Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
BBC America | Release Date: October 22, 2016
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
New York PostMichael StarrOct 31, 2016
Season 1 Review: It’s equal parts outlandish, incoherent, funny, cartoonishly violent and confusing--all in a good way. It’s one of those series in which you just have to kick back and enjoy the ride. Read full review
83
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: The tone bounces cannily from humor to pathos to suspense. The one knock against “Gently”? So much is going on here, the plot is so dense, this is a show that might be better off binged in a marathon. Just one more thing to look forward to, then. Read full review
80
SalonMelanie McFarlandOct 21, 2016
Season 1 Review: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” may start in an oddly untethered state, but it is marvelously strange and entertaining enough to warrant sticking around as its heroes and writers connect the dots. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: It's dark and funny and appalling and sad and silly, and very much its own thing. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubWilliam HughesOct 21, 2016
Season 1 Review: These first three episodes present a compelling--if overstuffed and often inelegant--mystery. Read full review
70
Los Angeles Daily NewsRob LowmanOct 11, 2017
Season 2 Review: There may be a little more unpacking to do, but Dirk Gently has its own charming weirdness that you either go with or don’t. What’s fun about the story is that every character is obsessed with their own failings and problems while the cosmos keeps playing tricks on them. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: The first two episodes of Dirk Gently will be an easy litmus test for fans of this kind of show, because it's all over the map (intentionally) and veers wildly in tone. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenOct 19, 2016
Season 1 Review: At times Dirk Gently feels like one long, never-ending tease but the show is so strange and consistently surprising and unpredictable it seems likely to find some sort of a cult audience. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubLisa WeidenfeldOct 13, 2017
Season 2 Review: The question of whether or not Dirk Gently succeeds as a show for you is unlikely to change with this new season. It remains the frustrating, creative, eccentric show it’s always been. Read full review
67
IndieWireHanh NguyenOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: What the show brings though is off-kilter energy, which is at times exhausting, but occasionally entertaining. Read full review
67
Uncle BarkyEd BarkOct 21, 2016
Season 1 Review: Those who have devoured the swervy, same-named Douglas Adams books could very well find themselves immensely entertained. Those who haven’t--guilty as charged--at least can admire the energy, cheekiness and slick production values without caring all that much how everything comes out. Read full review
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