Screen: Fox

Has Science Built The Nylon That Can Contain Terry?

Spoiler: no.

Imagine, for a moment, that you're Greg Shaw of Copperhead Security. You spend your days sniffing around police departments trying to recruit the best officers, only to get turned down by cops who went into the field out of a desire to serve the community selflessly; thus, you're forced to scoop up whatever dregs are willing to parlay their (lesser) skills for an easy payday. Then, one day, an actual hero calls you to see if you can hook him up, and you get to entertain the notion that you might land Sgt. Terry Jeffords. You're lucky if you get twenty straight minutes of sleep the night before you head down to his squad to take him to lunch -- because, if you've done your legwork, you know Terry Needs Nutrients.

Utlimately, of course, the professional/love connection between Terry and Shaw is not to be. This isn't Parks & Recreation where everyone's changing jobs on a weekly basis, for one thing. For another, the efforts of Gina and Boyle to satisfy all of Terry's creature comforts (Terry loves lavender) and -- mostly -- Holt to remind him of why he got into policing in the first place carry the day, forcing Terry to turn down Shaw's offer and return all the swag he'd been showered with. Or rather, almost all the swag.

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The official story will be that Terry lost the vest. Unofficially: nylon's insufficient to hold in all of Terry's awesomeness. Any future puffy vests that think they're up to the task had better start with an outer shell of Kevlar. Or maybe Vibranium.