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Lucious and Cookie pit Hakeem and Jamal against one another in an effort to prove who has more musical talent and to determine which one will inherit Empire. Meanwhile, Lucious orders Bunkie to spy on Cookie. Bunkie refuses to do so and instead attempts to blackmail him, demanding US$3 million to pay off his gambling debts.
Empire is an American musical drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong which debuted on January 7, 2015, on Fox.Although filmed in Chicago, [1] [2] the show is based in New York City and it centers on a fictional hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders' family as they fight for control of the company.
Damon Cross is also at BossyFest, where he learns that Yana and Lucious have been involved. He attempts to kill Lucious as he and Yana are embracing, but ends up killing Yana instead. This prompts a war between Lucious and Damon, and Lucious prepares for the worst by having Philly Street deliver a Goodbye card to Cookie before his fight with Damon.
Jamal bonds with a fellow musician in rehab, Tory Ash, and the two slip out to record a new song. Andre and Shyne's plan to kill Lucious hits a snag when Nessa and Tiana start feuding. Lucious reappoints Anika as head of A&R and Cookie retaliates by going on a rampage at Empire; she and Lucious briefly make out before she leaves him.
While in federal lockup, Lucious tries to run Empire from inside, with the help of Jamal, who is getting closer to his ex-boyfriend Michael. Frank Gathers threatens Cookie after she turned him to the police, but Lucious successfully bribes Gathers's bodyguards to kill Gathers. The hostile takeover fails, when Jamal reveals to Cookie, Andre ...
Eager to take Empire to new heights, Eddie's motives are questioned when the numbers don't add up. Meanwhile, Hakeem and Tiana find common ground with their new song. Becky reveals her pregnancy to J. Poppa and he later supports her decision to get an abortion. Lucious leaves Cookie under the care of her sisters Candace and Carol.
Lucious officially names Jamal the successor CEO of Empire. Lucious suspects that Cookie tried to kill him, but she backed out at the last moment. Despite this, he fires her again. Hakeem, Anika, Andre, and Cookie have to overcome their antipathy when they plan a hostile takeover of Empire. Agent Carter wants Cookie to witness against Lucious ...
Cookie and Lucious learn the difficulties of launching an artist without Empire Entertainment's resources and when they receive two offers that will launch them back into power, one of them will be able to gain entrance back into Empire, so they make a surprising decision. Jamal decides to move back to New York and put his family first.