Empire — S02E16 — The Lyon Who Cried Wolf
2016 · 45 MIN · IMDB 8.1 · 293 VOTES · DIR. Millicent Shelton
Overview
A wrench is thrown into Lucious' deeply personal music video about his mother, when Andre discovers a dark secret. Meanwhile, Hakeem and Jamal are compromised after tempting themselves with new or rekindling, but secretive affairs. Then, Rhonda starts to suspect who her attacker was.
Dialogue Timeline — 847 lines
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00:00:01 COOKIE: Previously on Empire...
00:02:02 I had the voice, but they never gave me a chance.
00:03:42 and it instantly gets me famous.
00:05:04 COOKIE: Hey! Hi. We gonna...
00:06:27 Will you take it?
00:08:03 JAMAL: D...
00:09:41 ♪ I don't see no one
00:10:54 Huh,
00:12:30 And, Jamal, it's your song.
00:14:09 Or how about how you sent Vernon out there once a month
00:16:15 and dumped them out on the street?
00:18:14 THIRSTY: Whoopsy daisy.
00:20:11 Why did you become a journalist?
00:21:50 I don't think it's anybody's business, man.
00:24:01 Get yourself together.
00:25:38 Rhonda, thank you.
00:28:33 You believe me, don't you?
00:30:45 ♪ Why can't we? ♪ Why can't we?
00:32:33 The Carol I knew would have been on her second drink now.
00:34:38 ♪ Trying to fly
00:36:09 ♪ Life is a sleight of hand
00:38:05 COOKIE: So, do we get our primetime spot at the ASAs?
00:40:06 is getting me lightheaded or something.
00:42:51 Sorry I was too weak to kill you when I had the chance.
Cast & Characters
Terrence Howard
Lucious Lyon
Taraji P. Henson
Cookie Lyon
Bryshere Y. Gray
Hakeem Lyon
Jussie Smollett
Jamal Lyon
Trai Byers
Andre Lyon
Gabourey Sidibe
Becky
Grace Byers
Anika Calhoun
Ta'Rhonda Jones
Porsha
Kaitlin Doubleday
Rhonda Lyon
Serayah
Tiana Brown
Andre Royo
Thurston 'Thirsty' Rawlings
Morocco Omari
Tariq Cousins
Vivica A. Fox
Candace Holloway-Mason
AzMarie Livingston
Chicken
Tasha Smith
Carol Hardaway
Claudette Burchett
Juanita
Jamila Velazquez
Laura Calleros
Leslie Uggams
Leah Walker
Marcell Johnson
Marcel
Tobias Truvillion
Derek Major / D-Major
Jackie Saland
VIP Cocktail Waitress
Jessica Klass
Sonja
Francisco Posada
Trap
Annie Ilonzeh
Harper Scott
Molly Reynolds
Agnes
Ricardo Thurmond
Bodyguard
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed847
Dialogue density18.8 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line00:42:51
Production Record
DirectorMillicent Shelton
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes293
Factoids
Episode
Empire, season 2, episode 16: The Lyon Who Cried Wolf.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/61733/season/2/episode/16
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