If there is one thing I love its getting into a good TV show. And while I complain regular TV doesn't let you binge watch things, there is something to be said for the anticipation of that show day coming and sitting down with friends or family and enjoying that hour together. For the last couple of years those shows have been The Walking Dead and the now completed Sons Of Anarchy. But last year a new show came along staring my loves Taraji P Henson and Terrance Howards and before I had even seen the show Empire was something I knew I would love.
Now ive seen the show described as a Shakespearean hip-hopera and that is so on the mark its uncanny. Take equal parts love of music, the ability to hustle and having a give no f*cks attitude and this sums up Empire. But though the structure is very harsh and the backdrop is this glamorous world colored by the not so glorious life of the streets the underlying story is about family, loyalty and honor. And how people have, use and abuse these.
In the first season you meet Lucious and his estranged wife Cookie, their three sons and the music empire they as a family have all in one way or another contributed to. And it is amazing! If you have seen the first season then you know just what I mean. And if you haven't its worth the look. Its got a lot of very gritty and real aspects, things that people from the big cities in America will understand and identify with. I myself was born in Philadelphia like the shows characters and I can attest to the realness they portray, even when things go over the top the mood and that attitude is very on point.
Each character gives you something to love and hate. And the ever changing alliances you feel to them just speaks to how real they are. Real people making real good or bad decisions that you either love or hate. And its not just the main family you have to fall in love with. They have friends and people they work with, a wealth of side characters that are so real and often times funny or the voice of reason to be heeded or ignored.
They have started season 2 off with a bang! You see all of our old favorites, some new people sprinkled in and even more drama! The music is already off to such an amazing start too! And since last season every week the music on the show was then available on Itunes I cant wait to update my Empire collection! There wasnt one dull moment in the premiere and if last season is any indication thats going to stay true for the rest of the season.
Is anyone else as obsessed with Empire as I am? Any other returning shows or new additions to the fall lineup that everyone just needs to check out?
