1st mid-season trailer is full of epic drama [watch]

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February 26, 2016 10:36 AM

From Noami Campbell handing over "Empire" to Hakeem, to Cookie and Lucious Lyon getting back together, the new "Empire" trailer has enough drama to keep you entertained.

is set for a March 30 mid-season return, and the 1st official trailer has enough drama to keep you excited until its return.

Titled "Way Down," the trailer features Noami Campbell's character asking Hakeem "how would you like to be the CEO of Empire," with the later responding "it's my birthright."

The trailer also teases Lucious and Cookie getting back together, the Lyons uniting against Hakeem, among other epic moments.

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Being the most-nominated television series this awards season with 35 nominations, the show was recently named a Top 10 Television Program of the Year by the American Film Institute.

The series also earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.

The mid-season 2 finale was titled,“Et Tu, Brute?” meaning “Even you, Brutus?," gotten from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, and used to refer to betrayal by a close friend or relative.

The episode ended with Lucious getting thrown out as CEO of Empire, after an unexpected betrayal by Mimi and Hakeem.

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'Empire' stars Taraji alongside Terrence Howard, Jussie Smollett, Grace Gealey, Ta’Rhonda Jones, Kaitlin Doubleday, Bryshere Y. Gray among others.

Taraji P Henson recently beat Outlander‘s Caitriona Balfe, How to Get Away With Murder‘s Viola Davis, Penny Dreadful‘s Eva Green, and House of Cards‘ Robin Wright to win the "Best Actress in a TV series" at the

Watch trailer below.

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