I don’t know if you watch Terriers over on FX. You most likely don’t, considering that it gets beaten by the abysmal The League. Deb already told Bob that she won’t watch every episode, even though she finds it to be wholly enjoyable.
Don’t get me wrong — it took me about a week and a half to get around to watching the first three episodes completely. I saw the premiere and found it to be kinda so-so. Not spoiled by any previews like others, and a comment by PJ made me want to go back, and so I did. Once I did, I found it to be totally weird, because it is different from all the general mish-mash on TV. Because of the storyline, I thought about nagging Carissa to write about it, but since she already writes all the comments I would want to write, I turn this one around on her. Ha!
Anyway, back to the show. Terriers is about former cop Hank Dolworth, an alcoholic who busted his now-partner Britt Pollack while breaking into a bar at night. Hank, already no longer on the job, manages to “persuade” Britt to stray from his former ways in the way of being a team of private eyes without a license and without rules. They try catching a fugitive to collect the bounty on the guy’s head, only to get severely beaten up by him. They plant a gun to get a guy arrested, they break into offices, get a guy to commit suicide and sleep with clients. Oh, and Hank thinks it’s a good idea to stalk his ex-wife, while Britt hasn’t told his girlfriend that he first met her via pictures on her fridge, while he was breaking into her place, only to later on hit on her at the bar where she works.
And that’s about it. That’s the show. It’s about what Magnum, P.I. would have been if Larry Manetti was more Italian and able to carry a piece without looking like a schoolboy, and Tom Selleck if he was about 20 pounds overweight.
To me, the show kicks some serious butt, like Britt and Hank do. Oh, and there’s a bulldog too. It’s simply not your run-of-the-mill cop-show, basically without the holier-than-thou attitude of a CSI. It’s not polished. It’s rugged, it’s dirty, it’s unusual, and I think a lot of hard work was put into the show to make it look that way and be believable.
Clacked by Guest Clacker
on Sep 27, 2010 @ 15:00 EST5EDT
Ok – you got me. I’ll give it a try. I’ll have to catch up online. I do like both leads, I just have this thing about criminals being the stars. But if they are getting beat up by their fugitives, it might be fun to watch!!
I’ll let you know what I think (as if I could keep my mouth shut – ha!).
PS – are you on twitter or anything?
@SPeitsch but I’m not actively using it, just following. I’m too wordy for 144 letters and usually leave all my links on Facebook with comments way longer ;-)
And hey this isn’t good, what if you don’t like it? I would feel bad ;-)
Well, I’ll just blame you for wasting my time! Hee hee. You’re supposed to be glad you talked me into a viewing. I promise not to bite your head off if I don’t like it; I’ll just tell you the error of your ways. LOL
This is a great show. So far it’s the only new show of the season that I season passed. No idea why more people aren’t tuning in.
I’ll ask Keith to rename the post to “This is the show called: Terriers” ;-)
Yeah I don’t get it either. Brett just mentioned in the ratings clack that people really seem to actively avoid the show. I mean how low is THAT number? I have my TV running in the background on ESPN all the time so often I’d think that number for Terriers is just people who forgot to turn off their TV after watching something they actually WANTED to see…
I like it too.
I’m trying as hard as I can to get everyone I know to watch this show. It’s clever, it’s well plotted, and best of all, the two lead characters simmer with chemistry and wit. It’s fun, funny, suspenseful and smart all at the same time. So of course, the ratings are low!