NY 10036. Follow me to get more from me. Cookie is "very complicated and complex," the actress stated. The Views Sunny Hostin Shares Her Thoughts On Don Lemons Firing: It Doesn't Make Sense. Even Yana couldn't snap and kill Cookie in a jealous rage due to her own unexpected death. Cookie and Lucious have a big problem on their hands. "He's been doing so well putting a guilt trip on her. [2] Cookie is devastated when her cousin Bunkie is discovered murdered. "[6], BuzzFeed said Henson "delivers one of her finest performances to date" as Cookie. "The Inside Track: The Rise of EMPIRE Part 1", "How Lee Daniels' Real-Life Experiences Helped Create Empire", "Taraji P. Henson Nabs Female Lead in Fox's Lee Daniels Hip-Hop Drama 'Empire', "Taraji P. Henson Is Finally Having Her Moment With "Empire", "The Cast and Director of 'Empire' Discuss Their New Show", "Mo'Nique Says Lee Daniels Wanted Her To Play Cookie On TV Hit 'Empire', "Taraji P. 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"[5] "She's a lot of things," Henson said of her character in an interview with E!. Empire had to stop production two episodes short of the planned series finale, and no Season 7 is coming to tie off the loose ends. I guess that was a little bit of a surprise. All Rights Reserved. He asks Cookie to go with him, but she refuses and tells Lucious that him and Empire aren't good for her. [19], "On the Lee Daniels-created series, she operates as if she has something to prove with every step of her stilettos, every word that leaves her lips, and every silent but symbolic glare. Did the car explosion happen while Lucious was getting shot, or was that a trick of the editing? She's not a doctor, lawyer, or detective, but watches a lot of them in primetime. Before the success of Empire Entertainment, Cookie was a drug dealer who helped Lucious's career become successful. But even by Empires shifty standards, its tough to imagine how anyone even the seemingly indestructible Cookie Lyon could survive such an explosion. Except for the major flash-forward mystery, the Fox drama's ending still managed to wrap up several storylines, but Empire showrunner Brett Mahoney has explained how the shocking series finale death was supposed to be different. If you recall, season 6 beginning shows us of how the great Lucious Lyon was shot to death and how Cookie was seen to explode in a car. While no motive has been revealed for Hakeem to kill his dad, he already has anger and resentment built up towards him, so anything could set him off. Theres no telling if or when Empire will ever shoot its original ending, but viewers will have to settle for the series finale that did air for now. So we were just trying to show how difficult it is. Eventually, Lucious learns that Jeff is actually Lucious' son that he had with another woman, Tracy Kingsley, before he married Cookie. But since we had shot this scene at the movie premiere, which [resembled the] spirit of the original finale, I [realized] I could build something [for the makeshift finale] with that [footage] and at least end it in the same spirit that we intended, in terms of Cookie and Lucious recognizing their love for one another, and the family coming together and realizing that the Lyons were more important than Empire. ", On February 26, 2014, it was announced that Taraji P. Henson, best known for her Academy Award-nominated performance in the 2008 film, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and her most recent stint on the CBS drama, Person of Interest had been cast in the role of Cookie Lyon. "If Samuel L. Jackson had a baby with Bette Davis, it would be Taraji", says Jussie Smollett, who plays Henson's son Jamal in the series. However, Yana's father Damon (Wood Harris) sees this hug and sees it as a. In order to "be a boss woman", Cookie sets up a wardrobe that allows her to "look like one. But, I think that he may leave and discover some new things about himself before he comes back. When bossy was going through some challenges she told Becky emotionally "Bossy was my life's dream, I never intended to loose it just like that". She has compassion for a person like Cookie because "I was around it, so I can't judge" she said. Those ominous words followed the startling scene in which we again saw the Lyon family matriarch rushing to her car and sitting inside before the black luxury vehicle explodes -- presumably with her inside. Cinemablend is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Given Cookies jittery, guilty-as-hell energy as she exited her house and made her way to her TNT-rigged automobile, the show clearly wants us to think that Cookie murdered Lucious before running straight into the Grim Reapers clutches herself. "Wewant to be able to film the intended finale we came up with and think we owe it to the fans to do that. In an interview with the Associated Press, she described Cookie as "the truth." Frank Gathers then sends Jermel's severed head to Cookie and Carol and realises that he is out to get her. At the end of the episode, viewers see her for the first time in a few seasons as shes out of jail and pats a gun on her waist saying, If I see him again, I wont miss. Who killed Lucious Lyon? "[18] Henson referred to Cookie as "an animal" out for what belongs to her, and stated that her love of fur and leopard prints relates to that theme. Nobody at the show is to blame for the Season 6 ending that was downright ridiculous even by Empire's spectacularly soapy standards. ??? At one point in the series finale of " Empire ," the Lyon family sits around a table and discuss canceling the premiere of the Lucious and Cookie biopic that they produced because of safety. We don't know who will be available when that happens," he says. He continued, "She's the perfect leading lady. He actually offered Andre life in the end, so I think he will always live on with the Lyons. The [original] idea for 19 had us coming to this place where everything was good, and then [suddenly] that all gets turned upside down and they go on a journey [in 20, before ultimately] coming back to [that happy place]. It took overseas by storm. Carol was furious with her for a time, but not quite "kill Cookie with a car bomb" furious. NY 10036. Fast forward to now, she tried becoming Empire's C.E.hOe , but failed, thanks again to Coocious. [12] Tim Stack of Entertainment Weekly said that "In Henson's hands, Cookie becomes a hot-blooded mother lion in Louboutins, sure to be the show's most quoted character. The actress admits that Cookie says what Henson might not have the guts to say. The Empire lost an heirbut maybe not the one we expected. By the closing minutes of the Empire series finale, titled "Home is On The Way," two characters had died, and Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) and Lucious (Terrence Howard) had reunited. Anyone hoping to see Empire become a full-on franchise have another big question, too: what about that Cookie spin-off? Lucious and Cookie over the years have stepped on a lot of toes and offended so great a number of people just for the sake of their own dearly beloved "Empire", they have rendered children orphans, people jobless, homes broken, loved ones death, images tarnished, dreams and aspirations cut short, destiny shattered and a lot hopeless. People tend to look at relationships through rose-tinted glasses, and this season was just a matter of, "Yes, they love each other, but what happens when they're together, and these people who have gone through so much, could their relationship actually be problematic and something you have to fight for?" Many shows are airing their season and series finales, so be sure to check out our list for all the big TV finales airing this spring and summer. . At the same time she schemes to get Jamal to come out publicly during Hakeem's debut performance at Lucious' club. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment melindamendal Additional comment actions. So then you don't think the damage is irreparable? This has been a powerful man for years now but Coocious made a public show of him recently and crashing his American Singers Awards (ASA). There is already a death, possibly two in the premiere episode of the final season when Andres prison friend Mouse visits him looking to collect on a debt. It wasn't upper middle class; it was lower middle class." After production was forced to close in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the decision was made to bring together what had already been filmed for the third- and second-to-last episodes of the series and turn it into the last episode. "[8] Actress and comedian Mo'Nique who also co-starred in the film Precious as the mother of the title character (portrayed by Sidibe)for which she won an Academy Awardrevealed that Daniels had also offered her the role of Cookie, but the network rejected the idea accusing her of being "difficult. Was Cookie inside of the car? Heres how it works. That's not to say that Andre will ever completely heal from his experiences or get to a point of not needing medication, since Empire showed what can go wrong if he gives up on his meds. If we assume that Empire's original finale really did kill off Lucious and Cookie, that raises the question: what happens to the Lyons left behind? In other words, Kelly is a strong man. For whatever it's worthy, it's good to know that the creative team intended for viewers to have time to ruminate on all that before diving into everything else. A lot of shows are coming back," Henson said. Who killed Lucious Lyon and why? ? Keep watching Empire Tuesdays at 9 p.m. EST on FOX to find out. In typical Empire style, the series finale did this by killing her off. ", Kelley L. Carter on Henson's portrayal. Do Maya and Hakeem get together? Yes, he is the second person on my List of suspect, though he is a minor suspect. 1. "Never in million years did I think it would end like this," Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. Henson) pondered at the start of this week's Empire. Yana realizes that Lucious' heart is still with Cookie and the pair break-up in amicable terms with a friendly hug. Although Cookie's fate remains painfully unknown, Tuesday's episode left no questions about the status of her relationship with Lucious. He is the father of sons Andre, Jamal and Hakeem Lyon with his wife Cookie, Jeffery Kingsley with his ex-girlfriend Tracey Kingsley and the grandfather of Bella, Prince and Walker Lyon . From this speech, it is obvious the killer may be a female or someone considered less a man because he lacks balls(mind), the statement might also mean the person has had a failed attempt of which either ways, Freda Gatz fits the description. Harrison Ford Believes 'This Is Indiana Jones Last Ever, Damar Hamlin's Charity Sponsor, the Giving Back Fund, Embroiled, Even Without Barry, 'Barry' Is Delighted with Its Own Misery, Malaysia's 'Abang Adik' Wins Udine Festival's Golden Mulberry, Editor's Choice: I Purchased This TikTok-Viral Walking Pad and I, TVLine is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Making a splash: A deep dive into the live-action, Jussie Smollett has been embroiled in controversy. As we moved forward, we narrowed it down, but I think we made the final decision that it was Kingsley before we started into the back nine episodes.
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