Empire (2015)

Drama · Music

A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.

Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 6 seasons indexed

Cast

8.18 avg 12 episodes 7.8 → 8.3 44 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.8	1,222
2	The Outspoken King	7.9	883
3	The Devil Quotes Scripture	7.9	780
4	False Imposition	7.9	737
5	Dangerous Bonds	8.3	782
6	Out, Damned Spot	8.1	735
7	Our Dancing Days	8.5	803
8	The Lyon's Roar	8.6	819
9	Unto the Breach	8.6	814
10	Sins of the Father	8.2	640
11	Die but Once	8.1	639
12	Who I Am	8.3	696

8.00 avg 18 episodes 7.9 → 7.8 45 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Devils Are Here	7.9	694
2	Without a Country	7.9	526
3	Fires of Heaven	7.9	470
4	Poor Yorick	8.0	463
5	Be True	7.7	428
6	A High Hope for a Low Heaven	7.7	435
7	True Love Never	7.8	420
8	My Bad Parts	8.3	424
9	Sinned Against	8.1	409
10	Et Tu, Brute?	8.8	568
11	Death Will Have His Day	8.0	377
12	A Rose by Any Other Name	7.9	362
13	The Tameness of a Wolf	7.9	333
14	Time Shall Unfold	7.8	314
15	More Than Kin	7.5	309
16	The Lyon Who Cried Wolf	8.3	356
17	Rise by Sin	8.7	429
18	Past Is Prologue	7.8	375

7.39 avg 18 episodes 7.5 → 7.6 44 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Light in Darkness	7.5	365
2	Sin That Amends	7.4	294
3	What Remains Is Bestial	7.3	290
4	Cupid Kills	7.5	287
5	One Before Another	7.5	259
6	Chimes at Midnight	7.6	262
7	What We May Be	7.5	265
8	The Unkindest Cut	7.4	255
9	A Furnace for Your Foe	7.7	258
10	Sound & Fury	7.6	281
11	Play On	7.1	228
12	Strange Bedfellows	6.7	226
13	My Naked Villainy	7.2	214
14	Love Is a Smoke	7.2	212
15	Civil Hands Unclean	7.3	219
16	Absent Child	7.2	215
17	Toil and Trouble, Part 1	7.7	232
18	Toil and Trouble, Part 2	7.6	250

7.49 avg 18 episodes 7.5 → 7.9 46 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Noble Memory	7.5	252
2	Full Circle	7.2	201
3	Evil Manners	7.4	192
4	Bleeding War	7.3	197
5	The Fool	7.5	202
6	Fortune Be Not Crost	7.9	193
7	The Lady Doth Protest	7.3	198
8	Cupid Painted Blind	8.5	251
9	Slave to Memory	8.0	212
10	Birds in the Cage	7.4	197
11	Without Apology	7.4	184
12	Sweet Sorrow	6.8	171
13	Of Hardiness Is Mother	7.1	171
14	False Face	6.9	174
15	A Lean and Hungry Look	8.0	189
16	Fair Terms	7.2	179
17	Bloody Noses and Crack'd Crowns	7.6	174
18	The Empire Unpossess'd	7.9	201

6.67 avg 18 episodes 7.2 → 7.0 44 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Steal from the Thief	7.2	201
2	Pay for Their Presumptions	7.0	166
3	Pride	6.8	164
4	Love All, Trust a Few	7.3	163
5	The Depth of Grief	6.9	158
6	What Is Done	6.7	164
7	Treasons, Stratagems, and Spoils	6.7	165
8	Master of What Is Mine Own	7.3	170
9	Had It from My Father	7.5	187
10	My Fault Is Past	5.9	185
11	In Loving Virtue	5.8	172
12	Shift and Save Yourself	5.4	182
13	Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds	6.9	165
14	Without All Remedy	6.4	149
15	A Wise Father That Knows His Own Child	6.2	142
16	Never Doubt I Love	6.0	165
17	My Fate Cries Out	7.1	154
18	The Roughest Day	7.0	161

7.23 avg 18 episodes 6.8 → 5.6 44 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	What Is Love	6.8	141
2	Got on My Knees to Pray	6.9	134
3	You Broke Love	6.6	135
4	Tell the Truth	7.6	129
5	Stronger Than My Rival	7.6	124
6	Heart of Stone	7.4	126
7	Good Enough	7.4	118
8	Do You Remember Me	7.7	121
9	Remember the Music	7.6	120
10	Cold Cold Man	7.8	124
11	Can't Truss 'Em	7.2	114
12	Talk Less	7.3	110
13	Come Undone	7.4	117
14	I Am Who I Am	7.3	121
15	Love Me Still	7.3	134
16	We Got Us	7.3	121
17	Over Everything	7.4	110
18	Home Is on the Way	5.6	198