Meagan Shapiro was a detective originally assigned to the South African Krugerrand trade case along with Team Riggs/Murtaugh, and fellow detectives Tim Cavanaugh, Jerry Collins, Eddie Estaban and Tom Wyler.
Lethal Weapon 2[]
Shapiro was with Roger Murtaugh, Martin Riggs and the other detectives investigating on the Krugerrand case. She witnesses Riggs attempt to break free from the straightjacket. Then, when Riggs spread the word that Murtaugh's daughter, Rianne would be on TV at 8pm, she clapped for him.
The following day at the station, after Murtaugh was tied up in his own home the previous night, Meagan Shapiro listened to Riggs say that every detective should cover each other's backs from now on after what happened to Murtaugh.
Shapiro, along with the other detectives, arrived at Arjen Rudd's house and told some of the henchmen to drop their weapons, pointing her gun at them. However, she and the others were forced to let them go after Rudd showed Murtaugh and Riggs his diplomatic credentials declaring diplomatic immunity, and left disappointed with the other detectives.
When a bomb was discovered and planted on Murtaugh's toilet in his bathroom, she was among the police detectives to respond to the scene. Stephanie Woods commented that she may be able to handle situations like this having psychiatric experience for years, but Shapiro told her this wasn't a psychiatric problem. She even took a peek at Murtaugh, who is sitting on the toilet, but he tells her to go away. After the explosion, Shapiro along with Jerry Collins held onto Leo Getz to prevent any harm.
Sometime soon after, while taking a dive in her swimming pool, she was killed from a bomb secretly planted by Pieter Vorstedt. She was the second police officer to be killed by Vorstedt after Tom Wyler, before Cavanaugh, Collins, Moss, and Freisen were killed in an explosion at Cavanaugh's house.
Trivia[]
- The actress who played Meagan Shapiro, Jennette Goldstein, and her costar who played Tim Cavanaugh, Dean Norris, reunited in Terminator 2: Judgement Day, where Goldstein appeared as Janelle Voight, a civilian who portrayed one of John's foster parents, and Norris appeared as the SWAT team leader called to Cyberdyne Systems.
- In an early version of the script, Meghan Shapiro was tortured to death by the villains instead of being killed by a pool bomb.
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