I think my favorite movement was President Obama cursing Lucious out and then hanging up on him. LOL! I see Lucious didn't tell "Barack" to get that bass out of his voice! This show is ridiculous in the best possible way.
And Boo Boo Kitty has reason to be worried. It was subtle last week and it was obvious tonight: Lucious still craves Cookie's approval and attention. It would be worse if he only loved her or lusted after her--he actually respects Cookie. It begs the question: why did he let her go to jail? The easy answer is he that he's a worthless punk ass bitch (my default opinion) but I think there's more to the story. We know the facts: she went to jail and he moved on, but I'm very interested in the why. Why would Cookie leave her children? It's part of the what makes this show so special. Real melodramas or good soaps tell you a story but realize that you have to wonder about more than the scene you're watching. That's why you come back the next week. And it can't be opaque mysteries with unsatisfying and contrived answers. It's how a character, who has become real to the viewer, reacts in the face of the ridiculous. Last week it struck me as unbelievable that the mother who was ready to kill the man she adored to protect her son would then leave all of her children with the man she couldn't trust to do right by them.
Cookie is inappropriate but she is a fiercely loving mother--they all would be better of if she had been more present in their lives. Jamal is the most well adjusted and I think he owes that to the fact that he's the child with the closest and most consistent relationship with her. It wasn't enough to overcome all the pain and hurt Lucious' inflicted, but he's carved out a life. When I look at Hakeem, the child who had the least time with her, I feel a great deal of pity. He's an obnoxious ass, but Lucious is incapable of giving him any proper support, so he treats him like a man and no one ever let him be a little boy. Andre who had her the longest and lost the most, ruthlessly excised her from his life--only to find her in another form. I don't think Rhonda's playing him, I think she's mothering him, Cookie style.