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Empire - Season 2 Episode 02: Without a Country
The series centers around a hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders' family as they fight for control of the company. In Season 2, knowing Lucious won’t be held much longer in prison, Cookie and her allies within the Lyon family make a desperate attempt to seize control of the company.
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October 01, 2015
"Without A Country" feels like the show Empire was trying to become in its first season. The episode is still silly as hell, but in an arch, savvy way that suggests the show is being made by people who really love nighttime soaps.
October 01, 2015
Fortunately, Empire and its viewers and listeners have months more time to spend together. You are hereby sentenced to a goddamn delightful show.
October 01, 2015
If there's one thing that Empire does well, it's the infamous dramatic exit. Slamming the door in someone's face numerous times? Check. Shutting the elevator door after a big reveal? Check.
October 04, 2015
Cue the dramatic music Empire reserves for truly evil characters. If Officer Luda could grow a longer mustache, he'd twirl it.
October 15, 2015
[One] moment falls in line with the show's penchant for hitting on real-world issues the black community faces, particularly issues around mass incarceration and police brutality.
October 01, 2015
Empire is a flawed, yet intoxicating enterprise, and I'm going to stick with it to the bitter end, but I really want everyone to step up their game.
October 01, 2015
It's getting delightfully tricky to tell who's a genuine threat to the Lyon family's well-being and who's a short-stay special guest meant to be done away with before the credits roll.
October 01, 2015
Last night's episode, Without a Country, was chiller than Jamal on a slow jam.
October 07, 2015
After last week's breathless opener, Empire slowed the pace this week in order to let us absorb the reality of the new normal.
October 01, 2015
Hakeem and Cookie seemed to be the only people thinking of the family by trying to remove the poisonous influence that is Lucious Lyon from their lives. But removing a cancerous organ, when it's vital ensures the death of the body.
