It’s been a long time coming, but after six seasons, Empire is coming to an end. The show, which concludes Tuesday night, was originally supposed to have 20 episodes this season, but due to the pandemic and stay-at-home orders in place which impacted filming, the Lyons family will be saying goodbye after just 18 episodes.
And with the show being cut short so abruptly, it seems as though the stars—even its leading lady, Taraji P. Henson—are just as in the dark as we all are on how the show will end. “We actually had an ending for you guys, but COVID shut us down, so I will be finding out what’s happening at the same time you guys are,” Henson shared Monday on Today. “We got shut down in the middle of production on episode 19, so they had to
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