Psst, Don’t Buy Empire’s Cookie Lyon a Rose

I don’t know how many times folks have to be told not to let Empire’s Cookie get her hands on a rose. Drama always ensues. Next time, try orchids.

Empire’s two-hour season finale hurtled toward a jam-packed conclusion last night. The series is known for excess, so why not take things over-the-top? Where to begin? There was new game-changing information that shakes up the premise of the show.

Aside from unfortunate twerking or whatever she was supposed to do to appeal to investor Mimi Whiteman and some off-screen sapphic action—which Mimi says was subpar—Miss Kitty got nothing to do. She finally has a story and was up to her old antics last night.

Can Tajari P. Henson, please stop being so compelling as Cookie. She’s making it quite demanding to pay attention to the rest of the show. There was a drive-by shooting, but Cookie wasn’t in the scene so it didn’t reach DEFCON levels.

Hakeem spent the first half of Season 2, being bullied and humiliated by his father. Lucious made sure to let the world know that he thinks his son is a p-ssy. It was a smart technique to ensure that Hakeem got revenge at the first opportunity.

  Yes, lawd! Empire returns tonight with the second half of its third season. Back in December, the midseason finale ended with a bang—and for once it didn’t involve Lucious shooting someone or him getting shot. Still, Lucious tried to kill Angelo Dubois’ mayoral career—or at least leave a nasty scar. The Lyons’ eldest son,…