Apr 12 2017
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Apr 5 2017
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Because The A.V. Club knows that TV shows keep going even if we’re not writing at length about them, we’re…
Mar 22 2017
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Because The A.V. Club knows that TV shows keep going even if we’re not writing at length about them, we’re…
Dec 7 2016
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Because The A.V. Club knows that TV shows keep going even if we’re not writing at length about them, we’re…
Nov 30 2016
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Because The A.V. Club knows that TV shows keep going even if we’re not writing at length about them, we’re…
Nov 9 2016
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Oct 12 2016
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Sep 21 2016
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Empire’s first season introduced us to a Lyon clan that was already in the midst of a battle for the throne, and…
May 19 2016
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At this year’s winter installment of the Television Critics Association press tour, I overheard a snatch of…
May 12 2016
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It’s a real shame “Rise By Sin” didn’t come at the beginning of the season. Not this specific episode obviously,…
May 5 2016
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For a minute, for one giddy, glorious moment, I finally got it. I saw the Empire that the millions of people who…
Apr 28 2016
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The ongoing debate as Empire continues its slide into critical irrelevance is whether the first season of the show…
Apr 21 2016
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Picking a screen story apart is what bored people do. When a television show is firing on all cylinders, the…
Apr 14 2016
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Empire is an inconsistent show, and not only in terms of quality. It can literally be a different show from one week…
Apr 6 2016
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If it holds true that a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet, then there’s no reason why I shouldn’t…
Mar 31 2016
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The conventional wisdom—according to me, anyway—was that Empire would dramatically deflate in the second portion of…
Dec 3 2015
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Let’s have a conversation about Camilla. Remember Camilla? She’s a character on Empire played by Naomi Campbell who…
Nov 26 2015
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“Sinned Against” continues the stunt-casting trend that has become such a distraction in Empire’s second season, but…
Nov 19 2015
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Empire so often flies by the seat of its True Religions, it feels like a chain story written by a group of people…
Nov 12 2015
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“Sins Of The Father,” the 10th episode of Empire’s gangbusters first season, proved somewhat polarizing when the fan…