Season 3 Episode 23: Everything Burns

The boys prepare their move to the Omniverse and their appearance on Watch What Happens Live next week. What will happen to the CCE? What about our sons? Find out in this exciting episode. Plus its the final episode of reviewing LETHAL WEAPON

#Sons, Nate, Lethal Weapon

## Episode Summary

Holy Fucktangle! CCE Blackballed from H-Wood yet again!! Sons get abducted? Let this fucker burn!

Much like Jet Li and the bad guys in Lethal Weapon 4, the boys are pouring gasoline all over the previous year and a half or however long it's been, in preparation for burning it all to the ground next week. Phelan will open a portal and help them traverse to the Omniverse. All the stuff from the previous three seassons will go up in smoke, and the hosts will be free! Phelan works in mysterious ways however, so who's to say a few things don't happen to "fall into" the portal and make the trip. Also the hosts can bring select things with them.

The exact specifics of the Omniverse and Omnivale aren't quite known, but it appears the Hosts will choose a character to represent them, rather than appear as their current form.

RIP Tony Keyes.

Host Ratings of ALL the Lethal Weapon stuff
 Drew
 Nate

### Father-Son-Updates

The three adult sons have been removed from the custody of our lovely hosts by decree of Based Joe Brandon, and his own son Hunter is now taking care of them full time. A very convenient end to the mounting issues the boys were causing to their parents. T was getting pretty popular on the AMP set, so hopefully he isn't acting out. He is presumed to be in Hunters motel room where his ooze form is likely being used to destroy laptops, hard drives and other things. Nate has recently fallen in love with BriFi again, in a cruel twist of fate, as he will only have one more week with his boy.

### Lethal Weapon 4 second half recap

As last episode, the 4th installment in the Lethal Weapon series was received fairly well. It got very jokey and the ending went on for way too long. Jet Li stars in his international film debut) and is a Sith-like badass, in one scene disassembling Riggs' gun mid-fight. The film also features Tony Keyes, as a dashing assistant detective with a magnificent mane.

#### Watch-along

Here it is. The last piece of Lethal Weapon media they will watch.

#### Synopsis

(continuted from last week, source: IMDB)

Information about Uncle Benny (Kim Chan) then leads them to Chinatown, where they are introduced to their new arch-nemesis, a high-ranking Triad negotiator named Wa Sing Ku (played by Jet Li). Wa Sing Ku is organizing the release from prison of four overlords or Triads, called the Four Fathers, from a corrupt Chinese general in exchange for counterfeit money. The captive artist working on the master-plate to create the 'funny money' is the elder uncle to Hong, the father of the Chinese family Murtaugh has rescued.

Riggs takes a radio from Lorna's car and the pair set off with Rianne's car in hot pursuit of two of the Triads. Reaching them on the freeway, Riggs passes the wheel to Murtaugh, climbs out of the car and leaps over to a mobile home. He pulls one of the thugs through the car window into it, demanding to know where the Hongs are. After engaging in a fight they crash onto the road; Riggs, sitting on a table holds onto the trailer by the plastic covering they fell through, and the Triad is run over by a bus. His partner accelerates and attempts to kill Riggs, who is forced to throw one of the table legs at the assailant. Murtaugh rams into the Triad car and, hearing sirens, the thug makes an escape. Riggs climbs back beside Murtaugh, and they chase the thug, trying to find answers. However, they accidentally fly off a ramp into a building, driving through one of the floors and driving out back onto the road. Then the last Triad they know of is killed by a truck.
Leo alerts them that he had tracked down Uncle Benny at his dentist and while using Leo as a distraction to keep the dentist busy, the three use laughing gas to extract information from him. Here Murtaugh inadvertently learns that Butters is Rianne's husband and the father of her baby, but puts it aside until later. In a comedic scene, Uncle Benny mentions the Four Fathers, which initially is mistaken as 'forefathers'. Benny is later strangled to death by Wah Sing Ku for this indiscretion, and Hong is killed as an example to get his uncle to cooperate, whom is also murdered when his work is complete. After locating the area where Hong's family was held, Ng, one of Riggs and Murtaugh's detective friends, an expert of Chinese society is able to identify the Four Fathers after Murtaugh mentioned them and they are able to figure where the meet was taking place.
Riggs, Murtagh and several other detectives disrupt the exchange and expose the money that is being used to buy the prisoner's release as counterfeit. As a result, the Chinese general personally executes the Four Fathers. Wah Sing Ku shoots and kills the general and a three way gun battle breaks out between the cops, the Triads and the general's private army in the foreign trade zone, presumably down by the docks. During the fight, one of the Triad leaders and older brother to Wa Sing Ku is killed by Murtaugh, and Butters is injured while protecting Murtaugh, but is not critical, to which Murtaugh passes him off to Ng to get him to safety. The climactic scene takes place on a pier where Riggs and Murtaugh, both unarmed, take on Wa Sing Ku who is enraged by the death of his brother. Eventually, Murtaugh is knocked out and Riggs and Wa Sing Ku fall into the water as the concrete pier begins to collapse. In desperation, Riggs finds a AK-47 and kills Wa Sing Ku underwater, but becomes trapped under part of the broken pier. Murtaugh comes to, realizes Riggs is in the water and dives in to free him. Murtaugh tells Riggs that he could hear Riggs willing him to save him.
The movie ends with Lorna and Martin marrying, and Roger accepting Lee and Rianne's marriage. Two babies are born to Rianne and Lorna, as Martin Riggs is finally settling down. The Hong family is granted asylum. The end credits feature a collage of screen shots and snapshots taken during production from all four movies in the series.

## Notable Quotes

### Drew

* "Nah."
* "I'm already cooking."
* "Everything in this universe...everything burns."
* "Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to. Kylo Ren."
* "Huh?"
* "Phelan works in mysterious ways."
* "Yeah...she suck, I buss!" (in response to Nate calling that dumb fuckin' bitch MsCanadashostess a Succubus, and those are Tom's words)

### Nate 'Big Unc' Ruess

* "Why did Joe Brandon not take my other kids?"
* "I'm so impressed by you, and basically you're my big brother, Tom."
* "Yeah that's right Tom you *do* have a big dick. I kept sneaking into the room while you were sleeping, and takin' a look at that thing. There's nothing weird about that, and I'm Nate Ruess."
* "I'm gonna make that guy from the nerds movies, that Drew guy from those nerds movies. He's gonna come into this universe and have a bunch of sexual hang-ups. *And a cat*!"

### Tom

* "This is Tom, I'm ungrateful. I'm a piece of shit."
* "Hey, how bout this: Let's go Brandon."
* "You can't see it, listeners, but I'm slitting my throat with two thumbs."
* "FAF is so good.."
* "We should start a fight club. Oooohh, we should start a fight club!"
* "Will me!"

## CCEUpdates/AMPDates

### CCPMCSB

With the upcoming move into a different universe, the grand opening of CCPMCSB next week hangs in the balance.

### House of Cohens

A show with Ali G, Brüno and Borat moving into a house. Sasha Baron Cohen is not on board. Maybe Andy will help. It looks like this is going to be a Drew solo project.

## Get to know your host(s)

Drew loves Fight Club, he's a big Fight Club guy. Nate hasn't seen it in over 20 years. Tom watches it once every week.

All that Tom does is shoot cans that fall on people.

## Trivia

This is the first episode to feature hashtags on Soundcloud, thereby also making it the currently only track in the *#Sons, Nate, Lethal Weapon* category!

The family the Murtaughs rescue from being slaves in Lethal Weapon 4 are called the Hongs. This is also what the main family was called in season 1 episode 7, "Fashion Police".

The Cover art this week is of Tony Keyes as his beloved character *Ng's Partner* in the Lethal Weapon 4 movie. He had the best outfit and hair combo. During the Watch-along the hosts discover he sadly passed away in 2008. RIP.

Most British people all talk dumb like Ali G.

## Freaky Figures

Nate promised to give Drew and Tom 2 million dollars each via NFTs!

## The leftist angle

Tom's guy in the Omniverse won't be a leftist but a grifter!

## Clayne Clandestine

Tom says the pod has been going on for almost two years, in fact the first episode came out October 5th, 2021, so that's been 1 year, 6 months, 24 days, or 572 days but who's counting.

## Clayne ForeCasting

Tell-all next week.

Big things happening next week. (Everything burns)

At some point soon the hosts will watch the IASIP Lethal Weapon movies/clips ON PATREON.