Holistic detective Dirk Gently investigates cases involving the supernatural. Centers on the titular holistic detective who investigates cases involving the supernatural. Based on the "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" novel series, written by Douglas Adams and published by Simon and Schuster in 1987. I wanted to like this, too (didn't everyone?), but, alas. It's like a compendium of all the things I DISlike about "Dr Who" without any of the redemptive things that kept me watching that series. A title character so flighty and twee that without the saving grace of any (discernible) humor, I just want to slap him and send him home. A plot that's all over the place without much of anything to tie it together. All it really lacks to be totally horrible is a laugh track, and I can't imagine how they missed that.<br/><br/>I got through the first two episodes, hoping it would pull itself together, but it never did, instead just piling on more apparently-unrelated characters and situations. It's like a bad sketch comedy without the comedy. Elijah Wood is wasted on this. first of all, i didn't read the books. after i watched the whole season i was left with mixed feelings about it because it had the potential to be a good show but for some reason i felt like i didn't like it. but that was before i realized that i had watched the whole season in just one day. so i didn't just stay with the opinion of 'i didn't like it', i asked myself what was the thing that i didn't enjoy and immediately i knew it: the bizarre, not credible at all situations that happened all the time. but that's just because it's not my thing, and bizarre situations is what the show is a about i guess, that doesn't mean it's a bad show. and everything else, for me, was great. the characters and the actors that play them were amazing, and it was really well written AND i laughed a lot. if you don't like, not just weird, but BIZARRE shows, you won't like this one. if it's your thing or even if it's not your thing but you appreciate good writing, good acting, and a mix of mystery and comedy, you won't regret watching dirk gently's holistic detective agency.
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