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 Jul 3, 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	1,214
2	The Outspoken King	7.9	880
3	The Devil Quotes Scripture	7.9	777
4	False Imposition	7.9	734
5	Dangerous Bonds	8.3	779
6	Out, Damned Spot	8.1	732
7	Our Dancing Days	8.5	800
8	The Lyon's Roar	8.6	816
9	Unto the Breach	8.6	811
10	Sins of the Father	8.2	637
11	Die but Once	8.1	635
12	Who I Am	8.3	692

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	690
2	Without a Country	7.9	523
3	Fires of Heaven	7.9	466
4	Poor Yorick	8.0	459
5	Be True	7.7	425
6	A High Hope for a Low Heaven	7.7	432
7	True Love Never	7.8	417
8	My Bad Parts	8.3	421
9	Sinned Against	8.1	406
10	Et Tu, Brute?	8.8	565
11	Death Will Have His Day	8.0	373
12	A Rose by Any Other Name	7.9	358
13	The Tameness of a Wolf	7.9	328
14	Time Shall Unfold	7.8	310
15	More Than Kin	7.5	304
16	The Lyon Who Cried Wolf	8.3	352
17	Rise by Sin	8.7	425
18	Past Is Prologue	7.8	371

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	360
2	Sin That Amends	7.4	290
3	What Remains Is Bestial	7.3	286
4	Cupid Kills	7.5	283
5	One Before Another	7.5	255
6	Chimes at Midnight	7.6	258
7	What We May Be	7.5	261
8	The Unkindest Cut	7.5	251
9	A Furnace for Your Foe	7.7	254
10	Sound & Fury	7.6	277
11	Play On	7.1	224
12	Strange Bedfellows	6.7	222
13	My Naked Villainy	7.2	210
14	Love Is a Smoke	7.2	208
15	Civil Hands Unclean	7.3	215
16	Absent Child	7.2	211
17	Toil and Trouble, Part 1	7.7	228
18	Toil and Trouble, Part 2	7.6	246

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	247
2	Full Circle	7.2	197
3	Evil Manners	7.3	188
4	Bleeding War	7.3	193
5	The Fool	7.5	198
6	Fortune Be Not Crost	7.9	188
7	The Lady Doth Protest	7.3	192
8	Cupid Painted Blind	8.5	247
9	Slave to Memory	8.0	208
10	Birds in the Cage	7.4	194
11	Without Apology	7.4	181
12	Sweet Sorrow	6.8	168
13	Of Hardiness Is Mother	7.1	168
14	False Face	6.9	171
15	A Lean and Hungry Look	8.0	186
16	Fair Terms	7.2	176
17	Bloody Noses and Crack'd Crowns	7.6	171
18	The Empire Unpossess'd	7.9	198

6.69 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	197
2	Pay for Their Presumptions	7.0	163
3	Pride	6.8	161
4	Love All, Trust a Few	7.3	160
5	The Depth of Grief	6.9	155
6	What Is Done	6.8	161
7	Treasons, Stratagems, and Spoils	6.8	162
8	Master of What Is Mine Own	7.3	167
9	Had It from My Father	7.5	184
10	My Fault Is Past	5.9	182
11	In Loving Virtue	5.8	168
12	Shift and Save Yourself	5.4	178
13	Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds	6.9	161
14	Without All Remedy	6.4	145
15	A Wise Father That Knows His Own Child	6.2	138
16	Never Doubt I Love	6.1	161
17	My Fate Cries Out	7.1	150
18	The Roughest Day	7.0	157

7.26 avg 18 episodes 6.8 → 5.7 44 min avg

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	What Is Love	6.8	137
2	Got on My Knees to Pray	7.5	131
3	You Broke Love	7.3	132
4	Tell the Truth	7.6	126
5	Stronger Than My Rival	7.5	121
6	Heart of Stone	7.3	123
7	Good Enough	7.4	115
8	Do You Remember Me	7.6	118
9	Remember the Music	7.5	117
10	Cold Cold Man	7.7	121
11	Can't Truss 'Em	7.1	111
12	Talk Less	7.2	107
13	Come Undone	7.3	114
14	I Am Who I Am	7.2	118
15	Love Me Still	7.4	131
16	We Got Us	7.2	118
17	Over Everything	7.3	107
18	Home Is on the Way	5.7	195