The series is set in Ocean Beach, San Diego and focuses on ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth (Donal Logue) and his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack (Michael Raymond-James), who both decide to open an unlicensed private investigation business.
In order to lure him out, they intimidate his girlfriend, a fortune teller named Aggatha Hagglethorpe (Jean Villepique), into believing she must pay into a protection racket.
He also visits Gretchen (Kimberly Quinn) to confirm that he will buy their old house, despite his Alcoholics Anonymous friend Barry (Paul Hipp) telling him it would be a mistake.
Despite this, they question Bradley Denham (Nate Mooney), Montell's half-brother and a bookkeeper for a horse racing track that was mysteriously robbed recently.
Club gave the episode an "A−" grade and wrote, "Beyond the opening scene and a few stray mentions, 'Dog And Pony' doesn't move the Lindus storyline forward much.
The episode is designed more to flesh out the world of Terriers, and to that end, the most significant scene in 'Dog And Pony' comes late, when Gustafson pulls Britt aside after the whole adventure is done in order to have a little chat about Hank.
"[5] Cory Barker of TV Overmind wrote, "After a fantastic pilot episode, 'Dog and Pony' proves that Terriers is going to be a must-watch new series this fall.
The episode is fairly standalone in nature with only a few mentions of the Lindus case that Hank and Britt are now the prime witnesses in, but spending 45 minutes with these two guys and this world is beyond enough to sustain my enjoyment.