Scripted series · BBC America
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Everything is connected.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Samuel Barnett
Dirk Gently
18 eps
Elijah Wood
Todd Brotzman
18 eps
Hannah Marks
Amanda Brotzman
18 eps
Jade Eshete
Farah Black
18 eps
Fiona Dourif
Bart Curlish
18 eps
Amanda Walsh
Suzie Boreton
10 eps
Mpho Koaho
Ken
18 eps
Dustin Milligan
Sergeant Hugo Friedkin
18 eps
Tony Amendola
Arnold Cardenas
10 eps
Izzie Steele
Tina Tevetino
10 eps
Tyler Labine
Sherlock Hobbs
10 eps
Agam Darshi
Wakti Wapnasi
10 eps
John Hannah
Mage
10 eps
Lee Majdoub
Silas Dengdamor
10 eps
Christopher Russell
Panto Trost
10 eps
Osric Chau
Vogel
10 eps
Michael Eklund
Martin
18 eps
Viv Leacock
Gripps
10 eps
Ajay Friese
Farson Dengdamor
10 eps
Dylan Schombing
The Boy / Francis
10 eps
Hunter Dillon
Young Arnold
10 eps
Roger Cross
Eddie Black
10 eps
Neil Brown Jr.
Detective Estevez
18 eps
Aaron Douglas
Gordon Rimmer
18 eps
Miguel Sandoval
Colonel Scott Riggins
18 eps
Richard Schiff
Detective Zimmerfield
8 eps
Alison Thornton
Lydia Spring
2 eps
David James Lewis
Agent Weedle
1 eps
Cassandra Naud
Wakti hand #2
2 eps
Alan Tudyk
Mr. Priest
6 eps
Miranda Edwards
Bigby
5 eps
Sergio Osuna
Hector
3 eps
Jessica Lowndes
Modern Jake Rainey
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency reads strongest on World Building, Bingeability and Humour.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 18 episodes.
- Poster unavailableSpecials
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20162 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20168 episodes
7.9IMDbSeason one sees Dirk and Todd wind their way through one big, seemingly insane mystery, crossing unlikely paths with a bevy of wild and sometimes dangerous characters, each episode landing them a few random steps closer to uncovering the truth.
Best episode · S01E08 Two Sane Guys Doing Normal Things
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201710 episodes
5.7IMDbBrand-new case, still no clue. In season two, the vast dangers lurking in a fantasy realm find their way to Earth, becoming a threat in reality, and it’s up to Dirk and the gang to stop them in their tracks. But first – they need to find each other...
Best episode · S02E01 Space Rabbit
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E08
Two Sane Guys Doing Normal Things
Dirk, Todd, Farah and Detective Estevez must save Lydia Spring or face certain death.
- Directed by Paco Cabezas
- Written by Andrew Black, Max Landis
S01E07
Weaponized Soul
Flung backwards through time, Dirk and Todd make a horrifying discovery about the nature of their case, and find themselves with a unique opportunity: solve their case before it even starts.
- Directed by Paco Cabezas
- Written by Max Landis
S01E06
Fix Everything
Everything connects. Cops, cult, assassins, detectives, Pararibulitis, vampires, lottery ticket, a corgi, and Ken, all come to a head.
- Directed by Tamra Davis
- Written by Max Landis
S01E04
Watkin
Dirk and Todd find themselves in a complicated and dangerous situation left behind by Patrick Spring. As the police begin putting together the pieces of their imponderable case, an FBI agent's unlikely return complicates matters for Amanda and Farah.
- Directed by Michael Patrick Jann
- Written by Andrew Black
S01E05
Very Erectus
As Dirk and Todd embark on a hunt for Patrick Spring's dark enigmas, Todd reveals a deep-seated secret of his own. Detectives Estevez and Zimmerfield take big risks as they inch closer to the truth of their missing person's investigation, and Amanda finally confronts the looming specter of the Rowdy 3.
- Directed by Tamra Davis
- Written by Robert C. Cooper
S01E01
Horizons
After Todd Brotzman happens upon a murder scene, he meets self-proclaimed detective, Dirk Gently, and is drawn into a case involving the death of reclusive millionaire, Patrick Spring, and the kidnapping of his daughter Lydia. As multiple characters and storylines seem primed to converge, tangling endlessly in towards the center, it’s clear to Todd that his life will never be the same.
- Directed by Dean Parisot
- Written by Max Landis
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E10
Nice Jacket
- Directed by Alrick Riley
- Written by Sinead Daly, Max Landis
S02E09
Trouble Is Bad
- Directed by Alrick Riley
- Written by Molly Nussbaum, Max Landis
S02E08
Little Guy, Black Hair
- Directed by Wayne Che Yip
- Written by Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner
S02E07
That Is Not Miami
- Directed by Wayne Che Yip
- Written by Molly Nussbaum
S02E05
Shapes and Colors
- Directed by Richard Laxton
- Written by Max Landis
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Matt GoldmanWriter
- Robert C. CooperWriter
- Andrew BlackWriter
- Sinead DalyWriter
- Molly NussbaumWriter
- Max LandisWriter
Direction
- Michael Patrick JannDirector
- Dean ParisotDirector
- Tamra DavisDirector
- Alrick RileyDirector
- Douglas MackinnonDirector
- Richard LaxtonDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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