Dept. Q (2025)★ 7.9/10

TV-MA · GB · 60 min · May 29, 2025 · 2 seasons

Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller

Directed by: Scott Frank, Elisa Amoruso

Written by: Jussi Adler-Olsen, Scott Frank, Chandni Lakhani, Stephen Greenhorn, Colette Kane

Carl, a former top-rated detective, is wracked with guilt following an attack that left his partner paralyzed and another policeman dead. On his return to work, Carl is assigned to a cold case that will consume his life.

Original title

Dept. Q

Storyline

DCI Carl Morck is a brilliant cop but a terrible colleague. His razor-sharp sarcasm has made him no friends in Edinburgh police. After a shooting that leaves a young pc dead, and his partner paralysed, he finds himself exiled to the basement and the sole member of Department Q; a newly formed cold case unit. The department is a PR stunt, there to distract the public from the failures of an under-resourced, failing police force that is glad to see the back of him. But more by accident than design, Carl starts to build a gang of waifs and strays who have everything to prove. So, when the stone-cold trail of a prominent civil servant who disappeared several years ago starts to heat up, Carl is back doing what he does best - rattling cages and refusing to take no for an answer.

Rating

7.9 / 10 · 119,207

Companies

Flitcraft, Left Bank Pictures, Netflix

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