Lucious Lyon (born Dwight Walker) is the main protagonist and antihero in the television drama, Empire. At the end of the episode, viewers see her for the first time in a few seasons as shes out of jail and pats a gun on her waist saying, If I see him again, I wont miss. Who killed Lucious Lyon? Lucious denied this claim, revealing that he blew through her cash in months and was forced to steal from a friend in order to fund his debut album and thus the company. This time, however, she read a mysterious note that enraged her. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Early in the episode, Lucious and Cookie team up professionally, ambushing and firing Pamplemousse rivals Kelly Patel (Pej Vahdat) and Giselle Barker (Nicole Ari Parker) in their corporate boardroom to wrestcontrol of the Lyon music business. 'Empire': Cookie Has Heart Attack? Season 4 Episode 11 Recap He's a great puppeteer and he's been pulling at her heartstrings for years and that's just not something you can easily free yourself from. As viewers have seen in previous seasons, Empire isn't afraid to go there. After she and her partner (Becky) cofounded the Bossy Media, Cookie shows up from no where and has indirectly stage a coup seeing her being sent off from her company (her blood and sweat). But his family, sticking together, won't let him. The actress admits that Cookie says what Henson might not have the guts to say. With The Good Doctor Losing A Character, How Worried Should Fans Be For The Season 6 Finale? But appearances on Empire which has a long history of playing bait-and-switch with viewers can be deceiving (see also: Andres terminal cancer diagnosis that wasnt and last seasons anti-climactic coffin reveal). But what about Andre and Hakeem? Portrayed by Taraji P. Henson, Cookie is one of the main characters within the series, the queen bee and the wife of former drug dealer turned hip-hop mogul, Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) who gets released from prison and strikes out to lay claim to half of their multimillion-dollar record label, which was initially funded by her drug money. What can you say about where Lucious is going and what he plans on doing? "[18] Henson referred to Cookie as "an animal" out for what belongs to her, and stated that her love of fur and leopard prints relates to that theme. He continued, "She's the perfect leading lady. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: In the end, why Kingsley? What did you think of Tell the Truth? NY 10036. While no motive has been revealed for Hakeem to kill his dad, he already has anger and resentment built up towards him, so anything could set him off. Gross! ", Cookie's decision to leave her toxic marriage wasn't just made on a whim. He actually offered Andre life in the end, so I think he will always live on with the Lyons. "[13] Jamey Giddens from Daytime Confidential raved about Henson's portrayal of the "insurmountable" Cookie and said "just go ahead and hand the next six seasons worth of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama series Emmys to Henson." "Cookie is trying to spread her wings. So I think that is definitely something in the back of my mind and the other executive producers' minds. Jamal tries to rally the family . When EW interviewed showrunner Brett Mahoney, he called the future . Cookie and Lucious have a big problem on their hands. "[16] Empire costume designer Rita McGhee says of the character: "She is everywomanShe wears a suit, but it's a leopard suit and she wears it with some thigh-high boots. New York, Giddens also appreciated the character's grit and joked, "Cookie is no Claire Huxtable. Chuck Hodes / Fox. That's where I lived." The two, together, were in the drug dealing business, but afterwards, Cookie was . 'Empire' season finale recap: life, death and a Cookie fight I don't know if we could have predicted that people would have cared as much as they did. Will Cookie Die On 'Empire'? Her Fate Remains Up In The Air - Romper In another look to the future, Cookie was seen rushing out of the mansion after Lucious was shot. Who's bold enough to shoot Lucious? After Jamal is shot by Freda Gatz, Frank Gathers' daughter, she tries to fix the Lyon family's mistakes. Season 6 has a lot of twist and turns and we have come to see that gizelle as an important character. Marcus 'Bunkie' Williams (also known as Bunkie Campbell) was Cookie Lyon's cousin and one of Lucious Lyon's employees at Empire Entertainment. Many shows are airing their season and series finales, so be sure to check out our list for all the big TV finales airing this spring and summer. RELATED STORIES Eventually, Lucious learns that Jeff is actually Lucious' son that he had with another woman, Tracy Kingsley, before he married Cookie. However, this finale is ultimately about Lucious and Cookie. Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) is hiding from the federal government who want him on money laundering charges, so he wears a Bob Marley-like wig and glasses, and has a new girlfriend. Viewers already saw the scene that looks a lot like patriarch Lucious Lyon (which is apparently Terrence Howard's final role) will bite the dust, but now it appears that Cookie Lyon could die. After this shooting, Lucious tries to cancel the premiere of Hakeem's movie over safety fears, but the Lyons won't let him. The seasons flash-forward mystery foreshadowed Lucious getting shot and Cookies car exploding, and the originally planned series finale was supposed to resolve the mysteries surrounding their presumed deaths, such as who was targeting them, and whether or not they actually died. It's just like if you know who you are and you own it, no one can use your past or you against you because you already beat them to the punch. She owns the armor of her fashion. Tuesdays episode of the departing Fox drama concluded with a fast-forward sequence that appeared to show Cookie getting blown to smithereens via car bomb. Cookie Lyon - Wikipedia Discover your new favorite show: Watch This Now! [28] In 2016, Henson won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a drama series. ©2019 Fox Media LLC CR: Chuck Hodes/FOX. Jamal's ultimate fate presumably would have been kept off-screen, as the premature series finale didn't even show Jussie Smollett in the flashback montage. So what should we expect for him moving forward? [27] She was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Lead Actress in a Drama Series, but lost to Viola Davis for her role in the ABC legal drama series How To Get Away With Murder. For the character, when Cookie first comes out of prison, "she is a bit dated" in her fashion sense, according to Henson. If youre looking even further ahead, swing by our 2020 summer premiere guide. I've always been kind of like that, but she reminds us that you're free if you come from up under the shadows of your fear. In the season 4 finale, you married Lucious and Cookie. According to Empire showrunner Brett Mahoney, the ill-fated 20th episode (aka the original series finale) was going to wrap up both cliffhangers, as well as bring resolution to a number of other. Things got too real when a do-rag-wearing Lucious Lyon . How Empire's Shocking Series Finale Death Was Supposed - CINEMABLEND With the threat extinguished, the show ends with the family (except Jussie Smollett's character Jamal) settling down for a screening of Birth of an Empire, in what is (for now) the last ever scene of the Fox show. Either way, viewers can only wonder: who blew up that car? Lucious' clothes in the final fight with Damon cross didn't match the clothes he wore in the flash-forward. His former lover Cookie could also be the triggerman as shes made it clear hes caused her so much pain, especially after the revelation of his oldest son, Kingsley (A.Z. Lucious, fearing that Damon will come for his family, orders extra security and tells Cookie and his sons that he wants to cancel the premiere of the movie celebrating his life, "The Birth of an Empire." Although Cookie's fate remains painfully unknown, Tuesday's episode left no questions about the status of her relationship with Lucious. He's stuck in his ways. Cookie Lyon | Empire TV Show Wiki | Fandom In that way, it was successful. ? He was at a place where he didn't think that he could have good things in his life, and now he realizes that it is a possibility. Cookie is later confronted by federal agents who want her to testify in front of a grand jury against the drug dealer that she ratted out to obtain her release who was Frank Gathers. [10] Henson hailed Cookie as her "hero." That's exactly why she does it. If you like TVLine, you'll LOVE our email news alerts! Well, that's all I will say on her, and let your mind think of more reasons why Becky is a suspect. He asks Cookie to go with him, but she refuses and tells Lucious that him and Empire aren't good for her. He is out of the hospital and plans to become a missionary in South America until his brother Hakeem (Bryshere Y. Yana realizes that Lucious' heart is still with Cookie and the pair break-up in amicable terms with a friendly hug. Do you think the hype of who died got bigger than you expected? However, Henson's manager sent her the script for Empire anyway. Cookie is "very complicated and complex," the actress stated. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. We don't know what lead her to this moment or if she's still behind the wheel when her car goes up in flames. "[24] Alyssa Rosenburg of The Washington Post said that Cookie is TV's "best new female character" of 2015. Middle sonJamalis mentioned during Hakeem's rap, but the accompanyingflashback sequence doesn't showactor Jussie Smollett, who was written out of the show last seasonafter allegations he staged a hate-crime attackin Chicago, where "Empire" filmed. Theres no telling if or when Empire will ever shoot its original ending, but viewers will have to settle for the series finale that did air for now. Yet again, Jamal's ex - lover swore to end the family and that was all the author has talked about him up till now. "I felt like her character was unprecedented in that I'd never seen a woman or a mother like this on TV, so full of trouble and saying all the wrong things and yet you understand where she's coming from. McGhee also stated that Cookie's sense of fashion was inspired by Michelle Obama. Damon Cross seemed like the most likely candidate for a while, especially once Lucious hooked up with his daughter. Well, after a season of teases, the season 5 finale just revealed that the newest Lyon, Kingsley (A.Z. By the closing minutes of the Empire series finale, titled "Home is On The Way," two characters had died, and Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) and Lucious (Terrence Howard) had reunited. Who killed Lucious Lyon and why? Henson said "I make a conscious effort to sit on it" because if she always played it big, Cookie becomes a "stereotype and no one cares. Even Yana couldn't snap and kill Cookie in a jealous rage due to her own unexpected death. 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News ), Opera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News. I guess that was a little bit of a surprise. Sadly, this is the end of todays Note on a movie. Fans will remember that Lucious ordered Gathers killed in prison at the beginning of this season after he threatened Cookie. Carol was furious with her for a time, but not quite "kill Cookie with a car bomb" furious. Even a TV movie event tying off the loose ends could be enough. The beating he laid down on Treasure's manager last week did apparently result in his death, and Lucious called a fixer to come and take care of the corpse for him. Spoilers ahead for the Empire series finale episode, called Home Is on the Way.. For now, you can relive the ride of Empire from its wild beginning to its crazy ending with the full series streaming on Hulu (opens in new tab). Would the show still have an unsatisfying ending even with the full 20 "[13] "There's no mask" Henson said of Cookie. It took overseas by storm. During this time, Cookie and Lucious had three children: Andre , Jamal, and newborn Hakeem. Of course we don't know who killed Cookie/Lucious, but even in spite of this there were far too many storylines that needed to be wrapped up or randomly ended. During the finale of Season 3, Cookie and her family are together once again at the Laviticus nightclub in Las Vegas, where Jamal performs 'When Cookie Met Lucious'. Cookie could have done it, although she was back to considering Lucious the love of her life by the end of the impromptu finale. "I was blown away like the car," Taraji P. Henson told TV Guide of her initial reaction to the flash-forward. Offers may be subject to change without notice. One of the first moments that stood out for its absurdity happened in the pilot episode. Do Maya and Hakeem get together? In the Season 6 premiere, it's learned that six months has passed since Cookie and Lucious separated. NY 10036. ), Still, it's a triumphal closing moment for the Lyons as Hakeem takes to a throne on stage and the screen goes dark, with Lucious proclaiming: "To the Empire!". Of course, his parents being murdered in real life shortly after the movie telling their story premiered might have caused some problems. He's locked Leah away after she killed Tariq, whose body is sitting in the tub at his mansion. The drama continues next Tuesday at 9/8c. The beginning of Episode 19 wouldve [picked up] after her death and then the episode ended with the movie premiere. In one of the episode's best scenes, Yana takes the stage at Cookie's BossyFest musical extravaganza, performing "Home is on the Way,"a love song (and the finale title) that Lucious wrote with Cookie in mind as the Lyonslook lovingly at each other from opposite sides of the stage. Opera News furthermore does not condone the use of our platform for the purposes encouraging/endorsing hate speech, violation of human rights and/or utterances of a defamatory nature. She's a. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. The Empire team might have to make some tweaks to the original plan due to what was cobbled together to serve as the series finale, but the creators haven't given up on a real end to Empire. Lucious Lyon | Empire TV Show Wiki | Fandom Still, Giselle and Patel have every reason to be as furious with Cookie as with Lucious, and Giselle especially might see Cookie as the reason why everything went wrong for her in the second half of Empire Season 6. For Season 5, viewers saw Lucious Lyon standing over a coffin and then found out that his oldest son, Kingsley lay inside. As youll recall, Empire opened its final season last month which a flash-forward sequence showing the Lyon patriarch taking three bullets to the upper body by an unknown assailant. Empire Spoilers: Is Andre The Final Season Villain After Game-Changing It's about as close as you can get to a happy ending for the Lyon family. It's his way or the highway, so she chose the highway. Lucious managed to beat Damon to death with his prosthetic leg. Making a splash: A deep dive into the live-action Little Mermaid with a new generation's Ariel. Lucious is then involved in a car explosion, giving him amnesia and causing him to forget his wife and family. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment melindamendal Additional comment actions. But a closing featuring "the Lyon family coming together, Lucious and Cookie acknowledging their love for one another, was definitely the spirit we were going to be reaching in the series finale.". To discuss the season finale, EW chatted with Mahoney about Kingsley's death, splitting up Lucious (Terrence Howard) and Cookie (Taraji P. Henson), and Jussie Smollett's future on the show. Dis tew much. Throughout Empire's Season 1 finale, Lucious Lyon seems hellbent on reinforcing the damning assessment of his life and in particular, his parenting skills made last week by his ex-wife Co All Rights Reserved. [12] Cookie is a "tell-it-like-it-is everywoman." Anthony Irons and Trai Byers, Empire. Shes a singer at a nightclub and Damon Cross (Wood Harris) daughter who is blissfully unaware of any relationship between the two men. The head of security, Malcolm DeVeaux ( Derek Luke ), is a former Navy SEAL, whom Cookie flirts with to make Lucious jealous. However the series was intended to end, it wasn't with the confrontation between Lucious and Damon at the mansion. This reunion began at the start of the episode where they team up in their business lives to fire Pamplemousse employees Kelly (Pej Vahdat) and Giselle (Nicole Ari Parker) to regain control of the Lyon family music empire. -- but with the show poised to end after this season, it looks like no one is safe, not even Cookie. They have three sons: Andre, Hakeem, and Jamal. Cookie and Lucious get divorced again later in Season 6. [2] Cookie is devastated when her cousin Bunkie is discovered murdered. After the season finale, fans all over the world have been in deep thought, as to who the killers of Cookie and Lucious (Coocious) would be. He later performs a song (You're so Beautiful) that reveals his sexuality to the public, infuriating Lucious. Again Jamal's lover fits all the description as Freda gatz as lucious considers gay boys more or less men without balls and also this family, has also had a lot of failed attempts at ending the Lyons. In the season one finale, Lucious is arrested . While Henson's life may not have been as bad as some of her peers, "I went to school with those kids. The show dropped clues here and there about who might have done it, but Empire moves so quickly and Lucious creates so many enemies for himself that it's difficult to narrow down the list unless characters are killed off. Damon died, however, in what aired as the series finale after a confrontation with Lucious, who Damon had been trying to shoot when he accidentally killed Yana.
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