If you watched Empire yesterday, then you know that Jamal was shot by Freda. He was taken to the hospital, rushed into surgery and the episode ended with Lucious and Cookie finding out if he survived but we didn’t. Therefore, we have to wait until next week to find out if he did.
Or do we? After the show ended Jussie Smollett Tweeted, “This is why we must watch how we treat people. We never know how long they have. Just in the blink of an eye. Gone. #empire.” If that wasn’t enough of a clue, he then followed it up with, “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time w/ @EmpireFOX. I love you all. Truth. Time 2 make a record & some movies. #Empire 🌹.”
I think it sounds like we know that Jamal didn’t survive the shooting. Why would Empire kill off their favorite male star? At least he was my favorite character and don’t want to watch the show without him. He was the heart of it. And if you are going to kill off a beloved character on a nighttime soap, make sure there will be vengeance for his death. There isn’t any because Lucious already killed Freda’s dad.
Another thing I am going to miss about Smollett being on the show, is when he would secretly film Taraji P Henson while she slept. I wonder if she did a Cookie and got him fired because she didn’t like it. But I doubt that. Smollett became a huge star after the launch of the Fox show, so I am assuming he was ready to move on.
Will you miss him on Empire?
