US Edition‘Dept. Q’ Boss Previews Matthew Goode’s Cold Case Mystery Series With Team of ‘Misfits’
- Matthew Goode stars as Detective Chief Inspector Carl Morck in the Netflix crime series 'Dept. Q', released on May 29, 2025, and set in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- The show adapts popular mystery novels by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen, with Scott Frank, known for 'The Queen's Gambit', creating and directing it, while the setting moves from Copenhagen to Edinburgh.
- Carl Morck, a bitter and brilliant ex-detective, copes with guilt after a police ambush left his partner paralyzed and another constable dead, and is reassigned to cold cases under pressure from his annoyed but respectful boss.
- The nine-episode season centers on a grisly cold case with a cast including Alexej Manvelov as Akram Salim and Kelly Macdonald as Morck’s therapist, blending sardonic humor and darkness in a taut crime thriller.
- The series highlights the struggles of its flawed characters and offers a witty, sarcastic tone, suggesting potential appeal for fans of British procedurals like ‘Happy Valley’ and ‘Line of Duty’.
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Dept. Q, a Netflix crime drama from The Queen’s Gambit writer-director Scott Frank, presents itself as a show about difficult people. Its antihero, Edinburgh police detective Carl Morck, has just come back to work after being shot in the line of duty—while berating a young cop who was killed before Carl, distracted by anger, had a chance to finish his rant. Body cam footage of the shooting, along with an already-irascible reputation, ensures his…
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