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Critic Consensus: With masterfully melodramatic writing and gloriously glam performances, Empire is not backing down on the soapy spectacle in its second season.
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Cast
as Lucious Lyon
as Cookie Lyon
as Jamal Lyon
as Hakeem Lyon
as Andre Lyon
as Anika Calhoun
as Anika Calhoun
as Rhonda Lyon
as Becky
as Porsha
as Tiana
as Michael Sanchez
as Thirsty Rawlings
as Laura
as Vernon Turner
as Freda Gatz
as Chicken
as Camilla
as Leah Walker
as Mimi Whiteman
as Laz Delgado
as Marisol
as Roxanne Ford
as Carmen
as Candace
as Tariq
as Leah Walker
as Derek Major
as Jago
as Tay-O
as Skye Summers
as Jamesion
as Steve Cho
as Valentina
as Trap
as Carol
as V
as Harper Scott
as J Poppa
as Juanita
as Tony "Tricky" Trichter
as Marcel
as Lucious's Assistant
as Edna
as Ralph Anderson
as Leonard Bernstein
as Frank Gathers
as Officer Mcknight
as Pepper O'Leary
as Himself
as Himself
as Carmen
as Himself
as Reverend L.C. Price
as Himself
as Homeboy
as Himself
as Webb
as Himself
as Tyree
as Himself
as Himself
as Guy
as Carmel Dielman
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Judith
as Lola
as Little Dwight Walker
as Big Heavy
as J Poppa
as Raquel Alvarez
as Homeboy
as Huey
as Warden Athena Myers
as Erika
as Jezzy
as Stacee Run-Run
as Lou
as Gladys
as Henry
as Engineer
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Critic Reviews for Empire: Season 2
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Empire remains a soap with no pretensions beyond the suds. But there's something melancholy, and forlorn, in its heart: Reach the mountaintop, and the view is still lousy, and worse, everyone wants to push you off.
The elements that made Empire a sensation last season have not dimmed.
The first season of the wildly popular Fox dramarama was soapy in all the right ways, but, like the best soaps, teetered between being, like, the greatest and a big mess. This season walks the same precarious path.
"Empire" rules, bigger and badder than ever.
If the premiere is any indication, we can look forward to the usual Empire fare: sexual intrigue, LGBTQ issues, fabulous wardrobe, slick pop tunes and rap hits, and - of course - a seemingly endless succession of double and triple crossings.
The charisma of Henson's performance, which is not scenery-chewing so much as world-conquering, and co-creator Lee Daniels' devotion to the honest detail, however nasty, profane, or politically incorrect, are what make Empire feel so fun and so authentic.
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