Month: October 2015

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Mallory Carra | Entertainment

Last week’s episode of Empire was pretty heavy: Jamal caught his boyfriend Michael cheating on him, Andre got baptized, Cookie almost got robbed, Lucious stormed out of church, and Hakeem got kidnapped to top it all off. He was going for a jog and then literally had a bag over his head and was dragged into a mysterious van. Crazy stuff, but who did it?

Well, there are plenty of suspects to look at — shall we go over them?

Lucious – a.k.a. Lyon Dynasty enemy No. 1. Hakeem and Lucious are no longer are good terms with each other and since his plan to steal Cookie’s masters failed, why not steal one of her actual artists? He does, however, deny any involvement in this in the promo for the next episode, but we shall see.

Frank and/or Freda Gathers – Maybe Frank isn’t as dead as we all think. Or perhaps Freda holds a bigger grudge than she lets on. Eye for an eye, right?

Those YouTube Hooligans That Robbed Tiana – In the promo for the next episode, it looks like whoever took Hakeem is facetiming with Lucious and Cookie. Who else do we know who has video skills? Oh right, those awful people on YouTube who robbed Tiana and posted some videos about it.

Laura’s Ex – She’s the new singer for Hakeem’s girl band Mirage a Trois, but what do we know about her past? Does she have a possessive ex who doesn’t want her branching out?

Chase the Rolling Stone photographer – That dude was creepy and a weird free spirit. You never know.

Check out the trailer for the next episode and judge for yourself.

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Mallory Carra | Entertainment

While the news of Andre and Rhonda Lyon expecting a child on Empire Season 2 makes me happy, I also have to wonder about it so far. I mean, it’s great because — as weird as it may sound — Andre and Rhonda are pretty much the most stable relationship in a show filled with topsy-turvy romances and alliances. But so far, Rhonda has no baby bump and in this week’s episode “Be True,” she seemed to react oddly when Andre talked about their baby. There was a weird awkward silence and I don’t think I was imagining it.

Perhaps her odd reaction and skepticism was more about Andre’s upcoming baptism than his fatherly joy. Maybe time on Empire moves slowly and that’s why Rhonda isn’t showing? Or could Rhonda be faking it a la Season 1 of Glee? I couldn’t help but wonder, though, what is going on with this baby and if we’re ever going to see Rhonda pregnant — and give birth.

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Rhonda’s portrayer Kaitlin Doubleday told The Wrap that she starts wearing the baby bump prosthetic in Episode 5 “Be True. “And we’ve been trying to perfect it, like find the exact right shape,” she said. It didn’t seem to be too noticeable in that episode, though.

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Already, the new Lyon child has been used as a power play and that makes me suspicious, since this season seems to be all about power — how to get it and how to keep it. Andre tried using his impending fatherhood to get back in Lucious’ good graces (and it backfired) and the future grandchild has given us some great banter between grandparents-to-be Cookie and Lucious.

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I guess we’ll just have to tune and see what happens next.