#absentchild

Andre and Nessa argue with Cookie that her tactics are really just a ploy to keep Lucious happy. Nessa starts to mouth off, so Cookie slaps the taste outta her mouth.  

Nonetheless, Lucious and Jamal work on another song together for both of their projects, but they’re experiencing creative differences. Lucious wants a rapper on the track - a bleeding, recently shot MC played by Fetty Wap and Jamal says the track doesn’t need it, he just wants Lucious to use his rearranged instrumentals.  However, things changed for the better.

Welcome to the Empiredome! Two mothers enter, one mother leaves. Which one will it be?  In this corner, we have Cookie Lyon. She started out on the right side of the tracks, but after three kids with Lucious and 17 years served in prison on his behalf, she's developed some rough edges that no amount of money will ever sandpaper away.