Empire Season 1

Why did it have to end, damn! This show was well written, full of excitement, realistic drama and the music was everything! The fact that some of the actors are really talented singers combined with their acting abilities took this show over the top! It's unfortunate that it had to end and I wish they could bring it back because it would still be a hit. Oh and let's not forget Timbaland on those beats, omg his talent is unmistakable!

I had to look at some episodes twice - since so much was going in in these action packed, fast moving episodes!The music is spectacular - This is a great piece of TV writing and the actors make this show come alive! As the filmed interviews state (check out the 2 FREE preview discussions on Amazon about how this series came into being with the key actors, producers & writers on the show): This series is: combination of the Godfather; King Lear; with a heavy dose of hard hitting, contemporary black music AND an inside peak into the family dynamics of those celebrities dealing with the business side of the high grossing music business! Check out the character performances: a Mom who was incarcerated for 17 years & used her illegal drug $$$ to set up the family music business (Cookie); the Godfather head of the now profitable Empire with lots of music talent who wants one of his sons to take over the business when he dies (Dad); a young rapper son with lots raw street talent; a 2nd son with the smooth John Legend sound who is a "out of the closet" self-assured gay man; a 3rd son with MBA business acumen who struggles to control his bi-polar mental health issues -- PLUS the tension created by the BIG Q - Which one will be selected to get control of the Empire that Mom & Dad built ? The writers packed all of these contemporary societal issues we struggle with today with an insiders look at the high $$ celebrity lifestyle of a family in the music business ! A creative, superb & gripping series!

This show rocks on multiple counts: First, the family drama rings true --rivalry between brothers, sons seeking their father's respect, conflict as part of intimacy between partners (I don't mean violence, I mean challenging each other with uncomfortable truths), rivalries between sweethearts, and transcendent moments when family members "get" each other's truths. This drama is the stuff of real life. The writers have created characters, dialogue and dramatic arcs that are just like people-- full of contradictions. Second, the actors are amazing. They inhabit their characters, they understand what drives them, and they take risks, letting us see their beauty and pain and love and courage and talent, so we believe them. The chemistry between them is powerful. Third, the music isn't just seamlessly woven into the story, it advances the story, moves the drama forward. Unlike the dorky musicals of yesteryear, where every time actors burst into song the story stalled, here the music is a living, breathing part of the story. And it's phenomenally good, original music, thanks to producer Timbaland, the amazing performances by "Jamal" and "Hakeem," and the A list of Hip Hop stars who do cameo performances. This white girl wants to buy the album that comes out of this show! And finally, this show pulls out all the stops by shattering stereotypes in every episode -- gender, sexual orientation, and race get treated as whole and complex identities. Characters behave in fresh ways that disrupt stereotypes about black women, black fathers, gay men, older women, black professionals, plus-size women, and black musicians. This is so damn rare in prime time television, and much appreciated!

This show had me from the very first episode when we see recording artist V. Bozeman singing WHAT IS LOVE. The Lyon family is everything we love about great television: drama, intrigue and characters that leap off the screen and into our lives.The way the first season developed made us not just want to know them better but allowed us to see that regardless of how much money, power and influence they had it didn't make them immune from the problems we all face in life. That is what EMPIRE really reminded me of: these people are us and that is what makes it must-watch television.If they can weather the storms that they face in each and every episode then all of us have a chance to make tomorrow better.

Love the TWO T'S TOGETHER !!, Taraji & Terrance !!, This is a hit in my book!!, can't wait till tonight.The story of Lucious and Cookie Lyons, from their early day's together struggling to make it. He as a brilliant musical talent, His wife as the street wise entrepreneur. Cookie gets sent to prison for 17 years for selling drugs, her husband is free to use the $400,000.00 (four hundred thousand)to build a musical " EMPIRE".Great casting all around. KUDOS to FOX !!, opulence abounds !, fabulous and fierce wardrobes, and MUSIC!.I have personally been so over the musical talent show's on fox, glad to see them take a chance and flip the script. THIS IS SO FRESH.I hope everyone will tune in and give this show a chance. * UPDATE* Empire has been renewed for a second season!. It's the first show on FOX since 1993 to increase it's ratings AND VIEWERS 2 weeks AFTER it's premier date.IF my review has helped, click YES below, Thank you.

Awesome! Delivered way earlier than expected, I have been trying to watch for a long time. Canada doesn't carry all seasons on TV networks. I just put in first disk. So Empire marathon here I go.

What a show! Filled with drama, back stabbing, love triangles and amazing acting and singing, I was so sad when it ended! Taraji P. Henson is incredible as Cookie and such a stunning woman. Mr. Smollet who plays Jamal is such a talent. What a voice!Cant wait for season 2!

This was a great series. Missed the beginning of the series when it originally aired so I did not watch any of it until I could buy it. Cannot wait for Season 2 to come out on DVD!

Great condition

Got this for a good price and the show is so good I could not stop once I started watching this! I suggest you to buy it!