# Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016 BBC Series) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 21, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246 "2016-10-21T15:19:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/61 "2016-12-01T15:21:01Z")
> [@TPWombat](#): > > Fiona Dourif just gets better and better. When I saw her name in the opening credits I thought “Brad Dourif’s daughter?” Then as soon as she came onscreen I thought “Yep, Brad Dourif’s daughter.” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/62 "2016-12-01T17:22:23Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > When I saw her name in the opening credits I thought “Brad Dourif’s daughter?” > > Then as soon as she came onscreen I thought “Yep, Brad Dourif’s daughter.” Last episode was her best one. She really delivered well on the devastation of not killing successfully. And the shock of missing her shot and failing. She’s a great actress. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/63 "2016-12-01T18:15:57Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Last episode was her best one. She really delivered well on the devastation of not killing successfully. And the shock of missing her shot and failing. She’s a great actress. And the screaming! I loved the bit in the bathtub where he asks her to stop, so she does. Briefly. And then stares him in the eye while releasing a great barbarian shriek. I also expected the “cleans up nicely” schtick when she was showering, but nope, they subverted it totally. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/64 "2016-12-01T18:17:04Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > I also expected the “cleans up nicely” schtick when she was showering, but nope, they subverted it totally. Of course. My wife and I laughed because the black guy she’s with looked like he was half expecting to have to show her how to shower. I love that she’s a total mess and even cleaned up, looks rough. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/65 "2016-12-01T18:20:08Z")
Did you notice Dirk’s leather jacket keeps changing color? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/66 "2016-12-01T19:04:21Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Did you notice Dirk’s leather jacket keeps changing color? Does it? Is there a meaning to that? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/67 "2016-12-01T19:19:00Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Does it? Is there a meaning to that? I dunno, but it’s interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/68 "2016-12-01T19:31:25Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Did you notice Dirk’s leather jacket keeps changing color? I thought he’s just wearing different ones at different times, like he also seems to drive different sports cars… But did it ever change right between scenes, i.e. where it’s not to be explained by him just wearing a different one that day? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/69 "2016-12-01T19:40:57Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > I thought he’s just wearing different ones at different times, like he also seems to drive different sports cars… But did it ever change right between scenes, i.e. where it’s not to be explained by him just wearing a different one that day? It seems to change per episode and several times when there doesnt seem to there be a chance for him to go home and get a new one. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/70 "2016-12-01T20:57:19Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > It seems to change per episode and several times when there doesnt seem to there be a chance for him to go home and get a new one. Farrah’s jacket has also changed when she shouldn’t have had time to get a new one. So I’m trying not to read anything into Dirk’s jacket. The lime-green one got left in the labyrinth, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/71 "2016-12-01T23:42:16Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Last episode was her best one. She really delivered well on the devastation of not killing successfully. And the shock of missing her shot and failing. She’s a great actress. It mostly the shock of being hurt for the first time in her life. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/72 "2016-12-02T02:28:20Z")
That was a great episode - loved the final scene. This is how you write a cliffhanger that doesn’t feel like a cop out. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/73 "2016-12-05T00:44:29Z")
Wow. That was pretty exciting. Things are mostly all coming together. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/74 "2016-12-05T01:23:09Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Wow. That was pretty exciting. Things are mostly all coming together. I’m watching it now. The bald guys are just hippie-dippie-machine-worshipers? Is that right? Why do they act so non-human? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/75 "2016-12-05T01:51:25Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’m watching it now. The bald guys are just hippie-dippie-machine-worshipers? Is that right? Why do they act so non-human? They keep referring to them as drones, almost like they were manufactured worker bees. I don’t think they’re human souls, but it’s petty unclear so far. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/76 "2016-12-05T02:12:36Z")
Weren’t the bald guys sniffing someone in an earlier episode? I assumed that they contained the transplanted souls of dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/77 "2016-12-05T03:02:30Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > They keep referring to them as drones, almost like they were manufactured worker bees. I don’t think they’re human souls, but it’s petty unclear so far. Or have they cycled through humans and animals so much, they are just weird now? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/78 "2016-12-05T14:07:52Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Weren’t the bald guys sniffing someone in an earlier episode? I assumed that they contained the transplanted souls of dogs. Rapunzel didn’t act anything like these guys when transferred into Lydia Spring, so unless they are special dogs I don’t think that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/79 "2016-12-05T15:02:32Z")
Rapunzel has only been in Lydia for a week. Perhaps as she got used to the increased brain capacity, and complex neural connections that the human brain has, she would learn to speak and act more human and dog-like. Of course, the reverse would hold true for Lydia. I shudder to think how that must feel to know that you were once… more. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246/80 "2016-12-05T15:07:46Z")
There was a mention of the “Supreme Soul” having forced them to live in animals for too long and it messing up their minds. I suppose Star Trek has me irritated with the over-use of Time Travel, but in this case, we pretty much knew it was coming. Me personally, I’d be geeking out really hard. “HOLY SHIT! I’ve traveled in time! THIS IS SO COOL! I’ve actually traveled in time!!!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246.md?page=5)