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EMPIRE
Air Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Time Slot: 9:00 PM-10:00 PM EST on FOX
Episode Title: (EMP-218) "Past Is Prologue"
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 18

[EDITOR'S NOTE: An audio description (AD) for tonight's episode of ROSEWOOD is available on the SAP Audio Channel.]

**SEASON FINALE**--"EMPIRE" - (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) CC-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1

BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER ON THE SEASON FINALE OF "EMPIRE" WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, ON FOX

After a life-changing experience, Jamal refuses to make music until his family ends its seemingly endless cycle of violence and fighting. Meanwhile, the Feds are tailing Anika because they want to force her to testify against Lucious. In order to protect her family, Cookie organizes a meeting at Hakeem and Laura's wedding with various people from her and Lucious' past in the all-new "Past Is Prologue" season finale episode of EMPIRE airing Wednesday, May 18 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (EMP-218) (TV-14 D, L, S, V)

Cast: Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon, Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon, Jussie Smollett as Jamal Lyon, Bryshere 'Yazz' Gray as Hakeem Lyon, Trai Byers as Andre Lyon, Grace Gealey as Anika, Kaitlin Doubleday as Rhonda Lyon, Gabourey Sidibe as Becky, Ta'Rhonda Jones as Porsha and Serayah McNeill as Tiana

Guest Cast: Andre Royo as Thirsty Rawlings, Jamila Velazquez as Laura, Bre-Z as Freda, Morocco Omari as Tariq, Tobias Truvillion as D-Major, Kevin "Webb" Wigfall as Webb, Leslie Uggams as Leah Walker, Claudette Burchett as Juanita, Veronika Bozeman as Veronica, Shannon Brown as Little Dwight Walker, AzMarie Livingston as Chicken, Marcell Johnson as Marcel, Tyler Ravelson as Tay-O and Francisco Posada as Trap

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