# "Terriers" Question (spoilers likely -- hoped for) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780 "2010-09-23T16:09:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/81 "2010-12-02T23:33:12Z")
Well done. Did they go “Butch & Sundance” south of the border? Or did Hank drive Britt to jail? If it’s the series finale (I sure hope it wasn’t!), it lets the viewer to make up whatever they want it to be. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/82 "2010-12-02T23:54:04Z")
The worst part now is the wait. Any idea when we’ll find out if it’s coming back or not? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/83 "2010-12-02T23:58:11Z")
When I first saw the scene at the end with Gustafson off the bench, I thought he had been promoted to captain. We had heard him complaining earlier how he was not being groomed for the job, plus he was singled out in the news report for his good work on the big case, and I thought I heard something about the current captain offering his resignation. But I guess that maybe his contented look was merely because he was back on the job. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/84 "2010-12-03T03:09:06Z")
That was close to perfect. Hank must have been a good partner to Gustafson, for him to go so far out of his way to help Hank. I liked how they showed Zeitlin with another young thing on his arm – continuity for Terry’s daughter. Loved the geeks finding the bugs, and the Vivaldi. Loved that the dog wasn’t forgotten. I love how the show lets us fill in so many blanks. The actor who plays Cutshaw – all I’ve seen him in is _Band of Brothers_. He was good here too, and he’ll be a good villain for next season. ::knock wood:: ---
**Author:** ![monkeylucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@monkeylucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeylucifer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/85 "2010-12-03T13:58:34Z")
Awesome ending to a great show…that is if it is truly done as rumors have it. It really deserves to be renewed though. I’ve been a fan of Donal Logue for some time, but this was easily his best work. “Grounded For Life” was one of the few family sitcoms in the past few decades that I could be bothered to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/86 "2010-12-03T17:05:58Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > The actor who plays Cutshaw – all I’ve seen him in is _Band of Brothers_. He was good here too, and he’ll be a good villain for next season. ::knock wood:: Neal McDonough was also one of the better things about [Tin Man](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910812/). ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/87 "2010-12-03T22:14:25Z")
I’m still confused about who was killed at the liquor store – it seemed like Hank couldn’t decide whether it was two people or three. One was Jason Adler, another was Laura Ross’s whistleblower (whom we never met alive, right?). Was there a third? > [@AuntiePam](#): > > I liked how they showed Zeitlin with another young thing on his arm – continuity for Terry’s daughter. Robert Lindus was having an affair with Mickey Gosney’s daughter, Eleanor. Who’s Terry? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/88 "2010-12-03T22:16:48Z")
Oops, Terry is the name I gave Mickey. I think the third person killed at the liquor store was the clerk. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/89 "2010-12-03T22:17:49Z")
And she wasn’t sleeping with Zeitlin, right? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/90 "2010-12-03T23:36:22Z")
**Ascenray** , you’re right. I’m confusing Zeitlin with Lindus, and she was sleeping with Lindus. So my comment about continuity makes no sense at all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/91 "2010-12-06T19:17:30Z")
Well, it’s over. [We’re never going to find out whether Hank went straight to the courthouse or turned left towards the Mexico border.](http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/fx-cancels-terriers) ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/92 "2010-12-06T19:43:01Z")
I’m seriously bummed, but not seriously surprised. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/93 "2010-12-06T20:47:00Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I’m seriously bummed, but not seriously surprised. ☹ Me too, and me neither. **ascenray** , Britt went to jail. He needed to do that to have a future with Katie. Plus, he might have made some connections in jail that could be used in season two. Something else we’ll never know is who is the father of Katie’s baby. Britt asked her not to look at the DNA report, but I wonder if she’d be able to restrain herself. I don’t think I could do that, even though it wouldn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/94 "2010-12-06T21:06:21Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Me too, and me neither. > > **ascenray** , Britt went to jail. He needed to do that to have a future with Katie. Plus, he might have made some connections in jail that could be used in season two. Since there is no season 2, I don’t accept these as canon. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/95 "2010-12-06T21:11:53Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Since there is no season 2, I don’t accept these as canon. Well, no, but it’s what Britt said he was going to do. It’s what I want him to do, not just because he deserves some punishment, but because it’d save us from worrying every week about whether he was gonna be caught. What do you think he was going to do? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/96 "2010-12-06T21:22:09Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Britt asked her not to look at the DNA report, but I wonder if she’d be able to restrain herself. Of course she would look. But for a while she would pretend that she hadn’t, and then it could be a big drama-filled storyline when she finally revealed that she’d known all along (and who the daddy is). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/97 "2010-12-06T21:23:46Z")
What I think is not a substitute for what we might have known. To be honest, I didn’t like the idea of his going to Mexico because that would have changed the show too much. But I also didn’t like his reconciliation with Katie, because, for one, I never liked their relationship in the first place, and also I haven’t forgiven her for what she did. The whole “don’t find out who the father is” was a loser move too in my view. If you’re going to be a cuckold, you should do it with full knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/98 "2010-12-06T21:51:17Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > If you’re going to be a cuckold, you should do it with full knowledge. He did. He knows that her professor is who slept with her. If he has decided to stay with her anyway, he gains nothing by knowing who the baby’s biological father is. But he knows who it could be. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/99 "2010-12-06T21:55:19Z")
I mean “cuckold” in a literal sense, as in a cuckoo bird’s egg taking the place of the real child. Forgiving Katie for infidelity is a separate issue. He should know specifically whether or not he’s raising someone else’s biological child. What he gains is the real decision of whether or not to raise someone else’s child. A real man should be able to face that decision. This charade of maintaining the lack of certain knowledge is bullcrap. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780/100 "2010-12-06T22:11:48Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > I mean “cuckold” in a literal sense, as in a cuckoo bird’s egg taking the place of the real child. Forgiving Katie for infidelity is a separate issue. He should know specifically whether or not he’s raising someone else’s biological child. What he gains is the real decision of whether or not to raise someone else’s child. A real man should be able to face that decision. This charade of maintaining the lack of certain knowledge is bullcrap. That’s not the literal sense of “cuckold,” it’s the archaic sense. But, again, I say that once Britt decided to stay with Katie and raise the baby as his own there was no need for him to know whether he’s the biological father. I don’t see how that decision makes him any less of a “real man.” Maybe you would feel the need to know and then base your decision on the answer, but clearly Britt did not. What’s ridiculous about it is the idea that the truth could ever remain unknown. Even if Katie didn’t look (highly, highly unlikely IMO), _someone_ would find out somehow and it would all come out eventually. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terriers-question-spoilers-likely-hoped-for/554780.md?page=6)