US EditionDept Q Netflix Series: Will There Be a Season 2? Cast Has Its Say, Including Matthew Goode
- Netflix released the crime drama Department Q on May 29, 2025, starring Matthew Goode as detective Carl Morck in Edinburgh.
- The show adapts Nordic noir novels by Jussi Adler-Olsen, changing the setting from Copenhagen to Edinburgh under director Scott Frank.
- Carl Morck, haunted by guilt after a shooting left a colleague dead and another paralysed, leads a cold case unit solving decades-old crimes.
- The series reached number one on Netflix soon after release, and Goode said the new adaptation 'really freed me up' compared to earlier versions.
- Despite a brief unexplained removal, Department Q quickly resurfaced on Netflix, with fans urging clearer communication about its availability.
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‘Dept. Q’ Is a Mesmerizing, Methodical Case Study in Competence
It's been a while since we've encountered a burn as slow and satisfying as Netflix's Scottish crime thriller, Dept. Q. Based on the book series by Danish crime writer Jussi Adler-Olsen, Dept. Q was adapted for the screen by Scott... Read more...
Season 1 of the series is adapted from the novels of Danish writer Jussi Adler-Olsen, entitled "The Investigations of Department V".
Dept. Q star reacts to end of Merritt Lingard's dramatic and traumatic storyline
*Warning - contains major spoilers for Dept. Q*One of the most compelling aspects of new Netflix detective series Dept. Q is what happens to Chloe Pirrie's character Merritt Lingard, as we follow her through a terrifying and traumatic experience.In the first episode, we find out that Merritt went missing four years ago, and has been held captive in a hyperbaric chamber for all of that time.The scenes set in the chamber are naturally tense and cl…
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