Empire (2015)/Episodes

Season One

#	#	Title	Written By	Directed By	Airdate	Viewers	18-49 Rating	Prod.
1	1	Pilot	Lee Daniels, Danny Strong	Lee Daniels	January 7, 2015	9.9M	3.8%	1AXP01
2	2	The Outspoken King	Danny Strong, Ilene Chaiken	Lee Daniels	January 14, 2015	10.32M	4%	1AXP02
3	3	The Devil Quotes Scripture	Ilene Chaiken, Joshua Allen	Sanaa Hamri	January 21, 2015	11.07M	4.4%	1AXP03
4	4	False Impositions	Wendy Calhoun	Rosemary Rodriguez	January 28, 2015	11.36M	4.3%	1AXP04
5	5	Dangerous Bonds	Malcolm Spellman	John Singleton	February 4, 2015	11.47M	4.6%	1AXP05
6	6	Out, Damned Spot	Eric Haywood	Michael Engler	February 11, 2015	11.96M	4.8%	1AXP06
7	7	Our Dancing Days	Attica Locke	Sanaa Hamri	February 18, 2015	13.02M	5.2%	1AXP07
8	8	The Lyon's Roar	Danny Strong	Danny Strong	February 25, 2015	13.9M	5.4%	1AXP08
9	9	Unto the Breach	David Rambo	Anthony Hemingway	March 4, 2015	14.331M	5.8%	1AXP09
10	10	Sins of the Father	Eddie Gonzalez, Jeremy Haft	Rob Hardy	March 11, 2015	14.9M	5.8%	1AXP10
11	11	Die But Once	Ilene Chaiken	Mario Van Peebles	March 18, 2015	15.82M	6.1%	1AXP11
12	12	Who I Am?	Danny Strong & Ilene Chaiken	Debbie Allen	March 18, 2015	17.62M	6.9%	1AXP12

Season Two

#	#	Title	Written By	Directed By	Airdate	Viewers	18-49 Rating	Prod.
13	1	The Devils Are Here	Danny Strong & Ilene Chaiken	Lee Daniels	September 23, 2015	16.184M	6.7%	2AXP01
14	2	Without a Country	Carlito Rodriguez	Dee Rees	September 30, 2015	13.742M	5.5%	2AXP02
15	3	Fires of Heaven	Attica Locke	Craig Brewer	October 7, 2015	13.101M	5.1%	2AXP03
16	4	Poor Yorick	Danny Strong	Danny Strong	October 14, 2015	12.223M	4.7%	2AXP04
17	5	Be True	Wendy Calhoun & Janeika James & Jasheika James	Kevin Bray	October 21, 2015	12.281M	4.8%	2AXP05
18	6	A High Hope for a Low Heaven	Robert Munic	Mario Van Peebles	November 4, 2015	11.677M	4.6%	2AXP06
19	7	True Love Never	Ingrid Escajeda	Sylvain White	November 11, 2015	11.2M	4.2%	2AXP07
20	8	My Bad Parts	Malcolm Spellman	Sanaa Hamri	November 18, 2015	11.336M	4.4%	2AXP08
21	9	Sinned Against	Eric Haywood	Paul McCrane	November 25, 2015	9.205M	3.2%	2AXP09
22	10	Et Tu, Brute?	Radha Blank	Sanaa Hamri	December 2, 2015	11.812M	4.5%	2AXP10
23	11	Death Will Have His Day	Danny Strong	Danny Strong	March 30, 2016	12.455M	4.8%	2AXP11
24	12	A Rose by Any Other Name	Ilene Chaiken	Michael Engler	April 6, 2016	11.336M	4.3%	2AXP12
25	13	The Tameness of a Wolf	Attica Locke & Joshua Allen	Paris Barclay	April 13, 2016	10.107M	3.8%	2AXP13
26	14	Time Shall Unfold	Ayanna Floyd Davis	Cherien Dabis	April 20, 2016	9.562M	3.7%	2AXP14
27	15	More Than Kin	Eric Haywood & Malcolm Spellman	Sanaa Hamri	April 27, 2016	10.031M	3.8%	2AXP15
28	16	The Lyon Who Cried Wolf	Joshua Allen	Millicent Shelton	May 4, 2016	9.388M	3.6%	2AXP16
29	17	Rise by Sin	Ayanna Floyd Davis & Jamie Rosengard	Paul McCrane	May 11, 2016	9.814M	3.7%	2AXP17
30	18	Past Is Prologue	Lee Daniels & Ilene Chaiken	Sanaa Hamri	May 18, 2016	10.88M	4.1%	2AXP18

Season Three

#	#	Title	Written By	Directed By	Airdate	Viewers	18-49 Rating	Prod.
31	1	Light in Darkness	Malcolm Spellman & Joshua Allen	Sanaa Hamri	September 21, 2016	10.868M	4.2%	3AXP01
32	2	Sin That Amends	Cherien Dabis & Carlito Rodriguez	Craig Brewer	September 28, 2016	9.65M	3.7%	3AXP02
33	3	What Remains Is Bestial	Diane Ademu-John & Eric Haywood	Millicent Shelton	October 5, 2016	9.25M	3.4%	3AXP03
34	4	Cupid Kills	Matt Pyken & Attica Locke	Hanelle Culpepper	October 12, 2016	9.266M	3.5%	3AXP04
35	5	One Before Another	Joshua Allen & Carlito Rodriguez	Mario Van Peebles	November 9, 2016	8.151M	2.9%	3AXP05
36	6	Chimes at Midnight	Cherien Dabis & Eric Haywood	Sanaa Hamri	November 16, 2016	8.389M	3.1%	3AXP06
37	7	What We May Be	Diane Ademu-John & Malcolm Spellman	Kevin Bray	November 30, 2016	7.84M	2.9%	3AXP07
38	8	The Unkindest Cut	Attica Locke & Jamie Rosengard	Dennie Gordon	December 7, 2016	6.997M	2.5%	3AXP08
39	9	A Furnace for Your Foe	Ilene Chaiken & Matt Pyken	Sanaa Hamri	December 14, 2016	7.578M	2.7%	3AXP09
40	10	Sound & Fury	Eric Haywood & Carlito Rodriguez	Craig Brewer	March 22, 2017	7.954M	2.8%	3AXP10
41	11	Play On	Malcolm Spellman	Benny Boom	March 29, 2017	6.906M	2.4%	3AXP11
42	12	Strange Bedfellows	Matt Pyken & Attica Locke	Bille Woodruff	April 5, 2017	6.351M	2.2%	3AXP12
43	13	My Naked Villainy	Joshua Allen & Jamie Rosengard	Cherien Dabis	April 12, 2017	6.585M	2.3%	3AXP13
44	14	Love Is a Smoke	Diane Ademu-John & Cherien Dabis	Tricia Brock	April 26, 2017	6.313M	2.1%	3AXP14
45	15	Civil Hands Unclean	Ilene Chaiken & Carlito Rodriguez	Howard Deutch	May 3, 2017	5.596M	1.9%	3AXP15
46	16	Absent Child	Attica Locke & Malcolm Spellman	Millicent Shelton	May 10, 2017	6.317M	2.2%	3AXP16
47	17	Toil and Trouble (1)	Serayah McNeill	Bryshere Y. Gray	May 17, 2017	6.142M	2.2%	3AXP17
48	18	Toil and Trouble (2)	Trai Byers	Sierra McClain	May 24, 2017	6.943M	2.5%	3AXP18

Season Four

#	#	Title	Written By	Directed By	Airdate	Viewers	18-49 Rating	Prod.
49	1	Noble Memory	Brett Mahoney	Sanaa Hamri	September 27, 2017	7.054M	2.4%	4AXP01
50	2	Full Circle	Craig Brewer & Eric Haywood	Craig Brewer	October 4, 2017	5.889M	1.9%	4AXP02
51	3	Evil Manners	Matt Pyken & Carlito Rodriguez	Bille Woodruff	October 11, 2017	5.931M	2%	4AXP03
52	4	Bleeding War	Diane Ademu-John & Jamie Rosengard	Sanaa Hamri	October 18, 2017	5.646M	1.8%	4AXP04
53	5	The Fool	Janeika James & Jasheika James	Howard Deutch	November 8, 2017	5.4M	1.8%	4AXP05
54	6	Fortune Be Not Crost	Joshua Allen & Dianne Houston	Sanaa Hamri	November 15, 2017	6.05M	2%	4AXP06
55	7	The Lady Doth Protest	Matt Pyken & Eric Haywood	Karen Gaviola	November 29, 2017	5.052M	1.7%	4AXP07
56	8	Cupid Painted Blind	Diane Ademu-John & Carlito Rodriguez	Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum	December 6, 2017	5.683M	1.8%	4AXP08
57	9	Slave to Memory	Joshua Allen & Dianne Houston	Sanaa Hamri	December 13, 2017	5.914M	1.9%	4AXP09
58	10	Birds in the Cage	Craig Brewer	Craig Brewer	March 28, 2018	6.217M	2%	4AXP10
59	11	Without Apology	Michael Rainey Jr.	Peyton Alex Smith	April 4, 2018	5.573M	1.8%	4AXP11
60	12	Sweet Sorrow	Eric Haywood & Jamie Rosengard	Eric Haywood	April 11, 2018	5.909M	1.9%	4AXP12
61	13	Of Hardiness Is Mother	Dianne Houston & Carlito Rodriguez	Craig Brewer	April 18, 2018	5.408M	1.8%	4AXP13
62	14	False Face	Diane Ademu-John	Millicent Shelton	April 25, 2018	5.34M	1.7%	4AXP14
63	15	A Lean and Hungry Look	Matt Pyken & Joshua Allen	Bille Woodruff	May 2, 2018	5.284M	1.7%	4AXP15
64	16	Fair Terms	Dianne Houston & Jamie Rosengard	Jussie Smollett	May 9, 2018	5.022M	1.6%	4AXP16
65	17	Bloody Noses and Crack'd Crowns	Carlito Rodriguez	Howard Deutch	May 16, 2018	5.142M	1.6%	4AXP17
66	18	The Empire Unpossess'd	Brett Mahoney & Joshua Allen	Craig Brewer	May 23, 2018	5.296M	1.7%	4AXP18

Season Five

#	#	Title	Written By	Directed By	Airdate	Viewers	18-49 Rating	Prod.
67	1	Steal from the Thief	Brett Mahoney & Dianne Houston	Sanaa Hamri	September 26, 2018	6.093M	1.9%	5AXP01
68	2	Pay for Their Presumptions	Yolonda E. Lawrence & Carlito Rodriguez	John Krokidas	October 3, 2018	5.091M	1.5%	5AXP02
69	3	Pride	Diane Ademu-John & Joshua Allen	Clement Virgo	October 10, 2018	5.151M	1.6%	5AXP03
70	4	Love All, Trust a Few	Matt Pyken & Cameron Johnson	Mario Van Peebles	October 17, 2018	5.213M	1.6%	5AXP04
71	5	The Depth of Grief	Janeika James & Jasheika James & Jamie Rosengard	Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum	October 31, 2018	4.229M	1.2%	5AXP05
72	6	What Is Done	Felicia D. Henderson & Thomas Westfall	Jussie Smollett	November 7, 2018	5.008M	1.5%	5AXP06
73	7	Treasons, Stratagems, and Spoils	Joshua Allen & Dianne Houston	Tamra Davis	November 14, 2018	4.887M	1.4%	5AXP07
74	8	Master of What Is Mine Own	Matt Pyken & Yolonda E. Lawrence	Dianne Houston	November 28, 2018	5.033M	1.6%	5AXP08
75	9	Had It From My Father	Diane Ademu-John & Carlito Rodriguez	Sanaa Hamri	December 5, 2018	5.043M	1.5%	5AXP09
76	10	My Fault Is Past	Craig Brewer & Cameron Johnson	Michael Goi	March 13, 2019	4.399M	1.2%	5AXP10
77	11	In Loving Virtue	Felicia D. Henderson	Clement Virgo	March 20, 2019	3.982M	1.2%	5AXP11
78	12	Shift and Save Yourself	Matt Pyken & Thomas Westfall	Dianne Houston	March 27, 2019	3.969M	1.1%	5AXP12
79	13	Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds	Diane Ademu-John & Evan Price	Gabourey Sidibe	April 3, 2019	4.122M	1.2%	5AXP13
80	14	Without All Remedy	Jamie Rosengard	Craig Brewer	April 10, 2019	3.755M	1.1%	5AXP14
81	15	A Wise Father That Knows His Own Child	Yolonda E. Lawrence & Carlito Rodriguez	Dawn Wilkinson	April 17, 2019	3.76M	1.1%	5AXP15
82	16	Never Doubt I Love	Joshua Allen & Thomas Westfall	Darren Grant	April 24, 2019	3.772M	1.1%	5AXP16
83	17	My Fate Cries Out	Janeika James & Jasheika James & Cameron Johnson	Paul McCrane	May 1, 2019	3.731M	1.1%	5AXP17
84	18	The Roughest Day	Brett Mahoney & Felicia D. Henderson	Craig Brewer	May 8, 2019	4.092M	1.2%	5AXP18

Season Six

#	#	Title	Written By	Directed By	Airdate	Viewers	18-49 Rating	Prod.
85	1	What Is Love	Dianne Houston & Brett Mahoney	Sanaa Hamri	September 24, 2019	3.308M	1%	6AXP01
86	2	Got on My Knees to Pray	Matt Pyken & Indira Gibson Wilson	Mario Van Peebles	October 1, 2019	2.941	0.9%	6AXP02
87	3	You Broke Love	Yolonda E. Lawrence & Marcus J. Guillory	Howard Deutch	October 8, 2019	2.793M	0.8%	6AXP03
88	4	Tell the Truth	Jamie Rosengard & Michael Martin	Bille Woodruff	October 15, 2019	2.743M	0.8%	6AXP04
89	5	Stronger Than My Rival	Janeika James & Jasheika James	Dawn Wilkinson	November 5, 2019	2.483M	0.7%	6AXP05
90	6	Heart of Stone	Stacy A. Littlejohn & Thomas Westfall	Sanaa Hamri	November 12, 2019	2.595M	0.7%	6AXP06
91	7	Good Enough	Cameron Johnson & Evan Price	Gabourey Sidibe	November 19, 2019	2.651M	0.7%	6AXP07
92	8	Do You Remember Me	Leah Benavides Rodriguez & Carlito Rodriguez	Ruben Garcia	November 26, 2019	2.449M	0.6%	6AXP08
93	9	Remember the Music	Matt Pyken & Indira Gibson Wilson	Geary McLeod	December 3, 2019	2.548M	0.7%	6AXP09
94	10	Cold Cold Man	Dianne Houston & Jamie Rosengard	Sanaa Hamri	December 17, 2019	2.523M	0.7%	6AXP10
95	11	Can't Truss 'Em	Michael C. Martin & Cameron Johnson	Clement Virgo	March 3, 2020	2.427M	0.6%	6AXP11
96	12	Talk Less	Stacy A. Littlejohn & Marcus J. Guillory	Dawn Wilkinson	March 10, 2020	1.893M	0.6%	6AXP12
97	13	Come Undone	Dianne Houston & Evan Price	Taraji P. Henson	March 17, 2020	2.644M	0.7%	6AXP13
98	14	I Am Who I Am	Colin Waite & Paul Eriksen	Ishai Setton	March 24, 2020	2.722M	0.7%	6AXP14
99	15	Love Me Still	Matt Pyken & Thomas Westfall	Dianne Houston	March 31, 2020	2.577M	0.6%	6AXP15
100	16	We Got Us	Janeika James & Jasheika James	Clement Virgo	April 7, 2020	2.795M	0.7%	6AXP16
101	17	Over Everything	Jamie Rosengard & Cameron Johnson	Stephen D'Amato	April 14, 2020	2.693M	0.7%	6AXP17
102	18	Home Is on the Way	Yolonda E. Lawrence & Michael C. Martin and Matt Pyken & Indira Gibson Wilson	Geary McLeod Bille Woodruff	April 21, 2020	2.939M	0.8%	6AXP18