I'm not really a TV binger or a Netflix binger for that matter, but I watched all eighteen episodes of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency on Netflix in the space of four days recently. To put it bluntly- I flipping loved it and I am deeply sad they cancelled it. This post, you could say, is a love letter to it. As I'm writing it, I'm listening to the incredible soundtrack on Spotify and thinking, when is it acceptable to rewatch it, because if I could, I'd watch it all tomorrow.
A reoccurring motif throughout the show is the loneliness Dirk feels and his amazement that Todd and Farah want to become his friends. I think at some point in our lives, we have all felt incredibly lonely. We have all felt like there was none and it's us against the world. And at one point in our lives, we are all as surprised a Dirk to learn there is somebody out there who cares.
Dirk Gently is a bit of an outsider, something myself identifies as. As I said in my Lady Bird response, I don't fit the norm for people my age. My interests could be classed as either being those of someone much older or much younger, depending on how you look at them. I often feel like an outsider when I'm in college. I spend more time by myself than I do with people. I also am often at a loss for what's popular and what's not.
We live in an age of social media. Everything we want is at our fingertips and yet there are still outsiders. Surely, social media and connectivity have fixed this? I don't know who half the popular people are these days and there seems to be some new celebrity gossip every day.
I remain the outsider in my world and yet, it doesn't phase me. I am content with my lot. Life isn't always about being involved in everyone's moments on Facebook. It's about making your own moments. In conclusion, I am proud to be an outsider, as if I wasn't an outsider, I wouldn't be me.
Carenza x
