Dicktown

Synopsis

Welcome to Richardsville, NC (aka DICKTOWN to the locals), its famous boy detective, John Hunchman, and his hired muscle, David Purefoy. Except they're not boys any more and while they're still detectives, they still only solve crimes for teenagers.

First Air Date: 2020-07-09

Last Air Date: 2022-04-07

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 20

Created By: David Rees, John Hodgman

Networks: FXX

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Top Cast

John Hodgman as John Hunchman
David Rees as David Purefoy
Ronald Peet as Tucker
Heather Lawless as Waitress
Anna Akana as Meg
Obehi Janice as Heather Culbreth
Stephen Tobolowsky as John’s Dad
Paul F. Tompkins as (voice)
Zach Galifianakis as Charlie
Jean Grae as Monica

Seasons

Season 1 (2020)

Nerdy private detective John Hunchman and his jock sidekick David Purefoy investigate oddball mysteries in their small town.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Mystery of the Controversial Cosplay (2020-07-09)

Hunchman and Purefoy are hired to find out who is the alt right anti-SJW trolling the woman who cosplays as Aquaman and other DC heroes.
Ep. 2: The Mystery of the Maybe Boyfriend (2020-07-09)

Meg, a young VHS retro store clerk, hires Hunchman and Purefoy to figure out if she and her boyfriend are a couple or just friends with benefits, and takes them to a night club to meet him.
Ep. 3: The Mystery of the Party Pines (2020-07-16)

Hunchman and Purefoy are hired to catch the masked lurker who likes to spy on students partying in the woods.
Ep. 4: The Mystery of the Creepy Piano Teacher (2020-07-23)

A young woman hires Hunchman and Purefoy to find out why her piano teacher is making her smash the piano instead of teaching her how to play.
Ep. 5: The Mystery of the Mumbling Rapper (2020-07-30)

John and David are hired by a teen mumble rap sensation, Lil Blurp, to find ten escaped ocelots in an abandoned shopping mall where he is shooting his next music video with John’s endearing out of the loop dad as his manager.
Ep. 6: The Mystery of the Croquet Meltdown (2020-08-06)

Strapped for cash, John and David ask their rich former client Tucker for a loan, but end up taking part in his brand-awareness-raising croquet tournament instead, hoping to win the cash prize. However, John takes the game too seriously.
Ep. 7: The Mystery of the Missing Detective (2020-08-13)

John becomes paranoid that the lake patrol is coming to confiscate his shabby old houseboat on which he and David live so he hides it in the swamp and shares his regret-filled backstory with David.
Ep. 8: The Mystery of the Moaning Ghost (2020-08-20)

John and David are hired by a violent teenage delinquent, who wants to sue the mysterious ghost that’s been haunting the house where he and his single mother he clings to live.
Ep. 9: The Mystery of the Impossible Car (2020-08-27)

John and David are on a sting operation in their favorite diner watching a patron suspected of stealing a rare vintage car from their naive client, when Heather, John’s old bestie with whom he’s always been secretly in love, walks in.
Ep. 10: The Mystery of the President’s Physician (2020-09-03)

While dining with his dad at The President’s Physician, a fancy restaurant where his and David’s heavily pregnant waitress friend Jen now works, John hears the spoiled rich yuppie owner and his girlfriend arguing over her missing ring.