If you’re looking for a bit of sarcastic humor mixed with some seriously dark humor, a sentimental budding friendship between total opposites, and lots of action with big guns and high speed chases, then Lethal Weapon will be right up your alley. In just three minutes, you find yourself on an emotional roller coaster ride during the opening scenes of Fox’s Lethal Weapon. Based on the hit movie franchise of the same name, Lethal Weapon comes to television as a buddy cop procedural. The driving forces behind the series are the two main characters, Riggs and Det. Roger Murtaugh (Damon Wayans, Sr.).