The empathetic father figure that he is, Lucious pounced on her, chiding her for stopping just short of her peak and asking, “What the hell your daddy do to you?” Pretty bold words for the man that had her father KILLED, but the series has already established that Lucious has little to no conscience so this is pretty much par for the course. In a preliminary recording session, Freda backs off her verse as self-doubt grips her. Lucious gonna Lyon - and by that, we mean project all of his unresolved childhood issues onto Dej Loaf’s doppelgänger, Freda Gatz. Jesus be a fence ‘cause Cookie is wide open. “I’m not gonna take all the credit," he said. Laz pitched a few ideas of his own and Cookie teasingly asked if he was going to try to steal the credit for production.īut Laz played it smoother than your uncle's two-step to Earth, Wind & Fire at a family cookout.
In the brief moments that they came up for air (and fluids and take-out), the ill-fated lovers discussed Cookie’s summer jam, an inaugural event to help catapult Lyon Dynasty’s artists into the spotlight. This week’s episode opened with a marathon caking session between Cookie and her secret lover, Laz - who is basically Satan with abs and a curious Longhorn tattoo that Cookie somehow missed in the 72 hours they spent in bed (SERIOUSLY, HOW IS SHE MISSING THIS?). Here’s what happened: “We be all night…”Īnd day. This week served as a more earnest attempt at substance from Empire, which has so far gotten off on excess and plot twist after plot twist.