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{{quote|''As a rule, I don't like getting my ass kicked for free.''|'''Hank Dolworth'''}}

'''Terriers''' is a [[Detective Drama|Detective]] [[Dramedy]], created by [[Matchstick Men|Ted]] [[~~Oceans~~ Eleven|Griffin]] and co-executive produced by [[The Shield|Shawn Ryan]], that premiered on FX in the fall of 2010. Critics have made favourable comparisons to ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'' and ''[[Brick]]''.

'''Terriers''' is a [[Detective Drama|Detective]] [[Dramedy]], created by [[Matchstick Men|Ted]] [[Ocean's Eleven|Griffin]] and co-executive produced by [[The Shield|Shawn Ryan]], that premiered on FX in the fall of 2010. Critics have made favourable comparisons to ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'' and ''[[Brick]]''.

Hank Dolworth (Donal Logue) is an ex-cop and a recovering alcoholic who makes his living as an unlicensed [[Private Detective]] in Ocean Beach, California, along with his partner Britt Pollack (Michael Raymond-James), a reformed thief. They typically get jobs from their lawyer Maggie, some reluctant police help from Hank's former partner, Detective Mark Gustafson, and usually part of the mix each episode is Hank's ex-wife Gretchin and her new fiance Jason, and Britt's girlfriend Katie. Life is cruisey, until the duo agree to take on a job from real estate developer Robert Lindus that involves tracking down Eleanor Gosney, the daughter of Hank's old buddy Mickey. [[First Episode Spoiler|Cue a murder, a scandal,]] and the beginnings of the biggest and most dangerous case Hank and Britt have ever had to deal with.

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* [[Amateur Sleuth]]: Hank, a ''former'' cop, and Britt, an ex-con.

* [[Amoral Attorney]]: Zeitlund again.

* [[And the Adventure Continues]]: Possibly, if {{spoiler|the boys decided to go straight at that traffic light and head for the Mexican border}}.

* [[And the Adventure Continues...]]: Possibly, if {{spoiler|the boys decided to go straight at that traffic light and head for the Mexican border}}.

* [[Big Bad]]: Ben Zeitlin.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Steph. However, she's perfectly aware that she's mentally ill.

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* [[Framing the Guilty Party]]: {{spoiler|After Lindus orders a hit, Hank and Britt hide the murder weapon in his house.}}

** {{spoiler|They do this again to Britt's former partner to get him off Britt's back in "Change Partners"}}

* [[Friend On the Force]]: Gustafson. Though "loose friend" or "ex-friend" might be more accurate; Hank and Gustafson were partners back when Hank was on the force.

* [[Friend on the Force]]: Gustafson. Though "loose friend" or "ex-friend" might be more accurate; Hank and Gustafson were partners back when Hank was on the force.

* [[Heroes Love Dogs]]

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Hank and Britt.

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* [[Kansas City Shuffle]]: {{spoiler|It seems as though the bad guys want to stop Hank, Britt and anyone else from revealing the results of the geological survey, so our intrepid detectives figure out a way to leak the survey to Gustafson, thereby shutting down the development on that land... which winds up being exactly what the bad guys want, as Hank realises once he learns that the survey's results were faked.}}

* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Hank proves to be one in the pilot.

* [[Madwoman in ~~The~~ Attic]]: Literally {{spoiler|Steph}}.

* [[Madwoman in the Attic]]: Literally {{spoiler|Steph}}.

* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: {{spoiler|Tom Cutshaw.}}

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Britt: A blue collar [[Loveable Rogue]], who [[Troubled but Cute|has his problems]], but always puts his [[Mary Sue|educated, beautiful]] girlfriend first. And is very often shirtless and boyishly grinning while doing do.