As the title of the episode suggests, it looks like things are going to start to get a little messy for Hank and Britt. The Lindus case rears its ugly head again as the boys are asked to help steal money that will bail Lindus out of jail. Finally an episode that plays to the strength of the show's creator, Ted Griffin, writer of Ocean's Eleven. We get to see the boys in action as they break into a heavily guarded and alarmed Lindus building to get a quarter of a million dollars out of a safe. The show would become that much more enjoyable if Griffin could sprinkle more Ocean's like heists to go along with the relationship between Hank and Britt. It added more suspense, humor and depth to a show that is already ripe with all three.
The audience was also given the dose of humanity for Hank that I called for in my last Terriers post. We got the answer to last episode's bizarre ending. There was another person in the house and it was or is Hank's mentally ill sister. Louge does a great job of immediately conveying Hank's love and concern for her and in the process gains back some of the sympathy lost last episode. Hank is far from being the perfect and still has an extremely darkside, as any recovering alcoholic who lost his job and wife would, but we were reminded that he does have qualities that pulls people into his corner, whether they be partners, ex-partner's, ex-wives, or best friend's girls. Of course, this traits are what make users like Hank dangerous to those around him, so as much as we want to root for him in his plight, we can't forget he's the same guy who faked the loan signature with the bankers dead body bleeding on the street. Hank tells Britt, "I always miss the funny part," after Britt tells him a joke and you can't help but feel this is how Hank looks at his life, always missing the funny parts.
Hank keeps pulling Britt and himself deeper into whatever is behind this Lindus mess and in the process deeper into trouble. He says it's to get revenge and save the reputation of his old drinking buddy, Micky Goslen, but one can't help but feel it's about saving himself. Hank comments to Britt about how Micky once had a nice house but now all his life fit into one box. This is where Hank sees his life going. It's why he buys his house back. It's why he wants his ex-wife back. He doesn't want to end up dead in an alley with all his belongings fitting into a box. Somehow he sees solving Micky's murder as another part of that equation. By saving Micky's reputation, by proving that he was murdered and not killed by his addictions, Hank hopes to save a part of himself. Like almost everything in his life, the case isn't about Micky, it's about Hank.
Other bits...
Maybe it was just a throw away line or a mistake in the writing, but Hank says to Katie, "You know the rules," when leaving her with his sister. Britt later asks, "There are rules to watching your sister?" This begs the question, why would Katie know about taking care of Steph but Britt wouldn't? Do Katie and Hank have a past separate from Britt?
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