Empire is back after a longer than normal hiatus and it immediately threw us into the deep end. On Empire Season 3 Episode 5 , Lucious realized the error of his ways, but that did not mean he was about to cut a deal with his sworn enemy. We started things off with Shine getting ready to go murder some of the Lyons, but he got the shock of his life when he went to murder Andre. That shock stemmed from Nessa being in the apartment. This confirmed to Shine that Andre was sleeping with her and he tried to pull the trigger. Conveniently, there were no bullets in the gun, but Nessa managed to get Shine to agree to a short-term deal that would allow some much-needed breathing space for the Lyons. When that was all said and done, Lucious knew Shine was going full steam ahead in his quest to make his family pay, so he decided the best course of action was to get Shine to make a deal with him. View Slideshow: 2016 Spring TV Awards: And the Winners Are… The deal went awry, but Anika decided to save the day and made a strong case to sign Shine to Empire in order to get an album out of him. Shine knew it was too good to be true, but Lucious confirmed he would give him the deal. Lucious and Anika then shared a tender moment, but Anika revealed she was after a job at Empire. Lucious decided that it was worth considering and he would. Cookie and Angelo hit their first major relationship snag when Cookie’s probation officer was rude to her. Cookie thought Angelo had got her in trouble and she told him she didn’t want to see him again. This forced him to investigate what was going on and the lady later apologized to Cookie, thus revealing they had received some information that painted her in a bad light. Cookie was then back on Team Angelo and the pair resumed their relationship. Lucious, Cookie and the boys held a live stream of some new music, but the whole thing descended into chaos when Hakeem found out about Andre and Nessa. Hakeem sung some homophobic lyrics about Jamal because he felt Jamal should have told him about Nessa and Andre. Jamal was shocked to the core because he didn’t think there was anything to tell in the first place. The family bickered while being broadcast live and then tried to work things out. However, Hakeem is officially back in cahoots with Lucious and this can only mean bad things. Meanwhile, Tiana was less than impressed with Becky when she gave her the song she wanted for her album without having Cookie’s seal of approval. Tiana felt she had wasted her time because it got her album delayed and told Cookie she wanted Becky off her team. View Slideshow: 10 Highest Paid Actresses on TV: Who’s #1? Finally, Shine met up with Tariq and revealed that there was something iffy about the way Freda’s father was murdered and it gave Tariq what he needed in order to investigate what went down. Tariq reveled he was the one who got Cookie in trouble. It was a crazy episode. Right?! Hit the comments with your observations on it! View Slideshow: Empire Cast: Did You Know…?
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Empire Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: War of the Lyons
