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Is there hope for Andre?

That was questioned several times on the latest episode of Empire when it became apparent that Andre has a tough road ahead 

Andre has lost his wife. She was really the only constant in his life.

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Obviously, he has a strong bond with his three brothers, but there’s nothing quite like the bond with your significant other. 

Rhonda got the raw deal of it when she sparred with Anika.

For storyline purposes, there would have been no logic in taking Anika out. 

Her storyline had a lot of organic paths it could go in, but Rhonda’s reached a natural conclusion.

It sucks, but it’s just down to how the writers dealt with the character. 

Andre being haunted by Rhonda is a nice touch to show just how Andre is dealing in the aftermath of losing his wife, but I’m thankful the writers went a different route with Andre. 

After Cookie and his brothers made it clear they were going to support him every step of the way, Andre knew it was time to make a change and get himself better. 

It’s just a shame that the police thought it was necessary to arrest Andre for coming out of his own house.

There are going to be some severe ramifications to his ordeal and they have the potential to halt the growth we witnessed for Andre in this hour. 

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He might go all the way back to the way he was when he witnessed Rhonda being thrown off the rooftop last week. 

Meanwhile, Jamal agreed to go to an event against the advice of his mother.

Her main concern was that it would draw the family into the spotlight. 

Unfortunately, Tariq is going full steam ahead with his pursuit of the Lyons, but Jamal does not want to abide by the family rules. 

Instead, Jamal agreed to go to an event to raise awareness against gun violence, much to the disgust of Cookie.

Cookie made it clear she was not a fan of Angelo Dubois and took Jamal out of the meeting. 

Lucious agreed to promote the event, but as always, he had an ulterior motive. Lucious claimed to Jamal that he was releasing his album, but Jamal still is not in the best place. 

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He still has a bad case of stage fright and made it perfectly clear to Lucious that he did not see himself releasing more music. 

Lucious being the crafty man he is, he said he was not delaying Jamal’s album and would go ahead and release it. 

That rubbed Hakeem the wrong way, who said it would be the best thing if they just released his own music.

He did so with a bitchy comment about his music being real. 

It was great comedy timing and it lightened up the mood. 

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At the summit, we got to see young Cookie and Lucious and how they became a thing. It was an intriguing look into one of the best TV couples. 

Lucious blindsided Jamal by setting up a performance for him, but Jamal swiftly exited the the venue due to another panic attack. 

Mariah Carey is about to show up in Empire land, but will she really be able to help Jamal?

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We can only hope!

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