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Empire – Season 2, Episode 4 Poor Yorick

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Despite their feud, the Lyons decide to collaborate on a project that will benefit both companies; Lucious wants to make Vernon disappear.
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Empire — Season 2, Episode 4

Empire — Season 2, Episode 4

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Empire doesn't necessarily earn the big reveal in "Poor Yorick," but Taraji P. Henson's performance is enough to make the episode work.

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Terrence Howard

Lucious Lyon

Taraji P. Henson

Cookie Lyon

Jussie Smollett

Jamal Lyon

Bryshere Y. Gray

Hakeem Lyon

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Craig Jenkins New York Times 10/15/2015
Props to Cookie, though, for invoking Sandra Bland, the African-American woman whose mysterious death in police custody was ruled a suicide this summer, during her arrest. ("If I die in police custody, it was not a suicide!") Go to Full Review Melissa Maerz Entertainment Weekly 10/15/2015
Watching Cookie hustle is one of the best parts of Empire. Like the animals whose prints cover her shoes, she's at her fiercest when she's backed into a corner, ready to claw her way out. Go to Full Review Mike Ayers Wall Street Journal 10/15/2015
Cookie clearly won the Empire war this week - she dug deep and came up with a fantastic counter to Lucious's monopoly over the airwaves. Go to Full Review Eliza C. Thompson Cosmopolitan 03/08/2018
It's too bad Hakeem's girl group Mirage à Trois didn't pan out, because this episode could really have used some more choreography montages. Go to Full Review Phoebe Robinson Vanity Fair 10/16/2015
Last night solidified why I love Empire. Go to Full Review Robbyn Mitchell Tampa Bay Times 10/15/2015
I'm willing to accept [Lucious] as purely a plot device from this point on, if only because his affect on the others has spurred some interesting moments. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Despite their feud, the Lyons decide to collaborate on a project that will benefit both companies; Lucious wants to make Vernon disappear.
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
Oct 14, 2015