http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2015/01/empire_review_terrence_howard_and_taraji_p_henson_are_great_in_new_fox_show.html

Fox’s new hip-hop drama, the sporadically outstanding Empire, emphatically announces its audacity just before the end of its first episode. Cookie (Taraji P. Henson), a mother of three who has spent the last two decades in prison, looks at Lucious Lyon (Terrance Howard), the father of her children, a successful rapper turned music mogul, a man she took the fall for, her intimate and her enemy, and declares her mission. “I want to show you a faggot really can run this company,” she growls, stating her intention to have Jamal (Jussie Smollett), their middle son and a gay musician, take over Lucious’ musical empire, whether he likes it or not.