Episode 10: Legalize Owl Drugs

These three boys are together to talk about Lethal Weapon. Was it a good episode? No! Will Johnny Depp kill us? No! This episode is about Owl Drugs and Lethal Weapon at a rave!

## Episode Summary

Nate puts in his last episode notice. Drew threatens to follow suit. Tom is poised to take on not only Nate's former role as the host with bad audio, but all Claynecast hosting and account-running duties as well. Nate rescinds his last episode notice, only to tentatively give it once more at the end of the podcast.

The Episode starts at a Rave in some abandoned Mall or some big building. It’s a „Silent Disco“ however, and everyone is wearing headphones. These headphones probably took up most of the episode budget, even though it adds nothing to the plot. Could have just been a loud rave.

Anyway, one of the people there strolls among the crowd, handing out little baggies of pills that have an Owl logo on them. Suddenly he gets a text and rushes outside – just barely evading 2 Korean men in suits. Outside, the drug dealer is looking for the person who texted him, but all he finds is an off-screen assailant who shoots him in his crotch! He’s left to die alone on the street.

Roger and Trish (the Murtaughs) are in their fancy kitchen, talking shit about Riggs. She feels bad for Riggs and wants him to come over for dinner because he’s so sad and pathetic.

Roger Junior (RJ) is whining about not having anyone to go to prom with, the girls at school probably all know what a freak he is. Roger can’t believe teens are texting. Kids these days…

After breakfast, Roger and Riggs are driving to the Crime scene, where once again Bailey has done all the groundwork. She tells them the victims name was Adam Pressman, a party promoter. They notice the headphones and Riggs jokes that “Maybe he’s from the future!”. But then Murtaugh notices a trail of blood leading to a big door, covered in graffiti and a bloodstain. From the victim? How did it get on the door? Never mind, they go inside and the Rave is still ongoing. They wade through the crowd and someone hands Riggs a baggie – which Murtaugh immediately takes from him. It’s not like he was gonna crush it up and snort it! Murtaugh knows better.

They confront the DJane and she explains how headphones work to Murtaugh. Clayne loves it but they shut down the rave. She instantly tells them about the victim’s drug business but assures them it’s all legal because the chemical makeup is altered in a way to be considered legal. The chemist who made them is called Owlsly. Hence the owls. It really is the future!

They wind up at the Morgue, where Scorsese has thoroughly “studied” the drug. To Sonya’s dismay, he has ingested several of them. He tells her he was up all night, and finally finished the 3rd act of his screenplay. The protagonist is half man and half lizard! Scorsese just delivers an outstanding performance. This was the highlight of the episode. He tells them he found Owlsly’s address by googling around for chemical wholesalers. And I guess this super genius used her real address.

Riggs is in Cahills office, lying to her saying everything is fine and eating a salad. Her salad. But it’s fine. She begins to get the impression Clayne is depressed. Might be on to something..

Riggs and Murtaugh end up at the Chemists address they got from Scorsese. A woman opens the door but denies being this “Owlsly” – but then Murtaugh notices a picture of an Owl and other Owl related decorations. IT’S HER!

She tells them about the legality of it all, and that she hasn’t left her apartment for 3 years. She just orders everything online! Clayne’s especially keen to find out more about the alcohol ordering app. Eventually she comes clean and explains that the Korean Mob were trying to take over Adam’s business. They convince her to leave her apartment and come down to the station to ID some perps (which must have taken some amazing persuasion but then again it is Clayne and Roger).

On the way to the car, they get shot at out of a blue Subaru, but can just barely dodge behind a parked car. Owlsly sees her hypothesis confirmed: People suck! And she heads back home.

Riggs and Murtaugh are back at the station now, talking to Avery. He tells them about how this is a sensitive case due to the Korean Community, and assigns a third detective to their squad, Henry Cho. This guy is a huge square. Perfect for Roger. He tells Roger his hat looks nice, and we realize Riggs has never once commented on Rogers stylish hats. They want to go search Koreatown for the shooters, and then interview Owlsly, but Clayne suggests splitting up to cover more ground. Roger disagrees but Cho convinces him it’s fine, even if the way Riggs said it was hurtful. It *was* hurtful! Clayne basically runs away from them to go see Owlsly, while Roger and Henry head to the Korean Restaurant to meet Cho’s informant/contact. The Restaurant’s known for 2 things: It’s Ginger Beef and the “Clientele” that frequents it – mobsters!

Riggs brings Owlsly the mugshots, and she tells him she’s basically suicidal and pops a “modified Benzo”. It’s probably fine, and definitely legal. She ID’s the guy who threatened Adam (our victim), a man called Thomas Kang.

Murtaugh and Cho are a restaurant and getting along, when they meet Cho’s contact, a Hostess. A *Doumi* Hostess (Women you can hire to sing Karaoke with and keep you company). Murtaugh realizes this and says he thought the Doumi culture was disappearing. He read that on the LAPD blog/website. He *read* that? Cho *wrote* that! Sparks fly. They ask her if she knows anything about mob business and drug murders around here and she immediately (first thing) says “Oh you mean like the one that was near 7th street?” …how lucky for the two detectives. She points to a private lounge and tells them the guy they want is in there, which is incredibly convenient. Once again, the first place they go to is where they find the bad guy. She goes over to serve drinks and doing so opens the fancy curtains of the lounge aside to reveal this mystery man: Thomas Kang!

Roger and Cho are complete nerds, so they agree to wait for backup. Riggs never waits for backup! And speak of the Devil, Riggs shows up and urges action. While they’re bickering however, Thomas Kang leaves the lounge and notices them – so he does the only rational thing and pulls out an Uzi and unloads rounds in the detective’s general direction (keep in mind this is a public club/restaurant with a bunch of civilians inside). A second gunman appears and we’re in the middle of a shootout! Riggs kills the other guy, but Kang escapes.

Back at the station, Avery tells Roger that they got the phone off the guy Clayne shot, and Bailey and Cho are on it. Then they talk about what a sorry piece of shit Riggs is. They laugh about Jenkins, the homophobic swede (an old detective), and Avery tells Roger he’s a force for stability in Riggs’s life. In a different part of the station, Riggs is eating some chips from a vending machine. Dr. Cahill finds him and makes him realize what a good partner he has in Murtaugh, and that he shouldn’t burn the last bridge he has.

Inspired by Cahills words, Riggs decides to show up at the Murtaughs house, much to Roger’s surprise. He never expected him to really show up, when suddenly Kate appears – one of Trish’s colleagues. They have dinner, but then Riggs and Murtaugh get into a squabble about their texting etiquette, leading Roger to blurt out that he told Trish "this" wouldn’t work. NOW Clayne realizes what’s up and leaves. But once again, Bailey saves the day by calling Roger and relieving us from this scene. Her and Cho have cracked the bad guy’s phone and the last message was: get to the chemist and the DJ asap. Uh oh!

Riggs heads to Owlsly’s place, which has been trashed. It appears no-one is home, but then he stumbles on a trap door. Conveniently, Owlsly is hiding inside. She is so glad that she gives Riggs a big hug.

Murtaugh and Cho are back at the Rave, which is still going on. The DJ isn’t on stage, no one is, yet the party continues. Roger pulls out his flashlight and finds the DJ in a corner under a dirty mattress – she’s still alive! They get her to the Hospital, where Cho is on the DJs Instagram. Murtaugh is totally perplexed by this feat.

The DJ regains consciousness and tells them she never met Owlsly. Cho interjects, holding up a picture from her Instagram - showing her with Owlsly and the victim. She only knew her as ‘Olive’, and she was in fact in love with Adam (the guy who got shot in the crotch). Riggs is still at Owlsly’s place and figures this out too, however she says he didn’t return that love and made her feel stupid – so **she** shot him. It wasn’t the Korean Mob after all! However, Riggs is having trouble reacting because he was drugged! She used some transdermal drug on him and he’s totally out of it. She’s able to run outside but gets caught by Kang and his thugs. Riggs lumbers out after her but is so wasted that everything’s blurry and warped – he somehow manages to jump onto the gangsters car and rides the roof. The second highlight of the episode. He falls off but it’s fine because Roger and Cho are right there! They put him in the backseat and continue the chase. Of course, they find the car right away. Roger shoots out a tire which makes the car veer off the road and flip over. They swiftly secure the guns and arrest the bad guys – but where’s Owlsly? She wasn’t in the car. Somehow, she escaped and is walking away. Clayne sits down with her, but she soon reveals she’s taken a lethal dose of drugs. She dies in Claynes arms.

They put her in the Morgue, where somehow Cahill knows Riggs is, and she consoles him. She’s the best of course and is worried that he’s also suicidal (not sure how in the world she would think *that*) but Clayne reassures her that while he can indeed not wait to die, suicide is not an option. She believes him.

Riggs then shows up to the Murtaughs and gives them an “apology wine”, since he felt bad for the awkward date last night. Rog asks if he’s going to be staying for dinner, but Riggs has claims he has other plans and leaves.

RJ got asked to Prom by three girls, bafflingly, and the whole family is gathered in the Kitchen to chit chat like we all do.

Riggs’s “plans” turn out to be sitting on the floor at the Non-Stop Silent Disco Rave from the beginning.

Rating: A very fatigued 8 out of 10. This episode of Lethal Weapon was not well received. There were only brief moments of action, Riggs only shot 1 guy and there weren’t even any explosions, even though McG was the Executive Producer on this episode. Scorsese saved it. Some people have referred to this one as a “cooling down” episode.

## The Leftist Angle

Harm reduction is reducing harm. All drugs (Owl and otherwise) should be completely legal.

## Notable Quotes

### Nate

* "A wise man once said, 'I'm DOBE.'"
* "My shit's pro."
* "I'm gone. I'm gone! I'm done."
* "What I wouldn't give to have some KBBQ."
* "Thank you for listening, Drew."
* "I've never abused any power."

### Tom

* "I'm Xander's mom, you're Xander's dad and Drew's Xander."
* "You're just rabid little dogs barking at each other!"
* "I'm the only one who ever remembers anything."

### Drew

* "I'm not Xander."
* "Trained killers are always taught to aim for the crotch."
* "I just think the Joker's a great Character."
* "If you can make a drug why can't you like, be able to clone an alien?" (Grogu)

## Trivia

* This is the first episode to include a theme song (composed by XEECEE).
* This is also the first ClayneCast to be released on a holiday. To be precise, drew released this episode at 8:39 pm on new years eve.
* Drew and Tom didn't have dates for Prom.
* Drew has seen the *Dark Knight* over 50 times.
* The mysterious Horseshoe Killer might still be on the loose in and around L.A., slaying animals and blaming it on horses.

## Clayne-foreCasting

ClayneCast will award a free hat to any listener who watches at least six episodes off of Johnathan Fernandez's (Scorsese's) IMDB page.

More importantly, ClayneCast will create a path to end the war on drugs. The hosts will pay certain stars in the Drewniverse (in their presumably preferred currencies: rice cookers and/or Notre Dame tickets) to pave it.

Someone is going to Deepfake a scene from Curb your Enthusiasm wherein Larry David gets his winky bitten by a dog to show Nates face instead.

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