Lethal Weapon (TV Series)

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Lethal Weapon
Title card from the series' premiere episode
Genre	Comedy-drama Buddy cop Action Police procedural
Base on	Lethal Weapon  by Shane Black
Devolved by	Matt Miller
Starring	Damon Wayans Clayne Crawford Jordana Brewster Keesha Sharp Kevin Rahm Johnathan Fernandez Chandler Kinney Dante Brown Michelle Mitchenor
Theme music composer	Vo Williams
Composer(s)	Josh Kramon Ben Decter Tree Adams Robert Lydecker
Country of origin	United States
No. of Seasons	2
No. of episodes	23 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Matt Miller Dan Lin Jennifer Gwartz McG
Producer(s)	Kelly Van Horn
Location(s)	Los Angeles, California
Cinematography	Ramsey Nickell David Moxness
Editor(s)	Matt Barber
Running time	43 minutes
Production company(s)	Good Session Productions Lin Pictures Warner Bros. Television
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network	Fox
Original release	September 21, 2016 – present
External links
Website

Lethal Weapon is an American buddy cop action comedy-drama television series that is based on the film series of the same name created by Shane Black. The series was ordered on May 10, 2016 and premiered on Fox on September 21, 2016. On October 12, 2016, Fox picked up the series for a full season of 18 episodes. On February 22, 2017, Fox renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on September 26, 2017.

Cast and characters

Main

• Damon Wayans as Roger Murtaugh, a senior Los Angeles Police Department Detective who returns to the force after recovering from a heart attack and is partnered with Texas transfer Martin Riggs. He is married with three children (two teenagers and a toddler). He is a native of Inglewood, California, and currently resides in Sherman Oaks. He carries a Heckler & Koch USP as his duty weapon, in early episodes, and later switches to a Glock. He was originally played by Danny Glover in the film series.
• Clayne Crawford as Martin Riggs, a Navy SEAL-turned-police officer from El Paso, Texas. He moves to Los Angeles after the death of his wife and unborn child, transferring from the El Paso County Sheriff's Office to the LAPD's Robbery-Homicide Division. Riggs lives in a trailer on the beach, drives a 1977 Ford F-350, and his weapon of choice is the Beretta 92F. He was originally played by Mel Gibson in the film series.
• Jordana Brewster as Dr. Maureen Cahill, the police department's psychologist who treats Det. Riggs (and occasionally Det. Murtaugh). The character is based on Dr. Stephanie Woods played by Mary Ellen Trainor in the film series.
• Keesha Sharp as Trish Murtaugh, Det. Murtaugh's loving wife and mother of his three children who works as a defense attorney. In the season one episode "As Good As It Getz", Trish quits her job after being passed over for managing partner at her law firm. She was originally played by Darlene Love in the film series.
• Kevin Rahm as Captain Brooks Avery, the Commanding Officer of Robbery-Homicide Division. Before his promotion, Capt. Avery was partners with Det. Murtaugh. In "Lawmen", it is revealed that years ago he and a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) planted evidence to convict a murderer after previous evidence was excluded from trial; he was prepared to resign over the incident when it came to light, but Murtaugh convinced him to stay because if his impropriety was revealed it would mean that all of Avery's cases (many of which he worked with Murtaugh) would be reviewed if not overturned entirely. The character is based on Captain Ed Murphy played by Steve Kahan in the film series.
• Johnathan Fernandez as Scorsese, a medical examiner and forensics technician who works alongside Dets. Murtaugh and Riggs.
• Michelle Mitchenor as Detective Sonya Bailey, a fellow detective with Robbery-Homicide Division. She is partnered with Det. Alex Cruz.
• Chandler Kinney as Riana Murtaugh, Det. Murtaugh's teenage daughter. The character is based on Rianne Murtaugh, played by Traci Wolfe in the film series.
• Dante Brown as Roger "RJ" Murtaugh Jr., Det. Murtaugh's teenage son. The character is based on Nick Murtaugh, played by Damon Hines in the film series.

Recurring

• Thomas Lennon as Leo Getz, a comedic ambulance-chasing attorney who befriends Riggs and Murtaugh after he witnesses a client's murder and is put under their protection. The character was originally played by Joe Pesci in the film series.
• Hilarie Burton as Karen Palmer, a DEA agent who sometimes works with Riggs and Murtaugh with drug trafficking cases, and is also Riggs' love interest. The character is based on Lorna Cole, played by Rene Russo in the film series.
• Floriana Lima as Miranda Riggs (née Delgado) (season 1), Det. Riggs' late wife. Originally from the Los Angeles area, she moved to Texas when she married Riggs, and after her death, he moved to LA and joined the LAPD. The character is based on Victoria Riggs from the film series, although she was never seen as she had already died before the events of the first film.
• Richard Cabral as Detective Alejandro "Alex" Cruz, formerly an undercover officer with the LAPD's Gang Division who now works at the Robbery-Homicide Division.
• Tony Plana as Ronnie Delgado (season 1), the Los Angeles City Attorney and Det. Riggs' father-in-law.
• Michelle Hurd as Gina Santos (season 2), a police big shot who arrives to take control of the division as chief, superseding the authority of Captain Avery. She and Murtaugh had previously partnered as detectives on a stakeout.
• Andrew Creer as Zach Bowman (season 2), a young detective who starts working at the precinct. He is soon partnered with Bailey. Leo Getz condescendingly calls them "The B-team", which the naïve Bowman thinks is because their last names both start with "B".

Episodes

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	18	September 21, 2016	March 15, 2017
	2	TBA	September 26, 2017	TBA

Season 1 (2016–17)

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Season 2 (2017)

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International broadcast

Production

Casting

Reception

Critical reception

Ratings

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Season 1 (2016–17)

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References

External links

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