One of the best, and underperforming, new shows is Terriers, Wednesday nights on F/X. It’s about Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James as a pair of private investigators, Hank and Britt. They are the lowest rung of private investigators, the type that snaps picutres of marital infedelity. Hank is an ex-cop who drank his way out of a job and a marriage, while Britt is an ex-thief, who stopped the criminal life when he fell in love with Katie. Katie loves Britt and is excited by his thief past, as long as it stays in the past. Hank’s ex, Gretchen, is remarrying and Hank isn’t happy with it.
The series deals with Hank and Britt doing a case (or two) of the week, while dealing with each other, their personal lives and the temptation to fall back into their old life. Hank’s ex partner, Gustafson, makes sure to warn Britt that Hank will fall again and when he does, he’ll take everyone down with him. We start to see some of the cracks in the pilot, as Hank takes a windfall check for the team and uses it to put a down-payment on his old house (which his ex-wife is selling) without consulting Britt. It does put a crimp into their friendship, since both of them know that Hank most likely can’t afford the payments and will lose the house and the money.
The highlight of the show is the interplay between Hank and Britt. You can easily see these two as close friends. And you can see how Hank was a good cop and a good person before the drinking took him down.The show was created by Ted Griffin (Ocean’s 11
