First Look: Courtney Love & Cookie Lyon Square Off on Empire

Fox's Empire is sounding a five alarm bad bitch alert this Wednesday when special guest star Courtney Love shows up and throws down with resident HBIC, Cookie MF Lyon (Taraji P. Henson).

Love plays superstar Elle Dallas, who has her fair share of problems (at least a few of them drug-related) and she brings her baggage to Empire Records, where head honcho Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) is ready to throw both Elle and her baggage out onto the street. That's where Cookie comes in, once again, to save the day.

Check out a preview of the episode, "Out Damned Spot," below, featuring Courtney and Taraji saying nothing but nice things about one other in between trying to take each other's heads off. Empire airs on Fox Wednesday at 8 p.m.

GIFs via Les Fabian Brathwaite