Empire: Cookie And Lucious Reconcile On Season Three Poster

Empire’s second season ended with a serious cliffhanger that saw Andre (Trai Byers) witnessing a fight between Rhonda (Kaitlin Doubleday) and Anika (Grace Gealey). He arrived just in time to see either one or both of them fall off a rooftop. But that jaw-dropping cliffhanger wasn’t the focus of the season three poster released by Fox earlier this week.

This poster promises a different, and (hopefully) reconciled Lucious (Terrence Howard) and Cookie (Taraji P. Henson), who we last left at each other’s throats at the end of season two. Cookie stormed off after Lucious married Anika to protect her from having to testify against him in court.

Their on-again-off-again drama is at the heart of this show, and this poster could either mean that they really have reconciled, or that they’re back scheming and plotting, but still hate each other. Here’s their finest moments on screen.

When Cookie admitted the truth, even after 17 years

When Cookie laid down the rules

When Lucious was left with mixed feelings about her

When Cookie refused to be put down by Lucious

When Lucious tried to take advantage of her, and she refused to let him

Empire returns to Fox on 21 September. It will air in the UK on E4 soon.