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Terriers
- Metascore75
- 2010-2010
- 1 season
- 20th Century Fox Television
- Comedy, Suspense, Drama
- TV-MA
Ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business.
- Metascore75
- 2010-2010
- 1 season
- 20th Century Fox Television
- Comedy, Suspense, Drama
- TV-MA
Ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business.
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