Instead, Dirk Gently wisely adheres to the author’s adoration of all things odd and idiosyncratic, making the show feel as fun and whimsical as a televised pop-up book, albeit a vastly detailed one with random acts of gritty violence.
In the works for a while now, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency was developed for TV by famed Hollywood offspring Max Landis, perhaps best known for writing Chronicle and perhaps worst known for his various pop culture rants.
The transition is a mostly smooth one, thankfully, as the style and tone purposefully scale down the aspects of Douglas Adams’ comedy that are unique to the written word, and the show doesn’t attempt do directly adapt the two novels.