Empire Season 2 Premiere Pictures: Cookie Lyon Is Ready to Roar
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Is there any returning Fall TV show you're more excited about than Empire? If the answer to that question is no, then you have great taste, and you'll be very stoked to see the brand-new season two premiere pictures. They go nicely with all the season two details and the latest trailer, and there's a ton to look at here. Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) is back, being the bad b*tch you know and love; Lucious is in jail; and the Lyon boys are performing their sexy little hearts out. See it all before Wednesday's premiere!
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Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) puts on a benefit concert for Lucious in the Sept. 23 premiere.
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Hakeem (Bryshere Gray) performs at the concert.
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Jamal (Jussie Smollett) gets his turn at the mic.
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Cookie rocks that cage.
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Porsha (Ta'Rhonda Jones) is still being the sassiest assistant ever.
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Can't wait for a whole new season of Cookie's outfits.
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Cookie visits Lucious (Terrence Howard) in prison.
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How long will he be locked up, though?
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Lucious's orange jumpsuit is a definite sartorial downgrade.
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Looks like he figures out how to be on top on the inside, though.
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Here's an indication that he'll be getting out pretty quickly.
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Andre (Trai Byers) and Cookie share a mother-son moment.
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Andre, Hakeem, and Becky (Gabourey Sidibe) sit in the audience.
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Jamal and Cookie are there too.
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Very Frenchie outfit, Hakeem.
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Will Jamal still reign over the company?
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Rhonda (Kaitlin Doubleday) had revealed her pregnancy on the season one finale.
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Are these two going to be new parents soon?
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Boo Boo Kitty — I mean, Anika (Grace Gealey) — is still in the mix.
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The brothers raise a glass.
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Can you even believe this family photo?! I die.