This Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency review contains spoilers.

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Season 2 Episode 2

Now that we’re into the second episode of the second season of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, it’s good to see the central mystery starting to take shape with most of the key players on the case. The strength of this show lies in its ability to juggle several storylines and not lose the viewer with its complex twists and turns and its pervasive unknowns. Adding Sheriff Hobbs and Deputy Tevetino as willing participants in the craziness, for instance, brought a level of fun that exemplifies this series’ willingness to embrace its own ridiculousness. How else can you explain the audience’s joy at seeing Alan Tudyk as a guest villain, despite the character’s sheer horribleness?

Tudyk’s Mr. Priest came at a crucial juncture, however, when it seemed that either Ken’s offer of quid pro quo or Martin’s vampiric powers would neutralize Friedkin’s hold over those he captured. Friedkin is clearly out of his depth, asking if the wet circle on Dirk’s bed means he “peed himself invisible,” which begs the question, as Mr. Priest asks, why wasn’t the man who brought in 38 of the 42 subjects of Blackwing helping all along? The answer may lie in the more experienced operative’s warning to Friedkin: “I’m a very bad person.” His first new targets, Amanda and Vogle, had better watch out!

At least we have an explanation for why the vampiric Rowdy 3 didn’t harm Amanda (or Dirk for that matter) last season. She’s clearly “special,” like them! Although inducing psychic visions is getting harder for Amanda, she finds quite an innovative way to force a pararibulitis attack with its accompanying flashes of insight (and sustenance for the hapless Vogle). There were definitely more important and discernible images this time, and the fact that Amanda says, “I know where to go,” gives us hope for a Brotzman family reunion sometime soon.