Former top-rated detective Carl Morck tackles a cold case while turning an Edinburgh basement office space into a well-oiled machine full of misfit officers dedicated to cracking whatever seemingly impossible cases come across their desks.
Cast
Matthew Goode as Carl Morck, an emotionally scarred detective charged with setting up Department Q, a cold case unit
Chloe Pirrie as Merritt Lingard, a ruthless and ambitious prosecutor
Filming took place at the City Chambers in Edinburgh
On 27 April 2023, Scott Frank was set to develop an English language eight-episode TV series adaptation of the first of Jussi Adler-Olsen's Department Q book series, with Frank co-writing with Chandni Lakhani, and Left Bank Pictures producing the series for Netflix.[2] On 6 February 2024, Stephen Greenhorn and Colette Kane were revealed to be writing with Frank and Lakhani, while Frank will direct the first 2 episodes.[3]
On 27 April 2023, it was announced that the series would be set in Edinburgh, Scotland, as compared to the Copenhagen, Denmark setting of the source novels.[2] Filming took place in Edinburgh between February and June 2024.[4][5][6]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 81% approval rating based on 31 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "In a sea of generic crime dramas, Dept. Q stakes its claim amongst the thrilling, enthralling, and sublime thanks to a winning cast and veteran creative Scott Frank."[7]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 69 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable".[8]
Kristen Baldwin of Entertainment Weekly gave the series an A- and said, "Broken people healing themselves by providing closure for crime victims" can be an especially effective sub-genre if the writing, directing, and casting align – and in Dept. Q everything gels beautifully."[9]Lucy Mangan reviewed the series for The Guardian, giving it a rating of 4/5 and describing the script as "sharp and lean, and especially good at channelling Morck's spitting sarcasm".[10]Alan Sepinwall of Rolling Stone wrote, "Goode is an exposed nerve, ready to lash out at anyone around him for the slightest offense, which makes him a good match for Manvelov's understated cool as Akram, who is clearly much more dangerous than his reserved and polite demeanor would suggest."[11] Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter commented, "Solid mystery, great ensemble, ample ongoing potential."[12]
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