Tonight on FOX their blockbuster drama Empire airs with an all-new Wednesday, April 11, 2017, episode and we have your Empire recap below. On tonight’s Empire season 4 episode 12 called, “Sweet Sorrow” as per the FOX synopsis, “A Lyon health scare shakes up the company. Both Andre and Jamal try to right their wrongs. Eddie’s motives are questioned when numbers don’t add up. Hakeem and Tiana find common ground. Becky reveals the secret she’s been keeping from J. Poppa.”
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Cookie is brought off of the ambulance and wheeled into the ER. The doctors look at her EKG. She is having an MI. Meanwhile, Lucious is arguing with the staff. He wants to see Cookie now. They tell him she has a heart attack. He starts to cry.
Andre shows up at the hospital. Lucious asks him if this is what he wanted. Hakeem and Jamal stand up and tell him to go home. They sit around and talk waiting for more news. Lucious heads to the rectory. He talks to God. He is angry and promises revenge if Cookie is taken from him.
The doctor comes in to see Cookie. She had a mild heart attack. They had to put a stent in. All the guys come in to see her. She is upbeat. They’ll get through this.
Eddie and Celeste show Lupe their apartment for sale. After she gives him her sales pitch, he agrees to buy it. After Lupe leaves Celeste tells Eddie she is scared about their finances.
Cookie comes home to a full staff. Lucious just wants her to be happy and healthy. She starts to talk about work, Lucious tells her that it is his domain. Later, the boys are in her room staring at her. She tells them she needs the room. She wants them to be productive not stare at her. On their way out Andre is coming in. Cookie tells them to let Andre in. He apologizes. She tells him that he hurt her. She begins to cry and dismisses him when she picks up her iPad and starts reading.
Becky is in a meeting with Jamal. Because of his situation with the Dubois’ corporate has pulled his ads. Jamal is angry. Becky tries to make him understand. Cookie’s voice comes out of nowhere. She is on speaker. She tells Jamal not to give her any crap. He agrees. They hang up. Everyone leaves the room except Becky and Jamal. He asks her how she is doing? She tells him she is going to terminate her pregnancy and she is okay with it. He tells her she doesn’t have to be tough.
Lucious arrives to see Cookie with her new chef who has made her a kale salad. She laughs at them. She doesn’t eat kale. Lucious tries to explain that she needs to make some changes but she isn’t hearing it.
Andre meets with Shine. He tells him that he told Lucious everything about him. He didn’t tell him about Shine because if he did then a war would start.
Candace and Carol are in Cookie’s wife when she wakes. Lucious has called them in for back-up. Meanwhile, Andre asks Eddie why he needed the numbers for the company for a phone deal. Eddie avoids the question and compliments Andre on all his hard work.
Candace and Carol try to rein Cookie in and get her to stop working. Meanwhile, Becky finally breaks down and tells her boyfriend she is pregnant. She tells him she isn’t keeping it. He gets up and leaves.
Jamal is on live TV trying to give an interview to defend his stance and all the violence around Angelo DuBois’s death. When he explains that it was self-defense and that he is not a violent person, he gets upset and decides to explain his side isn’t worth it. He walks off the interview. Cookie has a fit at home. She tries to get up and call Empire, but her sisters won’t let her. She gets an idea.
Lucious comes home to find trucks in the driveway. He asks Cookie what is going on. She explains that she needs to work. Lucious yells at Carol and Cadance. They all get into a fight.
Jamal goes to the clinic with Becky. Becky’s name is called. Her boyfriend comes in just in time. He tells her he is here for her. Whatever she wants he will support her. She heads back to the doctor’s office alone while he waits.
Tiana and Hakeem perform for Cookie. She gets upset when they don’t put their all in it. They try again. The whole room dances and smiles as they perform.
Eddie calls Celeste to come meet him. He has champagne ready. They are about to be flush with cash.
That night, Cookie eats a meal on her new diet with Lucious. She tells him it is all right. Andre comes in. He has been looking over their new deal. Eddie is about to steal Empire out from under them. They call Eddie to the house. He tells them he has worked out a great deal. Lucious asks him who gave him permission. Eddie gives them all a speech. Empire is a joke to the big labels. He saved their butts when he came in and helped. Lucious tells him to get the hell out of his house.
Cookie calls Thirsty and asks him to track Eddie. Lucious begs her to get some rest. She starts crying. She tells him she doesn’t want to die. She just got everything back. She admits that she is scared.
THE END!