Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
The bliss of Lethal Weapon's "Jingle Bell Glock" is nestled in its ability, and confidence, to throw in a ton of homages to the original first film of the franchise while also creating something wholly emotional and original. There were a few curveballs here that worked really well along with a shattering, heart-wrenching story that played off our own expectations regarding the death of Miranda Riggs.
The trailers for this episode focused on the Murtaugh home invasion -- just one of the callbacks to the the first two films (that also included a plummeting body, Christmas music, Riggs putting his gun under his chin, etc) -- and that sort of made it seem like this episode's big moment would involve Roger getting scared serious into saving his loved ones. He's vulnerable when it comes to his family and this chapter would push him to the limit.
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The bliss of Lethal Weapon's "Jingle Bell Glock" is nestled in its ability, and confidence, to throw in a ton of homages to the original first film of the franchise while also creating something wholly emotional and original. There were a few curveballs here that worked really well along with a shattering, heart-wrenching story that played off our own expectations regarding the death of Miranda Riggs.
The trailers for this episode focused on the Murtaugh home invasion -- just one of the callbacks to the the first two films (that also included a plummeting body, Christmas music, Riggs putting his gun under his chin, etc) -- and that sort of made it seem like this episode's big moment would involve Roger getting scared serious into saving his loved ones. He's vulnerable when it comes to his family and this chapter would push him to the limit.
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