chipgriffiths I am coming back to revisit this terrific one season show. The catchy whistling theme song is now firmly planted in my auditory cortex. I liked this show immensely when it first aired but always rhetorically wondered: "How did this show not get renewed". In beginning to watch this series again, I have no answer nor even a clue. This show ranks in my Top 5 of all time great shows that got axed without a reason. Donal and Michael are just a notch down from Nick and Eddie. I read one review where the person said to watch at least two episodes before deciding. This series had me with the hand made Gomez Bros Pool Service sign taped on their truck and Donal putting that tune into Michael's head. Priceless. I might watch cable all the time if series were all like "Terriers!"

farquarg Several other reviews have described the plot line so I won't rehash what's already been said. I finished watching this show on Netflix, having been completely unaware of it's existence while it was on the air. I have to say FX did a terrible job of advertising the show. Had the put the effort behind Terriers that they put behind American Horror Story or Nip/Tuck; perhaps it would have survived longer.But then again maybe the show lasting a single season is for the best. Too many shows start out fantastic but stay on the air too long. This show's major plot line starts in episode 1 and is mostly resolved by the end of the show. It's obvious that the writers thought there's be a season 2, but the ending isn't really a cliff hanger. The episode 13 provides enough closure that fans can feel satisfied. Throughout the series you see Hank evolve and move on with his life. At the start he's still hopelessly in love with his ex-wife, Gretchen. He's a recovering alcoholic that you believe will fall off the wagon at any moment. But by the end, the viewer really has hope that he's turned his life around.Britt, starts out as a lovable loser but proves to be much more than that. He shows that he's serious about his relationship with Katie and doesn't want to screw it up. Katie is the one to make the mistake, and Britt compounds that mistake by making one of his own. But the Britt at the end of the series is different from Britt at the beginning.The most remarkable thing about the show is that growth of the characters doesn't feel forced. It seems the natural progression based upon events in their lives. The setting of the show, San Diego, is refreshing. I highly recommend this show. With 13 episodes at around 40 minutes a piece, it's not a huge commitment. You will thank yourself for taking the chance on this fantastic show.

jatrudel Why didn't this show attract more viewers? Well-written and superbly acted, this show, one would think, should have been a slam dunk. I fell in love with it after seeing just one episode. Problem was I waited until there was nothing else on before I watched the first one. Well, looking back on my own experience I'm guessing I ignored the show for weeks based on a personal bias against small dogs and sitcoms, both of which are implied in the title of this series. It's about neither, nor are they the main reasons it crashed and burned.The biggest flaw the show had that I could see was its scrunge factor. My GF couldn't get past it, and I have to admit I had to suspend disbelief whenever these two protagonists coupled up with smart, sexy women, or followed the story line that one of them, an unshaven and untrimmed reformed drunk and ex-cop who had been kicked off the dept. was previously married to a responsibly-minded goddess; or the other main character, a reformed B&E artist, wasn't in the least bit reformed. Viewers want to identify with the characters... Doh! So after all of that, what was good about the show? Every single character was real. Their emotions were real. Yeah, sure. No, true that. In all sincerity this show was a tribute to the triune brain - about how the leftover parts of our reptilian brains can trick us into following what we know is def the wrong path, or cloud our judgment and cause us to react instead of following the logical thinking man's parts of our brains and doing the right thing. What differentiated these guys from boilerplate PI shows (which BTW is what these guys were, PIs, unlicensed naturally) is they were smart enough to recognize what was happening but powerless to suppress their feelings, sort of like this review. Well worth watching the reruns. Clean these guys up, change the title and bring them back, please?

edantes77 ...for making a show that, for once, is all about characters, story and dialogue and didn't rely on special effects and the Bruckheimer/Abrams factor. I had almost completely given up on this in recent years in American shows that were not made by HBO or Showtime, with the only exceptions this year being "Justified", and the hilarious "the Good Guys" - "lets go bust some punks". But I have to be honest, Terriers was my favourite this year. The interplay between the two main characters was amazing. Donal Logue has been a brilliant actor for years without enough credit but really came into his own in this, but this was only my second time seeing Michael Raymond-James. First time was True Blood, and I thought he was excellent in that, and was actually following his career since, hoping he'd get a decent part because he is so watchable and he did not disappoint. The two guys are very laddish, yet sensitive, and it's a fantastic bromance, but they have a subtlety to their acting that very few people have these days. I shouldn't give them all the credit though, because they are helped by an amazing writing team which makes every scene seem very natural, real and wryly humorous, every time, and their supporting cast are very impressive too, notably Laura Allen. Long may this series continue, and if it doesn't, it will be a travesty on the scale of Firefly, dare I say it, even worse. Bravo to all involved.I just have one huge complaint: like most of the best shows these days, only 13 episodes...grrrr...I want at least 26, possibly 52 a year?