History Series / LethalWeapon2016

* ArtisticLicenseLawEnforcement: In "Flight Risk", Murtaugh interrogates Riana. In RealLife, an officer would never be asked to interrogate a family member and they would get a different officer for that.

* BaitAndSwitchCompassion: At the beginning of episode 9, a man notices a corpse atop his car and says "Oh my god. My car!"

** In the second episode, they quickly realize that the dead man was not the shooter's intended target and was simply hit by a stray bullet after the real target made a run for it. Later, after a sniper tries to kill a witness, Riggs sees burns on a suspect's arms and recognizes them as injuries a sniper might get.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: When Clayne Crawford was fired from the show, which was itself renewed for one more season, a new character was needed to replace Riggs. So they came up with Wesley Cole, and hired Seann William Scott for the rôle. Riggs and Cole have very different backgrounds, but they're still very similar in their recklessness and their unorthodox approaches to the job.

Martin Riggs is a former Navy SEAL and Sheriff's Deputy in El Paso, Texas, who recently lost his pregnant wife in an auto accident. Reeling from the loss and wanting to die, he moves to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles and transfers to the LAPD as a detective. There, he's partnered with Roger Murtaugh, a seasoned detective who just returned to the job after having suffered a major heart attack. The two immediately clash as one detective's hard-charging manner goes against the other's desire to reduce his stress as much as possible.

** Murtaugh does this after walking in on Riggs with a loaded gun in 'Jingle Bell Glock', although he doesn't really convince Riggs not to take his own life so much as he just convinces him to [[spoiler: go after the man he thinks killed his wife]] instead. Riggs later tells Roger thank you.

* MercyKill: In "Flight Risk", Riggs has {{flashbacks}} to his childhood in which he can't bring himself to shoot a deer, so his father shoots it. The deer is still alive, so Riggs shoots it to put it out of its misery.

* MythologyGag: "Wreck the Halls" is practically a love letter to the first ''Lethal Weapon''. It starts with the same version of "Jingle Bell Rock" that the first movie starts with. Additionally, it starts with Riggs in a Christmas tree lot, and Clayne Crawford is dressed the same way as Mel Gibson was in that scene: red and black flannel shirt over a white undershirt and jeans. The plot is set in motion by someone from Roger's past getting killed over a drug deal and before it's over, a car is crashed into the Murtaugh's living room. Also, the bad guy winds up being [[spoiler: NotQuiteDead, and getting shot by both Riggs and Murtaugh]].

''Lethal Weapon'' is a TV series produced for air on [[Creator/{{Fox}} FOX]]. It is based on the ''Film/LethalWeapon'' film series, and stars Creator/DamonWayans and Creator/ClayneCrawford in the roles of Roger Murtaugh and Martin Riggs. As of Season three, Crawford has left the show due to backstage disagreements and Riggs was killed off. Replacing him is former CIA agent Wesley Cole, played by Creator/SeannWilliamScott, a deeply damaged man trying to find redemption for things he did in the CIA.

As in the movies, HilarityEnsues.

[[spoiler:After Riggs is murdered by his younger half-brother, Murtaugh obsesses over proving it was a bigger conspiracy and ends up working with cheerful upbeat traffic cop Wesley Cole, and as Murtaugh finds closure and they solve a case which results in Cole being promoted to detective and partnered with Murtaugh.]]

[[spoiler:After Riggs is murdered by his younger half-brother, Murtaugh obsesses over proving it was a bigger conspiracy and ends up working with cheerful upbeat traffic cop Wesley Cole, and as Murtaugh finds closure and they solve a case which results in Cole being promoted to detective and partnered with Murtaugh.[[/spoiler]]

** In episode 5, Murtaugh says he "can't keep up with guys who jump off of buildings" when talking to his wife about a perp who jumped off a building being chased by him and Riggs. In the original film, Riggs jumps off a building.

After Riggs is murdered by his younger half brother, Murtaugh obsesses over proving it was a bigger conspiracy and ends up working with cheerful upbeat traffic cop Wesley Cole, and as Murtaugh finds closure and they solve a case which results in Cole being promoted to detective and partnered with Murtaugh.

!!This programs contains examples of:

* BolivianArmyEnding: The TropeNamer is discussed by Riggs during a shootout with a bunch of gangbangers. When Murthaugh points out that Butch and Sundance died in the movie, Riggs admits that he never actually saw the movie and did not realize that the story ended that way.

** Downplayed with Cole, who is often as reckless as Riggs was and seems to have an equally non-existent sense of self-preservation, but while Riggs would have been happy to get killed on duty, Cole wants to be redeemed for [[spoiler:getting a 10 year old by killed in the Middle East]] and thinks death would be getting off too easy for his sins. Cole also has a daughter he wants to be there for, or else he possibly WOULD be as suicidal as Riggs was.

** Riggs and Murtaugh's actions in the series premiere resulted in a repair bill close to $1.5 million. In the second episode Captain Avery ends up TemptingFate by putting the exact number on a dry erase board and asks them to keep any future damage to a minimum. A few hours later he is seen changing the number to $2 million to account for the repair bill from that day. Riggs and Murtaugh request that he keep separate tabs for each of them.

* EasilyForgiven: When Riggs and Murtaugh need to nick two million dollars worth in coke from the department's evidence vault for yet another IndyPloy, they do so by forging [[DaChief Avery's]] signature. Avery finds out of course, but not only does he let it slide with barely more than a raised eyebrow - he actually commends the two of them for bagging a drug kingpin the department had been after for years.
* EmptyFridgeEmptyLife: Riggs' refrigerator is pretty much empty except for beer. When he allows a young kid to spend the night at his place in 'Can I Get A Witness?', the only thing he has to offer him for dinner is beef jerky. [[CharacterDevelopment The end of the episode shows that he's starting to make some progress by purchasing groceries and food for his dog]], as well as [[TrademarkFavoriteFood cheese puffs in case the kid is ever able to visit him again]]. Turns out to have been a very short phase, however - by the next episode he's back to beer and mayonnaise for breakfast. [[{{Squick}} Mixed together]].

** The audience also got a slightly earlier one for Riggs, when he has a totally casual and affectionate conversation on the phone with his wife while engaged in a high speed chase with some gangbangers who are spraying his truck with gunfire, only to immediately abandon the chase and take the target out from a distance after she tells him she's on the way to the hospital to deliver their baby. You realize he's always been a crazy bastard prone to taking stupid risks, and the only reason he held back before was because of his wife.

* FanDumb: [[InvokedTrope In-universe]]. Pop star Shaye & her manager are abducted by her ex, who proceeds to stream the abduction over Periscope. By the time Riggs & Murtaugh have saved them both, Shaye’s admitted to being responsible for a death that her ex took the fall for - however, Shaye’s fans still blame Riggs & Murtaugh for her being arrested & heading to jail.

* GrievousHarmWithABody: Riggs and Murtaugh attempt to take down a [[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked body builder in a shower]]. The body builder gets back at them by picking Riggs up and using him as a club against Murtaugh.

* InternalHomage: Murtaugh's torture by defibrillator is an updated version of Endo torturing Riggs in the original film.

** Or as Fox is calling it, "[[BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord Story Stretch]]". In one minute segments, two side characters discuss elements of the current episode, all while showing off one of the Microsoft Surface Pro 4's features. These are actual commercials as they take place ''during the ad break''; thankfully they are also non-critical to the story.

* ShoutOut: In the pilot, a criminal is ran down by a bus, similar to how Terry dies in Final Destination. In the episode Best Buds, an armored truck robbery reminiscent of Heat occurs.

** Murtaugh and Riggs are both experienced detectives and quickly spot when something about a situation does not add up. In the series premiere, Riggs quickly points out the many suspicious discrepancies at the scene of a supposed suicide. Murtaugh later confirms these suspicions when he realizes that the dead man was left handed but the gun was in his right hand.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Refreshingly averted with the inclusion of Maureen Cahill, the department shrink. She appears in most episodes and has regular (department ordered) sessions with Riggs, where she does her best to help him work through his grief over his wife's death.

''Lethal Weapon'' is a TV series produced for air on [[Creator/{{Fox}} FOX]]. It is based on the ''Film/LethalWeapon'' film series, and stars [[Creator/TheWayansFamily Damon Wayans]] and Creator/ClayneCrawford in the roles of Roger Murtaugh and Martin Riggs. As of Season three, Crawford has left the show due to backstage disagreements and Riggs was killed off. Replacing him is former CIA agent Wesley Cole, played by Creator/SeannWilliamScott, a deeply damaged man trying to find redemption for things he did in the CIA.

* RealityEnsues: In "Best Buds", Riggs and Murtaugh engage in a gun battle with a bunch of gangbangers who are armed with sub-machine guns. They need to lay down suppression fire to keep the gangbangers from flanking them and quickly run out of ammo. They are then saved because a gunfight on this scale will cause the LAPD to quickly descend on the location.
** Avery puts in so much effort covering for the two that a review board concludes ''he'' is the biggest problem at the precinct.

* NotSoDifferent: Riggs and Jackson in 'Spilt Milk'. Both are ex-navy seals who engage in behavior that is more than slightly erratic, and are at least borderline suicidal due to losing people close to them. Murtaugh lampshades the similarities.
-->'''Avery''': We can't have a lunatic ex-seal running around the city wreaking havoc.\\
'''Murtaugh''': [staring out the window at Riggs walking back and forth along the edge of the roof] You mean ''two'' of them.

** A character played by Hilarie Burton, who nearly runs over her LoveInterest? Are we talking about Agent Palmer, or [[Series/OneTreeHill Peyton Sawyer]]?

''Lethal Weapon'' is a TV series produced for air on [[Creator/{{Fox}} FOX]]. It is based on the ''Film/LethalWeapon'' film series, and stars [[Creator/TheWayansFamily Damon Wayans]] and Clayne Crawford in the roles of Roger Murtaugh and Martin Riggs. As of Season three, Crawford has left the show due to backstage disagreements and Riggs was killed off. Replacing him is former CIA agent Wesley Cole, played by Seann William Scott, a deeply damaged man trying to find redemption for things he did in the CIA.