Season 3 Episode 20: Mole Men

The boys are back to discuss one half of Lethal Weapon 3! Donald Trump has been arrested, how far are the boys willing to protect the President? Would they become mole people? Plus, Drew and Nate discover OJ could not have committed the murders and propose a likely suspect.

## Episode Summary

More Nants Crimes! Awesome Tier & Mole People! Middle finger emoji cat crying laughing emoji middle finger emoji!!

The boys watch the first half of the THIRD Lethal Weapon movie! Nate still calls it an episode. They determine that this is likely the movie the writers of the TV Show used as a template. Thanks to his good connections with the LAPD, Nate got another police report detailing a horrific kidnapping committed by the Nants, this time involving his very own (adopted) adult Son BriFi! Please pray for Drew's back as he injured it a few days prior to recording. Tom continues to be a trendsetter online.

The hosts develop a plan to turn into Mole people and dig out the bottom of the prisons and free Donald J Trump? Who fucking knows anymore. OJ actually may be innocent after all, as Selena Gomez is put forward as the real killer.

The official emoji of Claynecast is the middle finger emoji + the cat crying laughing emoji + another middle finger emoji. If you’re a Clayniac put it in your display to be treated with respect.

Further, the **Awesome Tier** is now live on Patreon! It's 20 bucks and you get to put "Awesome \_" in front of your name and will be addressed as such.

### Father-Son-Updates

The Nants commandeered OJ's mini cooper and have raced towards Nate's mansion/castle (click here for the GPS coordinates), where they sought to kidnap (or worse) his "real" kids. When they didn't find them on the premises, they zeroed in on BriFi who was hiding under the bed (as he often does). His current whereabouts are unknown, but it's believed the Nants kicked him out of the car near an open field only a few hours later when he wouldn't stop asking low IQ questions.

Tom has built up an immunity to his sons acidic gel-like liquid form, and can now be absorbed by him for protection against his many enemies. It still hurts really bad but he won't die at least. They're cleaning up his diet!

Drew's boy is a Brand whore.

### Watch-a-long

Click here for some exclusive Lore about Nate's band he was in. I don't know which one I never listened!

### Lethal Weapon 3 first half recap

from IMDB

Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) are sergeants with the Los Angeles Police Department's homicide division. As the story opens they respond to a call of a bomb at the ICSI Building. The building had already been evacuated and the bomb squad had been called, but Riggs wants to go in and check it out himself. Murtaugh is just one week from his announced retirement and he does not have any desire to risk his life to go check on a potential bomb, especially when the bomb squad was on the way. Riggs notes that the bomb squad never arrives on time and charges ahead anyway. Murtaugh feels obligated to accompany him, since they are partners.

They find a large bomb inside a car in the parking garage. Riggs opens the door and pulls back a blanket that partially covers the device. There is less than 10 minutes on the timer. Riggs speaks confidently about being able to disarm the bomb, simply by cutting the red wire. He produces a pair of scissors from his Swiss army knife and is about to clip the blue wire, when Murtaugh says wait. He wants to know if Riggs is absolutely sure. Riggs is not sure, so he changes his mind and prepares to cut the blue wire. Murtaugh is about to go crazy with panic.

The next day, they are both busted to the uniformed service and they venture outside to start their patrol. They start arguing about the previous day's screw-up and can't even remember whether it was the red or blue wire that Riggs cut. The argument gets physical and Riggs grabs Murtaugh, stopping only when he discovers Murtaugh is wearing a man's girdle. He had to wear one so he could fit into his old uniform again.
Riggs decides to harass a jaywalker, preparing to write the man a ticket, prompting the man to argue with Riggs and Roger. Riggs pretends to lose his mind and prepare to shoot the man, scaring him off. He and Roger enjoy a hearty laugh until Riggs suddenly notices some armored car guards arguing with a bank manager. Two men approaching an armored car are not recognized by one of the guards already inside the vehicle. When he challenges the two who are approaching, one of them draws a gun and shoots the guard. Riggs is already charging the scene, and as the impostor prepares to shoot again, Riggs knocks the gun out of his hand with his billy club. The associate of the impostor has taken the wheel of the armored car and screams off. Riggs had jumped inside the back of the vehicle and starts fighting with the bad guy.
Murtaugh joins the female driver of a second armored car as she follows the stolen car. The lady driver immediately finds Murtaugh to be a very attractive man and starts flirting with him. Even though he tells her he's married, she persists.
Riggs eventually tosses the bad guy he's been fighting out of the vehicle, then makes his way forward to the cab, where he forces his way in and starts fighting with the driver, taking over the wheel. Riggs buckles his shoulder belt and slams the brake pedal, resulting in the suspect flying through the windshield and coming to rest on the hood. The man is taken into custody, with his first stop being the hospital.
The next morning, Riggs arrives at Murtaugh's house, as they are getting ready for the house to be viewed by a potential buyer. Murtaugh and his family, and Riggs, are all hiding in the kitchen. Murtaugh becomes upset when Riggs tries to light up a cigarette, knowing the smell would probably turn off the potential buyers. He hands Riggs a box of dog biscuits to chew on to help with his craving.
As it turns out, Leo Getz, their old witness protection client, is Murtaugh's real estate agent. Leo brings the married couple into the house and he starts telling them about the car that crashed through the front wall of the living room and the upstairs bathroom that exploded when a bomb detonated. Murtaugh is about to lose his mind and he and Riggs get into another argument. They end up in a clinched position just as Leo and the buyers come through the kitchen door. The couple can't get away from the scene fast enough.
Murtaugh begins choking Leo for telling the couple all about the home's recent history. Leo protests, telling Murtaugh that the couple couldn't afford the house anyway and he has to tell them about any damages in the interest of full disclosure. When Riggs reminds them of the time Murtaugh shot someone with a nail gun in the house, Leo asks if the addition of the room over the garage were properly permitted. That infuriates Murtaugh even more, but Leo quickly says he'd arrange for some backdated permits so that the sale, when they find a buyer, won't hit a snag.
Before they leave for work, Murtaugh and Riggs see Murtaugh's son, Nick, talking to his best friend, Darryl, who'd dropped out of school and became a gang member. Murtaugh is very concerned about that but realizes that Nick is a smart and savvy teenager who won't get mixed up in crime like his friend has.
At a housing development in the desert outside Los Angeles, a man named Tyrone (Gregory Millar) meets the foreman of the project, Jack Travis (Stuart Wilson). He explains that people will buy the houses because they don't want to live next to people like Tyrone. He then calls over Smitty, who it turns out is the armored carrier impersonator that got away. Travis found out about the attempted heist, and he tells Tyrone and Smitty that doing something like that would jeopardize their project. He then has his men knock Smitty down and pour concrete over him, smothering and killing him. Travis forces Tyrone to watch.
While heading to work, Riggs looks across the way and sees what looks like Murtaugh's eldest daughter, Rianne (Traci Wolfe) being held at gunpoint. Riggs charges over, followed by Murtaugh. Riggs punches the guy and knocks him down, only to find out that the scene is a film production, and Riggs just ruined the scene. The director is livid and fires Rianne, but Riggs lightly roughs up the director and forces him to re-hire Rianne, with a pay raise.
At work, as they change into their patrol uniforms in the locker room, Murtaugh accidentally discharges his firearm. Riggs immediately starts kicking lockers and making lots of noise, so that the other officers who came running to see what happened will think he's having a tantrum. The two head to the shooting range, where they meet some of their comrades, including Officer Edwards (Jason Rainwater), who is fresh out of the academy and is an incredible shot, impressing Riggs. Riggs shows them a new bullet just came into circulation on the streets: a Teflon-coated .357 Magnum armor-piercing bullet that the bad guys called "cop killer", demonstrating how it can penetrate a Kevlar vest. The bullets were found in the gun of Billy Phelps (Mark Pellegrino), the armored car suspect they caught. Riggs had him moved to Interrogation, so he and Murtaugh could question him.
Jack Travis arrives at the police building, where he reveals the credentials of an LAPD Lieutenant. In the meantime, Riggs and Murtaugh go up an elevator with Lorna Cole (Rene Russo), a female detective who is with Internal Affairs. At their mutual stop, it is revealed that Internal Affairs is taking over the Billy Phelp's case. Angered by this change, Riggs and Murtaugh force Cole to go with them to see Captain Murphy (Steve Kahan) and the head of Internal Affairs to clear things up. They decide to have Riggs, Murtaugh and Cole work together on the case. Riggs and Murtaugh are also restored to their former positions as homicide detectives.
While Riggs, Murtaugh and the others are in their meeting, Travis enters the interrogation room to talk to Billy Phelps, but it turns out he's not there to talk, but to kill Billy. He produces a handgun with a silencer and quickly dispatches Billy, then calmly walks out.
Riggs, Murtaugh and Cole arrive at the Interrogation Room and find Phelps dead in his seat. Cole reveals that there recently were cameras covertly installed in every interrogation room, so they are able to see a close-up of Travis. Murphy tells them Travis is an AWOL cop who they correctly surmise has gone rogue.
Leo Getz walks in on them to tell Murtaugh that the house has termites. Leo glances at the video and tells them he recognizes the man in the video. He thinks about it awhile, then says he once got the man some Los Angeles Kings hockey tickets. As a result, the three go to a Kings game to see if they might find Travis there. Riggs cleverly makes use of the PA system to call Travis out. Ultimately, Leo sees Travis trying to run and he takes off after him, actually jumping onto Travis. Their struggle carries them onto the ice and Travis shoots Leo in the arm. Riggs follows Travis out of the arena, but loses him. Leo is taken to a hospital for a minor flesh wound, but Riggs persuades the doctor to admit Leo for a few days to keep him out of their hair. Before leaving the hospital, Riggs grabs Leo's chart and adds "proctology" under the treatment section.
To celebrate their re-promotion, Murtaugh takes Riggs to a friend's lunch shack. The friend allows Roger to step behind the counter and make some hamburgers for them, Riggs notices something at a nearby construction site: several gangsters in an apparent drug deal. He wastes no time deciding to intervene. One of the gangsters immediately opens fire with a MAC-10, forcing Riggs to take cover. When he looks around to get a clear shot, he's hit in the back of the head by a 2-by-4. Murtaugh arrives to assist, but most of the gangsters escape. One takes refuge in a shed and Murtaugh orders the man to surrender, but a hand extends through the door holding an automatic weapon and fires at Murtaugh. Murtaugh returns fire, shooting several rounds through the aluminum wall of the shack. The man crawls out, having been shot several times. He collapses just beyond the door, and dies. Murtaugh turns the man over and takes off his sunglasses: it is Nick's friend Darryl. Murtaugh is instantly distraught and quickly leaves the scene.
The call comes in to the Murtaugh residence, where his wife picks up, and finds out about Darryl. Murtaugh arrives home in his car, and starts to get out, but reconsiders and drives away, still upset, unable to face his family. The next day, when Murtaugh doesn't arrive at work, Riggs covers for him with Captain Murphy and the precinct's psychologist.

## Notable Quotes

### Drew

* "That's a great Idea, we're gonna become mole people."
* "Instigating with the Biebers..."
* "Capitalism."

### Nate, the ill-tempered hermit

* „Does your wife ever walk in and say ‘*WHAT* are you doing?!'?”
* "We're Druessed up!"
* "Late"
* "I've made a lot of mistakes in my life, but I would say casting Selena [Gomez, in AMP] was the worst thing that I've ever done."

### Tom

* "Like I give a fuck about anything."
* "Stage."
* "We need Drew stans, who are gonna go threaten people."
* "It's pretty easy to get away with it [murder]."

## The Leftist Angle

Drew is allowed to talk about American politics (i.e. Trump's execution) by Nate.

Mister Trudeau aka Blackface Hitler needs to be arrested too because he hurt the canadians and especially the truckers. And he's a chinese agent, even if he claims it was just a costume party.

## CCEUpdates/AMPDates

### CCPMCSB

OJ's stolen mini was implicated in the kidnapping of Nate's adult son. It was easily identified thanks to its red white and blue color scheme and vanity license plate reading "IN0CENT1".

### AMP

Selena is causing trouble on the AMP set because she's a bit of a Mean girl drama queen instigator!

## Trivia

According to the ClayneCast Twitter account, this episode and the watchalong were all recorded on Friday and uploaded the same day, as opposed to the usual Tuesday timeslot.

This episode is the second one to have the hosts talking over the intro. Drew fixed it the last time (link here) but this time none of them give a fuck.

## Get to know your host(s)

Nate is never going to change his display name on Twitter from "Boycott Heaven".

Tom only takes one picture when he's all hyped up on pre-workout, running around with a machete - not hundreds, and his wife is aware and doesn't mind.

The guy Nate really is is someone locked in his little basement dungeon talking about how Selena Gomez is a mass-murderess with his cap pulled all the way down.

## Freaky Figures

Tom was the first to incorporate the CC emoji combo into his display name.

## Clayne ForeCasting

Drew will get shooters.

The hosts will become Mole people and break out Donald Trump and also pilot a huge Mole Mecha from onlydinosaurs.com

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/Claynecast/status/1641931134442549249?s=20
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/Claynecast/status/1641825258255831040?s=20