Empire season 2 premiere recap: What's in the box?

Sex, murder, double-crossing, pimping — Empire is back

Empire season premier
(Image credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX.)

Empire has been a smashing success for Fox, crushing its competitors in the ratings last winter to become broadcast television's number one show. Almost 17 million people watched the season one finale in March. And still, Wednesday's season two premiere might be Empire's greatest hit yet.

Each episode of Empire is catchy, crazy, soapy, absurd — and totally enthralling. So when Chekhov's single rose on the doorstep from season one reappeared in the season two premiere as a severed head in a box, I didn't even blink. No twist is too crazy for Empire.

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Travis M. Andrews

Travis M. Andrews is writer and editor from New Orleans. He has written for Time, Esquire, The Atlantic, Mashable, The Washington Post, and The Times-Picayune. When he was younger, he wrote on his mother's walls. She was displeased. For more about Travis, please visit www.travismandrews.com or follow him on Twitter @travismandrews.