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[SpeedingUptoStop]

Weirdly straight forward ep this week, but I liked it nonetheless.

 

[squicken]

I've got no problem with standalone episodes. My favorite episode so far is the bank manager one.

But this was a weak episode. I think the tech nerds and ice cream pharmacist were a little too convenient and sort of a cop out for the writers. Why wouldn't they use these guys every episode if they can do shit like hack into airline's servers?

But I guess my biggest problem was the the case/home life paralleled just didn't feel as organic as it has in other weeks. Hank's speech to the kid at the end felt forced and contrived.

But the Stephanie stuff was really good. It was really a little bubble they had lived in with her being there, and they handled it well.

 

[bathala]

good stand-alone episode.

concerning the next ep:

Spoiler

i guess that's why they've never shown him getting arrested

 

[Persona7]

This episode(and the ending) made me sad because Steph is my favorite character.

 

[etiolate]

I really liked this episode. A lot of great little moments, from the tech geek discussing his sex life to the question of why and what does an amnesiac remember.

But this was a weak episode. I think the tech nerds and ice cream pharmacist were a little too convenient and sort of a cop out for the writers. Why wouldn't they use these guys every episode if they can do shit like hack into airline's servers?

Because they aren't a firm that can offer much monetarily, or at least they don't appear that way. It's help in exchange for help, in a bum's network sort of way.

edit: As for the AVClub review, the writer is missing one of the major missing persons from the actual episode: Hank's ex Gretchen. The neighbors seem to know or care more about her than they do Hank, and Steph's departure returns Hank to an empty house. You could draw a parallel between the strangeness of what an amnesiac remembers and the selectiveness of what an ex remembers or say a survivor remembers.

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

off-topic but:

‘The Shield’ Creator Shawn Ryan Writing Adaptation of Tom Clancy’s ‘Without Remorse’

 

[CajoleJuice]

Thought the episode was fantastic. Absolutely love this show.

 

[Cornballer]

- Production blog for last night featuring some discussion on last night's episode and a brief Tim Minear interview

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

Thought the episode was fantastic. Absolutely love this show.

Seriously gonna be devastated if this show doesn't come back. Shawn Ryan's gotta have some cache at FX after making The Shield, something to ensure this gets renewed.

 

[dead souls]

Seriously gonna be devastated if this show doesn't come back. Shawn Ryan's gotta have some cache at FX after making The Shield, something to ensure this gets renewed.

Given the ratings, I can't see why FX would renew it. They have no need to keep something on the air that gets an eighth of the ratings Sons of Anarchy does.

It's my favorite new show of the fall so I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think I am.

 

[CajoleJuice]

Seriously gonna be devastated if this show doesn't come back. Shawn Ryan's gotta have some cache at FX after making The Shield, something to ensure this gets renewed.

A pic of one of the execs...

 

[gdt]

Good episode. Not as awesome as pretty much everything from 3 on, but still great. Brit is really losing it, I can't wait to see what happens with that.

 

[xxracerxx]

Please renew
Please renew
Please renew
Please renew
Please renew

 

[Enco]

Really loving the show. Hope it's renewed.

I hope the cheating with the teacher secret gets out. Would be interesting.

 

[Cornballer]

- Some promo pics and a summary of this Wednesday's episode *spoilers*

 

[Lambtron]

I hope the cheating with the teacher secret gets out. Would be interesting.

Yeah, so I just finally watched this episode and Katie was wayyyy to drunk to give consent. The whole thing seemed more like rape than cheating to me. It's unfortunate that they're handling it like the latter...

 

[CajoleJuice]

Yeah, so I just finally watched this episode and Katie was wayyyy to drunk to give consent. The whole thing seemed more like rape than cheating to me. It's unfortunate that they're handling it like the latter...

I think the way it's handled that way is due to Katie's reaction to it. SHE doesn't see it as rape or getting taken advantage of, she's upset with herself for allowing it to happen.

 

[Cornballer]

Theme song is up on iTunes:

Terriers theme now on iTunes. RT @ShawnRyanTV: Thanks! RT @watchterriers: http://j.mp/terrierstheme is the direct iTunes link.

 

[Cornballer]

New episode tonight:

Agua Caliente

Spoiler

Hank and Britt both work with their ex-partners to make it out of some hot water south of the border.

Also, I downloaded the theme song last night on iTunes.

 

[Cornballer]

From Salon.com:

- "Terriers": One of this fall's only gems

 

[Cornballer]

New episode in about 40 minutes.

 

[Persona7]

love that song

 

[Cornballer]

Crazy episode that required a little more suspension of disbelief than usual, but I still enjoyed the episode. Some hilarious lines in this one.

- Sepinwall's review
- Onion A|V Club

 

[squicken]

Holy fuck that was an amazing episode. That was like a 40 minute thriller. The lack of posters in this thread saddens me

 

[botkiller]

Holy fuck that was an amazing episode. That was like a 40 minute thriller. The lack of posters in this thread saddens me

Agreed. This show has gone from an afterthought to the one I look forward to most every week. More people need to watch it.

 

[bathala]

that was an intense episode.
wow

 

[Tim the Wiz]

Well, that was something.

 

[dead souls]

Holy fuck that was an amazing episode. That was like a 40 minute thriller. The lack of posters in this thread saddens me

Yep. Another great episode.

 

[Cornballer]

- Five reasons to Watch ‘Terriers’ while you still can

 

[DieH@rd]

This show rocks.

 

[Cornballer]

- Poniewozik with some brief thoughts on Terriers

 

[Mully]

Wow that episode was probably the best yet. This show keeps getting better and better. Please FX, just on faith, please renew this.

 

[Cornballer]

- Production blog for last night's episode

 

[big ander]

Yeah, that was the best episode of this show yet. So damn good.
EDIT: I immediately reconsidered this; some of the Lindus stuff (like Fustercluck) was better. But this was still an amazing episode.

 

[LJ11]

Found out about this show in a really strange way, glad I did. Never would have watched it otherwise. Hopefully they put some money behind it next season, use some of the Rescue Me money they're going to free up.

 

[Sharp]

I really hope this show gets renewed despite the atrocious ratings... it is so fucking good and I don't even normally like this genre.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Last ep was really, really good. If FX doesn't pick this up for a 2nd season, I'll rage for like...2 days at least.

 

[Persona7]

I badly want to see this renewed.

 

[big ander]

Having this and Lone Star get canceled would suck. At least Lone Star only had 2 episodes, so I couldn't get too attached. But 13 episodes of Terriers will have me begging for more.

 

[etiolate]

With Mad Men gone, this is my favorite show each week. This week's episode really stretched the idea of these guys being too small to fail, or in this case, too inconsequential to be cared about.

I think my favorite line was the DEA guy asking if Hank was a undercover cop, which sort of highlighted the sort of work he actually does for the police. The Hank and Ex-partner relationship at first seems like Hank trying to con his way into extra help, but the police get just as much out of the deal if not more.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Good ep. Stay alive show!

 

[Enco]

Awesome episode.

This, Dexter and The Office are the best shows on at the moment.

 

[finowns]

Hope they get a 2nd season.

 

[adelante]

The jail-break was a little too easy but it was an awesomely intense episode nonetheless. I actually don't mind them not getting back into that whole Lindus story arch if they keep us this interested each week.

 

[gdt]

Awesome episode. Really tense and fast paced.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Yeah i think they might go more the Psych route for a few eps...... different story each week with maybe the Lindus thing on the back burner for a while.

 

[adelante]

I think where Terriers shine is how it manages to nicely balance episodic plots with multiple overlapping story arcs (Katie's affair, Britt's history with Ray, Steph, etc)

 

[Eric WK]

This, Dexter and The Office are the best shows on at the moment.

Amen.

 

[big ander]

I think where Terriers shine is how it manages to nicely balance episodic plots with multiple overlapping story arcs (Katie's affair, Britt's history with Ray, Steph, etc)

Exactly. Very well put.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Finally caught the episode. Another awesome installment. Still no news on whether the show's renewed or canceled?