‘Empire’ recap: ‘Sweet Sorrow’

Empire

form

TV Show

genre

Drama

inch date

01/07/15

performer

Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Jussie Smollett

broadcaster

Fox

seasons

2

Unique Station

In Season

We gave it a B+

Empire is identified for its soap opera antics and queer crises (ie. explosions, kidnappings, murders, catfights), but this week the Fox drama tackles a trauma that is all too genuine and upsetting: a coronary heart attack.

“Sweet Sorrow” picks up minutes after Cookie collapsed on the cessation of top week’s episode. She’s having a coronary heart attack and is rushed into the health facility. As they wheel her by the halls, Cookie recalls (through flashback) that her father had a coronary heart attack. The doctor asks her if she modified into as soon as below stress when the symptoms began. She replies, “I modified into as soon as doubtlessly arguing with Lucious, but that ain’t nothing fresh.”

Befriend in the entrance of the health facility, Lucious is giving the scientific doctors hell and insists on an change. The doctor informs him to call his family: “It’s going to be a lengthy night.”

Andre is the top of the brothers to advance in the waiting room and he walks into an ambush. His father and younger brothers blame him for the coronary heart attack and are restful processing Andre’s confession that he modified into as soon as in train of the auto explosion that just about about killed Lucious and Cookie. Andre leaves and Lucious takes solace in the health facility chapel. It appears to be like to be relish he’s going to pray for Cookie’s successfully being, but, in abundant Lucious vogue, he’s no longer going to beg for the leisure. As a substitute, he grabs the crucifix off the wall and threatens Sweet Puny one Jesus. “Whereas you happen to purchase her from me…I’m going to rain down hell in your world relish you’ve by no methodology seen. Amen.”

Cookie is urged that the coronary heart attack modified into as soon as light and that she desires to be dwelling inner per week, but the family arranges for the most efficient scientific doctors from all the design by the country to relish Cookie in the consolation of the mansion. They describe Cookie to leisure, but all she desires to cessation is figure. “It retains me sane,” she tells her son. From mattress, she’s restful organizing the 20 for 20 match and insists Hakeem restful invent with Tiana, no topic the truth that she correct rejected his wedding proposal. Andre reveals up and apologizes for causing her coronary heart attack. “You desire you had been that main,” Cookie tells him, but she admits that his confession shook her “to the core.”

In diversified places, Eddie and Celeste (a.okay.a. “Spouse No. 2”) are attempting to sell one of their flats to homicide ends meet. Celeste is frightened about her future, but Eddie guarantees that issues will seemingly be beautiful as soon as he’s performed orchestrating tech rich particular person Kelly Patel’s takeover of Empire.

Befriend in the set aside of industrial, Jamaal is facing the repercussions for his involvement in the DuBois taking pictures. Becky informs him that they’ve set aside up an interview with Robin Roberts so he can issue regret for his actions. Nonetheless Jamaal isn’t having it. Cookie chimes in through speakerphone and threatens to make sing of her coronary heart attack to guilt him into doing the interview. After the meeting, Becky informs Jamaal she has made up our minds to discontinuance her pregnancy without telling J Poppa…that thought doesn’t top lengthy, though. When she has a commercial meeting with him, the rapper is standoffish. He doesn’t know work in conjunction with her after she dumped him. She explains that issues are awkward for her too, and then she blurts out that she’s pregnant. He jumps into planning mode but she bursts his bubble as soon as extra by telling him of her plans to discontinuance.

Lucious hires a chef who presents Cookie with an antioxidant kale salad. Lucious insists a substitute in weight-reduction intention is what the scientific doctors ordered, but Cookie correct asks for the kale to be fried. Lucious calls in reinforcements in the create of Cookie’s sisters. (I LOVE any time you accumulate Taraji P. Henson, Vivica A. Fox, and Tasha Smith in the same room.) They verbalize her that their mother has realized of the coronary heart attack and desires to return talk over with, but Cookie tells them she doesn’t desire her there. “That b–ch left us,” she explains.

Andre tells Shyne that he came top to his family about the bombing but left Shyne’s title out it. They agree to wipe their slate top and Andre gets his “numbers” for Eddie. When he delivers the statistics to Eddie, Andre inquires why Eddie desires the solutions but Eddie sidesteps the question, which doesn’t mosey neglected by Andre.

In his dwell interview with Robin Roberts, Jamaal defends the DuBois taking pictures as self-protection. He tries to tow the party line, but in the ruin decides to expose the feud between the DuBois and the Lyons and storms off set aside asserting he’s performed doing issues he doesn’t desire to cessation. Cookie watches the meltdown from mattress and desires to accumulate abet to the set aside of industrial to cessation ruin abet watch over, but her sisters won’t let her up and about. So as a substitute, she decides to ship the set aside of industrial to her. She turns the lounge into a makeshift recording studio where she will be able to be able to ideally estimable Hakeem and Tiana’s duet. Tiana isn’t tickled about having to anecdote with Hakeem (she doesn’t desire him to assume she desires to purchase him abet) but Cookie insists they set aside their differences aside. Eventually, Tiana tells Hakeem they should homicide the most efficient track that you would possibly agree with for Cookie’s sake.

Jamaal takes Becky to Deliberate Parenthood but as she’s called into the doctor’s set aside of industrial, J Poppa reveals up and tells her that he’s prayed on the suppose of affairs and, no topic it being in opposition to his needs, he desires to pork up Becky by the abortion.

Eddie informs Spouse No. 2 that he’s canceled the sale of the house. She’s livid till he unearths that he’s gotten “the top half of the puzzle” to let the deal wade by. Nonetheless perchance he shouldn’t maintain a abundant time so quickly. Andre reveals as much as the mansion to instruct Cookie and Lucious of Eddie’s thought. They call Eddie over and confront him with the accusation. On a dime, Eddie spins it forward as if the sale will seemingly be a correct thing and that Cookie and Lucious would restful be calling the footage. Lucious says no deal and Eddie says he’s going to soar to San Francisco to enlighten Kelly the solutions in particular person…methinks that’s no longer how issues are going to head down.

Cookie is restful in work mode, powerful to Lucious’ chagrin. She tells him she’s beautiful but as he leaves the room, she breaks down. “I’m no longer in a position to die,” she says by tears. Lucious tells her of his “harsh words” with God and guarantees that He won’t try to purchase her from him any time quickly.

(So now Lucious has divine powers to boot to being psychic? What if this expose goes supernatural in season 10?)