Empire Season 3, Episode 16 Recap: "Absent Child"

The obvious victims in “Absent Child” are Hakeem and Anika. As the title of the episode suggests, they have lost their baby at the hands of child services. But within the first 10 minutes of the episode, we learn that child services have no idea where baby Bella is, and on top of that, the DuBois are denying that they have played any role in Bella’s disappearance. Naturally, this feels like a conspiracy. Hakeem is distraught, and Anika can barely make it through a scene without crying....