'Empire': 15 Most Shocking Moments Of Season 1

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15. The Duplicitous Anika Gets "Bye, Felicia'd" by Cookie Episode 9, "Unto the Breach"

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14. Cookie Beats a Disrespectful Hakeem With a Broom Episode 1, "Pilot"

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13. Andre Seduces Deputy Mayor Alvarez — and Reenacts the Scene for an Excited Rhonda Episode 3, "The Devil Quotes Scripture"

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12. Cookie Arrives at a Family Dinner (in a Restaurant) Wearing Nothing But Lingerie Under Her Fur Coat Episode 6, "Out, Damned Spot"

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11. Jamal Triumphantly Comes Out of the Closet... Using Lucious' Song... as a Furious Lucious Looks On Episode 8, "The Lyon's Roar"

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10. Cookie Viciously Reads Hakeem's Girlfriend Camilla — Telling Her She'd Have Made a Good Bitch in Prison Episode 8, "The Lyon's Roar"

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9. Lucious and Cookie Have Sex — and Anika Catches Them Episode 7, "Our Dancing Days"

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8. Jamal's Ex Olivia Shows Up — With Their Baby Girl?! Episode 6, "Out, Damned Spot"

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7. Andre Is Forcibly Sedated and Taken to a Psychiatric Hospital (After a Manic Episode in Which He Calls His Dad a Murderer) Episode 9, "Unto the Breach"

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6. Anika Slips a Roofie into Recovering Addict Elle's Drink Episode 7, "Our Dancing Days"

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5. Lucious Throws Young Jamal Into a Trashcan for Wearing Cookie's Heels and Scarf Episode 1, "Pilot"

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4. Andre Plays Russian Roulette After Lucious' Brutal Rebuke Episode 8, "The Lyon's Roar"

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3. Lucious Shoots Bunkie — in the Eye! — at Point-Blank Range Episode 1, "Pilot"

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2. Cookie Puts Out a (Successful) Hit on Frank Gathers' Henchman – Then Realizes He Wasn't Out to Get Her Episode 5, "Dangerous Bonds"

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1. Lucious Admits He's Lola's Father — While His Family Is Held at Gunpoint Episode 10, "Sins of the Father"