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Empire – Season 2, Episode 13 The Tameness of a Wolf

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92% Tomatometer 13 Reviews
Tensions rise between Lucious and his sons; Lucious recreates a traumatic interaction with his mother for a new music video; Tiana and Laura fight to be spotlighted during the Mirage a Trois tour.
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Empire — Season 2, Episode 13

Empire — Season 2, Episode 13

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"The Tameness of the Wolf" advances Empire's plot while doing the unthinkable by finally making Lucious Lyon a seemingly sympathetic character.

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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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Andre Lyon

Grace Byers

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Isabella Biedenharn Entertainment Weekly 04/14/2016
Empire has always been a show about family issues -- that's literally the whole point. But this week, families tangential to the Lyons' came into the mix, too. Go to Full Review Joshua Alston AV Club 04/14/2016
B-
An episode like "Tameness" buoys the rest of the show, even if it does so in an artificial and kind of manipulative way. Go to Full Review Craig Jenkins New York Times 04/14/2016
Episode 13 advanced some plot quirks that have been plaguing us for months. We finally get the full story of how Dwight Walker became Lucious Lyon and all the lurid details of his troubled childhood. Go to Full Review Lauren Jimerson Black Girl Nerds 06/26/2018
This was a good episode. Not great, but good... I was left happy with what I got. Go to Full Review Michael Slezak TV Line 04/14/2016
To paraphrase Aretha Franklin, there ain't no way to not have your heart break a little for the child who grew up homeless in the streets of Philadelphia and turned to selling drugs to avoid eating out of trashcans. (And that's not even the worst part...) Go to Full Review Lauren Chval RedEye 04/14/2016
3.5/4
"The Tameness of a Wolf" felt like the "Empire" of last spring. It touched on identity ("If you don't put your whole truth into this video, what is the damn point?"), daddy issues, mental health, race and money. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Tensions rise between Lucious and his sons; Lucious recreates a traumatic interaction with his mother for a new music video; Tiana and Laura fight to be spotlighted during the Mirage a Trois tour.
Executive Producer
Lee Daniels, Danny Strong, Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo
Network
Fox
Rating
TV-14 (D|L|V)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Apr 13, 2016