Andre finally makes some progress in his attempts to rule Empire
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Brotherly love triumphs ever so briefly on Empire
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Empire stays messy in its midseason return
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Empire reminds us of the blood on Cookie’s hands
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Family ties are strangling the Lyons on Empire
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Empire’s Lyons can’t keep it together anymore than the rest of the country
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The Lyons get ready to go to the mattresses on Empire
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Lucious is tried in the court of his family’s opinion on Empire’s season premiere
Empire’s first season introduced us to a Lyon clan that was already in the midst of a battle for the throne, and…
C
Empire ended its rough second season with a major character’s death...or did it?
At this year’s winter installment of the Television Critics Association press tour, I overheard a snatch of…
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Empire’s biggest cliffhanger of the season rings hollow
It’s a real shame “Rise By Sin” didn’t come at the beginning of the season. Not this specific episode obviously, which…
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Finally, Empire is the right kind of ridiculous
For a minute, for one giddy, glorious moment, I finally got it. I saw the Empire that the millions of people who tune…
D
Empire reminds us why it’s a shame the title Stop Making Sense was already taken
The ongoing debate as Empire continues its slide into critical irrelevance is whether the first season of the show was…
B
Empire reveals the latest stupid detail about Lucious’ past...and somehow it works
Picking a screen story apart is what bored people do. When a television show is firing on all cylinders, the audience…
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Behold the return of the earthbound Empire
Empire is an inconsistent show, and not only in terms of quality. It can literally be a different show from one week to…
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Well damn...so much for the Empire renaissance
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…
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Empire is back, along with its constant threat of becoming a good show
The conventional wisdom—according to me, anyway—was that Empire would dramatically deflate in the second portion of its…
D
Empire fritters away the last of its good will with an awful fall finale
Let’s have a conversation about Camilla. Remember Camilla? She’s a character on Empire played by Naomi Campbell who…
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Empire fizzles again with an episode that manages to be campy and boring
“Sinned Against” continues the stunt-casting trend that has become such a distraction in Empire’s second season, but…
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A rap battle brings out the best in Empire
Empire so often flies by the seat of its True Religions, it feels like a chain story written by a group of people who…
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It’s official: Empire’s second season is off the rails
“Sins Of The Father,” the 10th episode of Empire’s gangbusters first season, proved somewhat polarizing when the fan…