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For all Video loss of his wife and unborn child in “Lethal Weapon” film series, the (“The Goonies,” 1985). of his growth last season, Riggs is releases hese days, the television land- El Paso, Texas. character was played by singer Fox’s television series has also still a wild spirit. scape is peppered with all sorts It’s typical buddy comedy fodder, Darlene Love. Murtaugh’s two added medical examiner and foren- While ratings have taken a dip so Despicable฀Me฀3 Tof shows, but drama and com- but Crawford and Wayans manage teenage children also play promi- sics technician Scorsese (Johnathan far this season, averaging about When former supervillain Gru edy are still the meat and potatoes to keep the show from slipping into nently in the TV series. Riana Mur- Fernandez, “Bull”), and Det. Sonya four million live viewers per episode (Carell) and his wife, Lucy of prime time. Many series attempt cliché with their chemistry, which taugh, known as Rianne (Traci Bailey (Michelle Mitchenor, “Chi- compared to more than eight mil- (Wiig), fail to capture Balthaz- to mix the two genres, but few of has been almost universally praised Wolf, “In the Heat of the Night”) in Raq,” 2015). lion last season, “Lethal Weapon” is ar Bratt (Parker), a former child them do it with the ease of Fox’s by critics. Their connection may be, the film series, is now played by The recurring cast includes Thom- still faring well in the grand scheme star turned supervillain, they “Lethal Weapon.” in part, due to the fact that Craw- Chandler Kinney (“Girl Meets as Lennon (“The Odd Couple”) as of prime-time television. Recent talk are fired by the head of the An- Damon Wayans (“In Living Col- ford grew up watching Wayans in World”). Roger Jr., named Nick ambulance-chasing attorney Leo of a possible reboot of the film fran- ti-Villain League. Not long af- or”) and Clayne Crawford (“Recti- his groundbreaking sketch comedy (Damon Hines, “Chicago Hope”) in Getz, Hilarie Burton (“One Tree chise could raise the show’s profile ter losing his job, Gru is con- series “In Living Color.” In an inter- the movies, is now portrayed by Hill”) as DEA Agent Karen Palmer, even more. That’s right, Gibson and fy”) star as Roger Murtaugh and tacted by his long-lost twin view with collider.com, the actor Dante Brown (“Mr. Robinson”). and Richard Cabral (“American Glover may reunite on the big Martin Riggs, respectively, in the brother, Dru (Carell), who re- second season of “Lethal Weapon,” claimed the show was at least par- “Mad Men” alumnus Kevin Crime”) as Det. Alejandro Cruz. Sea- screen in a new “Lethal Weapon,” airing Tuesday, Dec. 5, on Fox. Based tially responsible for his sense of hu- Rahm takes on the role of Capt. son 2 welcomes Michelle Hurd or so rumor has it. In October, dead- veals that their deceased fa- on the popular film series from the mor: “For me, everything those guys Brooks Avery, which was based on (“Law and Order: Special Victims line.com reported that the actors ther was also a legendary su- ‘80s and ‘90s, the show follows L.A. wrote made me laugh out loud,” the character of Capt. Ed Murphy Unit”) as Gina Santos, and Andrew and director Richard Donner (“Su- pervillain. Dru tries to per- cops assigned to a crime-ridden Crawford said. (Steve Kahan, “Conspiracy Theory,” Creer (“Barracuda”) as young cop perman,” 1978) had been consider- suade Gru to return to his evil beat. Unlike a lot of recent television 1997) in the film franchise. Jordana Zach Bowman. ing a new film version. ways, which he refuses to do, The original “Lethal Weapon” reboots, the “Lethal Weapon” TV Brewster (“The Fast and the Furi- All of these characters come to- With plans for a new movie still but while the siblings are busy franchise brought the buddy movie series has remained fairly faithful ous,” 2001) appears as police de- gether to entertain audiences in the up in the air, fans of the series can bonding, Balthazar succeeds formula to a whole new level, and to the original, at least when it partment psychologist Dr. Maureen second season, which finds Mur- get their weekly dose of “Lethal in acquiring the final piece Fox’s TV version offers fans the comes to the key players. Keesha Cahill, a character based on the taugh navigating rough waters at Weapon” Tuesday, Dec. 5, on Fox. needed to fully complete his same mix of action, drama and hu- super-weapon. The reunited mor. When the TV version pre- siblings must team up to stop miered last September, Wayans and the villain from completing his Crawford quickly won over viewers dastardly scheme. with their chemistry and earned the Directors: Kyle Balda, Pierre show an early season 2 renewal. Coffin. Stars: Steve Carell, Fox executive David Madden had Kristen Wiig. 2017. 90 min. high praise for the series when the Animation. early renewal was announced in February. “’Lethal Weapon’ continues to American฀Assassin fire on all cylinders,” Madden said. After his girlfriend is killed in a “Every week, it delivers a big fun violent terrorist attack while roller-coaster ride, but also remains they’re on vacation, Mitch touchingly human and genuinely Rapp (O’Brien) becomes con- emotional.” sumed by his need for revenge, While there were plenty of nay- and is recruited by a CIA black sayers who doubted that the televi- operations unit named Orion. sion reboot of the films could recre- Rapp embraces the training by ate the action-packed fun of the original, which starred Mel Gibson Orion’s leader, Cold War veter- (“Braveheart,” 1995) and Danny an Stan Hurley (Keaton), and Glover (“The Color Purple” 1985) as when nuclear material goes Riggs and Murtaugh, Fox’s “Lethal missing, the team is dis- Weapon” has held its own. That is in patched to stop it from falling large part due to the aforemen- into the wrong hands. The tioned chemistry between Wayans and Crawford. As Murtaugh, Wayans is the pro- verbial straight man to Crawford’s loose cannon as Riggs. A husband and father of three, Murtaugh re- cently returned to the force after a heart attack, only to find himself paired with out-of-control new hire Riggs. With everything to live for, Murtaugh found himself struggling to rein in his self-destructive partner lest he put them both at risk. On the flipside, Crawford’s Riggs lives a very different lifestyle with his trailer on the beach and 1977 Gru฀in฀a฀scene฀from฀ Ford F-350. The antithesis of his “Despicable฀Me฀3” partner, former Navy SEAL Riggs has Damon฀Wayans฀stars฀in฀“Lethal฀Weapon” a blatant disregard for safety as he Continued on page 16 FINAL-1 Sat, Nov 25, 2017 4:56:50 PM December฀2฀-฀8,฀2017฀฀•฀Salem฀News฀•฀3 ESPN2 (50) NCAA Texas at Virginia Com- WCVB (5) ESPN (49) ESPN2 (50) Col- Thursday 1:00฀p.m. GOLF (69) Golf Central Pre- Tuesday Live Live Live monwealth lege Football Scoreboard 7:00฀a.m. NBCSN (48) Pro Football Talk game 1:00฀p.m. NBCSN (48) National Wall- NESN (51) NCAA Boston University at 3:30฀p.m. WBZ (4) College Football To- Live 1:30฀p.m. GOLF (69) PGA QBE Shootout eye Tour Live Live Live Miami day 1:30฀p.m.