Fans were shocked to discover that Lucious’ love child Kingsley was the one being mourned during the flash-forward funeral.
As it turns out, though, Kingsley wasn’t always the character destined to get killed off.
Empire’s fifth season got almost completely railroaded by the real-life controversy surrounding actor Jussie Smollett – who may or may not be around in Season 6 – but the Fox drama connected all the dots with a hyphy finale that finally answered the big coffin mystery that was set up back in the season premiere.