The series is an adaptation of Douglas Adams' (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Doctor Who) comic novels, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

The show revolves around two brothers, Wirt (Elijah Wood) and Greg (Collin Dean), who find themselves lost in a mysterious land and try to find their way home, aided by a wise old woodsman and a bluebird named Beatrice (Melanie Lynskey).

Beck is a young program who becomes the unlikely leader of a revolution inside the computer world of The Grid. His mission is to free his home and friends from the reign of the villainous Clu and his henchman General Tesler.

At the center of this sitcom is a cranky dog who believes he is human, and lives to torment the live-in boyfriend of his loving, oblivious owner Sarah. Jason Gann plays the superstar mutt Wilfred.