Anya Ayrapetova recently on the BBC America channel ended the first season of the series "Detective Agency Dirk Gently", which can now be viewed on Netflix. The show filmed by the same name works of Douglas Adams - the author of the cult book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Comedy about negligent detective and his assistant passed involuntary much quieter, the biggest hits such as "World of the Wild West" or "Black Mirror", that did not prevent him win critical acclaim and find an audience. We explain why it is the perfect show for the long winter evenings. Todd Brottsman (Elijah Wood) - a shy lad from Seattle with a bunch of problems. Individually, they are not so terrible, but when they are piled at a time, what is happening is more like a catastrophe. The owner of the apartment shatters car Todd because he did not give up the rent, sick sister calling to ask for money, then he was fired from his job, and in addition, he becomes a suspect in the murder of four people. It can not be worse, but then breaks out the window a strange Englishman with a strange accent that seems a detective (Samuel Barnett). The detective said that he will live now Todd, who would become his new assistant. The works of an unusual detective Dirk Gently, which is based on the series, invented by Douglas Adams - pet geeks across the world, the author of the famous book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". They were trying to film not the first time - at the end of 2010 on BBC Four pilot went eponymous show with Stephen Mangan in the title role, best known for the series "Episodes". In 2012 came three more series, and the story was finished. The new adaptation - the second and far more ambitious attempt to comprehend the religious works of the author, the success of which can be expected, if only because that the cause vzyalic Netflix.

His first series leaves the viewer in a light loss, and with a grin on his face - a long chain of strange, very strange and very very strange events did not fit in the head. For an hour, we show the crime scene with traces of animal teeth on the ceiling, the hero of Elijah Wood, for a few seconds to meet his counterpart, Woman with a machete in his hand, killing all in its path, a gang of four bullies, which for some reason called "Three violent" mystical blue light - the list goes on for a long time. It is unclear's absolutely nothing at all, but this is not the case when it seems that the author just wants to fool the audience. The effect is exactly the opposite: here it would be desirable to burrow deeper into the story, to connect all the dots and to play detective. In English the full name of the series - «Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency», and the word "a holistic", ie "holistic" is no accident. Do not expect methods puzzles solutions, to which we are accustomed in "Sherlock", - says the hero Dirk Gently: "Everything is connected. Nothing too connected ". He is not looking for evidence and does not conduct fingerprint examination. His "holistic" method consists in the fact that sooner or later everything will be resolved by itself, you just have to give it happen. For the same reason he has absolute confidence in the fact that, despite its ambiguous behavior, he will be able to get out of any difficulty - even when bent over him four Bugayov to spread the bits of everything in its path.

For adaptation, this time corresponds to Max Landis - writer, director, producer, actor and comic book author and a main wunderkind Hollywood. Many know him as a writer of films "Chronicle", "American Ultra" and "Victor Frankenstein" and restless Twitter users. On top of it the son of the John Landis, who directed the film "The Blues Brothers" comedy "Trading Places" and a clip of Michael Jackson's «Thriller» - so the fascination of Max comedies and horror, as he himself says, it is quite natural. Elijah Wood more confident feel in the series. His previous major role in "Wilfred" again forced to talk about it as an excellent actor over the years not to participate in the most successful film productions. And although the detective methods are not for Conan Doyle, if Dirk Gently - is Holmes, the Wood's character - no doubt, his Watson. Sleuth by theater actor Samuel Barnett recalls and other iconic British characters - Doctor Who. Because more fun to watch the difference in nature between him and his assistant Todd, who, of course, all this was not signed. Landis almost completely remade "Dirk Gently", leaving in place only the main character (and then amended) and several storylines. But if you wade through the first few episodes, it appears that all deviations from the original fully justified and did not spoil the overall picture. Forget about the differences also helps a great actor's game - which is only Fiona Dourif in the role of a maniac with a machete, with matted hair and crazy eyes, whose appearance is decorated with each series. There are series that are difficult to advise others when it comes to what to see in your free time. In the case of "Dirk Gently" someone inspection and the first series, and some give up in the middle of the season. Do not expect that everything will weave intricate plot unraveled - the strength of the part, and then if you're lucky. However, casting a magnificent and aptly prescribed characters do not leave indifferent. As the story Dirk shows his vulnerability, so Barnett finally ceases to annoy its extreme strangeness and an overwhelming positive.

So, if you sit back and watch the show from a holistic position inherent to the protagonist, it is possible to immerse oneself in the new favorite TV series. In the end, BBC America has extended it for a second season, so in the next year or the old mysteries will be unraveled or put forth a new - look "Dirk Gently" in any case will be extremely interesting. Photos: BBC America.

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