“The people who you surround yourself with are a reflection of who you are.”
Everyone does crazy things in the name of love, whether that’s sell stolen cocaine, devote police resources to tail your significant other, or give unprompted foot massages. Love’s an extreme emotion that doesn’t care if you’re a criminal or a police officer. This episode of Lethal Weapon gets into the nitty gritty of that idea, which makes it only fitting that the big set piece that the episode revolves around is a wedding. Leo Getz’ wedding, to be exact.
Leo Getz’ wedding is the perfect setting for a crime and the premise understandably injects this episode with an extra boost of energy as Getz’ frantic, non-stop concerns punctuate every move that Riggs and Murtaugh make on this one. Frankly, I would have even been on board if Lethal Weapon had gone full-on Agatha Christie this episode and turned Leo’s wedding into a calculated whodunit murder mystery.
The path that “Leo Getz Hitched” does decide to follow still makes for an entertaining, unpredictable episode, but it would have been nice to see the series change things up a little here and trust the strength of their premise. Maybe if Riggs and Molly ever get married then their wedding can turn into a juicy Christe-esque murder mystery.
Lethal Weapon doesn’t hold back in terms of making sure that Leo’s nuptials are as absurd and memorable as possible. To begin with, somehow Murtaugh winds up front and center for this debacle as Leo’s best man and he doesn’t even have Riggs to be miserable with because he RSVPed with a “firm no.” Furthermore, the guests in attendance all appear to just be clients of Leo’s. Don’t worry though, he’s been sure to secure the best Weird Al cover band that money can buy, so the festivities are off to a bizarre start even before the bride-to-be goes missing.
That’s right, the bride is gone. It might seem a little old hat to do the whole “runaway bride” angle, but Lethal Weapon finds ways to bring life to the old trope. Besides, no other take on this story has had a panicked Leo Getz to answer to either. It doesn’t help the situation that Leo’s fiancée, Nina (Shakira Barrera), seems to have disappeared at a very suspicious time and with a large sum of money….
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