Multiple instances of people threatened with guns, murdered. A kidnapped woman is restrained to a bed, while an accidental killing happens in front of her. Two men use a tazer shot from a crossbow to murder a hotel worker. An unhinged "holistic" assassin pursues targets with a machete, and kills them savagely. A crying woman in a bra and pantyhose wearing a robe that hangs open is shown for a few minutes.
A character's "boring sex life" is mentioned. Many flavors of lower end swear words like "sucks," "screwed," and "hell" are present. The show is based on a series of books written by a well-known author who has written for both television, film and radio. Parent's need to know that Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a funny but violent show that follows the unconventional investigations of its titular detective. Dirk calls himself a detective who, as the series puts it, "doesn't find clues.
While the main characters are basically decent people, they do lie and manipulate to advance their causes. Add your rating See all 10 parent reviews. Add your rating See all 12 kid reviews. Todd Brotzman Elijah Wood lives alone and works for a hotel where his boss doesn't appreciate him. At the end of a bizarre work day that sees Todd fired for discovering a multiple homicide in one of the guest rooms, Dirk Gently Samuel Barnett drops into his life.
Claiming to be a "holistic detective," Dirk explains that his methods hinge on the "fundamental interconnectedness of all things" which are more complex than normal people might understand. So is Todd. But with his life in tatters, broke, and implicated in murders he didn't commit, Todd's reluctance to act as Dirk's sidekick wears down.
Strange happenings and coincidences start piling up around him, and Todd begins to believe Dirk's claim that he is "meant" to assist the zany detective in solving the murders he's suspected of.
Dirk assures him that as Todd takes control of his life, "interesting things will happen. This series has all the energy and intrigue of Douglas Adams' original stories, and is bolstered by strong performances from Wood and Barnett. Wood has appeal to kids and teens for his high-profile role in the Lord of the Rings series.
The mystery and eccentric adventures of Dirk and Todd are engaging, fast-paced, and intermittently terrifying. A large cast of strange and well-acted characters populate this world, and they, along with a dash of time-travel and otherworldliness make this a compelling series for fans of smart, verbal, science fiction. Why do you think this combination is popular? Families can talk about characters that seem to get away with violent deeds with no consequences.
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We display the minimum age for which content is developmentally appropriate. The star rating reflects overall quality. Learn how we rate. Parents' Ultimate Guide to However, an explosion destroys the machine before they can investigate. It later transpires that the warehouse belongs to their fellow university alumnus, Gordon Way , a millionaire computer expert and Susan's former suitor at college who has gone missing.
Dirk soon deduces that events all seem to connect with the 5 December , as that is the date where Susan broke up with Gordon because he missed a date due to Dirk accidentally running Gordon over in his Austin Princess, when trying to escape an angry Richard , and the date on which Mrs Jordan's first cat, George, walked into her house. Recalling the equipment that he and Richard found in a warehouse near Susan's house, Dirk deduces that Gordon Way had developed a time machine to go back and save his relationship with Susan before it went wrong, with Mrs Jordan's cat getting into the machine with him and being sent back to the past meaning that Mrs Jordan's two cats were actually the same cat.
Gordon, it is revealed, was killed in the past by Mrs Jordan after he saw her with her husband's dead body Mrs Jordan having killed her husband when he began to mistreat the 'new' cat. Dirk confronts Mrs. Jordan, who serves him, and his companions, tea. Susan dismisses Dirk's story of murder and time travel, but DIrk and his companions go to the hospital, fearing that the tea was poisoned.
After leaving the hospital, apparently not poisoned, Dirk returns to Mrs. Todd and Amanda sit on opposite sides of the bathroom door.
Feeling betrayed, Amanda declares that Todd is a stranger to her and definitely not her brother. Estevez arrives at Todd's apartment and aggressively questions him, keeping him from getting to Amanda who begins suffering an attack in which she believes she is drowning. Eventually Estevez opens the door and the two remove her from the apartment to try and get her help.
While outside, two Men of the Machine approach them but The Rowdy 3 arrive and temporarily disable the men before saving Amanda. Still upset at Todd, she rips up the lottery ticket and decides to leave with The Rowdy 3, saying she never wants to see Todd again.
While yelling after her, Todd is incapacitated by the Men of the Machine. Dirk and Farah are traveling to the Spring Mansion to find out more about the machine and while discussing his possible detective agency, Dirk begins to announce his name loudly to anyone nearby, including Bart. She begins her hunt but despite all of her attempts, she is unable to kill him.
While trying to figure out why she can't kill him, she and Dirk begin repeating the same words at the same time. Before their connection is explained, Farah arrives and incapacitates Bart by stabbing her and throwing her down the stairs. Bart begins having an existential crisis as she had previously believed that she could never get hurt and Ken is forced to carry her back to the safety of their hotel room.
Ken turns on the TV to drown out Bart's screaming and the news report reveals that the man she killed in the previous episode had kidnapped two women months prior and they were found when the police arrived at his home. Farah and Dirk return to their car and Farah decides to give Agent Weedle a call to ask for help.
While waiting for Weedle and Todd to arrive, Farah recognizes two of the numbers on the display of the machine to be important dates from Patrick's life: the day he was killed and the day his wife was killed. Weedle arrives and after seeing the machine himself, knocks Farah out and forces Dirk to follow him. The police captain and Gordon meet at the docks and the captain reprimands Gordon for disobeying Rainey and going off of their original mission.
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