Oh awesome! Hard agree on adoring Matt, he's like this friendly timid pushover punching bag, but at the same time possibly an aggressive lunatic at the end of his rope? And even harder agree on Hugh Laurie's improbably increasing attractiveness. The silver hair/beard is sooo working for me. I'm also pretty enthused about what we just learned about his marriage (I'm being vague here to avoid spoiling anyone else).

Never seen Dirk Gently unfortunately! I do get strong Douglas Adams vibes from both the comedy and a lot of the space stuff. But then again, Hitchhiker's Guide is my main point of reference for all of sci-fi/space travel, I'm not very familiar with the genre. The ship's intrusive ads and brand messaging and shameless self-marketing seem like they're a similar type of parody to the Heart of Gold/Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. Plus there's that same concept of a huge, expensive, cutting-edge piece of advanced technology being run by a bunch of irresponsible idiots who barely understand it.