11:25,745 Look, I know this is uncomfortable for you all, 283 00:11:25,813 --> 00:11:29,248 but Lucious and I have been up against much worse, 284 00:11:29,317 --> 00:11:31,675 so we're not scared of a few leaked e-mails. 285 00:11:31,700 --> 00:11:32,718 What about leaked e-mails 286 00:11:32,787 --> 00:11:35,354 that suggest that someone is laundering corporate funds? 287 00:11:35,423 --> 00:11:37,623 - So, what are you getting at, lady? - Okay, wait, wait, wait. Hold up. 288 00:11:37,692 --> 00:11:40,626 Lucious, we haven't given Andre an opportunity to explain. 289 00:11:40,695 --> 00:11:41,894 Go ahead, baby. 290 00:11:41,963 --> 00:11:43,028 Yes, ma'am. 291 00:11:43,053 --> 00:11:44,825 Um, Vernon Turner, 292 00:11:44,850 --> 00:11:46,732 my late uncle... may he rest in peace... 293 00:11:46,757 --> 00:11:49,201 had a fondness for prostitutes. 294 00:11:49,270 --> 00:11:50,349 When the company went public, 295 00:11:50,374 --> 00:11:53,989 I discovered he sometimes used company funds to entertain them. 296 00:11:54,942 --> 00:11:57,286 I covered it up to protect the IPO. 297 00:11:59,849 --> 00:12:01,313 Clearly, in light of this, 298 00:12:01,382 --> 00:12:03,949 Andre will have to step down and resign from the board. 299 00:12:04,018 --> 00:12:06,552 Really? 'Cause according to those leaked e-mails, 300 00:12:06,621 --> 00:12:09,614 Vernon wasn't the only person around here who paid for sex. 301 00:12:10,322 --> 00:12:11,818 Frequently. 302 00:12:14,623 --> 00:12:16,122 You mean Papa Bernstein? 303 00:12:16,147 --> 00:12:17,724 That's exactly who I mean, Pop. 304 00:12:17,793 --> 00:12:21,349 And I seen some e-mails that put your freak flag on blast, too, Edna. 305 00:12:22,091 --> 00:12:24,199 My father's attorney, Mr. Rawlings, 306 00:12:24,224 --> 00:12:27,153 has corroborating stories. Ain't that right, Thirsty? 307 00:12:28,247 --> 00:12:31,497 Yeah, but everybody ain't weighed in yet. 308 00:12:34,484 --> 00:12:36,484 Good God, what is it now? 309 00:12:37,813 --> 00:12:39,029 Yes, Tiana? 310 00:12:39,054 --> 00:12:40,337 Well, in view of this, 311 00:12:40,382 --> 00:12:43,293 do we have any other ideas on how to... 312 00:12:43,318 --> 00:12:46,019 deal with this leaked e-mail situation? 313 00:12:46,396 --> 00:12:49,022 Tiana, I'm off you. 314 00:12:49,808 --> 00:12:51,441 You nothing to me. 315 00:12:51,466 --> 00:12:52,892 You wack in bed, honestly. 316 00:12:52,961 --> 00:12:55,841 I mean, I'm just keeping it real. Honestly, you nothing. 317 00:12:56,099 --> 00:12:58,665 Okay? Your singing is mediocre. 318 00:12:58,733 --> 00:13:02,268 Matter of fact, you and Empire can kiss my black ass. 319 00:13:02,328 --> 00:13:03,755 You already did that though. 320 00:13:03,780 --> 00:13:04,852 Take that, homie. 321 00:13:04,997 --> 00:13:07,002 Y'all some dumb-asses! 322 00:13:10,245 --> 00:13:13,012 He turned out to be a real busta, huh? 323 00:13:13,081 --> 00:13:14,396 Mm-hmm. 324 00:13:14,421 --> 00:13:16,535 He wishes he had half your fans. 325 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:19,535 Too bad I'm not on your team anymore. 326 00:13:19,560 --> 00:13:22,722 This hack is exposing all of my business, 327 00:13:22,791 --> 00:13:24,924 and you have to do something about it. 328 00:13:24,993 --> 00:13:26,793 Look, it's exposing everybody, baby. 329 00:13:26,862 --> 00:13:28,862 What business of yours has it exposed? 330 00:13:28,930 --> 00:13:30,230 Okay, look, girl, you need to back down... 331 00:13:30,298 --> 00:13:32,131 Lobby. Right now. 332 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,044 We got some problems. 333 00:13:37,672 --> 00:13:39,939 Return all your old cell phones on the right. 334 00:13:40,008 --> 00:13:42,242 Receive your new phones on the left. 335 00:13:42,310 --> 00:13:44,143 Watch your step, people. Come on through. 336 00:13:44,212 --> 00:13:45,229 Come on, keep it moving, people. 337 00:13:45,254 --> 00:13:48,166 I can't believe Steve Cho said that about me. 338 00:13:48,709 --> 00:13:50,494 Y'all see this? 339 00:13:50,660 --> 00:13:52,346 Look at this. 340 00:13:53,055 --> 00:13:55,155 Everybody's e-mails. 341 00:13:59,528 --> 00:14:01,594 Oh, Dad, we were just coming to get you. 342 00:14:01,663 --> 00:14:03,102 Guess who's here. 343 00:14:03,127 --> 00:14:04,221 Mm-hmm. 344 00:14:04,246 --> 00:14:06,501 Oh, what's up, T? You see your boyfriend's Snaps? 345 00:14:06,526 --> 00:14:08,876 Or should I say ex-boyfriend? 346 00:14:08,901 --> 00:14:10,270 Read between the lines. 347 00:14:10,338 --> 00:14:11,437 Mwah. 348 00:14:11,506 --> 00:14:14,340 I should've known your ass would be showing up. 349 00:14:14,409 --> 00:14:16,576 Take cyberterrorism seriously. 350 00:14:16,645 --> 00:14:18,678 Even when the victim is a dangerous miscreant. 351 00:14:18,747 --> 00:14:20,280 We're here to investigate. 352 00:14:20,348 --> 00:14:21,784 Investigate what? 353 00:14:21,809 --> 00:14:23,751 How y'all leaked my e-mails? 354 00:14:23,776 --> 00:14:26,096 Feds don't leak information, big brother; 355 00:14:26,121 --> 00:14:29,276 we gather it and use it to lock all you criminals away. 356 00:14:34,065 --> 00:14:35,298 What? 357 00:14:35,367 --> 00:14:36,899 What is that? 358 00:14:41,482 --> 00:14:42,915 What the hell is it now? 359 00:14:44,417 --> 00:14:46,383 Ooh! 360 00:14:46,728 --> 00:14:48,061 Oh... 361 00:14:54,136 --> 00:14:55,346 Ma? 362 00:15:03,970 --> 00:15:05,519 Oh, okay. 363 00:15:07,894 --> 00:15:09,889 Now, what the hell y'all looking at?! 364 00:15:09,958 --> 00:15:11,457 They perky. 365 00:15:11,801 --> 00:15:13,459 Move! 366 00:15:18,763 --> 00:15:21,526 I just got a call from Angelo's campaign manager 367 00:15:21,551 --> 00:15:23,801 asking if you leaked that picture of me 368 00:15:23,826 --> 00:15:25,231 to mess with his announcement. 369 00:15:25,239 --> 00:15:27,172 I don't give a damn what you and Ray-J do 370 00:15:27,241 --> 00:15:29,042 in the privacy of your home. 371 00:15:29,067 --> 00:15:30,973 But since you're on the subject, 372 00:15:30,998 --> 00:15:32,531 don't you think you're a little too old 373 00:15:32,556 --> 00:15:34,580 to be sending naked pictures of yourself? 374 00:15:34,649 --> 00:15:35,926 Are you jealous, Lucious, 375 00:15:35,951 --> 00:15:37,883 because you got to lift your fat-ass stomach up 376 00:15:37,952 --> 00:15:39,380 to find your... 377 00:15:41,155 --> 00:15:42,745 What is she doing here? 378 00:15:42,770 --> 00:15:44,456 I was just here for my meeting with Shine 379 00:15:44,525 --> 00:15:46,859 when all of this started blowing up. 380 00:15:46,927 --> 00:15:49,061 She told me you think I'm the one that hacked you. 381 00:15:49,130 --> 00:15:50,763 I didn't do it, Lucious. 382 00:15:50,831 --> 00:15:53,332 It's not my style. At all. 383 00:15:54,669 --> 00:15:56,356 Why is she meeting with Shine? 384 00:15:56,381 --> 00:15:58,731 She's interviewing to be his A&R. 385 00:16:01,475 --> 00:16:02,941 What, you want the job, Cookie? 386 00:16:03,010 --> 00:16:05,535 Child, please. 387 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:07,479 I guess it's true what they say. 388 00:16:07,739 --> 00:16:09,782 The camera does add ten pounds. 389 00:16:09,850 --> 00:16:12,818 Well, then what is your excuse, fat-ass? 390 00:16:12,887 --> 00:16:14,420 That's ambition. 391 00:16:14,488 --> 00:16:16,288 Oh. Be ambitious enough 392 00:16:16,357 --> 00:16:19,270 to put the phone down, bitch. 393 00:16:22,170 --> 00:16:25,221 Look, Lucious, for what it's worth, I believe Shine, all right? 394 00:16:25,246 --> 00:16:27,346 All he's ever wanted is a legit shot in the industry; 395 00:16:27,371 --> 00:16:28,967 now he's got a stake in Empire with Nessa. 396 00:16:29,036 --> 00:16:30,469 Doesn't make any sense. 397 00:16:30,538 --> 00:16:31,880 She's right. 398 00:16:31,905 --> 00:16:35,175 I may stomp a hole through somebody, but I ain't no Internet thug. 399 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:36,909 Plus, I have no desire 400 00:16:36,977 --> 00:16:39,418 to see Cookie's cookies. 401 00:16:40,145 --> 00:16:41,347 What is it? 402 00:16:41,415 --> 00:16:43,349 It's the hackers. 403 00:16:43,417 --> 00:16:45,484 They say, "Get ready. 404 00:16:45,553 --> 00:16:47,762 "We have so much more." 405 00:16:50,191 --> 00:16:52,491 Yo, every major music blog is trashing 406 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,426 the Tiana single that leaked, man. 407 00:16:54,495 --> 00:16:57,653 You talking about the song that you pressed for instead of "Starlight"? 408 00:16:57,678 --> 00:17:00,099 - That's on you. - All right, listen, okay? 409 00:17:02,348 --> 00:17:03,836 Will you tell me what to do? 410 00:17:03,904 --> 00:17:07,049 Boy, bye. I'm not even on her team anymore, thanks to you. 411 00:17:07,074 --> 00:17:09,660 And even if I was, all I'd have to do is... 412 00:17:10,878 --> 00:17:13,207 - Never mind. - No, no, no, don't "never mind." 413 00:17:13,232 --> 00:17:15,698 Listen to me. Hey, I'll get you back on the team. 414 00:17:15,723 --> 00:17:18,294 Yeah, I will. I'll make sure that you get credit. 415 00:17:18,319 --> 00:17:20,676 All you have to do is you just got to help me. 416 00:17:23,887 --> 00:17:25,471 - All right. - Okay. 417 00:17:25,496 --> 00:17:28,222 Angie Martinez has been sweating me for an exclusive. 418 00:17:28,247 --> 00:17:31,114 I could tell her that that song was an unfinished demo 419 00:17:31,183 --> 00:17:33,628 and offer up the world premiere of "Starlight" 420 00:17:33,653 --> 00:17:35,917 as the lead single for her next album. 421 00:17:35,942 --> 00:17:37,208 It's that easy. 422 00:17:37,276 --> 00:17:39,109 That's good. 423 00:17:39,178 --> 00:17:41,545 That's good. All right, would you do that for me? 424 00:17:41,614 --> 00:17:43,535 - On one condition. - Hmm? 425 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,840 When I tell Cookie and Tiana that it was my idea, 426 00:17:45,865 --> 00:17:47,817 - Mm-hmm. - you need to back me up. 427 00:17:47,842 --> 00:17:50,042 Of course. Done and done. 428 00:17:50,067 --> 00:17:51,590 I got you. Okay. 429 00:17:55,020 --> 00:17:57,069 "Leviticus 20:13 tells me 430 00:17:57,129 --> 00:17:59,395 "to kill your gay ass on sight, Jamal Lyon. 431 00:17:59,420 --> 00:18:01,187 "Hope you burn in hell." 432 00:18:01,856 --> 00:18:03,734 You never knew about these? 433 00:18:04,731 --> 00:18:08,262 It seems Empire got a grip of them when I came out. 434 00:18:08,541 --> 00:18:11,475 My mom didn't want my dad to show it to me, but, you know, 435 00:18:11,544 --> 00:18:13,364 Internet is forever, so... 436 00:18:16,536 --> 00:18:17,903 You okay? 437 00:18:17,928 --> 00:18:19,628 Yeah, I'm fine. 438 00:18:21,415 --> 00:18:24,301 I'm not gonna fall off the wagon, if that's what you're thinking. 439 00:18:29,262 --> 00:18:31,161 Interesting, you know, 'cause... 440 00:18:31,186 --> 00:18:33,051 what's so interesting about this hack is that 441 00:18:33,076 --> 00:18:35,109 it feels real personal, you know? 442 00:18:35,340 --> 00:18:37,786 These are things that they're putting out there about me and my mom, 443 00:18:37,811 --> 00:18:40,278 my dad, my brothers, my dead uncles. 444 00:18:40,740 --> 00:18:43,607 It's like, pick off a Lyon one at a time. 445 00:18:43,676 --> 00:18:45,009 Hmm. 446 00:18:45,077 --> 00:18:46,510 Fellas. 447 00:18:46,579 --> 00:18:48,004 Hey. 448 00:18:51,895 --> 00:18:54,067 - Ready to get started? - Yeah. 449 00:18:55,608 --> 00:18:56,668 I'm out. 450 00:18:56,693 --> 00:18:58,809 - Jamal. See you later. - Yeah. 451 00:19:04,264 --> 00:19:06,598 Now that he's out the way. 452 00:19:11,636 --> 00:19:14,537 - Should listen to what I did. - All right. 453 00:19:14,562 --> 00:19:16,429 ♪ Calling you the Carrie ♪ 454 00:19:16,454 --> 00:19:18,495 ♪ And I'm your Mr. Big ♪ 455 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:22,583 ♪ A fairy tale hidden under some other nonsense ♪ 456 00:19:22,608 --> 00:19:24,598 ♪ But like we say, we're in a place ♪ 457 00:19:24,623 --> 00:19:28,223 ♪ Where we don't have to follow the rules ♪ 458 00:19:30,373 --> 00:19:33,379 ♪ Way down here in Jamaica, you like me... ♪ 459 00:19:33,411 --> 00:19:36,223 Wait, wait... what's...? 460 00:19:36,637 --> 00:19:38,864 Derek, what are you doing? What the hell are you doing? 461 00:19:38,889 --> 00:19:40,278 I'm not doing anything. 462 00:19:40,303 --> 00:19:42,317 What is happening? Tracks are being erased. 463 00:19:42,342 --> 00:19:44,209 No. Uh-uh. No. 464 00:19:44,234 --> 00:19:45,668 - What the hell? - Wait, wait. Wait, wait. 465 00:19:45,692 --> 00:19:47,592 Move. Wait. Hold on. Stop. Wait. 466 00:19:50,262 --> 00:19:52,137 What is this?! 467 00:19:52,255 --> 00:19:54,261 Okay, none of the sequences are updating. 468 00:19:54,286 --> 00:19:56,379 Let's see if we can go back to the main... 469 00:19:56,396 --> 00:19:58,096 see if I can get to a C prompt and maybe 470 00:19:58,165 --> 00:19:59,597 we can start over from there. 471 00:20:01,606 --> 00:20:03,268 No, no. Come on. 472 00:20:03,336 --> 00:20:05,168 Okay, what just happened? 473 00:20:05,497 --> 00:20:08,473 This isn't just an e-mail hack anymore. They're in the system. 474 00:20:08,542 --> 00:20:11,239 - You got to be kidding me. - They're in my system? 475 00:20:11,317 --> 00:20:12,844 They got access to everything, Lucious. 476 00:20:12,913 --> 00:20:14,179 All of Empire's assets. 477 00:20:14,247 --> 00:20:16,681 Payroll records, masters, anything of proprietary value. 478 00:20:16,750 --> 00:20:19,698 Wait. XStream's subscribers database? 479 00:20:19,723 --> 00:20:21,911 That's a question for Poindexter. 480 00:20:22,088 --> 00:20:24,354 I... I don't know. 481 00:20:25,425 --> 00:20:27,809 That's not the answer we want. Come on, Nintendo. 482 00:20:27,834 --> 00:20:29,456 Get to typing. Let's go. Fix it. 483 00:20:29,481 --> 00:20:31,762 - Let's go. - We'll just reboot. 484 00:20:41,878 --> 00:20:43,245 Hey. Ooh. 485 00:20:43,270 --> 00:20:45,190 - You look good. - Thanks. 486 00:20:45,215 --> 00:20:47,895 I heard you stopped by the office. What's up? 487 00:20:48,723 --> 00:20:51,706 Um, your campaign manager 488 00:20:51,731 --> 00:20:54,128 wouldn't let me see you, because he said... 489 00:20:54,153 --> 00:20:55,995 the picture that got leaked 490 00:20:56,020 --> 00:20:57,761 ruined your campaign announcement, 491 00:20:57,786 --> 00:20:59,396 - so... - For real? 492 00:20:59,421 --> 00:21:01,020 Yeah. 493 00:21:03,911 --> 00:21:05,208 Huh. 494 00:21:05,233 --> 00:21:06,950 I just fired his ass. 495 00:21:07,942 --> 00:21:10,435 - Angelo, you can't just do... - Yes, I can. 496 00:21:10,504 --> 00:21:12,170 And I just did. 497 00:21:12,481 --> 00:21:14,651 And anybody else that disrespects you 498 00:21:14,676 --> 00:21:17,574 is gonna find their ass on the unemployment line as well. 499 00:21:21,293 --> 00:21:22,580 I can't let you do this. 500 00:21:22,641 --> 00:21:24,348 Come on, now, this'll blow over 501 00:21:24,381 --> 00:21:26,465 Look, when I first met you, 502 00:21:26,490 --> 00:21:29,020 I thought you were some bougie, stuck-up guy 503 00:21:29,045 --> 00:21:31,348 doing your little community service because you didn't have to work. 504 00:21:31,380 --> 00:21:32,504 Mm-hmm. 505 00:21:33,067 --> 00:21:35,708 But I believe in you, Angelo, and I... 506 00:21:35,872 --> 00:21:39,564 think you can do some amazing things for this city. 507 00:21:40,668 --> 00:21:42,278 Well, thank you for believing, Cookie. 508 00:21:42,303 --> 00:21:43,520 But... 509 00:21:44,676 --> 00:21:47,598 if you stay with me, you're gonna lose, because... 510 00:21:47,754 --> 00:21:51,005 there's some things about my past, or about me, period, 511 00:21:51,030 --> 00:21:53,926 that your opponent can use, and will use. 512 00:21:54,122 --> 00:21:55,130 Trust me, 513 00:21:55,155 --> 00:21:57,184 - you don't know the half. - Look, look... 514 00:21:57,825 --> 00:21:59,231 I can handle... 515 00:21:59,256 --> 00:22:01,200 - whatever anybody they got... - I can't, though. 516 00:22:01,225 --> 00:22:02,987 I can't. I wouldn't be able to handle 517 00:22:03,056 --> 00:22:05,586 if you lost this election because of me. 518 00:22:08,411 --> 00:22:11,918 I'm so glad we didn't go to the next level. 519 00:22:12,348 --> 00:22:13,700 What do you mean? 520 00:22:15,989 --> 00:22:17,737 I think you should go. 521 00:22:17,762 --> 00:22:19,800 Whoa. Wait, Cookie. 522 00:22:19,825 --> 00:22:21,215 Please. 523 00:22:22,127 --> 00:22:24,694 I don't want to cry in front of you. 524 00:22:28,594 --> 00:22:30,020 Okay. 525 00:22:52,903 --> 00:22:55,437 That's it, man. I tried everything. 526 00:22:55,462 --> 00:22:58,366 All the tracks are gone, and we're locked out. 527 00:23:03,246 --> 00:23:05,446 This happened for a reason, all right? 528 00:23:05,515 --> 00:23:07,615 I wasn't even feeling the tracks. 529 00:23:07,683 --> 00:23:09,398 So we just... 530 00:23:09,499 --> 00:23:11,406 you know, we just got to trust that, you know? 531 00:23:11,431 --> 00:23:15,577 You need to get back on your pills, man, 'cause you losing your mind. 532 00:23:16,930 --> 00:23:19,197 Hey. Hey. 533 00:23:19,695 --> 00:23:21,640 Your hands are shaking, man. 534 00:23:24,534 --> 00:23:27,868 Well, um... we're gonna start from scratch. 535 00:23:27,937 --> 00:23:29,703 All right, go analog. 536 00:23:29,772 --> 00:23:31,305 Scare up some old-school stuff or something. 537 00:23:31,374 --> 00:23:33,593 I don't know. Figure it out, D. 538 00:23:33,618 --> 00:23:35,285 All right? 539 00:23:38,826 --> 00:23:40,757 Come on, Pop. You want me to fire all these people? 540 00:23:40,782 --> 00:23:42,140 Each and every one of them. 541 00:23:42,165 --> 00:23:44,202 For disrespecting you in their private e-mails? 542 00:23:44,227 --> 00:23:46,086 Loyalty is everything to me, son. 543 00:23:46,155 --> 00:23:47,788 I want a clean house. 544 00:23:47,857 --> 00:23:50,569 Andre, on your orders, the security team 545 00:23:50,594 --> 00:23:52,826 did a high-level search of the entire building. 546 00:23:52,895 --> 00:23:54,474 They found this in studio six. 547 00:23:54,499 --> 00:23:56,804 - What is it? - It's a keylogger. 548 00:23:59,506 --> 00:24:02,246 Tiana, we need to talk. 549 00:24:02,905 --> 00:24:05,172 How do y'all expect us to work like this? 550 00:24:05,241 --> 00:24:07,529 How long have you been working in here? 551 00:24:07,554 --> 00:24:08,757 A couple of weeks. Why? 552 00:24:08,782 --> 00:24:10,319 Has anybody else been in here with you? 553 00:24:10,344 --> 00:24:12,613 Just me and the engineers and my team, 554 00:24:12,682 --> 00:24:14,915 my girls, Gram. 555 00:24:14,984 --> 00:24:17,751 That jerk was supposed to be on my album until last week. 556 00:24:17,820 --> 00:24:20,296 Gram wasn't on the list, Pop. 557 00:24:21,616 --> 00:24:24,592 Wait. Y'all think Gram hacked Empire? 558 00:24:24,660 --> 00:24:27,127 Do you think he has the capability to pull something like this off? 559 00:24:27,196 --> 00:24:29,116 Well... 560 00:24:29,665 --> 00:24:32,700 he broke into my phone once. 561 00:24:32,768 --> 00:24:34,535 He didn't even have the passcode or anything. 562 00:24:34,604 --> 00:24:36,851 He said passcodes are for amateurs. 563 00:24:37,194 --> 00:24:39,540 And he does all his own recording. 564 00:24:39,609 --> 00:24:43,007 And he hates on all the labels, especially Empire. 565 00:24:43,569 --> 00:24:46,929 And he called you, like, a dinosaur of a Philistine era, 566 00:24:46,954 --> 00:24:48,453 or something like that. 567 00:24:48,851 --> 00:24:50,841 Bitch, you think that's funny? 568 00:24:50,866 --> 00:24:53,140 He was furious when you sent him to challenge Hakeem, 569 00:24:53,165 --> 00:24:54,732 and he didn't get to battle. 570 00:24:54,757 --> 00:24:57,825 He said he was gonna humiliate all of y'all. 571 00:24:57,893 --> 00:25:00,694 Wait. He said he was gonna do what? 572 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:02,890 Humiliate you. 573 00:25:18,210 --> 00:25:20,381 Well, what's this? 574 00:25:22,351 --> 00:25:24,702 How the hell y'all get in my house, man? 575 00:25:24,757 --> 00:25:28,382 I suppose the same way you got into our servers. 576 00:25:28,882 --> 00:25:30,157 What you talking about? 577 00:25:30,226 --> 00:25:32,015 You hacked Empire. 578 00:25:32,296 --> 00:25:34,929 Wait. I did what? 579 00:25:36,232 --> 00:25:38,032 I know what this is. I'm getting punk'd. 580 00:25:38,100 --> 00:25:40,267 Ashton. Where Ashton Kutcher at? 581 00:25:42,672 --> 00:25:44,601 Y'all are serious. 582 00:25:44,835 --> 00:25:46,108 I see what this is. 583 00:25:46,133 --> 00:25:48,509 Since y'all look like a bunch of exposed clowns, 584 00:25:48,577 --> 00:25:51,521 now you're trying to save the day by blaming me. 585 00:25:51,546 --> 00:25:53,013 You know what, son? 586 00:25:53,082 --> 00:25:54,819 When we first got here, 587 00:25:54,844 --> 00:25:58,107 I thought this was one of them big old Jamaican Cheech and Chong joints. 588 00:26:01,490 --> 00:26:05,351 And then I realized you a whole different class of brother. 589 00:26:05,882 --> 00:26:07,728 I wouldn't have thought you were smart enough 590 00:26:07,797 --> 00:26:10,964 to pull something like this off, but I'll admit it. 591 00:26:11,033 --> 00:26:13,233 I was wrong about you. 592 00:26:13,302 --> 00:26:16,585 You're right. I could have pulled it off... 593 00:26:16,946 --> 00:26:18,913 if I wanted to. 594 00:26:20,009 --> 00:26:22,943 We found everything on your computer... brother. 595 00:26:27,179 --> 00:26:29,148 And you used this... 596 00:26:29,173 --> 00:26:32,179 to get our passcodes, but you got sloppy. 597 00:26:32,335 --> 00:26:34,749 We found it in a studio where you were recording with Tiana. 598 00:26:34,774 --> 00:26:37,257 Okay, big shoulders, you are way up here, okay? 599 00:26:37,326 --> 00:26:38,726 I'm gonna need you to bring it down a notch. 600 00:26:38,751 --> 00:26:40,327 Look, 601 00:26:40,396 --> 00:26:42,262 I could easily take y'all down, 602 00:26:42,331 --> 00:26:43,731 but I'm not sloppy. 603 00:26:43,799 --> 00:26:46,273 And I damn sure wouldn't have left that behind. 604 00:26:46,298 --> 00:26:48,662 I mean, not to brag or boast. I wouldn't even need it. 605 00:26:48,687 --> 00:26:50,237 But let me ask you a question. 606 00:26:50,306 --> 00:26:53,241 Why the hell would I go through the trouble of hacking you? 607 00:26:55,344 --> 00:26:57,177 What did he call me, son? 608 00:26:57,246 --> 00:27:00,890 He said I was a dinosaur from the Philistine era, 609 00:27:00,915 --> 00:27:04,513 going around dropping these gargantuan turds all over the Earth 610 00:27:04,538 --> 00:27:07,162 in a desperate attempt to remain relevant. 611 00:27:07,452 --> 00:27:09,123 That's what I heard, Pop. 612 00:27:09,191 --> 00:27:12,632 Okay. You know, since y'all so convinced... 613 00:27:12,929 --> 00:27:14,294 what are you gonna do? 614 00:27:14,363 --> 00:27:15,629 Call the cops? 615 00:27:15,698 --> 00:27:18,030 That's what white folks do. 616 00:27:18,796 --> 00:27:21,038 We got something better in mind. 617 00:27:27,610 --> 00:27:29,296 Hey, where you going? 618 00:27:29,585 --> 00:27:30,878 The party just started. 619 00:27:30,946 --> 00:27:32,679 $80,000 chair, bro. 620 00:27:32,748 --> 00:27:35,483 Oops. I hope they don't hurt him. 621 00:27:38,955 --> 00:27:40,255 Nice work, son. 622 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:41,413 Yes, sir. 623 00:27:41,438 --> 00:27:43,319 Shine, my man. 624 00:27:43,486 --> 00:27:44,688 Lucious. 625 00:27:44,757 --> 00:27:46,293 I'll bring you a souvenir. 626 00:27:46,362 --> 00:27:47,874 Oh, please do. 627 00:27:48,249 --> 00:27:51,999 Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. 628 00:27:52,067 --> 00:27:55,398 Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. 629 00:28:01,108 --> 00:28:03,247 To the Empire! 630 00:28:06,474 --> 00:28:10,366 Now, although we faced a hell of a crisis today, 631 00:28:10,398 --> 00:28:13,466 we not only survived as a result of you and your loyalty, 632 00:28:13,535 --> 00:28:15,335 we thrived! 633 00:28:17,415 --> 00:28:19,772 Now, before we get to celebratin', 634 00:28:19,797 --> 00:28:23,476 I would like Mr. Leonard Bernstein, our chairman of the board, 635 00:28:23,545 --> 00:28:25,140 to come and make a few announcements. 636 00:28:25,165 --> 00:28:27,814 He's a white cat, but he's an all right cat. 637 00:28:31,444 --> 00:28:33,386 Thank you, Lucious. 638 00:28:33,455 --> 00:28:35,822 It takes true leadership 639 00:28:35,890 --> 00:28:40,727 to turn a debitating crisis into an opportunity for growth. 640 00:28:40,795 --> 00:28:43,099 But that's exactly what Andre Lyon did. 641 00:28:43,124 --> 00:28:48,077 And that's why the board has named him president of Empire XStream. 642 00:28:48,102 --> 00:28:50,358 Congratulations, Andre. 643 00:28:50,624 --> 00:28:52,772 Andre! 644 00:28:53,444 --> 00:28:54,880 Thank you, Leonard. 645 00:28:54,905 --> 00:28:58,177 Now I'd like to invite to the stage my co-CEO. 646 00:28:58,246 --> 00:29:00,480 She is the mother of my children, 647 00:29:00,548 --> 00:29:02,382 the most beautiful and talented... 648 00:29:02,450 --> 00:29:03,716 Thank you. 649 00:29:06,154 --> 00:29:07,874 Cookie Lyon! 650 00:29:09,382 --> 00:29:13,159 As you all know, we were all victims of this hack, 651 00:29:13,228 --> 00:29:15,094 but, uh, one of our artists 652 00:29:15,163 --> 00:29:16,896 came under attack the most, 653 00:29:16,965 --> 00:29:18,831 and that artist is Tiana. 654 00:29:18,900 --> 00:29:20,333 - We love you, Tiana! - But lucky for her, 655 00:29:20,402 --> 00:29:23,349 our new head of A&R, Xavier Rosen, 656 00:29:23,374 --> 00:29:25,663 stayed two steps ahead of the game and shut it down. 657 00:29:25,688 --> 00:29:27,975 That's right. 658 00:29:29,554 --> 00:29:32,007 - Thanks to Xavier... - Stop clapping. 659 00:29:32,032 --> 00:29:36,249 Tiana's new single, "Starlight," is a hit, 660 00:29:36,317 --> 00:29:39,018 and already streaming to huge numbers. 661 00:29:39,087 --> 00:29:43,089 So let's give the baddest white boy in the game some love. 662 00:29:47,397 --> 00:29:49,228 And now without further ado, 663 00:29:49,297 --> 00:29:50,930 I want to welcome to the stage, 664 00:29:50,999 --> 00:29:54,400 as a special treat for you loyal employees, 665 00:29:54,469 --> 00:29:58,438 it is a duet by two of Empire's greatest artists, 666 00:29:58,506 --> 00:30:02,742 Nessa and Hakeem Lyon! 667 00:30:04,936 --> 00:30:07,147 Girl, you look like you're about to give somebody the business. 668 00:30:07,180 --> 00:30:08,429 - No. - Relax. Relax. 669 00:30:08,454 --> 00:30:11,482 Xavier took credit for my idea and a song that I produced. 670 00:30:11,507 --> 00:30:14,068 - He promised Cookie that he was gonna... - Becky, Becky... come on. Not here. 671 00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:15,995 That's not how you handle the situation, Becky. 672 00:30:16,057 --> 00:30:17,924 What, I'm supposed to let him get away with that? 673 00:30:17,992 --> 00:30:19,507 Who says he's getting away with it? 674 00:30:19,532 --> 00:30:21,600 The one thing I know how to do is handle a scumbag. 675 00:30:21,625 --> 00:30:23,763 And it's not by going at him from the front. 676 00:30:23,832 --> 00:30:25,498 Okay? Rock with me. 677 00:30:25,567 --> 00:30:28,468 I'll teach you a little something about true payback. 678 00:30:28,895 --> 00:30:30,929 Okay? Come on, trust me. 679 00:30:30,983 --> 00:30:33,139 - Play along, play along. - Stop... stop clapping. 680 00:31:03,812 --> 00:31:05,937 - This is Philip. - Please leave a me... 681 00:31:16,668 --> 00:31:19,519 Hey. It's D-Major. Leave it. 682 00:31:19,587 --> 00:31:21,721 Yo, Derek. Um... 683 00:31:24,871 --> 00:31:27,184 You know, I'm not doing so well. I... 684 00:31:28,270 --> 00:31:29,395 I think you were right... 685 00:31:29,420 --> 00:31:31,998 I'm just gonna take one of these pills, 'cause it's not... 686 00:31:33,818 --> 00:31:36,027 Anyway, just call me when you can, all right? 687 00:31:40,241 --> 00:31:42,348 J-just come over. 688 00:31:42,904 --> 00:31:44,303 Please. 689 00:31:59,863 --> 00:32:01,936 ♪ Hey, hey, hey, boy ♪ 690 00:32:01,961 --> 00:32:03,794 - ♪ What's good, baby? ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪ 691 00:32:03,819 --> 00:32:06,442 - ♪ Yeah, you ready? ♪ - ♪ Ah, yeah, yeah ♪ 692 00:32:06,467 --> 00:32:08,034 ♪ Let me get in this race, we out. ♪ 693 00:32:08,059 --> 00:32:09,368 ♪ Come on ♪ 694 00:32:09,437 --> 00:32:10,736 ♪ Girl, you know I'm all about ya ♪ 695 00:32:10,805 --> 00:32:12,171 ♪ You need anything, I got ya ♪ 696 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:13,773 ♪ Just don't wanna be without ya ♪ 697 00:32:13,842 --> 00:32:15,675 ♪ That's one thing I like about ya ♪ 698 00:32:15,743 --> 00:32:16,943 ♪ I want you to be my ryda ♪ 699 00:32:17,011 --> 00:32:18,711 ♪ I know you been thinkin' 'bout it ♪ 700 00:32:18,780 --> 00:32:20,580 ♪ Girl, I'm gonna make you mine ♪ 701 00:32:20,648 --> 00:32:22,129 ♪ Guess there's just no way around it ♪ 702 00:32:22,154 --> 00:32:23,549 ♪ Yeah, you're, you're, you're ♪ 703 00:32:23,574 --> 00:32:24,981 ♪ You're the type I think I could spend my life with ♪ 704 00:32:25,006 --> 00:32:26,723 - ♪ All right ♪ - ♪ I'm sure it's way more ♪ 705 00:32:26,748 --> 00:32:28,621 - ♪ More than something that just lasts for a night ♪ - ♪ Oh, boy ♪ 706 00:32:28,646 --> 00:32:30,363 - ♪ And I'll cut them chicks off real quick ♪ - ♪ Uh-huh ♪ 707 00:32:30,388 --> 00:32:31,958 - ♪ They ain't who I'm trying to deal with ♪ - ♪ Uh-huh ♪ 708 00:32:32,026 --> 00:32:33,626 - ♪ You the one I wanna chill with ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪ 709 00:32:33,695 --> 00:32:35,061 ♪ You got something I could build with ♪ 710 00:32:35,129 --> 00:32:38,104 ♪ You say you want it ♪ 711 00:32:38,129 --> 00:32:39,699 ♪ So show me ♪ 712 00:32:39,790 --> 00:32:41,123 - ♪ You do ♪ - ♪ I do ♪ 713 00:32:41,169 --> 00:32:42,735 - ♪ Yeah ♪ - ♪ Tell me ♪ 714 00:32:42,804 --> 00:32:45,571 ♪ If it's really true ♪ 715 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,184 ♪ Yeah, I don't want nobody else but you ♪ 716 00:32:48,209 --> 00:32:50,902 ♪ You tell me you about it then can you show me if it's true ♪ 717 00:32:50,927 --> 00:32:52,949 - ♪ It's true ♪ - ♪ I see you talking about all these things ♪ 718 00:32:52,974 --> 00:32:54,363 - ♪ You say you wanna do ♪ - Whoo! 719 00:32:54,388 --> 00:32:55,832 ♪ You wanna make me your ryda ♪ 720 00:32:55,864 --> 00:32:57,424 ♪ Because you like the way I move ♪ 721 00:32:57,449 --> 00:32:59,862 ♪ You say that you got me, you're down for me, 722 00:32:59,887 --> 00:33:01,112 - ♪ I'm down for you ♪ - ♪ I'm down for you ♪ 723 00:33:01,137 --> 00:33:02,323 ♪ You tell me you about it ♪ 724 00:33:02,348 --> 00:33:03,730 ♪ Then can you show me if it's true ♪ 725 00:33:03,798 --> 00:33:05,898 ♪ I see you talking about all these things ♪ 726 00:33:05,967 --> 00:33:07,500 - ♪ You say you wanna do♪ - ♪ Let's do it ♪ 727 00:33:07,569 --> 00:33:10,436 ♪ You wanna make me your ryda 'cause you like the way I move ♪ 728 00:33:10,505 --> 00:33:12,713 ♪ Well, if you say that you got me, you're down for me ♪ 729 00:33:12,738 --> 00:33:14,809 - ♪ I'm down for you ♪ - ♪ I'm down for you ♪ 730 00:33:15,207 --> 00:33:17,977 ♪ I got what you been feenin' ♪ 731 00:33:18,543 --> 00:33:20,947 ♪ I don't want nobody else but you ♪ 732 00:33:21,699 --> 00:33:24,517 ♪ Come show me if you mean it ♪ 733 00:33:24,544 --> 00:33:27,611 ♪ I don't want nobody else but you. ♪ 734 00:34:14,113 --> 00:34:15,378 That's hot. 735 00:34:17,423 --> 00:34:19,089 Dang, I've been racking my brains 736 00:34:19,114 --> 00:34:21,148 about what the concept of this album will be, 737 00:34:21,216 --> 00:34:23,098 and I swear, it hit me... 738 00:34:23,123 --> 00:34:25,429 like-like... like a bolt of lightning. You understand? 739 00:34:25,454 --> 00:34:26,486 - You understand? - Mm-hmm. 740 00:34:26,555 --> 00:34:28,021 Like a bolt of lightning. It's... 741 00:34:28,090 --> 00:34:29,823 it's about my family. 742 00:34:29,892 --> 00:34:31,762 The secrets, the dirty little secrets, 743 00:34:31,787 --> 00:34:33,919 the dirty little secrets. 744 00:34:33,944 --> 00:34:36,229 I'm not just talking about the-the-the bad ones. 745 00:34:36,298 --> 00:34:38,498 Know what I'm saying? Because everybody expects to hear that. 746 00:34:38,523 --> 00:34:40,289 You know what I'm saying? I'm talking about the good ones, too. 747 00:34:40,314 --> 00:34:42,918 These beautiful, beautiful secrets that we hide, and if they... 748 00:34:42,943 --> 00:34:44,442 if they keep hidden... 749 00:34:44,778 --> 00:34:47,674 they're just gonna curl up and they're gonna die inside. 750 00:34:47,743 --> 00:34:50,473 But nah. I'm gonna put it all in the music. 751 00:34:50,498 --> 00:34:53,331 I'm gonna set us all free. All of us. 752 00:34:53,356 --> 00:34:55,481 And that's the light. That's the light. 753 00:34:55,731 --> 00:34:56,950 That's the new direction? 754 00:34:57,019 --> 00:34:58,685 That's the new direction. 755 00:34:58,770 --> 00:35:00,287 Yeah. 756 00:35:00,355 --> 00:35:01,840 You feelin' it? 757 00:35:02,192 --> 00:35:03,924 Yeah, I'm diggin' it. 758 00:35:03,992 --> 00:35:05,817 Yeah? Really? 759 00:35:06,428 --> 00:35:08,228 And I'm feeling it. 760 00:35:08,297 --> 00:35:09,700 Yeah. 761 00:35:10,910 --> 00:35:12,843 I'm feeling you. 762 00:35:14,793 --> 00:35:16,102 Yeah? 763 00:35:16,171 --> 00:35:17,737 Mm-hmm. 764 00:35:36,411 --> 00:35:39,926 Whoever hacked them gave us a hell of a Christmas present. 765 00:35:40,122 --> 00:35:42,829 But, damn, I'm a little cross-eyed over here. 766 00:35:42,898 --> 00:35:44,380 I hear you. 767 00:35:44,700 --> 00:35:46,739 Let's call it a night. 768 00:35:47,341 --> 00:35:48,802 I got to give it to him. 769 00:35:48,827 --> 00:35:50,716 Half his employees hate his guts, 770 00:35:50,741 --> 00:35:52,906 the other half think he's a god, 771 00:35:52,975 --> 00:35:55,275 and half his artists are completely insane, 772 00:35:55,344 --> 00:35:57,614 but Lucious Lyon runs a pretty tight ship. 773 00:35:57,639 --> 00:35:59,896 So did Stalin, my man. 774 00:36:01,192 --> 00:36:03,583 Wait. This is interesting. 775 00:36:03,652 --> 00:36:04,692 What is it? 776 00:36:04,717 --> 00:36:06,302 This is dated two days after the day 777 00:36:06,349 --> 00:36:08,661 Frank Gathers was found murdered in prison. 778 00:36:08,686 --> 00:36:10,833 "For MM: $53,800. 779 00:36:10,858 --> 00:36:13,505 For BK: $94,452." 780 00:36:14,083 --> 00:36:18,106 Seems MM and BK must have done something for Lucious and got paid. 781 00:36:19,075 --> 00:36:22,146 Question is, who is MM and BK, 782 00:36:22,404 --> 00:36:24,841 and what exactly did they do? 783 00:36:33,872 --> 00:36:35,365 Hey. 784 00:36:35,544 --> 00:36:37,017 You hungry? 785 00:36:37,085 --> 00:36:39,021 I'm starving. 786 00:36:52,156 --> 00:36:53,667 Jamal? 787 00:36:54,711 --> 00:36:56,625 Hey, what's wrong? 788 00:36:57,668 --> 00:36:59,902 Hey, stop playing, man. 789 00:37:00,409 --> 00:37:01,648 Hey. 790 00:37:02,929 --> 00:37:05,070 Hey, Jamal, wake up! 791 00:37:05,414 --> 00:37:06,937 Hey! 792 00:37:07,149 --> 00:37:08,748 Wake up! 793 00:37:09,367 --> 00:37:10,917 Hey, Jamal, wake up. 794 00:37:11,929 --> 00:37:14,093 Stop playing. That's not funny. 795 00:37:26,164 --> 00:37:28,501 This is Philip. Please leave a message. 796 00:37:28,570 --> 00:37:30,770 I need you to get over here right now. 797 00:37:30,839 --> 00:37:33,156 I think Jamal O.D.'d. 798 00:37:34,539 --> 00:37:35,898 Oh, come on, baby. 799 00:37:35,923 --> 00:37:38,357 No, no, no, no, you're not going out like this. 800 00:37:38,382 --> 00:37:40,609 Come on. Come on, baby. 801 00:37:40,634 --> 00:37:42,801 Come on, baby. 802 00:37:42,826 --> 00:37:44,461 Hey! 803 00:37:48,563 --> 00:37:49,623 Did you call an ambulance? 804 00:37:49,648 --> 00:37:51,884 Man, I didn't want it to get on the blogs. 805 00:37:51,909 --> 00:37:53,475 He's breathing. 806 00:37:54,836 --> 00:37:56,002 Why couldn't I get a pulse? 807 00:37:56,071 --> 00:37:57,804 'Cause it's faint. But it's there. 808 00:37:57,873 --> 00:38:00,195 He didn't overdose; he blacked out. 809 00:38:02,963 --> 00:38:05,096 What you doing with him? 810 00:38:22,731 --> 00:38:24,313 Are you insane? What is this! 811 00:38:28,714 --> 00:38:31,332 Sir, is it true you're romantically involved with Cookie Lyon? 812 00:38:31,357 --> 00:38:33,385 Uh, I'm not answering questions. 813 00:38:33,410 --> 00:38:35,245 Are you denying Cookie Lyon sent you that photograph? 814 00:38:35,270 --> 00:38:37,097 - That's none of your damn business. - That's none of your business. 815 00:38:37,417 --> 00:38:38,870 You tell 'em, Angelo! 816 00:38:38,895 --> 00:38:40,995 Cookie's cookies are being leaked all over the world. 817 00:38:41,020 --> 00:38:43,761 Why is it that you're entitled to a right to privacy when Ms. Lyon isn't? 818 00:38:43,786 --> 00:38:45,300 - Yeah, why is that Mr. Mayor? - First off, 819 00:38:45,355 --> 00:38:47,355 everyone is entitled to the right to privacy. 820 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,253 All right, y'all want to know the deal? 821 00:38:49,278 --> 00:38:50,738 I'm gonna tell you the deal. 822 00:38:50,763 --> 00:38:51,816 Yes... 823 00:38:51,855 --> 00:38:54,422 I was trying to date Ms. Lyon. 824 00:38:54,491 --> 00:38:56,357 Uh, she kept me at arm's length, 825 00:38:56,426 --> 00:38:59,394 and just as I was about to get somewhere with her, 826 00:38:59,462 --> 00:39:01,029 you guys messed that up. 827 00:39:01,097 --> 00:39:03,464 To be honest, she just broke up with me today. 828 00:39:03,533 --> 00:39:05,277 So are we good now? 829 00:39:05,441 --> 00:39:07,322 Now, can we start dealing with the real issues 830 00:39:07,347 --> 00:39:09,238 that New York City's people have to deal with? 831 00:39:09,263 --> 00:39:12,831 You don't think the invasion of a woman's privacy is important? 832 00:39:15,886 --> 00:39:18,370 - Are you gonna answer? - You know what, you're right. 833 00:39:19,011 --> 00:39:20,331 Um... 834 00:39:20,870 --> 00:39:24,761 this is but one of many examples 835 00:39:25,288 --> 00:39:28,306 of women being disrespected in today's society. 836 00:39:28,331 --> 00:39:30,925 You all know that women's equality is... 837 00:39:30,950 --> 00:39:32,738 high up on my priority list, 838 00:39:32,763 --> 00:39:34,040 so... 839 00:39:34,065 --> 00:39:36,165 I'm gonna put myself out there, 840 00:39:36,190 --> 00:39:37,666 in solidarity, 841 00:39:37,801 --> 00:39:40,802 alongside Ms. Lyon and women everywhere. 842 00:39:40,870 --> 00:39:42,494 Is this enough for y'all? 843 00:39:42,783 --> 00:39:45,127 Or do you need me to take off my pants, too? 844 00:39:45,152 --> 00:39:47,175 Yes! Yes! You go! 845 00:39:47,243 --> 00:39:48,736 Take it all off! 846 00:39:50,449 --> 00:39:52,682 I love you, Angelo. 847 00:40:02,447 --> 00:40:04,492 What is this place, Dre? 848 00:40:06,182 --> 00:40:08,768 Chateau Andre. 849 00:40:09,574 --> 00:40:10,906 Come on. 850 00:40:20,243 --> 00:40:21,778 Come here. 851 00:40:23,739 --> 00:40:25,179 You wait here. 852 00:40:25,248 --> 00:40:26,778 - Don't make a sound. - Dre... 853 00:40:27,089 --> 00:40:29,481 I'm gonna show you how much I trust you. 854 00:40:44,067 --> 00:40:46,401 Well, well, well, 855 00:40:46,469 --> 00:40:48,825 - look who's here. - Vaughn, my man. 856 00:40:50,430 --> 00:40:53,255 Everything went more or less exactly as planned, 857 00:40:53,309 --> 00:40:56,144 except for that part where you leaked a nude selfie of my mama. 858 00:40:56,212 --> 00:40:57,712 Man, I apologize about that. 859 00:40:57,781 --> 00:41:00,915 I thought it added a little layer of plausible deniability, you know? 860 00:41:00,940 --> 00:41:02,517 - Yeah. - Nothing personal. 861 00:41:02,585 --> 00:41:04,982 Didn't jeopardize the company, brother. 862 00:41:05,138 --> 00:41:07,310 If anything, it got us more notice, so... 863 00:41:07,442 --> 00:41:09,114 I'll let it pass. 864 00:41:09,626 --> 00:41:13,261 But in the future, everything goes through me, right? 865 00:41:14,397 --> 00:41:16,349 I heard you were president now. 866 00:41:16,552 --> 00:41:19,052 - Big man on campus. - Oh, yeah. 867 00:41:19,077 --> 00:41:20,614 Soon as the service is worth billions, 868 00:41:20,639 --> 00:41:22,558 I'll cut it loose, you get your next installment. 869 00:41:22,583 --> 00:41:25,044 Mind if I double-check? All right? Nothing personal, right? 870 00:41:25,317 --> 00:41:27,435 Can't trust nobody nowadays. 871 00:41:27,460 --> 00:41:29,732 Well, you can always trust a Lyon, baby. 872 00:41:29,757 --> 00:41:31,685 This is why I am here. 873 00:41:32,591 --> 00:41:34,282 Now, you stay black, my brother. 874 00:41:34,350 --> 00:41:36,284 Stay strong. 875 00:41:46,216 --> 00:41:48,563 I created a void that only I could fill. 876 00:41:48,631 --> 00:41:51,958 I knew my father would put me in a position of power. 877 00:41:51,983 --> 00:41:54,146 So, what do you plan to do with your power? 878 00:41:56,673 --> 00:41:59,857 No matter how much I try and play by the rules... 879 00:42:00,528 --> 00:42:03,896 the world's always gonna see me as a well-dressed thug. 880 00:42:04,306 --> 00:42:06,372 The son of a gangster. 881 00:42:06,449 --> 00:42:09,091 So if that's the way the world sees me... 882 00:42:10,255 --> 00:42:12,817 Rhonda always said the only thing that was... 883 00:42:13,130 --> 00:42:14,997 standing in the way of me taking over Empire 884 00:42:15,022 --> 00:42:17,567 was I'm the son that's not musical. 885 00:42:18,781 --> 00:42:20,208 But you... 886 00:42:22,632 --> 00:42:24,232 you, you're... 887 00:42:24,300 --> 00:42:26,734 you're the embodiment of music, Nessa. 888 00:42:28,138 --> 00:42:30,560 I think that Rhonda would approve. 889 00:42:30,874 --> 00:42:32,935 Of you becoming a gangster? 890 00:42:33,576 --> 00:42:35,076 Of us... 891 00:42:36,403 --> 00:42:38,747 combining our strengths, 892 00:42:39,315 --> 00:42:41,983 and becoming powerful together. 893 00:42:42,841 --> 00:42:45,253 - Powerful. - Yeah. 894 00:42:46,144 --> 00:42:48,317 All-powerful.