Lethal Weapon – Leo Getz Hitched

By starrymag | April 24, 2018

By: Jessica Wolff

 

Ben (Duncan Joiner) shoots Martin Riggs (Clayne Crawford) with a toy gun as they play. Riggs calls him a fast learner, and chases him. They knock over a photo of Ben with Jake Voss (Lind Edwards), and Riggs puts it back. Molly Hendricks (Kristen Gutoskie) reminds them that no guns are allowed in the house, but Riggs insists that he’s giving Ben SEAL training. Riggs shows Molly the ring he found by the photo, and Molly identifies it as Jake’s promise ring. Molly puts the ring away, and tells Riggs that he’s taking Ben to Chauncey Cheddar for his birthday. As they are about to kiss, Riggs notices a car sitting outside the house watching them. Molly doesn’t recognize the car, but isn’t worried.

 

Roger Murtaugh (Damon Wayans) is annoyed by the pin he has to wear for Leo Getz’s (Thomas Lennon) wedding and complains to Trish Murtaugh (Keesha Sharp). Jim McNeile (Andrew Patrick Ralston) makes fun of the pin as they throw out their trash, but Murtaugh tells him he’s not in the mood as he notices a positive pregnancy test in the trashcan. Murtaugh returns inside to find Trish eating pickles and peanut butter, and asks if everything is okay. Trish assures him she is, and confesses that she wants to see who would marry Leo.

 

As they arrive at Leo’s wedding, Trish refuses to eat the sushi and wine. Brooks Avery (Kevin Rahm) warns them not to eat the sushi, and Leo compliments how great the place is despite its rodent problem. Pulling Murtaugh aside, Leo asks if it’s normal for the bride, Nina Delillo (Shakira Berrera), to be late to the wedding. Murtaugh asks when he last talked to her, and he replies that he talked to her last night after he wired money to her for the wedding. Leo asks if that’s normal, and Murtaugh declares that nothing about his wedding is normal.

 

Trish and Avery ask if everything’s okay, and Murtaugh tells them that the bride is missing. Avery tries to assure him, but Leo panics. Murtaugh suggests that he and Riggs check her place, but Leo tells him that Riggs isn’t coming. Riggs meets Murtaugh, who criticizes him for not going to the wedding. He argues his decision is justified and they see that Nina’s door is open. They go inside and Riggs follows a trail of blood, opening the closet to reveal a dead man with a stiletto in his head. Leo calls and asks if they found Nina with another man, and Murtaugh replies that it’s not a man he needs to worry about.

 

Bernard Scorsese (Johnathan Fernandez) provides details about the victim, a hit man, and Leo is worried about Nina. Murtaugh reminds him that she just killed a man, and that she has a criminal past. Leo tries to argue that she was wrongfully convicted, but sees how many witnesses there were to her crimes upon seeing her file. Murtaugh asks how long he’s known Nina, and Leo replies that he spent an intense six and a half weeks with her.

 

Riggs asks Sonya Bailey (Michelle Mitchenor) to run the plates of the car outside Molly’s house, and finds that the car was stolen. He asks Sonya to put a protective tail on Molly, but Sonya advises him it’s a bad idea. Riggs ignores her, and Leo announces to the station that he found out that Nina is with her ex, Victor Ivanov (Nick Gracer) at his fight club. Riggs asks for the address, and reminds Leo that he has to arrest Nina for murder when Leo insists the case is solved.

 

Murtaugh expresses his concern to Riggs about having another baby at his age. They enter the fight club, and Victor tells them that they’re closed. They ask if Nina’s there, and Victor tells them she isn’t. Riggs asks if they can look around, but Victor tells them to get out. Murtaugh finds a bloodstained wedding dress in a nearby purse, and Victor claims it’s his.

 

Leo runs in and challenges Victor to a fight for Nina. Leo sees the dress and lunges at Victor, thinking he killed Nina. Victor jumps out of the way and Leo starts hitting him with Nina’s purse. Riggs and Murtaugh decide to not get involved until a block of cocaine falls out of the purse. As Riggs and Murtaugh get into a shootout with the other men in the club, Victor attempts to strangle Leo. Nina hits Victor with an bottle, and Leo can’t believe it’s her.

 

The shootout continues after everyone reloads their weapons, and Nina is offended that Leo thinks she ditched him. Leo shows her the passport and plane ticket in her purse, and Nina shows him there is one for each of them. Riggs shoots the nearby fire extinguisher and he and Murtaugh take out the gunmen. They find Leo and Nina about to get in her car, and Riggs tells them they need to go to the station.

 

In the interrogation room, Murtaugh demands that Leo get Nina to answer his questions. After arguing with Murtaugh, Leo asks Nina to talk to Murtaugh for him, and she reveals that she waits tables at an underground poker game where anything can be used as collateral. Nina explains that two players got into a fight and the cocaine fell into her lap. Nina insists that she borrowed it from Jimmy Lee (Samuel Le), and Murtaugh assesses that Jimmy sent a hit man to kill her. Nina explains that she did it for Leo so that they could start their life together, and Leo and Nina start kissing

 

Sonya tells Riggs that Molly met the mysterious car in a parking lot. Riggs asks if they know who was inside, but Sonya doesn’t. He decides to call Molly despite Sonya’s warnings, and asks how things went at Chauncey Cheddar. Molly admits they didn’t go, and Riggs asks about the meeting in the parking lot. Molly gets angry with Riggs for spying on her, but Riggs clarifies that he put a protective tail on her. He tries to justify it, and Molly declares it’s a violation and hangs up on him. Sonya isn’t surprised, and tells him that there’s a poker game today that Jimmy will probably be at.

 

As they enter the game, Murtaugh questions why Riggs didn’t ask Molly who was in the car. Riggs replies that sometimes people are better off not knowing, and a big suited bouncer (Americus Abesamis) demands the password. Riggs shows him his badge and the bouncer lets them in. Riggs announces their presence to the room, and Murtaugh tells them that they’re there for Jimmy. Riggs notices Molly’s ring among the collateral, and demands to know who brought it before Jimmy runs out of the room. Murtaugh corners him in a closet, and Riggs spots Jake as he punches one of the players. Riggs sees Jake drive away in the stolen car as he runs outside.

 

Murtaugh asks Avery about paternity leave, and he is excited about the pregnancy. Murtaugh explains that he only knows because of finding the test, and admits that he’s not ready to have another baby. Avery tells him that the happiest he’s seen him were the days that his children were born. Avery asks Murtaugh about the BOLO for Jake, and why he didn’t inform him Jake was at the poker game. Murtaugh explains that he’s Riggs’ friend, but Avery informs him that Riggs put out the BOLO.

 

Riggs comes home and puts the ring in front of Molly. He asks why she didn’t tell him, and Molly reminds him that he’s a cop and that she didn’t want to put him in that situation again, and that she told Jake to turn himself in if he wants to see Ben again. He argues that she should have told him, and she replies that she shouldn’t have had a cop following her. Riggs asks where he’s staying, and she tells him.

 

Murtaugh joins Trish on the couch and gives her a foot massage. He tells her that he’s fine with the pregnancy, but Trish says she isn’t pregnant. He tells her about the test he found in the trash, and is relieved that he doesn’t have to build another crib. Trish questions whom the test belongs to, and Murtaugh is horrified at the possibility of it being Riana Murtaugh’s (Chandler Kinney).

 

Riggs knocks on Jake’s hotel room, and he asks if he’s there to steal his freedom like he did his wife. Riggs asks why he came back, and Jake replies that he wants to see his son. Riggs asks what he got Ben for his birthday, and then asks why he’s really there. Jakes answers that he has business. Zane (Tim Zitarz) and Sam (Eric Stabenau) enter pointing their guns at Riggs and knock him out when Jake tells them that Riggs means nothing to him.

 

The next morning, Riggs wakes up in the hotel room and notices a marked up playing card. He asks to talk to Nina, but Leo tells him that Nina is about to be taken into custody. Riggs promises it won’t take long, but Leo tells him that this might be the only alone time they’ll have for years. Riggs tells him that he’ll never have alone time with her again if he doesn’t let him talk to her, and Leo tells him to make it quick. Nina identifies the card as poker game invitation and identifies Jake as a player. Nina suggests that Jake could see the combination for the safe from where he was sitting, and Leo takes off his pants. Before Riggs can ask any more questions, Leo climbs on the table and Nina straddles him.

 

Murtaugh finds a condom-adorned tree on his desk, and Scorsese jokes that he should learn about protection as the rest of the precinct claps for his new baby. However, Murtaugh pushes the tree off his desk and tells Avery that the pregnancy test was Riana’s. Avery orders everyone to get back to work, and Sonya tells them that Jake’s stolen car was found outside one of the possible poker locations.

 

At the game, Jake watches the Game Runner (Sarah Chaney) open the safe and excuses himself. Outside, he lets Zane and Sam inside and they put on masks for the robbery. They go inside, point their guns at the players, and Jake opens the safe. Riggs gets a call from Molly, who asks if he’s okay. He confirms, and she asks if she can go back to being mad at him. Riggs tells her to carry on, and informs her that Jake is in trouble. Molly warns Riggs to be careful, as she wants to be mad at him for a long time.

 

Jake and his crew exit the building, and shoot at the approaching cops. Riggs drives up and chases after Jake on foot. Murtaugh chases Zane into a building, and Murtaugh wins the fight. Riggs chases Jake into Chauncey Cheddar and tackles him into the ball pit. They fight each other as a crowd of kids and parents surround them. They fall out of the ball pit in the struggle and Jake tells Riggs that he’ll screw things up with Molly. Riggs admits that he loves her as they stand up and officers handcuff Jake.

 

Murtaugh and Trish approach Riana and tell her they’ll support her no matter what, but Riana doesn’t understand. Trish explains that it’s about the baby, and Murtaugh asks for the father’s name. Riana is horrified, and questions if they think she’s pregnant because she’s fat. Trish tells her about the test, and Riana declares that she’s not pregnant. Murtaugh asks who the test belongs to and finds McNeile outside offering him alcohol that his wife isn’t drinking after her singles cruise. Murtaugh suggests that his wife is pregnant, but McNeile insists it’s not possible because he had a vasectomy. Murtaugh gives him the alcohol back just in case.

 

Riggs asks Molly if she’s seen Ben, and she reminds him of the no guns policy. Ben shoots at Riggs, and accidentally causes Molly to spill the soufflé on herself as they collide. Riggs apologizes, and she comments that he always makes a mess. He suggests that messes are their thing before they kiss. Leo and Nina conduct their wedding ceremony on the courthouse steps and Judge Lamarr (Phil Lamarr) tells them to hurry up. They finish the ceremony and kiss before officers take Nina away.