After a short hiatus, "Empire" season 3 will return for its fifth episode on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.

In a new clip from the episode, Cookie has a very bad experience with her parole officer who has bad news for her.

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Also on the episode titled "One Before Another,"  Lucious and Andre are on high alert as they wait for Shine to retaliate after their latest business encounter went south.

Jamal, who has yet to perform in front of his fans, teams up with Hakeem for a performance that he thinks could help him face his fears.

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"Empire" centers around a hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders' family as they fight for control of the company.

The hit FOX show features Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Jussie Smollett, Bryshere “Yazz” Gray, Trai Byers, Grace Gealey, Kaitlin Doubleday, Gabourey Sidibe, Ta’Rhonda Jones and Serayah McNeill.