Empireis ready to go out as onlyEmpirecould.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Early in the season, have you been energized by this being the end?
That was sort of the framework.
Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX
Have you already figured out the ending?We have the final endgame.
Now the question becomes, will it change based upon what we film and the stories that develop organically?
But we definitely have an idea.
Chuck Hodes/FOX
Last season ended with Lucious going on the run and Cookie refusing to come with him.
When he returns, whats his mindset?
Why was I trying to change for her?
He may have lost that because he lost his reason to be good.
I think it is a foregone conclusion that they love each other.
What is coming up for Andre [Trai Byers]?
I think he finally deserves some smooth sailing!Youre actually going to see a very different Andre.
Because for the first time were going to see Andre having all his dreams fulfilled.
How about for Hakeem [Bryshere Y.
Gray]?Hakeem has some exciting stuff.
And thats what Hakeem is experiencing.
Its very meta, theyre making the movie of the origin of Empire as theyre working at Empire.
Also, what were doing is were bringing back some of the old favorites.
Its going to be big.
Were really excited by a lot of the stuff were doing.
And whats his real legacy?
Is it his sons, is it the Lyon family, or is it Empire?
Empirereturns Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Fox.
