2. Cookie and Anika make amends (sort of)
You know, I would have liked to see this happen before the Empire writers wrote Anika off as an unstable ex-girlfriend who is now having her ex-step-son’s child, but alas. Empire never seems to give me what I want these days.
In the last episode we saw the big reveal of Anika’s pregnancy to the Lyon family, where they all had their appropriate, dramatic reactions. As for this episode, in a rare moment of poignant writing, we see Anika and Cookie bond for a brief moment.
Due to complications in the pregnancy, we see Anika being rolled out of her home on a stretcher. In a surprising twist, Cookie has come to the front door of Anika’s home just as their ready to put her in the ambulance.
Cookie forces herself into the ambulance to ride with Anika, in typical Cookie fashion (“I’m not following, I’m riding; that’s my son’s baby”), and proceeds to have a fleeting moment of understanding with Anika as they ride to the hospital. If you’ll remember, it was revealed earlier in the season that Cookie suffered complications with a baby herself, which resulted in a miscarriage.
Why this is important: This particular scene has created an emotional tether between Anika and Cookie that will more than likely be tested in the future. I believe it is far more important than what it may seem right now.
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