Also, Tiana found out Hakeem is sleeping with Naomi Campbell, but didn't care as long as he doesn't damage her career. Lucious eventually got it done thanks to the groundwork Cookie laid for him, for which he was grateful, and Anika nearly got shot in a drive-by. The young star and her Lyon brother boyfriend Hakeem played the Teen Choice Awards nomination concert-something I sincerely hope does not exist in the real world-while Cookie and Anika grappled over who would recruit imprisoned star Titan to the Empire label, and how. Here are a few options to ponder.Our main storylines this week were indeed erratic: Cookie took over as manager for Tiana, giving our High Priestess of Camp another win over the increasingly out-of-her-depth Anika. That is not giving too much away, especially with regards to this Shakespeare reference. Meanwhile, Cookie and Anika don't hold anything back when it comes to taking over the company. Lucious tries to brand Empire Entertainment as a tight-knit, family-run business which, ironically, complicates the already tense relationship between Hakeem and Jamal. The episode "False Imposition" was taken from one of Iago's lines in Othello, “Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit and lost without deserving." Finally, "Dangerous Bonds" came from the lesser known Cymbaline.īut why this particular line from Romeo and Juliet, and why for next week's episode? "Our Dancing Days" could refer to several of the characters on Empire, especially when you consider the episode description from TV Guide. "The Devil Quotes Scripture" was taken from Merchant of Venice.
This week's "Out Damned Spot" is from Macbeth (but please don't say the title out loud if you happen to be in a theater while you're reading this). In fact, many of the Empire episode titles have been lines from The Bard. Well I bite my thumb at you, sir! Looks like King Lear isn't Empire's only Shakespearian reference. Capulet says to one of his party guests, "Nay, sit, good cousin.for you and I are past our dancing days," meaning that they are too old to partake in the silly business happening around them. 18 episode of Empire, titled "Our Dancing Days." What is that all about? The phrase actually comes from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Are you ready for more Empire? Looking forward to next year's inevitable live performance of "Drip Drop" at the Grammys? Let's start with the Feb.
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