Empire - Season 1 Edit

A 60% reduction in symptoms,

A an investigation and a trial and who knows what can happen?

A bad week just got worse.

A beast.

A big fat hit.

A bird, a demon?

A blessing like this,

A boozy ho with a lot of money.

A bunker...

A chance to talk much, but I just

A Curious Mind.

A dangerous influence on America's youth?"

A daughter.

A diversified lifestyle brand, apparel...

A double. ♪ If you act right ♪

A duet to record together.

A fancy white dress to go with this suit.

A gift?

A gospel record,

A guy we grew up with got killed.

A ho who can slice your throat

A huge boost in the company's valuation.

A huge salary,

A joint venture with our artists.

A key man policy.

A lion in the streets."

A load of crap because you want my money now, are you?

A lot at stake.

A lot of friends, but I got a whole lot of enemies

A lot of hits came out of this place, you know?

A lot of money. (Lucious laughing)

A lot of people been looking for you.

A man and his woman,

A man checked into the Bowery Mission

A man.

A monster hit, V.

A monster hit.

A new paradigm. You see, music...

A publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange.

A reporter for The Wall Street Journal.

A rose.

A song with you, Hakeem and Jamal,

A void that I filled with darkness.

A... what?

A'ight, a'ight, a'ight, a'ight...

A'ight.

Aah! Hey!

About a brother having good health.

About all of this stuff.

About artists trippin', 'cause you came out

About fame and money?

About getting right with God. I mean, right here,

About Hakeem.

About how life sucks living in Bushwick

About it right now.

About leading me on with the damn rose. No.

About marrying her again?

About me up there tonight

About our company, and I hope you got a chance

About taking over the kitchen at Laviticus anyway.

About that part of my life, especially in front of a judge.

About the deal I have with the Feds?

About the new IPO mandate of

About the song, okay?

About what a fine man my ex is.

About what Frank Gathers did, right?

About what?

Absolutely, man. So so what's the deal with you, brah?

Absolutely.

Accept that Jamal won.

Actually, he's with Jamal tonight.

Actually, it's Jamal.

Advertising and marketing firms

After all these years. Come on, now, don't leave me hanging.

After all this, you're saying you want to take Lola back?

After all those women, all those lies, and now her?

After all those women, all those lies, and now her?

After everything I said...

After he promised he would never do it again.

After my son died...

After you proposed to that bitch?

After you told me no to Jamal.

After...

Again.

Against one another for your company?

AGENT CARTER: We're in trouble.

Ah ha! That's why they call you Tricky Trichter.

Ah, Detective Walker. Good to see you.

Ah, I remember that hook.

Ah, in your face.

Ah, man.

Ah, my man.

Ah, so now who forgot our anniversary?

Ah.

Ah. And make sure the kid shows.

Ah... not after what he did to you

Ain't a problem when you in this family, man.

Ain't been there yet.

Ain't even had my first single, you said

Ain't no farewell.

Ain't no place in this game for them bitches.

Ain't nothing but a sellout. It's gone viral

Ain't she supposed to be locked up for like ten more years?

Ain't stupid and he ain't scared.

Aka Puma.

All about you that'll drive Lucious crazy.

All access, boo boo. All right, let 'em through.

All Dad cares about is making music and money.

All high or whatever, and we'd freak out

All his other women.

All I know is the only person that knows

All my life all I wanted was for that man to love me.

All of them?

All of this girl is not working for me.

All right now. Now, we going to your marketing meeting,

All right,

All right, all right!

All right, all right.

All right, all right. Rich guy.

All right, Dwayne Robinson,

All right, everybody out.

All right, everything's cued up.

All right, go in there.

All right, good.

All right, hold up.

All right, I need one a good one.

All right, I'm a holler at you.

All right, I'm on it.

All right, Jamal, you're hungry. Come have some pizza.

All right, let 'em through. ♪ That's what the DJ spins ♪

All right, let me hear what you've been writing.

All right, let me, um...

All right, let's get some air.

All right, let's move.

All right, listen, you do you.

All right, look, I I'll tell you what,

All right, see you tomorrow at the meeting.

All right, since when do you talk to me like that?

All right, so,

All right, then.

All right, uh, let's try it from the bridge.

All right, we out. We didn't... we didn't mean to do that.

All right, well, who...

All right, what's up? Was, uh, surprised to get your call.

All right, y'all, time to play.

All right, y'all. What's up, brother?

All right?

All right?

All right? Now, I got to go.

All right.

All right.

All right.

All right.

All right.

All right.

All right.

All right.

All right.

All right.

All right.

All right.

All right. ♪ Hey, white girls ♪

All right. All right

All right. All right.

All right. All right. Later.

All right. Like you said, all right?

All right. Unless you got more cash to put up.

All right. Well, you better call me if something goes down.

All right. Well, you do you, baby.

All right. You done?

All right. You okay?

All righty, here it comes.

All singing together.

All that touring and albums, it...

All that's missing is that single to take it over the top.

All the thots gonna be there

All the way to Juilliard. Mom. Stop.

All those years,

All you think about is mo...

All you white folk who voted for the first black president

All you white people that voted for the first

ALL: ♪ We all need somebody ♪

Allah saved the best for last

Alone, too?

Alone?

Alonzo Hall,

Already did.

ALS?

Also got word that, um,

Also to Las Vegas

Always coming to me for advice, hmm?

Always made a real good team.

Always take the money.

Always walking away like a little girl. What the hell is wrong with...?

Am I right?

Am I what?

Amateur mistake.

Amazing, yeah.

Amazing. Um, you can go to Hakeem's thing. I'm not gonna hold it against you.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

An extraordinary woman in Anika

An interim CEO.

And a black man's still alive.

And a meltdown for Hakeem.

And a poseur. Get some authenticity up in here.

And a session back in March.

And a year from now,

And acts crazy and messes things up, then that's

And after this press conference,

And all the people taking it are still living.

And all the time you came

And all the world is right again

And all you can do is jam Jamal down my throat?

And all. I want to have sex with you right on this floor.

And and music therapy,

And anyone who tries to tell you that there is

And as soon as I hear that you're dead,

And be a good little girl.

And be who you are now.

And Becky. Hey, these are for today.

And been pushing Hakeem so hard?

And before you start judging, just know

And Beretti is still making money.

And Beretti, the last thing

And bury your Empire and everyone in it.

And Camilla had some extra material,

And can handle it.

And can keep the artists

And cast into the lion's den.

And celebration of gang warfare

And come Saturday, you gonna show everybody

And control over Jamal Lyon's career,

And Cookie didn't want y'all visiting her in jail,

And Cookie must be there.

And dead animals.

And degenerative

And dominate the news cycle right up to the concert.

And don't act like you ain't

And don't come back here crying.

And don't embarrass yourself.

And don't let me or anybody else

And don't stop till you get all the way across the bridge

And don't you think,

And drop people dead every day.

And elegant riffs might actually surpass what was known

And Empire was built on family

And even though you hated me for being who I am,

And even vampires got manners.

And everything, and I got to finish the song.

And everything, but..

And five albums in the country.

And fix this place up.

And get back to writing my song.

And get the hell out of my office.

And get them back to the table.

And get this done on your own,

And get your big ass feet off my $40,000 table!

And getting my family where it's supposed to be.

And God,

And had a little too much to drink.

And Hakeem has developed

And Hakeem is doing it to get back at you, dumb ass.

And have them meet me at my house tonight.

And he ain't settling for no cougar bitch

And he gets away with it.

And he has personally apologized to the president.

And he is filling that void with a higher purpose.

And he owes him $150K.

And he sent us a little gift

And he think he own us.

And he worked his ass off for this moment

And he's also a crazy son of a bitch that had a dream.

And he's also a homo. He wants to come out.

And he's been happy and prosperous at Empire.

And he's gonna lock down half of my songs

And he's gonna make every last one of you filthy rich.

And he's gonna need to sign that policy;

And he's gonna shoot the White Party fund raiser.

And he's still in love with you

And he's trying to cut a deal to give us Lucious

And highlight Empire's financial strengths,

And his face is all over magazines and Web sites.

And how many shares did you personally give up, Lucious?

And I am not gonna be having Cookie messing this up for me.

And I can see why he's so talented.

And I can't find him. He's not picking up.

And I don't give a damn how many white women you marry.

And I don't know how he knows it,

And I don't like leaving him up there on his own. Which studio?

And I don't want no BS.

And I dropped him because of it.

And I got me a reprieve.

And I had nowhere else to go.

And I have never expected anything to, either.

And I hear his contract renewal's stalled.

And I hope everybody tune into that.

And I hope one day you'll find a partner

And I hope you get everything that you want

And I just can't figure out what it is.

And I just really don't want this to come in between it.

And I know how good you are.

And I know I made a lot of mistakes in life,

And I know it.

And I know you believe in me.

And I know you see that.

And I love you. Oh, you love me, too?

And I need our company to be stronger than it's ever been.

And I never meant to hurt any of you.

And I quote, "Jamal Lyon's memorable verses

And I recall...

And I saw your vision as clearly

And I spied right back on your ass.

And I stop at nothing Lucious, and my company.

And I swear before God,

And I talked her into meeting with you tonight.

And I think he in town talking to labels or something.

And I think I'm gonna change the name of this place.

And I told him he got to stand on his own.

And I want half my company back.

And I want half my company back.

And I want to be head of A&R.

And I want to hit him back.

And I want to make a gospel song... No, I'm gonna make

And I want you

And I was told that he was, quote, "taken."

And I whipped Hakeem and Tiana's duet into shape, and now all the blogs

And I will be handling you personally.

And I will be moving out of

And I will take anything down that gets in my way.

And I wish he was at Empire.

And I wish you a miserable death when you go to hell.

And I worked my ass off to put myself through Penn.

And I would also like to have

And I... I'm tired. Baby,

And I'll do anything.

And I'll hear them out, Lucious.

And I'm about to make him remember how...

And I'm clean. You look amazing!

And I'm delighted to spend the evening with your

And I'm gonna regret that the rest of my life.

And I'm hauling your tushy right back in.

And I'm hoping she'll forgive me. Oh,

And I'm inclined to give it to him

And I'm inviting you to be there personally,

And I'm not finna let that happen.

And I'm not gonna stop until we neutralize this enemy.

And I'm not judging just from your little accent.

And I'm not kidding here Ol' Salty.

And I'm sorry about Camilla.

And I'm sorry if I overstepped.

And I'm telling you that's not enough.

And I'm the last man standing.

And I've decided to let you produce the concert,

And if I'm his favorite, maybe it's because

And if I'm the temporary CEO, it shouldn't be too hard to go

And if the creeps and the bigots want to be over at Creedmoor,

And if you want people to take you seriously,

And if your dealer ain't holding,

And in a moment, you're gonna meet the man I expect to take over Empire one day.

And in honor of this wonderful occasion,

And in six months, you'll be rotting

And in the end, you're gonna understand

And Industry, and they're all gonna come with me to Creedmoor.

And is destined for superstardom.

And it called you "the future of Empire."

And it can only be one of you.

And it can only be one of you.

And it changed everything for me.

And it is

And it may take hookers and blow

And it was the melodies that...

And it will never happen again.

And it'll be all over the news, and you'll be a star.

And it'll say Cookie Lyon Presents...

And it's got to be epic.

And it's just dangerous.

And it's not gonna be right without you.

And it's not some

And Jamal is Empire,

And Jamal won't object, because he's too passive.

And let me believe that Lola was mine.

And let me work my magic. All right.

And let them get you where you're supposed to be.

And let you disrespect our mother, when all she's trying to do

And let's just say that, uh, Lucious cut me in on a piece of the action.

And like any family, we've had our differences,

And listen to a few of the Empire's

And Lola knows all the words. Sing the song.

And Lucious is working his lawyers

And Lucious Lyon becomes a god.

And Lucious will teach Jamal the rest of it,

And make me sit there like your little pet dog?

And make sure I give you whatever you need.

And making money before he dies.

And managing Jamal, I'm also handling

And merchandise divisions.

And my attorneys have assured me I don't owe you a damn thing... now leave.

And my family. ♪ The everlasting... ♪

And my house was not part of the deal, Cookie.

And my mother was a debutante, and so was I.

And neither do I.

And newcomer Michelle White singing the classic.

And no fans, no press.

And no matter what you do with Jamal,

And nobody better ever try

And none of them are gonna be there, so...

And not turn your wife into a geriatric whore.

And nothing or no one is going to tear it down, hear me?

And now give it up for Hakeem and Jamal Lyon

And now he's just trying to settle the score

And now I want what's mine.

And now it's impossible for the disenfranchised kids

And now that he's gone, I'm gonna be

And now the stock is plummeting.

And now we're building your career

And now you have to beg their forgiveness

And now...

And now...

And now... oh, you've got this nightclub,

And Olivia?

And on top of it,

And on top of that, Jamal is going damn crazy.

And once you've made your selection, E.W. Green

And one day, Empire is gonna be all yours.

And only six have failed.

And others who face high stakes security challenges.

And pull a gun on me?

And put her on the very first flight to London.

And put your chest up. Wait, what do you mean, war?

And right now it seems none of you are prepared

And right now it sounds like you hiding behind it.

And right now, it seems none of you are prepared

And rolled him in the water.

And running a public company?

And said you were gonna go to the SEC (sighs)

And see how everybody feels about it.

And she caught me at a real bad place.

And she is difficult.

And she left the church.

And she said that he's signed some clean bill of health

And she tried to take Porsha. Sho' did.

And she's the best publicist in the city, so everyone will show.

And shipped to that one room flat in Clerkenwell.

And soon, Jamal Lyon's gonna be a contender.

And still let him perform?

And stop barging in my office.

And stop playing with your mind.

And stuff...

And superstar Lucious Lyon, whose artist, Kidd Fo Fo,

And take over the production

And take your blood pressure.

And takes your money while they're at it is a criminal.

And talk in a way

And tell the boy to get back to work, Lucious.

And tell them that Empire was started with drug money.

And that article makes it look like he was poached from me.

And that casino outside of Palm Springs.

And that is a num... A song that's a hit.

And that song you pulled for Jamal was dope.

And that struggle

And that was fine with Dottie.

And that was real for you.

And that was wrong

And that we welcome Black Rambo's exit.

And that's a problem. Yeah, well,

And that's because I know you.

And that's finding someone to back up my son.

And that's gonna be you, Dre.

And that's how we gonna work this.

And that's my sons. Whatever beef y'all got

And that's what I want to do with the Legacy doc.

And that's why it can't happen again.

And the bedside manner.

And the company is yours

And the good thing about this song is

And the idiot goes and posts a video online and cites

And the main reason that we are taking the Empire public

And the next and the next.

And the queen of Empire, HAKEEM: ♪ You're so pretty ♪

And the son of music industry legend,

And the songs that I'm writing will only further prove

And the temporary incapacitation, now.

And The Tonight Show wants you to sing for...

And the way he looks at you... (mock groaning)

And then acting like she running the show.

And then Dad says he wants to release an album,

And then Hakeem and Jamal

And then he kills you.

And then I get to perform it when you're dead?

And then we can get some gigs.

And then we we get married next weekend?

And then you come back when it's time to clean up.

And then you handle that... like a Lyon.

And then, let him tell it, he impregnated her,

And there's people out in this country that don't appreciate

And they all work perfectly. Absolutely perfect. What's wrong with you?

And they come together.

And they lock up our strongest, trying to keep us weak,

And they trying to tell me how secret that grand jury was.

And they will never accept you!

And this family can take whatever artists it wants

And this is Common B shares,

And this is Michelle White, our music therapist.

And this time... Oh. All we're gonna say is just that...

And tried to beat it out of me,

And try to buy it from under us. Right, Dre?

And Uncle Vernon and me.

And wait till you hear Snoop's new one, "Peaches and Cream," honey.

And we can be together again

And we gonna be a family. All right, hit me. Come on.

And we gonna put some candy on this thing.

And we gonna sign away your shares

And we take the money from that promotion budget.

And we turn up the right way.

And we used to be like brothers.

And we want the both of you to be representing Empire.

And we want to thank you

And we would very much like your cooperation.

And went to college.

And what about us?

And what are you talking about? Lucious, baby, can you help...

And what are you talking about? Rob?

And what do I get?

And what is this bipolar disorder?

And what it does is that it saves us

And what's that supposed to mean?

And whatever else that Lucious Lyon thinks that he owns.

And whatever.

And when Cookie signs off, we'll go to mix.

And when he took the money and ran,

And when I do, I'm gonna tear..

And while you're at it, get some things

And who am I

And who knows what to do with it

And who you? What's up?

And why didn't you call me? I would have picked you up.

And why is she even here?

And will Mr. Anderson vote for you?

And with this funny bitch

And would handle its affairs with his exact wishes.

And y'all can't kill me.

And y'all can't work together

And y'all gonna have to

And yachts?

And you ain't answering your phone?

And you ain't standing, neither. You...

And you all...

And you always will,

And you are?

And you been around the block,

And you bitched out on me after you told me

And you brought him here.

And you came with straight heat today.

And you can sign for the shares. I had Vernon

And you can stew over some embarrassment about some party

And you can tell Hakeem first, second, last, I don't care.

And you can't deny it anymore.

And you can't even give me a measly 25 large.

And you can't handle that. (laughs)

And you could be her daddy.

And you could take some heads off.

And you didn't test me for it?

And you don't know a damn thing about me.

And you don't want it to catch you.

And you get back on that set.

And you gonna work on this song

And you got to be a real monster to deal with him.

And you got to be cool, Keem.

And you got to trust me.

And you had to know showing up here,

And you have to understand, when a man in my position

And you have written this thing,

And you just spread your legs for him.

And you know it.

And you know that.

And you know that.

And you know that. You're spoiled

And you made him that way.

And you must be Rhonda.

And you need to chill with all that Uncle James crap,

And you pull back off that beat like I said.

And you really need to stop calling yourself that.

And you spit in my face.

And you stupid.

And you think it's gonna put you ahead of Hakeem,

And you will.

And you would sink this whole empire over that?

And you, little rich white girl,

And you...

And you...

And you'd calm us down? You and Mom, you'd always sing a song

And you'll sing that song,

And you're going to have $100,000,000

And you're gonna sing your little ass off

And you're gonna steal that show from Hakeem.

And you're gonna try to get him to sign this policy?

And you're in the early stages of liver damage.

And you're very charming, as always, Mr. Lyon

And your album, fool. You can't just walk away.

And your money and...

And your raise your other 250 million,

And your two brothers went to war?

And, Anika, this is an ass.

And, Cookie, you're gonna stay out of this.

And, Kevin, get me a cigarette.

And, look, right now, it's you and me.

And, man, I gotta tell you, bro, that that song is a banger.

And, Mom, if we're gonna make a play for Empire, we need her.

And, of course, he lied.

And, uh, Anika, of course.

And?

And?

And?

And?

And?

And? And Cookie knows everything.

And? I saw an old drunk.

And...

And...

And... and I don't.

And... it's everything we ever wanted.

And... told me he needed my help.

Andre better find Travie Wild.

Andre doesn't have to relax. You need to relax.

Andre doesn't need to slow down. Andre feels great.

Andre don't have to relax.

Andre got it going on, ba...

Andre is carefree, baby. You need to relax.

Andre is good. (kissing) Yo! Stop, man!

Andre is... exceptional.

Andre knew, the day that he made that deal with you,

Andre,

Andre, Andre, look at me. What?!

Andre, baby,

Andre, calm down.

Andre, can you hear me, babe?

Andre, did you hear that mess?

Andre, get up. Get up, get up.

Andre, just chill, man. Please.

Andre, please. You can't let them win.

Andre, what's wrong?

ANDRE: Fantastic. Thank you. Okay, bye.

ANDRE: Getting the other 250's doable,

ANDRE: He just came out.

ANDRE: He's right, Dad. You don't want

ANDRE: I know how we get Travie back.

ANDRE: Jamal, how's that friend of yours?

ANDRE: Let her go, come on, Mom... Mom!

ANDRE: Let her go, come on, Mom... Mom!

ANDRE: Let her go, Mom, Mom...

ANDRE: Mom, come on...

ANDRE: Okay, so a slight change in strategy.

ANDRE: So, Dad, you wanted to see me?

ANDRE: Those two white boys charted

ANDRE: Yeah? You know what I'm saying? Right?

Andre! Andre! Beat your little ass!

Andre?

Andre.

Andre.

Andre.

Andre. Get out of the way, man.

Andre...

Andre's father.

ANIKA (muffled): Lucious, can you hear me?

Anika Calhoun to see Billy Beretti.

Anika thinks she's hopeless.

Anika told me that that was Lucious's orders.

Anika was supposed to meet me at the wedding planner's.

Anika will become a billionaire

Anika, you look beautiful.

ANIKA: "Will you drop Kidd Fo Fo from the label,

ANIKA: Anika Calhoun to see

ANIKA: Beretti's coming to take me

ANIKA: Come on, Keem.

ANIKA: Cookie, you can talk as much mess as you want,

ANIKA: I already know about the little reunion

ANIKA: I'll be okay. Mom...

ANIKA: Look, baby, I got it

ANIKA: Lucious, let's just

ANIKA: They call him "Tricky Trichter"

ANIKA: Who's Boo Boo Kitty now, bitch?

ANIKA: You are accusing me of betrayal?

Anika!

Anika!

Anika! Keep the keys!

ANNOUNCER: Everyone, please take your places.

ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen,

ANNOUNCER: Please welcome to the stage Juicy J

Another check in or fails another alcohol test,

Anthony Hamilton in our living room, (Lucious laughs)

Any comment on the Kidd Fo Fo controversy?

Any of my calls in all these years?

Any of your guys facing a murder beef they can't beat?

Any production cost overruns this quarter, okay?

Anybody man enough?

Anything about the $400,000,

Anything else you feel like you should tell me?

Anyway, Dottie came along, fell for me hard,

Anyway, she's working as a hairdresser.

Anyway, we already have a witness.

Apparently, one of your associates would like

Appreciate this.

Appreciate you coming to get me.

Are even more inciting than the ones that you're defending.

Are gonna be opening on the main stage.

Are in EDM, and Empire doesn't really do EDM.

Are independent.

Are just metaphors. Just drop the damn song.

Are mad at Kidd Fo Fo, they will certainly

Are one giant breach.

Are secret is to protect witnesses like you.

Are starting to have a relationship,

Are talking about how your son is taking off like a rocket. No, that is

Are telling the next generation

Are the last man standing.

Are they?

Are we gonna have some problems?

Are y'all serious?

Are you all right?

Are you as turned on as I am right now?

Are you asking me to move in with you, Lucious?

Are you family?

Are you gonna leave on your own, or do I have to escort you? Sorry, Carol.

Are you gonna tell me what's going on with you, or what?

Are you here to threaten me?

Are you kidding me?

Are you listening to me? Yes, I'm listening.

Are you listening to yourself?

Are you lying to me?

Are you okay, Lucious?

Are you okay, Lucious?

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

Are you okay? Yeah, I'm good.

Are you out of your damn mind?

Are you out of your damn mind?

Are you out of your damn mind? (cries)

Are you out of your mind?

Are you playing me with all those wedding plans,

Are you ready to do this?

Are you really doing this,

Are you saying you're falling for me?

Are you serious?

Are you serious?

Are you serious?

Are you seriously gonna sit here and look me

Are you sure about this?

Are you sure you don't need me to sleep with him?

Are you sure you want this company?