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By Jorie Goins
Baseball season is over, which means Empire season can resume. Oh, how I’ve missed all of the bombshell secrets, fights and music!
We’ve made it through the World Series (congrats, Astros) and now are back for another episode of Empire on FOX!
“The Fool” follows a stressful time in Lyonland. Hakeem desperately tries to stop Anika from gaining full custody of Bella. Things are also precarious at Empire headquarters as the board finally starts to catch wind of Lucious’ memory loss.
In addition, Diane Dubois’ takedown exposé on the Lyons goes live to Cookie’s distress. Finally, André continues cozying up up to Pamela (Officer Rose) despite increasingly obvious signs of ulterior motives.
Video clips show my dream of Angelo getting decked in the face finally coming true. Unfortunately, my other dream that it would wipe the smug grin off his face has yet to be fulfilled.
To be honest, it’s becoming a little frustrating to see how Bella is used as merely a plot device. With the exception of a few scenes last season, we almost never get to see Hakeem (or Anika) be a parent — you know, late night feedings, crying and diaper changes. I’m not saying a whole episode should have been devoted to this idea, but I would have enjoyed seeing Hakeem really learning how to care about someone other than himself. I’m rooting for him simply because he’s a Lyon and Anika is, well, Boo Boo Kitty, but I’m not totally sold on his commitment to fatherhood. In fact, I snickered when Hakeem asserted that he would make a better parent than Anika.
At this point, the only thing Hakeem has over Anika in terms of parenting skills is the fact that Anika has been away for months and has missed most of the first year of Bella’s life where she’s probably been growing and changing a lot. No matter what happens in this episode, it would be nice to see Bella actually being raised, as opposed to just appearing when she or one of her parents is central to the plot.
"Date: Wednesday, Nov. 8Start Time: 8 p.m. ETChannel: FOXEpisode: “The Fool”Live Stream: Stream 1 | Stream 2"
We know the Lyon and DuBois families will go head to head and come to blows this episode, but we’d never get the juiciest plot twist in a teaser. The only way to find out what else is around the bend is to tune in tonight on FOX!