Empire Season One Episode Ten Recap.

Episode Ten of #empire started off on a very sad but educational and real note. We find out that Andre is diagnosed as Bipolar. With that said let me drop some knowledge on you. According to mentalhealthamerica.com an estimated 2.3 million Americans suffer from Bipolar disorder or manic depression. Manic depression is not just a "white people" thing as Cookie said it was in scene one of the show. According to the site many black people go untreated for Manic depression and many other mental illnesses because they too feel "it's a white people thing". Follow the link at the end of this review to learn more about Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression.

In scene one we see Andre flashing back to a family event where Olivia and Lucious are giving each other "that look". When I saw that I tweeted immediately that the writers and producers were telling us to look for a secret coming out that Lucious was actually creeping with Olivia on the low and the baby girl Lola

we all think is Jamal's could actually be Lucious'
daughter. We also see little of Miss Mary J. Blidge singing while Lucious plays the piano. 

Scene two is Lucious talking to Vernon about the IPO signing off on who gets what amount of Empire shares. Lucious also told Vernon in that scene that he was planning to marry Cookie again but this time he is going to make her sign a pre-nup. I was like whaaat!!!, ok not a bad idea writers but the scene following that shows Cookie kissing on Lucious' head of security Malcolm which means Cookies mind

wasn't on Lucious anymore. That meeting between Vernon and Lucious didn't end very well though so I'm looking to see Vernon stab Lucious in the back in the season finale or in season two. It's clear to me that is coming.

Raven's character Olivia re-enters in episode ten and she is in an abusive relationship and may have left Lola with the Lyons because she was trying to save her self and her daughter from this man's (Reg)

abusiveness. He finds her though and we see them meet with Vernon at a Club where Olivia tells Vernon that she wants to know where Lola is so she could go get her. At the Lyon's Mansion Hackeem enters with his woman Camilla and he performs a new song about how great "older women" are a move pretty much controlled by Camilla. Lucious brings her to his office and we finally get to learn Camilla's story. Now I thought she was just a rich cougar truly inlove with Hackeem.Turns out she is broke selling the clothes off her back and Lucious wanted to pay her off to leave Hackeem alone. She didn't take the money though but she still left after reading Lucious to filth darlings. Telling him that she will be back as soon as she hears that he is dead. This character Camilla is afraid of no one. Andre didn't show up to IPO signing opting to stay at the hospital but he made his wife Rhonda his proxy. She goes through the papers and notice that Andre and all the sons' shares were reduced so that Cookie could get some shares as well. That was a nice gesture on Lucious part but has Rhonda puts it, he's probably just trying to buy Cookie's loyalty. Jamal
hears the bickering enters the room and before he could find out what the arguing is about, in comes Vernon high of the "Coco" with Olivia and Reg behind him. We are then thrown into a musical therapy session with Jennifer Hudson and Andre. The therapy wasn't working so JHUD locks the door kneels before him her forehead on his and  I thought they were about to kiss but much to my disappointment  she just wanted to pray. When all else fails prayer is next I guess. 

Back at the Mansion......

So this guy Reg, Olivia's (Raven Symone) abusive boyfriend pulls a gun on every one in the house when Jamal tried to run up on him and after he grabs Cookie Lucious steps forward to confess all is bad deads, which includes him being Lola's father and forcing Olivia to marry Jamal for a record deal and a bunch of other things we already knew from previous episodes. As I mentioned earlier I saw it coming that Lucious was Lola's father. What I didn't see coming was the writers having Lucious willing to give up his life to protect his entire family like that. Malcolm the body guard returns from dropping Camilla off at the airport right on time to shoot Reg in the head and then my minute of actually liking Lucious faded away just like that. 

In the final scene we see Lola saying goodbye to every one. It was really a sad scene that little girl can act cus I felt the sadness. Andre was leaving his Empire office with a huge box so I'm  not sure if he has left the company or the writers are just having him take a short leave of absence due to him not being well.Lucious was no where in sight until we saw him asking Cookie to marry him in a very not so romantic way in his office. Cookie turned him down though telling him that she was over the fantacy she left prison with of of them being together and that she believes Lucious is just throwing them getting back together on the table becuase he didn't want to die alone. Before the show ended we saw Cookie telling Malcolm, her new love interest that she wanted to go away with him.She
moved from "Take these Cookaaays" in last week's episode to "take me away with you Malcolm" in this week's. Good for you Cookie.

Next week Empire will be two hours long for its season finale and from the promo it looks like a whole lot is going to go down including Andre attacking some one, Anika and Cookie finally physically fighting and Cookie and Lucious going to war against each other and Hackeem looking mad as hell about something. According to Empires official twitter account Lucious will be announcing who will run the Empire. I am sure after that two hour season finale we are all going to be saying O.M.Geeee!!!! I can't wait. 

http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/conditions/bipolar-disorder-and-african-americans