Empire State of Mind

Are you guys as excited about Fox's new show Empire as I am?  "Probably not," you say, "because that queen gets overexcited about everything" but this show is GOOD!!  It's billed as a 'hip hop Dynasty' and that's no joke.  With Taraji P. Henson giving superfly Alexis Colby realness as Cookie Lyon

and sexy Jussie Smollett  as her gay son Steven Jamal

we've already been served homophobic father tension, vengeful ex-wife on a mission and gay baby daddy drama and we're only eight episodes in!  Jesus Christ!  Even Dynasty waited until season three to introduce Steven's son Danny!  At this rate we'll get a lily pond catfight tonight and a wedding day massacre during sweeps!