Bye bye, Boo Boo Kitty.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Why was this the time for the Lyons to lose Empire?

Or is it the Empire?

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So in the finale, they really have to choose love or Empire.

So youd say the battle for Empire isnt over?I would definitely say its not over.

The Lyons dont give up easily.

And I think thats really relatable in people in marriages today.

How do you keep marriages alive?

We had their happy ending, but this was a pretty deadly episode.

Can we say for sure that Anika is a goner?Yeah, Anika is dead.

So she really does win at the end, only to the cost of her life.

Thats what the audience and fans would have really wanted.

Besides the fact that Rhondas dead, we found a way to give it to them.

Also, you had the nice little touch that Graces real-life husband is the one who basically kills her.

That seems to live up to the soap aspect of the show.It always had to be Andre.

So it just made sense that he would be the one to play a part in finally ending her.

He is just trying to shake her up and embarrass her.

Weve seen how he deals with things, so should we expect another possible episode with his mental health?

Also gone, even though it was off screen, is Tory.

And that sends him off to London.

We lost Tory and Anika, but we might have lost even more people.

The fate of Hakeem (Bryshere Y.

Nothing between the four of them will be the same.

Were opening it up again for a new journey, a new venture with the Lyon family.

And were going to see what that looks like and what that journey is.

Empirereturns to Fox for season 5 in the fall.