Empire’s third season continues with “My Naked Villainy” which is the thirteen episode of this year's cycle. I am still not impressed: this episode is not that boring or terrible, but it really lacks something. Let’s go into detail.
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In the meanwhile, we have Anika praying Cookie to take care of Bella in case she goes missing. Angelo wins his primary but Lucious gets the spotlight with a voice-only performance of “You’re so Beautiful”.
I have to admit that I am still rooting for Cookie and Lucious. He is a bastard, heartless man, but there is such a strong chemistry between these two that it’s impossible to picture Cookie with anyone else. So I enjoyed that the writers tried to converge more storylines in this specific layer of the story.
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To summarize, “My Naked Villainy” is still an entertaining hour of television, but I miss the spark that Empire’s early seasons had. I am still enjoying the show, but it’s clearly far from the creative ground where it started.
What do you think of “My Naked Villainy”?