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Empire – Season 1, Episode 8 The Lyon's Roar

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86% Tomatometer 7 Reviews
Lucious, Jamal and Hakeem must come together to record a legacy album; Cookie and Camilla (Naomi Campbell) face off; Jamal reveals news that surprises everyone.
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Empire — Season 1, Episode 8

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Terrence Howard

Lucious Lyon

Taraji P. Henson

Cookie Lyon

Malik Yoba

Vernon Turner

Jussie Smollett

Jamal Lyon

Bryshere Y. Gray

Hakeem Lyon

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Andre Lyon
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Craig D. Lindsey New York Magazine/Vulture 03/05/2015
"The Lyon's Roar" is another prime example of how this show can go from intriguing to inept at a moment's notice. Go to Full Review Tre'vell Anderson Los Angeles Times 03/01/2015
With Hakeem, we can put the brooms away; he's finally acting his age, not his shoe size. Go to Full Review Rightor Doyle Observer 03/01/2015
Andre is the Jan Brady of Empire. Go to Full Review Whitney Evans TV Fanatic 03/01/2015
Man, Lucious is a really hard character to like, isn't he? Terrence Howard is a gifted actor and he plays Lucious as a very cold, calculating man, but he hits the emotional beats so well that you can go from hating him to liking him in an instance. Go to Full Review Robert Ham Paste Magazine 03/01/2015
8.6/10
As both writer and director of "The Lyon's Roar," [Danny Strong] managed to crank out an episode rife with big and little moments of drama, while maintaining a bit of Lee Daniels melodrama to boot. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Lucious, Jamal and Hakeem must come together to record a legacy album; Cookie and Camilla (Naomi Campbell) face off; Jamal reveals news that surprises everyone.
Executive Producer
Lee Daniels, Danny Strong, Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo
Network
Fox
Rating
TV-14 (V|D|L|S)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Feb 25, 2015