Kris Whiteleather

Not a fan. Its just Nancy Drew meets Scooby Doo within a ho-hum educational framework straight out of X-Men, Harry Potter, Miss Peregrine's, Buffy, etc. I haven't heard any of the clever line writing or delivery of the original TV series or the movies. For better writing and delivery truer to the tone of Addams... find 'Adult Wednesday Addams' on Youtube. The character of Wednesday suddenly has martial arts training and the gift of visions? Yikes. I expect her to be expert with foil and saber and knife throwing and poisons and intimidation...but she would never deign to touch another person directly. And the visions are an obvious device to cover for poor storytelling. I do like Enid. She seems to have borrowed her presentation quite a bit from Tatiana Maslany's character in 'Ginger Snaps 2", but that is not a bad thing. Both were endearing and sympathetic whilst having a simmering energy for mayhem. Oddly, while being a werewolf...Enid has retractable kitty claws. Was that really the best device choice for a female character in 2022? Luis Guzman is a staple of film and TV, turning in some excellent work....but as Gomez he is given nothing to do and no direction in the things he is given. Morticia could have been played by a paper cut-out. It was nice to see Ricki Lindhome and Christina Ricci...but again they are given little to do. And of course shoehorning in 'The Message' of gender neutral bathrooms, 'Eugene Has Two Mommies', lesbians on the dance floor, and the whole white washing history speech delivered (of course) in German just made it clear the writing budget was spent on box-tickers. The few episodes I watched had Tim Burton listed as director. That's a typo, right?

Just finished Season 1. I can't add much to what has already been said: 1) The show is really just an elongated Dr. Who episode 2) Dirk is an unlikable character as portrayed 3) The writing and directing are mediocre at best I have no problem with quirky, universes that parallel my own. I am a HUGE fan of 'Brand New Cherry Flavor', 'American Gods', and 'Undone'. But whatever 'Dirk Gently' is attempting just does not com off. Additionally.....while I love Natasha Lyonne...seeing her lampooned (robbed?) by Dourif's characterization of 'Bart' is just hurtful. Dourif uses the same voice, accent, mannerisms and even hair of Lyonne from 'Cheeleader', 'O is the new B', 'Poker Face', etc. I get that Lyonne is a good base for creating a feral girl loosed on the world.....but next time hire Lyonne or that Melissa Hunter girl. Dourif should be sued for copyright infringement in Dirk Gently.