'Empire' season premiere highlights, told through the best Twitter reactions
“Lucious. You’re gonna remember me. I’m Cookie Lyon, baby. I’m unforgettable.”
Empire has returned, and the Season 4 premiere definitely delivered. But more than that, Twitter exploded with reactions. Too soon?
First, we found out that Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) didn’t just lose his memory from the explosion; he also lost his leg.
Daaaaang Luscious lost his leg #Empire pic.twitter.com/Ryy4OzkUhr
— ~Tha Queen~ (@ThaRoyal1) September 28, 2017
Next, we’re starting to get to know Lucious’s new in-home nurse, Claudia (Demi Moore), and the fact that something about her is a little sketch and untrustworthy. In one scene, Lucious asked Claudia if he could kiss her as Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) watched from a distance. As you might expect, in true Cookie Lyon fashion, the woman of the house was not having it — she pulled Claudia into a room and told her, “You got 30 minutes to pack your bags and kick rocks, bitch.” And fans were quick to join Team Cookie.
Keeping my eye on this nurse like #Empire pic.twitter.com/RPebygizHj
— ONE AND ONLY? (@_DamnTash_) September 28, 2017
Meanwhile, the new Lucious spent the majority of the episode totally lost, confused, and utterly overwhelmed by both the attention and drama surrounding him. After tension reached its boiling point during a family dinner, Lucious decided he’d rather just jump in the ocean than handle the Lyon family drama.
#Empire Luscious hopped out of that seat like…. pic.twitter.com/83OQnqyehv
— IT'S ME!!!!! (@MissLeeLee328) September 28, 2017
While it was all very emotional, fans took to Twitter to hilariously point out that the new amputee moved a little too quickly on his crutches.
#empire Yo who else thought Luscious was fast as hell on them crutches pic.twitter.com/mIogmBYWLZ
— ef- (@BethGreen___) September 28, 2017
Speaking of family drama, Cookie reminded Lucious that they wanted to give Andre the company, but neither of them know that Andre was actually behind the explosion.
Luscious: Andre's a good son
Me: #Empire pic.twitter.com/n6Z9aC3WGr— Alex (@AlexAwritergirl) September 28, 2017
And even though Lucious is putting on an act to make everyone believe he’s fine, some fans have already voiced a theory that he’s actually faking memory loss to find out who tried to kill him — because at the end of the day, this is Lucious Lyon we’re talking about.
My mom just put forward a theory that Lucious is faking his memory issues to find out which family member tried to kill him #Empire
— Taylor M.? (@Tay_Marsh) September 28, 2017
Empire airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on Fox. Watch clips and full episodes of Empire free on Yahoo View.
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