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I can’t believe the best wild ride of the TV season is the first to air their finale! The 18 episode first season of Lethal Weapon was a triumph–action-packed, heart-wrenching, endearing, bromance-building and funny. The cast is superb, and play excellently alongside one another. The writing, direction, effects and music are all top notch coming together to create what has been the highlight of my week this TV season. You gotta imagine everyone goes to work on-set thinking, ‘Best. Job. Ever.’
Throughout the season we’ve been cheering Riggs on, hoping the friendship and stability of Murtaugh and family would be enough to keep him from self-destructing. The love and pride in RJ's graduation scene alone could keep this blogger warm all winter long. Nevertheless, we all waited with dread for the pieces of Riggs' past to finally be revealed. The last two episodes did just that. Despite Riggs’ marginal growth and recovery throughout the season–enough to open up, clean up, get sexed up, dressed up and show inklings of moving on–by the end of the last episode Riggs had left us to jump off the metaphorical cliff. Even Delgado gave a final warning to Murtaugh, 'Forget Martin Riggs. He’s gone.'
Now that the season has wrapped, I have to wait till we’re in peak heat wave to get my answers. I’d be really pissed off if I wasn’t so proud and happy for the Lethal Weapon team. I’m sending the writers and producers good juju to create an epic season two storyline.
Rest well, Lethal Weapon cast and crew, you done good.