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EPISODE
SEASON
Empire - Season 1 Episode 08: The Lyons Roar
Lucious Lyon;Hip-hop artist and CEO of Empire Entertainment had his legacy all planned out but his medical reports shows he needs to retire in three years, the big question is who he would hand the Barton to.
12 July 1991, California, USA
14 August 1959, Lansing, Michigan, USA
25 January 1981, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
10 December 1993, Beirut, Lebanon
30 May 1980, South Bronx, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
25 March 1980, Falmouth, Florida, USA
January 17, 1997 in Miami, Florida, USA
21 August 1939, New York City, New York, USA
2 October 1991, Chicago, Illinois, USA
23 March 1953, Great Lakes, Illinois, USA
17 November 1994, Long Island, New York City, New York, USA
March 01, 2015
Man, Lucious is a really hard character to like, isn't he? Terrence Howard is a gifted actor and he plays Lucious as a very cold, calculating man, but he hits the emotional beats so well that you can go from hating him to liking him in an instance.
March 01, 2015
"The Lyon's Roar" is Empire at its best. It moves with breakneck speed between each scene, from recording sessions to parties, from backroom intrigue to backroom hookups.
March 01, 2015
Cookie is still working, delicately balancing the camp and the pathos.
March 01, 2015
Andre is the Jan Brady of Empire.
March 01, 2015
As both writer and director of "The Lyon's Roar," [Danny Strong] managed to crank out an episode rife with big and little moments of drama, while maintaining a bit of Lee Daniels melodrama to boot.
March 01, 2015
With Hakeem, we can put the brooms away; he's finally acting his age, not his shoe size.
March 05, 2015
"The Lyon's Roar" is another prime example of how this show can go from intriguing to inept at a moment's notice.

