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EPISODE
SEASON
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Empire - Season 2 Episode 02: Without a Country
Cookie tries to convince the board that Lucious is fine, knowing Lucious won’t be held much longer in prison a plot is up to displace him from the company.
7 January 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA
24 July 1975, Chicago, Illinois, USA
October 01, 2015
Fortunately, Empire and its viewers and listeners have months more time to spend together. You are hereby sentenced to a goddamn delightful show.
October 01, 2015
"Without A Country" feels like the show Empire was trying to become in its first season. The episode is still silly as hell, but in an arch, savvy way that suggests the show is being made by people who really love nighttime soaps.
October 15, 2015
[One] moment falls in line with the show's penchant for hitting on real-world issues the black community faces, particularly issues around mass incarceration and police brutality.
October 04, 2015
Cue the dramatic music Empire reserves for truly evil characters. If Officer Luda could grow a longer mustache, he'd twirl it.
October 01, 2015
Empire is a flawed, yet intoxicating enterprise, and I'm going to stick with it to the bitter end, but I really want everyone to step up their game.
October 01, 2015
It's getting delightfully tricky to tell who's a genuine threat to the Lyon family's well-being and who's a short-stay special guest meant to be done away with before the credits roll.
October 07, 2015
After last week's breathless opener, Empire slowed the pace this week in order to let us absorb the reality of the new normal.
October 01, 2015
Last night's episode, Without a Country, was chiller than Jamal on a slow jam.
October 01, 2015
Hakeem and Cookie seemed to be the only people thinking of the family by trying to remove the poisonous influence that is Lucious Lyon from their lives. But removing a cancerous organ, when it's vital ensures the death of the body.
October 01, 2015
If there's one thing that Empire does well, it's the infamous dramatic exit. Slamming the door in someone's face numerous times? Check. Shutting the elevator door after a big reveal? Check.