Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I tīmata a Lucious Lyon ki te ngaro i tōna whānau - ā, tata tonu ki tana Empire i arohaina i te wāhanga o te whakaaturanga Fox i te pō o te Rāapa. Ko te rangatira puoro i whakaahuatia e Terrence Howard i te timatanga o te whakaari kotahi-haora i kite i tana hoa wahine a Anika e pupuhi ana i roto i tona ao i muri i tana whakaatu mo te whakawhiti takirua ki a ia me tana rangatira waitohu waitohu a Billy Baretti [Judd Nelson]. Katahi a Lucious ka nui haere te pana atu i ana tama - ka mutu me nga whakaaturanga whakamataku i te mea ko tana tuakana, ko Andre, i kawea mai i roto i o raatau tari ka whakanohoia ki te whare haumanu mo te 48 haora i muri i tana riri i muri i tana whakamutu i tana rongoa bipolar. Te whakamahere marena: I whakamahere a Lucious Lyon me tana hoa rangatira i to raua marena i te timatanga o te waahanga o te ra o te Wenerei o te whakaaturanga Fox Empire. Engari i te wa e pakaru ana tona oranga whaiaro, he nui ake te manukanuka o Lucious - ko te wehi ka hinga tana kamupene tuhi. Ahakoa a Anika [Grace Gealey] i ohorere i a ia e inoi ana ki a ia kia kaua ia e haere atu i a ia - engari kia kitea ai e ia he aha ta Beretti e whakaaro ana ki te whakamate i a ia, kaua ki te whakamatau ki te pupuri i a ia. I roto hoki i te hinganga o Andres he taupatupatu o te kōrero e tohu ana i ngā rārangi kōrero taumaha e haere mai ana. I peia ia e te Kuki i te mea i whakakite a Anika i a Lucious, a maka ana ia ki waho o te whare rangatira. I muri i te tohe a Lucious kāore anō ia kia whakatau ko wai ka riro i a Empire i muri i a ia, ka whakatakotoria e Andre tōna matenga ki tōna pāpā, ā, ka kī atu, 'He tohutohu pakihi mai i te mātauranga Wharton i utu nui ai koe: Ka whiriwhiri koe i te tangata e mōhio ana he kaipatu koe.' Ko te wāhanga whakamutunga, ko Unto The Breach, i tīmata ki a Lucious rāua ko Anika i roto i te ahuareka o te kāinga e whakamahere ana i a rāua marena me tētahi kaiwhakarite marena. 'Ka nui ake a mātou kukupa, he nui ake te waipiro, he nui ake ngā mea katoa i ētahi atu e mōhiotia ana e rātau,' i kī atu a Lucious ki tana wahine i a ia e kopikopiko ana i tōna taringa i roto i tōna whare rangatira. Ka whakatata atu a Andre ki te whakatupato i tona papa. Engari i pakaru to raua koa i te wa i taka ai a Kuki [Taraji P. Henson] raua ko Porsha...
I haere tonu te raupapa ki te piki ake i te mea ko te waahanga hou i eke ki te wiki tuawaru o te tipu. Ko te hunga mātakitaki o Empire i eke ki te 14.2 miriona mātakitaki me te 5.7 miriona i roto i nga pakeke 18-49.