Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
"Fashion Police" was just solid Lethal Weapon. Aside from the pilot, this episode would be the one I'd show to someone who had questions about whether the TV series was good or not. Also, this chapter wasn't even filled with the usual over-the-top action that can, occasionally, take a viewer out of the story.
Oh, there was action, but it was a touch more grounded than usual. Riggs holding onto a chain and being dragged by a truck was probably as heightened as it got, but even that felt centered, relatively speaking.
Primarily though, this one was just filled with heart and humor. The banter was on point, and felt the most reminiscent to date of the best of the film franchise. Speaking of the films, there were also plenty of references to them, mix tape-style. Firstly, One Tree Hill's Hilarie Burton popped up as a very Lorna Cole-esque character named Karen Palmer - a DEA agent who, like Lorna, transitions from "no nonsense" to "nonsense" during her partnership with Riggs and Murtaugh.
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"Fashion Police" was just solid Lethal Weapon. Aside from the pilot, this episode would be the one I'd show to someone who had questions about whether the TV series was good or not. Also, this chapter wasn't even filled with the usual over-the-top action that can, occasionally, take a viewer out of the story.
Oh, there was action, but it was a touch more grounded than usual. Riggs holding onto a chain and being dragged by a truck was probably as heightened as it got, but even that felt centered, relatively speaking.
Primarily though, this one was just filled with heart and humor. The banter was on point, and felt the most reminiscent to date of the best of the film franchise. Speaking of the films, there were also plenty of references to them, mix tape-style. Firstly, One Tree Hill's Hilarie Burton popped up as a very Lorna Cole-esque character named Karen Palmer - a DEA agent who, like Lorna, transitions from "no nonsense" to "nonsense" during her partnership with Riggs and Murtaugh.
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