Moving away from “Justified,” you’ve also written on “The Chicago Code” and “Terriers.” I was a huge fan of “Terriers,” and was totally heartbroken when it was canceled. Can you talk a little about your experience working on the show, and what it was like to be involved in a show that had such trouble with ratings despite high critical praise?

“Terriers” was my first real writing job, and I was completely in love with that show. It was just a perfect mix, noir and buddy dramedy, witty, at times raw and heartbreaking. As a completely green 25-year-old, I couldn’t have hoped for a better experience to teach me how the TV world works. And such a great, fun staff. I still keep in touch with all of them. And yes, it kind of broke my heart for a while when it got canceled. Because there was nothing else like it on TV, and if I hadn’t written for it, I would have been a fan.

When we were making it, we had no idea how it would fare ratings-wise. We had been wrapped for months by the time it premiered. And it was amazing and flattering to see the huge critical outpouring — you know, from you guys, from Sepinwall, and the AV Club — and kind of crushing to see that it never found an audience. Or at least a sizable enough audience to survive.

Did the staff have concerns about the title and marketing before the show aired, or were those issues that people started noticing after the fact?

We did have concerns, sure. We pitched various other titles. ”Small Time” was the title that probably got the most traction, “Dirty Deeds” and “Rain Dogs” were some others. But it was never changed. I guess in retrospect, it’s easy to say we should have called it something else, or that it should have been marketed differently. I mean, when you call a show “Terriers,” and the most prominent thing on the poster is a dog, people are likely to get the wrong idea.

The show was fundamentally so character-based… it was a tough thing to put on a billboard, or in a promo. That central relationship, between Hank and Britt, is just something you had to watch the show to understand, and, you know, not enough people watched the show.

We really like 5-Second Films here at Uproxx. Like, more than friends “like.” How did you get started with those, and what’s the process like for putting one together?

It’s something my friend Brian Firenzi started back in his dorm at USC. I found it hilarious… a sort of askew genius, and joined in eventually, and we were just doing it for fun, drinking beer and making funny shit with our friends. Which I guess is how it still is, four years later, although we now have an LLC and a website and a Youtube partnership and celebrity guest stars — it’s still mainly a “drinking beer and making funny” affair, as I see it. As many people as are available get together every Sunday, we shoot the sh-t for a while, hone our jokes, spend a few hours shooting them, and edit them throughout the week. Credit belongs to the other guys and gals for doing the heavy lifting, production and editing-wise. I just don’t have enough time these days, although I love it. I mainly just try to say funny sh-t, occasionally I act, often in compilation style stuff like “Everyday Dubstep” or “Grumpy Ben” with my buddy, comedy savant Paul Prado.

There was a Spin article in the Patton Oswalt-edited “funny issue” that gets into our routine more in-depth.

Okay, let’s close with some nonsense questions. Guy Fieri is a 44-year-old man who talks and dresses the way old people think young people do. Do you think maybe he’s a narc, like in “21 Jump Street”?

That guy looks like someone electrocuted a fat skunk. Or like the evil-universe Ethan Suplee in The Butterfly Effect. Or like the guy the Joker sews an explosive cell phone into in The Dark Knight. Narc? No, he’s the new Marlon Brando.

There’s a scene in Fast Five where The Rock’s character and Vin Diesel’s character fight, and Vin Diesel’s character wins. This is bullsh-t. Vin Diesel can’t beat up The Rock. Not a chance. Admittedly, this is not a question, but I think it’s important.

Gina Carano would own both of those dudes.

Last question: I just found this GIF of Bobby Brown humping some stairs in a folder on my computer. It’s the best thing, right?

It’s the best thing I’ve ever seen in my life, and that includes Lawrence of Arabia and The 400 Blows. Speaking of internet bullsh-t, I just discovered this Blues Name generator. Mine’s “Boney Bones Bailey.”

Duly noted. Thanks a lot, Boney.

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