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Sep 21, 2016 · Pilot: Directed by McG. With Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp. A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to maintain a low stress level in his life.
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The Pilot episode is the first episode that premiered on September 21st, 2016.
Grief-stricken after the loss of his young wife and unborn child, ex-Navy SEAL-turned-detective Martin Riggs moves to California to “start over” at the LAPD. He’s paired up with Roger Murtaugh , who’s just coming back to the job after a near-fatal heart attack. Riggs’ penchant for diving headfirst into the line of fire immediately clashes with Murt...
September 15th, 2015, in El Paso, Texas, Detective Martin Riggs of the Narcotics Division in the El Paso County Sheriff's Office and his partner Jenkins are chasing some drug dealers in the desert area outside of El Paso. While chasing them, Riggs gets a call from his pregnant wife Miranda. She informs him that she is on her way to the hospital to have the baby, and Riggs tells her he'll meet up with her soon. Losing the trail of the drug dealers, Riggs and Jenkins come up with another idea. They make their way to the top of a peak, where Riggs sets up his Barrett M82A1M Navy SEAL sniper. Right there he aims and at the precise moment, he shoots the drug dealers getting away, and their vehicle explodes. Meanwhile, Miranda, on her way to the hospital, is rubbing her tummy as she is exactly ready to have the baby, just then an 18-wheeler, running a red light or so T-bones Miranda on her left side, which instantly killed her, and the unborn baby. The hospital calls up Riggs, who makes it to the hospital in the morgue. There he sees it's Miranda, and he sobs over her death. It's been stuck with him ever since.
Six months later, March, 2016, Riggs has been living in Los Angeles, moving there and transferring to the LAPD, to start over. Around that same time, LAPD Detective Roger Murtaugh, having since suffered a "minor" heart attack six months ago after the birth of his newborn baby Harper, talks about getting back to work. As of two weeks ago, he had recently celebrated his 50th birthday. His wife Trish tells him to be safe out there, and to watch over stress levels, thereby watching over and avoiding any chances of another heart attack.
At the station, Murtaugh is welcomed back by all his fellow detectives. There, also, Brooks Avery, just before his promotion, assigns Murtaugh with another detective who's transferred from Texas, Navy SEAL veteran Martin Riggs. Later, a 211 in progress at a bank is taking place, and all the detectives there and even the SWAT team is waiting for any orders and possibly any demands from the bank robbers. The robbers, all wearing skull-looking masks, while robbing the bank are demanding a chopper for their getaway. There, Riggs goes in with some boxes of pizza as a distraction. There, Riggs is outnumbered by the three bank robbers, and threatened to be shot if not cooperating. Just then, Riggs is formulating a plan. He has the leader of the bank robbers put his rifle to his forehead and have him off him off there. But at the precise count of 3, Riggs swipes the rifle from the leader, headbutts him and shoots the first two robbers, and then he takes the butt of the rifle and hits the leader in the face with it and then shoots him there. One of the bank robbers released the button that was pressed to hold off the triggering of the 30 seconds for the bombs to go off, thereby triggering it to explode in 30 seconds. Right then and there, everybody held hostage there evacuates the bank and Riggs makes his way out of the bank and there, he greets himself to Roger Murtaugh and says they'd make a great team. Just then, the bomb goes off and blows up the bank.
Some time later, at the station, Roger is having some complaints about having Riggs for a partner. Right at the moment, Riggs comes in and says they have reports of a DOA (Dead on Arrival) in River Park. Once they're there, Scorsese, a pathologist for the LAPD, comes to examine the body. The body is identified as Ramon Alvarez, an ex-Navy SEAL and a plantation security guard. Roger suggests they close the case, but Riggs, however, being a Navy SEAL veteran, too, wants to investigate this matter further. They look into where Ramon was working at the time before his death, and they go there to get more clues.
Upon arrival at the plantation, they are questioned by security guards, one named Daryl Hennicky. Riggs spots a Juarez cartel tattoo on one of the workers' necks and smells something fishy going on with the Port Authority. While Murtaugh entertains the head honcho of the operation, Riggs follows the tatted ruffian into a dark corner where he's ambushed. He takes on some of the henchmen there, but then ruffian escapes in a car. Murtaugh and Riggs follow him in hot pursuit through the streets of L.A. and end up on the track of the Grand Prix doing lots of damage. Along the way, Riggs jumps out of the car while Murtaugh is driving, and lands on the guy's car, punching him into oblivion through the driver side door. Eventually, the tatted man crashes through barrels of fluid, thus wrecking and tumbling his car, thus totaling it in the process. Right then, Riggs and Murtaugh were about to arrest him, and the exact moment, a bus comes out and runs him down killing him.
Later, at the station, Riggs and Murtaugh are questioned by their superior Captain Brooks Avery about what went on with their suspect and all, and they told them. Avery calls it night for them. At home, Roger is preparing dinner with Trish and the kids, and soon after, Riggs comes and meets the family. They ask him to have dinner with them, and he accepts. There, while having dinner, Riggs tells them his experiences in the Navy SEAL before becoming a police officer. Right after dinner, Riggs and Murtaugh believe that there is more to it than they know about Alvarez's death, and they leave to get back on it immediately.
"Lethal Weapon" Pilot (TV Episode 2016) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
When the pilot was picked up to series, Johnathan Fernandez was made a series regular. Though showrunner Matt Miller had expressed interest in making Thomas Lennon a series regular as Leo Getz at some point, he remained a recurring actor throughout the three season run.
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