In my hair salon is where I saw the Empire Fox TV show soar in its first season. Clients of all ages including those in their 50's, 60's and up, just were addicted to the Empire Fox series. Watch parties with cocktails whose names were Empire inspired were all the rage. Empire Fox was a phenomena.
Now, a year later, the same show reportedly still maintains high ratings, but the addiction to watch it in real time has significantly curtailed. So I pondered why? I started to reflect on the reasons people were drawn to the show initially.
So in Season 1:
- Everyone wanted to know whether Lucious was going to commit to "Boo Boo Kitty" or "Cookie."
- Everyone viewed The Lyons like the modern yet urban "Jeffersons" that finally "moved up and got their piece of the pie."
- Everyone wanted to know who was going to inherit the Empire from Lucious.
- Everyone knew that Lucious did not mind getting his hands dirty.
- Everyone knew that Lucious always stayed three steps ahead.
Now
- Everyone knows that Lucious is not committed. He can not be trusted to just settle down with one woman.
- Everyone knows that the Lyon Family has skeletons literally and figuratively speaking stockpiling in a closet that they can barely keep shut. Dysfunction and scandal is a common thread running through the Lyon family.
- Everyone knows after Jamal took a bullet for his dad, he will forever be the successor to the Empire.
- Everyone sees that Lucious now calls the hits and let lawyer Thirsty manage the executions.
- Everyone is amazed that Lucious is constantly reacting to legal shakedowns, Grand jury indictments, and a "shotgun" wedding officiated by his own son.
In the future, we can only hope that Lucious can do less "shot calling" and stay a few more steps ahead in order to return Empire back to their "winning formula."
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