“It Was Time To Say Goodbye”

[Warning: This story contains spoilers from Wednesday’s episode of Empire, “A Rose by Another Name.”]Empire has never shied away from death – lest we forget when Lucious’s attorney placed a corpse in the prosecutor’s car to scare her off his case. But Death’s latest visit is a particularly hard pill to swallow. Read: Who is the camilla on the empire Just two episodes after fan favorite Camilla (Naomi Campbell), she triumphantly returned to take control of the Empire board of directors and replaced Lucious with Hakeem (Bryshere Y. Grey) as CEO, she’s gone. Lucious comes into contact with Camilla shortly after she kills his wife, Mimi (Marisa Tomei), who is upset when she sees pictures of Camilla and Hakeem together, and Camilla’s control of Empire stock is later taken over. out of doubt. looked like a drowning suicide, but Lucious filmed it all. He then points a gun at Camilla and gives her two options: Go to jail for killing Mimi or eat the same poison she gave Mimi. black (but not before Lucious tells Camilla to “go to hell”). Read more: Who is Dolph Ziggler Dating Now? | Top Q&A “He does it because he twists and because he can,” host Ilene Chaiken told The Hollywood Reporter with a laugh. “Delicious Lyon wants to be able to say, ‘I didn’t do that. I didn’t kill her,” and he knows he’s much more satisfied getting her to make the final decision and solve the problem for him. But is she really dead? After all, technically, viewers didn’t see her bite the dust. But Chaiken says there’s no crazy twist to come. “We can assume she is dead,” she said. “She drank poison.” Although the dramatic scene caused two of the show’s most popular guest stars to tumble – Empire marked a very rare TV adaptation for Oscar winner Tomei – their deaths still remain. It makes sense if entering the second half of the season means focusing less on guest stars and outsiders and more on the Lyon family. “It’s certainly hard to say goodbye,” Chaiken said. “It would have been nice if we could go on longer, but it’s time to say goodbye.” So what does this murder-suicide mean for the Empire board of directors and especially for the deposed Lyon family (except for Hakeem)? Read more: Who Tomozaki ends up with in the anime “It’s really a lot about the next episodes,” revealed Chaiken. “Will her death simply make things right, or is it more complicated than that?” Oddly, it would be a later death, with Hakeem not being able to give up the CEO throne so easily. “Luscious figured all he needed to do was get her out this way, but Hakeem is still the CEO,” said Chaiken. “He certainly still intends to stay as CEO. He knew it was going to be a challenge, and his hope was by showing his family that he could fix this, that he got rid of her and got her out of the company. their, that they will respect him and give him a chance to run it. In his view, Luscious was downvoted, and Luscious didn’t deserve it. He will fight for it. “Empire airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on Fox.Read more: How to be embarrassed when someone owes you money