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Empire S5E2 — Pay for Their Presumptions

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Empire•Season 5•Episode 2

Pay for Their Presumptions

7.0/10 · 166 votesOct 3, 201843 min

Ranked #6 of 18 in Season 5•+0.3 vs season avg

Cookie and Lucious learn the difficulties of launching an artist without Empire Entertainment's resources, and their future with new artist Treasure is jeopardized. So when they receive two interesting offers that will launch them back into power in the music industry, they make a surprising

Directed byJohn Krokidas

Written byYolonda E. Lawrence, Carlito Rodriguez

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Season 5 Episodes18

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Pay for Their Presumptions

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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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Yolonda E. Lawrence

Writer

C

Carlito Rodriguez

Writer

John Krokidas

John Krokidas

Director

R

Richard S. Lederer

Line Producer

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Episode Summary

"Pay for Their Presumptions" is episode 2 of Empire season 5. It scored 7.0/10 from 166 votes, ranking #6 of 18 episodes this season (season average 6.7). Directed by John Krokidas and written by Yolonda E. Lawrence, Carlito Rodriguez, it aired on October 3, 2018.

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