It’s quite possible the only scripted line in it was Andre’s “No!” Rhonda and Anika just went at it! There’s some great scripted dialogue on our show, but that scene itself was very sparely written. Lee, with his love of heightened drama and classic soaps, really, really wanted to go there, and in the end, I’m glad we did. We went back and forth over where exactly the show, this season, and that particular storyline should end.
It was loads of fun to create the scene - and I have to give Lee Daniels a lot of the credit for it. TVLINE | I actually howled when Anika spat out, “You’re damn right I did it, you bitch!” And frankly, when you get deep into defying audience expectations, you can get all twisted up, sometimes to the point where it would have been less surprising if it were somebody other than Anika - as you suggested. But in the end, we wanted to tell the story we believed in and that we thought was the most earned, the most real and the most justifiable. There are certainly other characters in Empire who could have been culprits, given all the agendas and motives, and we could’ve done that just for the sake of defying audience expectations. But we did talk about whether it could be somebody else. And we were aware how many viewers were dead certain that it was Anika who pushed Rhonda. We always knew that it was Anika who pushed Rhonda. Was it always supposed to come down to that moment? And did you feel like the most surprising twist might be to have Rhonda’s stairway assailant turn out to be the primary suspect – rather than some last-minute twist? TVLINE | Let’s dive right into that cliffhanger of Anika and Rhonda’s brutal fight on the balcony. But methinks the balcony antics, subpoena serving and Tariq revelations might send Jamal back to his vow of (musical) silence.īelow, showrunner Ilene Chaiken breaks down the major moments of Season 2, Episode 18 - weighing in on Anika and Rhonda’s fate, Lucious and Cookie’s rift and Jamal and Hakeem’s futures following their family’s worst night ever. Lucious managed to get him back into music-making mode with D-Major (not an entendre, necessarily) by visiting Freda in jail, truthfully noting “I never laid a finger on your daddy” (that was just his thugs), promising to pay for her legal defense and getting her to spit a sick rap on his cellular device. Left at the altar, unable to get out a single note, was Jamal, who’d come home from the hospital promising to put his career on hold ’til his family ended their violent, crazy ways. Meanwhile, Tariq showed up and got in Lucious’ face, prompting his mother Leah to ask, “Dwight, what’s your half-brother doing here?” What in the actual what? Yep, it turns out not only did a young Lucious witness his father’s murder at the hand of the man who raised Tariq, but he also heard the guy’s revelation that Lucious’ father was Tariq’s biological daddy, too! And you know our heroine was devastated, seeing that she didn’t even twerk or slap her own booty on her way out the door.Īs the newlyweds headed back down the aisle, Lucious told Anika he knew she’d pushed his daughter-in-law - prompting her balcony reverie that led to the fateful fight. “I did not save this bitch’s life so she could ruin mine!” Cookie screamed, referencing the fact that she’d talked Anika off a suicidal ledge earlier in the hour. And Laura and her family fled the scene - most likely forever.Īs the family tried to figure out a plan to save Lucious from the Feds (led by Tariq the Freak), there seemed to be only one solid solution: So Lucious and Anika got married (by Andre) - as Cookie (who’d considered giving it another try with her ex) made her tearful exit.
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Cookie and Anika’s old cohort Shyne Johnson (who scored an invite as the Lyons attempted to buy his silence about Lucious’ murder of three rival dealers plus a fourth contract killing back in the day) popped someone in the face. Just as Laura came down the aisle - here’s hoping she had a bottomless mimosa beforehand! - Anika got served with a subpoena to testify against Lucious by a woman disguised as a cater waiter. Oh, c’mon, you didn’t think Hakeem would actually wind up putting a ring on it with Laura, did you? (Not that he didn’t try!) The eruption of violence between the women was a fitting end to the most horrific nuptials since Game of Thrones‘ Red Wedding.
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