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Sooo, what happened with the dog?


It was left in the tail-gait of the truck, thats I remember. What happened to him?

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When Riggs is carrying Rika's body on the beach you can see Sam the mutt sitting in the background watching him. Also Sam makes an appearance in both LW3 and LW4 (along with the rottweiler from 3)

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Sam was in the back of the truck when Riggs was captured. How did he survive?

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Sorry the post you posted was posted in 2014. About Sam, the dog in LW2. Why would the dog not survive? The South Afrikans were against Riggs. So they may have left the dog alone. Why did you think they would go after the dog?

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The reason it seems as if the dog was killed is because Riggs says that the South Afrikans "killed them both."

Who or what was killed by them secondly, if the first person they killed was the girl?

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He may have thought the dog was killed. That's it. The dog, Sam, was at the beach when Riggs was carrying her body around.

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They killed them both as in his wife and the South African girl.

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Sam the dog was alive. He was clearly there with Riggs when he mourned Rika carrying her body around.

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I didn't notice the dog but I'll obviously take your word for it. It was just confusing that he stated that "they killed them both" when he was saying that he wasn't a Police Officer tonight, and that his mission to kill them was personal.

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Riggs saying "they killed them both" is his wife and Rika

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I was pretty sure that he also said that his wife was killed in a car crash, coming home from a planned dinner that he forgot about due to his busy hectic schedule at work.

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The bad guys accidentally killed Riggs wife thinking it was Riggs in the car and they covered it up to look like it was an accident.

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I'm confused, I guess. I didn't think they ran across these South Afrikans until Lethal Weapon II. Was there a prior investigation or case? Rigg's wife was deceased prior to Lethal Weapon I.

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Rigg's wife was deceased prior to Lethal Weapon I.

Right and "Adolf" Vorstedt from Lethal Weapon 2 is the man responsible for her death (which happened prior to Lethal Weapon 1) as he confirmed to Riggs. But Vorstedt meant to kill Riggs and when he realized it was Riggs wife in that car he covered it up like it was an "accident".

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I didn't catch that from the movie at all. Thanks for the clarification.

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No problem.

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