‘Empire’ season 2, episode 5 preview: ‘Be True’ and the latest for Cookie, Hakeem, and others

On Wednesday night’s “Empire,” we saw Cookie in the interrogation room, Hakeem get angry, and also Jamal continuing to find his voice and presence within the company. This is without even mentioning the latest freak-out when it comes to Andre and Rhonda.

So where are we going to see this story go from here moving into the next new episode? “Be True” is the title, and based on the synopsis below, you are going to see many of the brothers in particular tackling some of their problems head-on:

“Over at Lyon Dynasty, Cookie and Anika work together with Laz (guest star Adam Rodriguez) to throw “Cookie Lyon’s Block Party,” a big event to launch their company, showcase their artists and premiere a signature Dynasty anthem written by Hakeem. Meanwhile, Jamal gets busy working on his music with Ne-Yo (guest star Ne-Yo). Also, Hakeem begins a tender romance with the lead singer of his girl group, and Andre takes steps to rid his soul of past sins.”

Hopefully by the time we make it to the end of this episode, the picture is going to start to become a little bit clearer as to where the long game is taking us for some of these people. For one, we actually want to see Cookie find a little bit of success on her own, just like we want to eventually see Hakeem succeed in something. Sure, the guy’s extremely arrogant, but we understand some of his frustrations and the battle between him and Lucious is all the more fascinating if he actually has a little bit of influence.

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