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[TV] Empire

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  1. Rocket River

    Rocket River Member

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    Not my cup of tea. . but my GF likes it

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  2. Dgn1

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    I have not watched one full episode. I do plan on trying but I'm to busy these days to start. However I did watch the first 5 min of episode 6 for that Taraji back shot. That's one fine sista.
     
  3. Angkor Wat

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    I'm a fan of the show. Its like they're trying to put every single hip hop/rap lyric in the show and i love it lol
     
  4. HR Dept

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    I still watch it from my DVR here and there. And it's still cheesy and predictable. But the music industry angle is what keeps bringing me back.
     
  5. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    This show is HUGE. I don't know anyone who doesn't watch it.

    We are talking about A super Glee type show in terms of popularity. Taraji P Henson makes the show fantastic
     
  6. Junkyard_Dog

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    In that one episode where she shows her behind...I don't know if that was a stunt butt or not, but if it was her it was fantastic.
     
  7. HR Dept

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    Indeed.

    I'll always have a thing for Yvette.
     
  8. Yung-T

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    The Official Complete Soundtrack for Season 1 has been out for a week now, really like it. Jussie Smollett has such a great voice, also like Yazz as a rapper.

    Timbaland's production really helps this show.
     
  9. Yung-T

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    Who watched the final episode of Season 1 last night?

    *Giant spoilers ahead if you didn't watch it*

    At first thought it was a crazy dream sequence and waited for Lucious or Cookie to wake up. This episode was way overdone and felt incredibly rushed and sometimes didn't make sense.
    First the strange gift sequence where he awards Jamal as the successor. And he doesn't have ALS? Wtf.
    They didn't even really show how Cookie found out about Lucious killing Bunkie, then tries to kill Lucious? Wtf.
    Then Annika returns and was some kind of double agent for the company? Wtf.
    All unite against Empire and want to take over? Wtf.
    Lucious teams up with Jamal, who he always thought of as a p*ssy and not worthy? Wtf.
    Andre somehow kills the right hand dude of Lucious. Then his wife out of nowhere says she's pregnant? Wtf.
    They handcuff Lucious and turn him in, only then the FBI b**** realizes their main witness is missing? Wtf.

    Worst episode of the season by far, if not one of the worst episodes of a good TV show I can remember in recent history.
     
  10. Rocket River

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    Someone said it felt like they did not expect the show to have a second season

    Worse episode of a good show belongs to DEXTER then SOA finales

    Rocket River
     
  11. Yung-T

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    Heard the same, if that's the case the show should've at least been two more episodes, but this finale was ridiculous.

    Agree on Dexter, the whole final season was a trainwreck.
     
  12. Junkyard_Dog

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    I heard all the episodes were done when the show first aired except the last two. Kinda explains why everything was so weird at the end.

    That drink throw and sucker punch combo by Cookie was masterfully done tho.

    I'm still in for season two even after that finale tho
     
  13. Svpernaut

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    I have no idea why this show is so popular... I think it is pretty terrible.
     
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    Not sure how the strange gift sequence was strange. It set up Jamal as the successor, and revealed that Luscious knew Cookie tried to smother him. The fact that they had the misdiagnosis was a cop-out, though.

    Cookie finding out about Luscious killing Bunkie (and the faux smother sesh) was at the end of the first episode. Not sure what you're asking about.

    Boo Boo Kitty's loyalties STILL lie with Beretti - only now, she's trying to recruit Hakeem in getting him to turn on Empire by signing with Beretti.

    Can't remember why Cookie wanted to turn on Jamal, but I think BBK/Cook/Dre/Keem just want Empire for themselves - nothing against Jamal.

    Luscious and Jamal teaming up was too unbelievable for one episode to cover. Definitely came out of left field. WTF indeed.

    Dre's wife kills Vernon - not Dre himself. Though the pregnant angle wasn't necessary.

    The arrest of Luscious was unexplained - I guess Vernon turned him in, since he's the "star witness."

    However, I will ask, why is Luscious behind bars if they couldn't build a case without Vernon? Where was Beretti's security when Jamal was about to kill him? Why did Keem get a jet; he doesn't already have one at his beck and call?

    They wrapped up a bunch of storylines and rushed the finale - as another poster said, it seemed like they didn't expect a second season, so they tried to make a ton of cliffhangers (pregnancy, arrested, MG not ALS, etc.)
     
  15. Yung-T

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    Missed that there were two episodes last night smh, explains the Bunky thing.

    Still hated the gift sequence with the boys, seemed so incredibly rushed and there's absolutely no reason to believe Lucious would pick Jamal out of nowhere, especially after all the hate & insults between them.

    Felt so obvious that they didn't know if there'd be a season 2 and wanted to pack everything into the final episode no matter what, didn't fit the slower pace and build-up of the recent episodes.
     
  16. Rocket River

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    Knowing the Producer [Lee Daniels] Him picking Jamal was a no brainer
    Jamal has been presented as THE PERFECT PERSON

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  17. Yung-T

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    Agree that he's hypothetically the best representantive of the company and deserved it. But again, it was just so poorly executed in the finale. You go back just a few episodes and they're disgusted with each other, yelling out insults. Then bang, Jamal is the new head of Empire and bam Lucious "always loved" him. This last episode really killed this series for me, hope they somehow recover now that they know there'll be more seasons and don't need to rush anything. The events in this episode had enough material for half a season.
     
  18. Yung-T

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    And btw, that "rap battle" was one of the most embarrassing moments of the whole show. The freestyle from this guy Rocky was so incredibly bad, felt like it was a spoof or written by the producer himself. And then Jamal gets on stage and sings via autotune. WTF. Amazing how in this show they sometimes have autotune even when there's no mic and they're just in a room.
     
  19. Rocket River

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    I heard that . . . i have not watched the episode yet
    but friends of mine . . . .were really ragging on the rap battle

    Rocket River
     
  20. GanjaRocket

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    The dialogue is so cringe worthy


    Couldn't even finish the first episode
     

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