I've always had the feeling most of these junky street kids in NYC have a nice little line of credit from mom and dad in Connecticut. It's hard to take most of them seriously when you notice that they have a pair of Red Wing boots on and their pit bull is wearing a Tory Burch bandana (both of which I've seen in Union…

The Upper West Side is a "desperate little corner of the city"? Those Starbucks baristas can get pretty bitchy but that's going a little far.

I'm a little hazy on last season, but I thought there was a chance Esparza wasn't minced meat yet… Not looking good for the yummy little amuse bouche

So it's looking like the delectable Mr Esparza isn't coming back for seconds. Bummer.

Easy there tiger

Made no sense but it sure was a pointy, I mean a potent antidote.

Great typo! Two people having sex inside little fingers brother would be amazing. Lily Tomlin would HAVE to be one of them. Dude

She dragged this down for sure. Granted, she had to keep up with Binoche who is just perfect here, but I just kept hoping KStew would jump off the Alps already and let the movie achieve its potential. Plus she looks…unshowered.

Count Kev is a right good bloke

A gay prince who looks like Prince Harry and we're in business!

Why oh why do the characters have such stupid names? King Simon? Prince Liam? I can picture them wearing adidas tracksuits to Liam's coronation.

It's a little shocking how much the royal cousins look like Eugenie and Beatrice, Prince Andrew's slack-jawed red-haired daughters. I can only dream that when they hang out with Prince Harry, it goes down exactly like in this episode.

This is so spot on… I just don't buy Patrick and Kevin having the hots for each other. Every time they go on about their relationship, it seems to be for other people's consumption

Yeah, that scene was so effective because it showed that they've gone through this before as brothers, probably while Luscious was out doing his thing

Is he self medicating with something else too? Right after tossing the pills down the toilet and Rhonda showing up, he snorted something. Did I see that or am I imagining?

Did Cookie just win a sizzurp slamming competition…. Why can't she by my mom??? Ugh, life's so unfair.
EDITED cuz evidently I've been hitting the sizzurp too.

The music this episode was especially great. And I really like that Jamal is given sexy material to perform. Gay characters in network fare are often neutered good boys and Empire is definitely giving Jamal a sexuality, and not just an orientation.

Hey, I've ground many a gear in my day so what can you do…

I know! I thought it was pretty funny. I was trying to keep the joke going and evidently failed.

Now that's they type of Oscars I can get behind. And by behind I mean I want to make hot-yet-ironic man love to Mr Franco while Anne serenades us with a Les Miz medley… I'm sorry what were we talking about?