The writing in the show is clever and hilarious. We get introduced to Ken, who is dragged along on what can only be considered a murderous rampage with Bart, a Holistic Assassin, two cops who seem to turn up whenever Todd is in the vicinity of a murder scene and, a couple of supernatural hunting FBI agents. The rest of the characters in this aren’t exactly living a normal life either. Things do turn around in the very end of the episode when he starts to believe some of Dirks mumbo jumbo thanks to a found dog and a winning lottery ticket In a matter of 24 hours he’s had his car destroyed by his landlord over stolen rent money, gets fired from his job after finding a gruesome crime scene, had Dirk break into his apartment and get into a slap boxing fight with him, travel to his sick sister’s to cheer her up and jam with her before she has a pain attack, be attacked by a gang of thugs, almost gets shot on multiple occasions and almost gets arrested, TWICE. The first episode of this hilarious series focuses mostly on Todd and his horrible, very bad day. Todd, a new character amazingly portrayed by Elijah Wood, is a nice transitional character who often acts as an observer and unwilling accomplice/assistant to Dirk. The books center more on Dirk but, this new series seems to add an extra person into the mix. If you’re like me and settled in for the full ride, you were in for a treat.Īlthough the title implies that this is going to be an adaptation of the Dirk Gently books, you realize pretty early on that while some of the elements of the original story remain intact mostly the show is its own thing. The first five minutes of the show gives anyone who was curious a chance to get out or get sucked in as it lays out what you can expect ahead. If you’ve come for a serious, moody, dark show then you’ve come to the wrong place. The opening scenes of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency sets the tone for the show perfectly. I marked my calendar and looked forward to checking it out, especially after I talked to some of my friends who were fans of the book.
While waiting in line for something else, I looked into it on my phone and was instantly intrigued. I hadn’t heard of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency until New York Comic Con. People’s History of the Marvel Universe.
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