float_on_alright | Right now, Lethal Weapon Season Three is Everything (Reply)

This was originally a 600 word text I sent to a friend of mine at 2 or 3 am one night because I am an obsessed weirdo. But I want to post it, with addtions and maybe a few edits, because this is where my brain is living right now and I want to be able to look back at my obssesive brain thoughts later.

I'm watching my favorite bits of Lethal Weapon for the 6,302nd time (in all honesty it probably is getting towards the triple digits on some of these parts) and I thought for a moment that the dress Erica is wearing during the food fight at the end of episode 12 was the same thing she was wearing when they had their first almost kiss. She says she just bought the dress she's wearing (in the food fight), and that she bought it "for him." Now, it's filmed and treated like she's probably just saying that so he'll stop spraying her with mustard so I originally didn't take it too seriously. BUT upon further review and consideration, I've changed my mind. I went back so I could check, and the outfit she's wearing at the end of episode 12 is not the same thing she was wearing during the almost kiss at the beginning of episode 11, but the outfits are very, very similar. This is a woman who dresses with style and class at all times, but she does have an eclectic wardrobe. she's featured wearing a number of different styles of shirts, especially. At work, she wears shirts and skirts or shirts and pants. She's seen wearing suit jackets occasionally as well, usually paired with an elegant top and a skirt.

She is in so deep, even though she's saying they aren't serious.

I also wish I got to see the conversation where he tells her more about what happened with his conversation with his daughter. They've clearly had a conversation we don't see because she knows that he took her advice about his daughter and they've made specific plans involving a cookout, the movie "Any which way but loose," as well as chocolate ice cream, beer, and tequila. I wanna know how that played out. Was he saying thank you? Did she give him shit that she was right? Did he make a joke about her being on the same level as a twelve-year-old girl? Did he mention apartment hunting? Did he ask for help with it like his daughter suggested he do? I need answers! I also want to break down why he's really still in the motel, because I think it has a lot to do with him believing that he doesn't deserve nice/good things.

Also, at the end of episode 10 she says she's going to move. Has she done that already? Is there a possibility that they could end up moving into together at the end of the season? It'd really, probably be too soon, but I kind of want it anyway. And I definitely want there to be a conversation that rebuffs the "has an expiration date" comment that I fully believe was said out of self preservation and not put of what is actually wanted. (I'm looking at you, Erica.)

Can I also mention that I'm super glad that all of their on screen overtly romantic and sexual scenes have happened when they're both sober? Yes, they have a moment where she is looking at him like he's breaking her heart when he says he's heartbroken over his ex and he's drunk, but that doesn't count because he isn't in it with her yet. When they share their almost first kiss? Sober. When she gets vulnerable and they have a moment? Both sober. When he makes his confession? Soooooo sober. When they have their actual first kiss? He's maybe had a few sips of a beer, but they're definitely SOBER.

I don't mind the drunk thing all the time, but for their specific situation I think it's really important that all of their BIG moments are them consciously and purposefully choosing each other without questions of "was this just drunken fun?" meddling things.