Cookie and Lucious devise an elaborate plan to take down Diana Dubois and her family once and for all. Andre recovers from his mental breakdown in the hospital, Shine tries desperately to protect his secret and Eddie Barker is concluding his tenure at Empire. Amidst the chaos, someone's life hangs in the balance.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 4 Episode 9 of Empire was watched by 5,910,000 viewers, resulting in a 1.90 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.