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Empire S5E1 — Steal from the Thief

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Empire•Season 5•Episode 1

Steal from the Thief

7.2/10 · 203 votesSep 26, 201843 min

Ranked #4 of 18 in Season 5•+0.5 vs season avg

Two years after losing Empire to Eddie Barker, Cookie and Lucious are still in the midst of picking up the pieces. The family is now completely dispersed and coping in their own ways after experiencing unimaginable tragedies. Meanwhile, in an effort to reclaim the Lyons'

Directed bySanaa Hamri

Written byDianne Houston, Brett Mahoney

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Pay for Their Presumptions

Pride still

Pride

Love All, Trust a Few still

Love All, Trust a Few

The Depth of Grief still

The Depth of Grief

What Is Done still

What Is Done

Treasons, Stratagems, and Spoils still

Treasons, Stratagems, and Spoils

Master of What Is Mine Own still

Master of What Is Mine Own

Had It From My Father still

Had It From My Father

My Fault Is Past still

My Fault Is Past

In Loving Virtue still

In Loving Virtue

Shift and Save Yourself still

Shift and Save Yourself

Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds still

Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds

Without All Remedy still

Without All Remedy

A Wise Father That Knows His Own Child still

A Wise Father That Knows His Own Child

Never Doubt I Love still

Never Doubt I Love

My Fate Cries Out still

My Fate Cries Out

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The Roughest Day

Cast13

Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard

Lucious Lyon

Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson

Cookie Lyon

Bryshere Y. Gray

Bryshere Y. Gray

Hakeem Lyon

Jussie Smollett

Jussie Smollett

Jamal Lyon

Trai Byers

Trai Byers

Andre Lyon

Gabourey Sidibe

Gabourey Sidibe

Becky

Ta'Rhonda Jones

Ta'Rhonda Jones

Porsha

Serayah

Serayah

Tiana Brown

Andre Royo

Andre Royo

Thurston 'Thirsty' Rawlings

Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker

Giselle Sims-Barker

Chet Hanks

Chet Hanks

Blake Sterling

A.Z. Kelsey

A.Z. Kelsey

Jeff Kingsley

Crew4

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Dianne Houston

Writer

Sanaa Hamri

Sanaa Hamri

Director

B

Brett Mahoney

Writer

R

Richard S. Lederer

Line Producer

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Episode Summary

"Steal from the Thief" is episode 1 of Empire season 5. It scored 7.2/10 from 203 votes, ranking #4 of 18 episodes this season (season average 6.7). Directed by Sanaa Hamri and written by Dianne Houston, Brett Mahoney, it aired on September 26, 2018.

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