Empire Season 3 Episode 1

Last night’s Empire season 3 opener took up where season 2 left off. Pregnant Anika Calhoun (Grace Gealey) and Rhonda Lyon (Kaitlin Doubleday) fought in a duel to the death.

The sociopath, Anika, already killed Rhonda’s baby to secure her unborn baby’s rightful spot as heir to the Lyon empire.

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WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!

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As you might have guessed by now, Rhonda lost the fight to a heavily pregnant woman. Yes, I know. Blame Empire‘s writing team for yet another improbable scene that wouldn’t fly in real life.

Speaking of flying, Rhonda’s body landed on top of a car in a scene straight out of… pick any action thriller movie in the past 20 years.

Andre (Trai Byers), who witnessed his wife going over the balcony, was naturally distraught. He lost his baby and now he lost his wife. “You killed my wife,” he screamed as he choked Anika until her water broke.

At the hospital, Lucious (Terrence Howard) joined Anika in the delivery room by telling the hospital staff Anika was his wife.

Lucious pretends to comfort Anika while she’s suffering through painful contractions. But she’s quiet long enough for us to hear him whisper in her ear that she’d better lie about the fight with Rhonda to make it look like an accident.

Empire Season 3 Episode 1

When Anika gives birth to a bouncing baby girl, Lucious feels betrayed. He longed for a boy to carry on his legacy. “You lied to me,” he snarls at Anika.

Hilarity ensued on social media when Anika took her 6 weeks premature baby home the next day after she gave birth. Shouldn’t the infant still be in neonatal intensive care?

Watch the full episode below, courtesy of Ddotomen.com.