As the Empire ownership bid presentation nears, Lucious must make a difficult decision to save the future of the company and his family, while Eddie shows no signs of backing down. However, Cookie reveals a potential upper hand in the power play for Empire, after doing a little digging into her past. Meanwhile, Andre makes a power play of his own, Hakeem's high spirits comes to a quick end due to a threat, Jamal and Tory struggle to cope with the success of their new music group, tension boils as the Lyons face Empire's most existential threat yet and someone's past mistakes leads to a deadly consequence.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 4 Episode 18 of Empire was watched by 5,300,000 viewers, resulting in a 1.70 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Is Empire Renewed or Cancelled for Season 5?

Empire Season 4 Episodes...

• s04e01 - Noble Memory
• s04e02 - Full Circle
• s04e03 - Evil Manners
• s04e04 - Bleeding War
• s04e05 - The Fool
• s04e06 - Fortune Be Not Crost
• s04e07 - The Lady Doth Protest
• s04e08 - Cupid Painted Blind
• s04e09 - Slave To Memory
• s04e10 - Birds in the Cage
• s04e11 - Without Apology
• s04e12 - Sweet Sorrow
• s04e13 - Of Hardiness is Mother
• s04e14 - False Face
• s04e15 - A Lean and Hungry Look
• s04e16 - Fair Terms
• s04e17 - Bloody Noses and Crack'd Crowns
• s04e18 - The Empire Unpossess'd

Empire Show Summary

Lucious Lyon is the king of hip-hop. An immensely talented artist, the CEO of Empire Entertainment and a former street thug, his reign has been unchallenged for years. But all that changes, when he learns he has a disease that is going to render him crippled and incapacitated in a matter of three years. The clock is ticking, and he must groom one of his three sons to take over his crowning achievement, without destroying his already fractured family.