Empire recap: No steps forward, two steps back

A ho-hum episode serves as a reminder that a bigger Empire is a better Empire

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(Image credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX.)

Empire's defining trait is its hugeness. From moment one, the series has been uniquely brazen, and (sometimes overly) generous with its twists and turns. Those are the qualities that turned the series into the biggest thing on television.

Sadly, huge empires like Empire have a nasty habit of thinking they're too big to fall. And if the Romans, Greeks, and Mongolians eventually fell, there's no reason the Lyons can't.

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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.