Slate TV Club recaps Empire Season 2, Episode 2: “Without a Country.”

How Amazing Is the Name “Rainbow Sensation”? Aisha Harris and Katy Waldman Discuss Empire, Episode 2.

How Amazing Is the Name “Rainbow Sensation”? Aisha Harris and Katy Waldman Discuss Empire, Episode 2.

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Oct. 1 2015 5:58 PM
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The Empire Podcast, Episode 2

Slate’s TV Club discusses Rainbow Sensation, “snitch bitches,” and more.

Bryshere Gray as Hakeem Lyon and Jussie Smollett as Jamal Lyon i
Bryshere Gray and Jussie Smollett in Empire.

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“Without a Country” kept the Empire drama chugging along: Cookie, Hakeem, and Andre continued to mount their hostile takeover, while an angry Lucious rapped in prison about “snitch bitches” and contended with an antagonistic guard (guest star Ludacris). Is Rainbow Sensation quite possibly the greatest girl group name ever? And what was up with that weird flashback featuring Kelly Rowland? In this week’s Slate Plus–exclusive TV Club podcast, Aisha Harris and Katy Waldman discuss all these things and more.

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