Dirk Gently
Creator
Douglas Adams, Howard Overman
Dirk Gently doesn't investigate crimes so much as trust that the universe will hand him the answer if he simply follows every distraction and coincidence life throws in his path. Adapted loosely from Douglas Adams' novels, this British series turns detective work into something closer to cosmic improv, with cases unraveling through absurd connections rather than conventional deduction. Its shaggy-dog logic and dry, philosophical humor make it a genuinely odd entry in the mystery genre, more interested in the strange shape of the universe than in who actually committed the crime.
Seasons
1
Episodes
3
Country
United Kingdom
Status
Canceled
Cast
Stephen Mangan
Dirk Gently · 3 eps
Helen Baxendale
Susan Harmison · 1 eps
Darren Boyd
Richard Macduff · 3 eps
Lisa Jackson
Janice Pearce · 3 eps
Jason Watkins
DI Gilks · 2 eps
Will Sharpe
David Cho · 1 eps
Miranda Raison
Kate Edwards · 1 eps
Bill Paterson
Professor Jericho · 1 eps
Paul Ritter
Oliver Reynolds · 1 eps
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Emelda Ransome · 1 eps
Tony Pitts
Robbie Glover · 1 eps
Andrew Leung
Noel · 1 eps
Lydia Wilson
Jane · 1 eps
Colin McFarlane
Terence Brown · 1 eps
Lisa Dillon
Melinda Fulstone · 1 eps
Kenneth Collard
Matthew · 1 eps
Cosima Shaw
Emma Reynolds · 1 eps
Paul Bailey
Gavin · 1 eps
Jason Stevens
Heavy I · 1 eps
Rob Vowles
Detective Sergeant Brown · 1 eps
Tim J. Henley
Fish & Chip Proprietor · 1 eps
Bethan Hanks
Elaine Robot · 1 eps
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Episode 1
Dirk's client David Edwards is found dead after claiming that the Pentagon are out to kill him. His widow hires Dirk to catch the murderer, telling him that her husband was working on top secret computer software which could spell danger if it fell into the wrong hands. Dirk believes there is a connection with his other client, Emma Reynolds' philandering husband Oliver, obsessed with the fact that his horoscopes keep coming true. Having shown that the horoscopes are a fraud Dirk sets out to find the real reason for Edwards' murder.
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Episode 2
Accompanied by MacDuff, Dirk returns to St Cedd's Institute of Science and Technology, Cambridge, from which he had been expelled for cheating, as his former mentor Professor Jericho has asked for his help in guarding Elaine, a sophisticated robot named after his daughter, used in his research into artificial intelligence. When Elaine is stolen, Dirk investigates seeing Jericho's colleague Emelda as the prime suspect. MacDuff meanwhile is tempted to leave Dirk's agency as his girlfriend, Susan, has applied for a job in Cambridge.
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Episode 3
Dirk is in the frame when two of his former clients are killed and plans to skip the country though he is waylaid when Melinda Fulstone asks him to identify her stalker - actually Dirk himself conducting an experiment. Dirk believes the murderer is Robbie Glover, whom he accidentally had convicted for killing his own brother - particularly when Robbie tries to strangle him. But soon Dirk works out that Robbie has been framed and that there is somebody nearer home with a grievance against him.
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