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EPISODE
SEASON
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Empire - Season 3 Episode 05: One Before Another
Season 3 opens with Hakeem leaving the altar, and a rooftop fight between Anika and Rhonda leading to a tragic fall; Lucious uses his streaming service to pursue his music legacy and clashes with Tariq, who leads a federal task force to investigate him.
1 July 1986, Chicago, Illinois, USA
February 28, 1995 in Salina, Kansas, USA
1 August 1972, The Bronx, New York, USA
11 April 1989, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
5 August 1968, The Bronx, New York, USA
7 July 1986, Haines City, Florida, USA
November 10, 2016
Without getting into everything else that happened during the World Series-induced hiatus (though some characters tonight made some pretty apt allusions), it's good to be back with the most predictably unpredictable pack in the fictional-music business.
November 10, 2016
The councilman's attempt to make virtue out of vice serves as a neat little mission statement for this week's episode. As the still-young third season of "Empire" has made abundantly clear, the Lyons are locked in an endless cycle of conflict.
November 10, 2016
I can't be blamed for wanting the family matriarch to knock some sense into her youngest.
November 10, 2016
Don't get me wrong, there were a lot of good moments on Empire Season 3 Episode 5, but for the most part, this was a lackluster installment. Lucious continues to be a thorn in everyone's side, and the bickering between the brothers is getting old.
November 10, 2016
In Empire's "One Before Another" -- which peaked with an ugly and captivating family showdown -- we got glimpses of father and son that brought previously obscured parts of them into sharp view. That reveal was most surprising for Lucious.

