--- title: Empire: See a Young Cookie and Lucious In Latest Trailer description: The latest teaser clip for Empire season 3 shows the origins of everyone's favorite couple, Cookie and Lucious Lyon. canonical: https://time.com/4455273/empire-season-3-trailer/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-16T22:14:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:34.520Z og:title: Watch Young Cookie and Lucious Meet In the New Empire Trailer og:description: Season 3 can't come soon enough og:url: https://time.com/4455273/empire-season-3-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte92bbfe190484675/6988a29f428a9e6433cd3edd/cookie-lucious-young-empire-season-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: FOX's "Empire" - Season Two og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Young Cookie and Lucious Meet In the New Empire Trailer twitter:description: Season 3 can't come soon enough twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte92bbfe190484675/6988a29f428a9e6433cd3edd/cookie-lucious-young-empire-season-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch a Young Cookie and Lucious Meet Each Other In the Latest _Empire_ Trailer > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by FOX via Getty Images) FOX—FOX via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 16, 2016 10:14 PM UTC Start counting down the days until [_Empire_](http://time.com/4044767/empire-season-2-premiere/) heads back to screens this September because the latest trailer released for the hit show promises plenty of drama, especially when it comes to everyone’s favorite tempestuous couple, [Cookie and Lucious Lyon](http://time.com/4142451/james-corden-taraji-p-henson-cookie-lyon-empire-audition/), brought to life by [Taraji P. Henson](http://motto.time.com/4373381/taraji-p-henson-lucy-award-speech/) and [Terrence Howard](http://time.com/3814076/madonna-ghosttown-rebel-heart-video-terrence-howard/). The preview clip gives viewers a glimpse of the pair in their youth, with a throwback scene of a teenage Cookie and Lucious meeting for the first time, as played by Ajiona Alexus and Jeremy Carver respectively. In the trailer, Cookie addresses the undeniable bond that she and Lucious share both romantically, musically, and professionally, telling him, “When I first saw you rap, it changed my life.” Season 3 of _Empire_ premieres on Sept. 21; until then, you can watch the preview below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4455273/empire-season-3-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4455273/empire-season-3-trailer/"},"headline":"Watch a Young Cookie and Lucious Meet Each Other In the Latest Empire Trailer","datePublished":"2016-08-16T22:14:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:34.520Z","description":"Season 3 can't come soon enough","url":"https://time.com/4455273/empire-season-3-trailer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","Taraji P. 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