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Diane spending her Sundays in court mandated therapy had me howling.

I love when the brothers have scenes together. Hopefully we'll get more of them bonding as a unit this season. Their collective surprise at Lucious joining them at the church was hilarious.

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This show is a mess, a disjointed, nonsensical mess. However, Caleb is pretty. So very, very pretty.

I thought it was a nice touch that Resheida's father wasn't an absentee dad or an abusive monster. He just wasn't as attentive as she would've liked.

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I like that Black-ish has stabilized Andre's co-workers, who've added much needed levity to each episode, but I hope they haven't dropped his assistant Curtis. He and Charlie make great wingmen in Andre's crazy schemes.

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This whole episode was hilarious, but Zoe's "Game on, Square Man!" battle cry, is where I absolutely lost it.

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Thirsty is a keeper.

Cookie's plaintive response to Andre about trying to build Lyon Dynasty into a venture worthy of leaving to her sons some day, as he prattled on about rejoining Empire broke my heart. It's easy for fans and critics to focus largely on Cookie's scene stealing shenanigans & hilarious zingers but it's those small, almost throwaway, character driven moments that exemplifies just how good an actress Taraji really is.

Alicia also called Pops, Earl, when she and Paul visited last season.

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I don't think Cookie hates Rhonda. She was skeptical of her daughter-in-law initially, but as long as Rhonda does right by Andre, Cookie doesn't seem to have much of a problem with her, unlike Lucious.

I don't feel the show is empty emotionally. As Lucious said in this episode, the Lyons are, and will always be, a family. A dysfunctional family, certainly, but a family nonetheless. The characters are growing, including Lucious. Last season Lucious refused to deal with Jamal, now he's willing to collaborate with him as a musician, which is about as high a compliment as one can receive from Lucious. Cookie & Hakeem are another Lyon duo experiencing significant growth. Last season, they could barely be in the same room without snapping at each other. Now they're working together as business partners and learning how to trust each other's intuition. Last season Andre had no use for Cookie, now he visits her to confide about Rhonda's impending pregnancy. Though Hakeem upstaged Jamal & Lucious at Leviticus, they showed a grudging respect for his talent & despite feeling personally betrayed by Cookie, Jamal sought her out as the producer for his next album. No, the characters are not the same as they were in Season One, nor should they be. They're evolving, and they're the better for it.

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I loved Hakeem's loyalty to Cookie. He could've taken the easy route and gone back Empire, but he chose to stick it out & build with his mother. Admirable.

Another great episode. The writing has been fantastic this season.