I want to give you a disingenuous answer and say, it told itself, but I think as you know having seen the episode, Rhonda dies but she’s not out of the show. But we knew that somebody died on that balcony in that moment and so we just had to look and say, “Who? Who died?” And this was the story. The Hollywood Reporter spoke with showrunner Ilene Chaiken about Andre’s “dramatic journey” ahead, the decision to reference the Orlando shooting in the premiere and why viewers haven’t seen the last of Rhonda.Ĭan you talk me through how you and the writers came to the decision to kill off Rhonda and not Anika? What was the thinking behind that?Īll I can say about that, because we love both of those actors, and we love both of those characters and in terms of losing one or the other from the show, it was an inconceivable to us that either one of them wouldn’t be in the show.
Suffice it to say, Empire kicked off its third season with quite a few bangs.
The stress caused her go to into early labor, and she delivered a beautiful baby girl – yes, not a boy as she originally had told the Lyons – with new husband Lucious by her side. Her husband, Andre ( Trai Beyers) was left standing on the balcony screaming “No,” at the top of his lungs right before turning angrily to Anika. Moments into the season three premiere, Lucious (Terrence Howard) and Jamal ( Jussie Smollett) left the hotel just as Rhonda’s body fell with a thud on top of their car, her lifeless eyes staring at them as blood trickled out of her mouth.
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After leaving fans wondering about the fate of Rhonda (Kaitlin Doubleday) and Anika (Grace Byers) all summer, Empire wasted no time answering that very question in true series fashion.Īfter the season two finale ended with the two women fighting on a balcony, it was revealed that it was Rhonda who fell off the balcony of the high-rise building and died.
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