Last week on Empire Anika almost told Hakeem that she’s pregnant. Will she finally be a part of the family?
In Empire season 2, episode 9, “Sinned Against,” we were shown Anika’s more vulnerable side. At this point we’re unsure if Anika’s feelings about Hakeem are true or if she’s just putting on an act because she may be pregnant with Hakeem’s child.
The first season of Empire shined Anika in a completely different light. She was cunning and seemed to always be ahead of the game. At Lucious’ side throughout most of the season she was a threat to Cookie and others. Jumping from Lucious’ team to his rivals’ and having Cookie be the one to call her out definitely put a damper on Anika’s plans.
Yet, another thing we didn’t see happening last season was Anika starting a relationship with Hakeem. Even though Hakeem’s choice of partners in the last two seasons have been… interesting to say the least, having Anika as one of them put a bad taste in viewer’s mouths.
In the beginning of season 2 Anika and Hakeem were still an item. We wouldn’t call it a relationship but more of a friends with benefits thing. When the hostile takeover of Empire didn’t happen and they were all fired, Anika tried to join Lyon Dynasty. For a moment, this writer even thought that Cookie might let her on the team, but once again Anika was shut out.
We didn’t see much of Anika until after Hakeem was let go from the gang that abducted him. Hakeem ran straight to Anika’s place and without even an exchange of words, they hooked up.
It is that very moment that, we assume, put Anika (and possibly Hakeem) in the situation she’s in. Anika took a pregnancy test and it came out positive. As viewers, we haven’t seen Anika with anyone else but Lucious and Hakeem, so we’re to believe that the child is Hakeem’s.
Anika ran into Rhonda and they had coffee together. During that conversation Rhonda told her that her life has changed for the better since being pregnant. Lucious comes over to meet with Rhonda and he’s been involving her so much more than he has before. She’s so happy that the family, especially Lucious, is excited to have a baby Lyon on the way.
When Anika visits Hakeem to apparently tell him about the baby he dismisses her and tells her that he’s in love with someone else and he wants to just keep their relationship as friends.
Later on Anika goes to visit Rhonda — in the new house that Lucious just bought for her and Andre — and she tells Rhonda that she’s in love with someone and she doesn’t know what to do. Rhonda tells her a story about a girl that was trying to get with Andre back in the day. Rhonda cut off her pony tail and told her to stay away or she’ll do worse.
Rhonda’s story lit a fire under Anika and she then started stalking Hakeem’s new love interest, Laura. After getting some intel on Laura she party crashes Hakeem’s party and put’s Laura down in front of her, Hakeem and everyone else at the party. When she next see’s Hakeem she tells him that he needs to realize that he’s in love with her and to get over Laura. Anika’s plan didn’t work because Hakeem sent her on her way, alone.
Now that Anika realizes she can’t persuade Hakeem to fall (back?) in love with her, what are her other options? If the baby is Hakeem’s she has to tell him about it. If/when she does tell him how will Hakeem react? He may ask for a paternity test. Lucious and Cookie will probably want a paternity test done anyway.
We’re unsure on how Hakeem will react if we find out it is his child. Will be break things off with Laura and get back with Anika? Or will he step up and father the baby without being back involved with Anika?
There are so many options and we won’t know the outcome until the mid-season finale this Wednesday at 9 p.m. on FOX.
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