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Empire S6E12 — Talk Less

7.2

Empire•Season 6•Episode 12

Talk Less

7.2/10 · 111 votesMar 10, 202043 min

Ranked #11 of 18 in Season 6•matches the season avg

Lucious hunts for a record deal for Yana, but is met with surprising feedback from the label execs. Meanwhile, Cookie struggles with her inability to shake memories of the secret she's kept for so many years. Also, Lala, feeling neglected by her team at Bossy

Directed byDawn Wilkinson

Written byStacy A. Littlejohn, Marcus Guillory

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Season 6 Episodes18

What Is Love still

What Is Love

Got on My Knees to Pray still

Got on My Knees to Pray

You Broke Love still

You Broke Love

Tell the Truth still

Tell the Truth

Stronger Than My Rival still

Stronger Than My Rival

Heart of Stone still

Heart of Stone

Good Enough still

Good Enough

Do You Remember Me still

Do You Remember Me

Remember the Music still

Remember the Music

Cold Cold Man still

Cold Cold Man

Can't Truss 'Em still

Can't Truss 'Em

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Come Undone still

Come Undone

I Am Who I Am still

I Am Who I Am

Love Me Still still

Love Me Still

We Got Us still

We Got Us

Over Everything still

Over Everything

Home Is on the Way still

Home Is on the Way

Cast14

Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard

Lucious Lyon

Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson

Cookie Lyon

Bryshere Y. Gray

Bryshere Y. Gray

Hakeem Lyon

Trai Byers

Trai Byers

Andre Lyon

Gabourey Sidibe

Gabourey Sidibe

Becky

Ta'Rhonda Jones

Ta'Rhonda Jones

Porsha

Serayah

Serayah

Tiana Brown

Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker

Giselle Sims-Barker

Meta Golding

Meta Golding

Teri Lyon

A.Z. Kelsey

A.Z. Kelsey

Jeff Kingsley

Rhyon Nicole Brown

Rhyon Nicole Brown

Maya

Mario

Mario

Devon

Crew3

Dawn Wilkinson

Dawn Wilkinson

Director

S

Stacy A. Littlejohn

Writer

M

Marcus Guillory

Writer

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Episode Summary

"Talk Less" is episode 12 of Empire season 6. It scored 7.2/10 from 111 votes, ranking #11 of 18 episodes this season (season average 7.2). Directed by Dawn Wilkinson and written by Stacy A. Littlejohn, Marcus Guillory, it aired on March 10, 2020.

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