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Who's Who On Empire - A Running Cheat Sheet

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LUCIOUS LYON: CEO of Empire, diagnosed with ALS, trying to take his company public

COOL WITH:

- Hakeem, his youngest son and an emerging rap star

STRAINED WITH:

- Cookie, his ex-wife and a producer at Empire; the two recently slept together and Lucious promised to leave his fiancee but he backed off

- Jamal, the middle son who rudely refuses to not be gay

- Andre, his oldest son who has no musical proclivity and suffered a psychiatric break in which he threatened Lucious with blackmail

- Vernon, his attorney, who previously helped cover up a murder Lucious committed

AT ODDS WITH:

- Anika, his fiancee, who caught him sleeping with Cookie and is now working with Judd Nelson

- Judd Nelson, a rival record label owner who's threatened to ruin Empire if it goes public

- Detective Walker, investigating the murder of Lucious's deceased body man, Bunkie

- Bunkie's ghost, since Lucious shot him in the face

COOKIE LYON: Lucious's ex, mother to the three sons, producer at Empire, recently released from prison

COOL WITH:

- Jamal, with whom she's working to launch his career. He's also the only son who ever visited her while she was incarcerated.

- Andre, though at this point it's only in the sense that they haven't clashed over anything.

- Hakeem, who was just a baby when she went to prison; they've seemingly patched things up since then

STRAINED WITH:

- Lucious (see above)

- Agent Carter, a fed who got Cookie out early in exchange for her grand jury testimony against a drug lord, possibly putting Cookie at risk

AT ODDS WITH:

- Anika, her rival for both Empire's creative direction and Lucious's affections

- Said drug lord's organization, since she testified and subsequently put a hit out on one of their guys due to bad information

ANIKA GIBBONS: Former head of A&R at Empire, and formerly engaged to Lucious

COOL WITH:

- Judd Nelson, head of a rival record company who's working to destroy Empire

STRAINED WITH:

AT ODDS WITH:

- Everyone else.

ANDRE LYON: Oldest son, business minded

COOL WITH:

- Vernon, Lucious's attorney who's decided to back him in the war of succession

- Cookie (see above)

STRAINED WITH:

- Both his brothers, since they're musical and he isn't

- Lucious, who doesn't trust him and dislikes his attempts to fit in with white society

- Rhonda, his wife, who pushes him to do what it takes to get control of Empire while also trying to make sure he's addressing his bipolar disorder

AT ODDS WITH:

- Detective Walker, to whom he gave a false alibi for Lucious

JAMAL LYON: Middle son, R&B artist, recently came out publicly

COOL WITH:

- Hakeem, who supports his decision to come out and wants to work with him on musical projects

- Cookie, though he's not thrilled that she got back with Lucious

STRAINED WITH:

- Andre (see above)

- Lucious (see above)

AT ODDS WITH:

- Nobody right now.

HAKEEM LYON

COOL WITH:

- Jamal, Lucious, Cookie (see above)

- Naomi Campbell, his girlfriend who's older than him

STRAINED WITH:

- Andre

AT ODDS WITH:

- Nobody, at the moment

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