It can be slow, intense, and a tad too sardonic for some people, but Department Q is a well-crafted detective series that keeps you on the edge of your seat till the end. Like Slow Horses before it, it follows a group of misfit cops eager to prove their skills to eagle-eyed management, here in the form of TV veteran Kate Dickie.
The outcasts are tasked to solve cold cases, reluctantly led by DCI Carl Morck (Matthew Goode), an antisocial and (likely) genius with a heart of gold. His side-kick, a Syrian detective with a dark yet unexplained past, is who truly steals the show. It’s almost tough to watch the show while eagerly waiting for every line and every scene he is involved in. He is brilliantly portrayed by Russian-Swedish actor Alexej Manvelov.
Department Q is as much about the difficult cases as it is about Morck and the characters’ battling their personal demons.
"“Dept. Q” is engrossing because its pace and narrative structure portray the detail and patience needed to bring an investigation full circle."
— Aramide Tinubu
A brash but brilliant cop becomes head of a new police department, where he leads an unlikely team of misfits in solving Edinburgh's cold cases.
In Scotland, a detective who’s fallen from grace is tasked to lead a team of misfit cops to solve seemingly impossible cases.
Morck—you either love him or hate him.
It’s slow-moving and intense, but highly worth the watch.
