This is such a buddy cop program that the team angle that attempts to make this an ensemble vehicle always feels half-assed. It also acts as a helpful reminder that Scorsese does still exist and has some sort of purpose to serve on this show. Murtaugh’s comment that if either of his children are getting high then it’s because “Riggs taught them it was cool” is pretty great. This shouldn’t be as entertaining as it is, but somehow it works. When neither of them come clean, Murtaugh opts to take hair samples and bring them to Scorsese to analyze. In the episode’s B-story, Murtaugh finds a joint in his house, which he deduces must belong to either RJ or Riana. This certainly makes Riggs’ debt to Jake a complicated one, but kudos to the show for not dragging out the whole “gun mystery.” The big reveal is that Riggs didn’t kill his father, but that Jake actually did, went to prison for it, and that it was all to save Riggs’ life. The tragic thing is that Jake truly did help Riggs back in the day. Riggs is really growing this season and learning that he no longer has room in his life for the people that drag him down and enable his bad habits. He has his reasons for his evasive behavior, but it’s still clear that he’s someone that Riggs needs to cut out of his life.
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Unsurprisingly, Jake isn’t totally off the hook by the end of all of this, but “Gold Rush” knows how to play with expectations and keep things interesting until the final act. With all of the attention that Riggs’ childhood has enjoyed this season, this makes for another welcome piece of the complicated puzzle that is Martin Riggs.Īs Riggs and Murtaugh get further long, it continues to look like Jake is guilty, especially when he crashes Murtaugh’s car and points his gun at his head. Naturally, this piece of character development gets revealed by the episode’s end, but “Gold Rush” has fun as it draws it out and rakes Riggs over the coal. Furthermore, Jake has some juicy piece of collateral on Riggs that he hangs over his head for the bulk of the episode. Jake definitely has some involvement in all of this, but the mystery lies in figuring out just how deep. There’s a robbery homicide suspect on the loose and a lot of the evidence points to dear old Jake.
That still happens here, but more of the focus is on Riggs’ childhood bond with Jake Voss, who is now back in his life in a big way. Past instances in this season have used these flashbacks to shine a light on Riggs’ tumultuous relationship with his father. Somewhere a young Avery shivers in his sleep.
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Even in Riggs’ younger years, he’s evidently still a pro at wonton destruction and chaos.
The episode details his days as a juvenile joyriding carjacker, and albeit brief, it makes for enjoyable material. “Gold Rush” starts back in 1996 and continues with a number of choice moments from Riggs’ childhood.
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Riggs should know better, but he still buys that movie ticket. This optimistic, “What’s the worst that could happen?” attitude is very much present in how Riggs treats his friend and ex-con, Jake Voss. However, against better judgment, people still give this double feature a chance. A double feature of Heatand Grumpier Old Men shouldn’t go together. The image flies away before it has much of a chance to register with the audience, but it feels representative of something larger here. The opening scene of this episode of Lethal Weapon begins with the peculiar double feature of Heat and Grumpier Old Men at a cineplex.
This Lethal Weapon review contains spoilers.
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