Plus: What’s in store for Cookie and Lucious?
Spoiler alert: This story is about Wednesdays season 3 finale ofEmpire.
Well, that was certainly an eventful hour ofEmpire!
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lets get right into it: Lucious has amnesia at the end of the finale.
It doesnt mean that hes going to spend the whole season not knowing.
Were breaking the story now.
Is it who he is or is it the circumstances of his life?
Also, what does he really know and how much is his usual opportunistic manipulation of circumstances?
But it will absolutely be our story going into season 4 or a big part of it.
Demis character seems a little off.
She sort of seems in love with him.
Shes a rehabilitation specialist.
Shes a rehab nurse and shes a trained psychologist.
She takes on one patient at a time and devotes herself to them.
So shes devoted to Lucious.
When we meet her in the finale, hes never laid eyes on her.
Hes presumably heard her voice.
Obviously, Cookie and Lucious were in a good place before the explosion.
It sounds like the nurse will create a love triangle.Shell create a triangle.
I dont want to call it a love triangle because weve done that so many times.
I want to be really clear were not repeating ourselves.
This is a whole new relationship and a whole new scenario for the Lyons.
What does this mean for him?Thats part of what were setting up.
How severe the damage is to Lucious might determine both the extent of his guilt and also his paranoia.
The question is: Who knows other than Shine?
Also, how guilty is Andre if he tried to call it off at the last minute?
And how is that intense guilt going to affect his mental health?
What can you say about Jamal and this new guy, who is a member of the Dubois family?
What is the new guys relationship to Angelo?Hes Angelos cousin.
Hes the son of Diana Dubois brother.
The Dubois already have been formidable adversaries.
Going into season 4, they are a significant adversary to the Lyons as we begin our season.
Were going full Montagues vs. Capulets.
Or maybe its Hatfields and McCoys.
So will Phylicia Rashad and Taye Diggs will return next year?Yes.
Weve loved them and we do think Phylicia Rashad has just been the best nemesis ever.
It seemed like she finally got her happy ending.Well, it was genuine.
Or is that just the last of it?
Will Charlotte (Eva Longoria) and Giuliana (Nia Long) return?
They seem like they have some axes to grind.Frankly, its uncertain.
But weve imagined a lot of scenarios in which we would and wed love to.
She just cant catch a break.
She wants to be a Lyon.
She looks at her daughter as her connection to the Lyon family.
But she has to be insane to want to continue having anything to do with this family.
It hasnt gone well for her.
Or are they like the mafia where once youre in, youre in for life?
And Leah seems like she really showed her true colors.
She didnt just kill Tariq she killed Tariq and had a plan.
So is Lucious going to be able to tolerate having her around much longer?
And can he even cut her loose if he wants to?
Empirereturns to Fox in the fall.
