Dept. Q
DramaCrime2025Rated 8.1
Carl Morck, a sharp-tongued Edinburgh detective, is sent to a basement cold case unit after a shooting leaves his partner paralysed. With a team of misfits, he starts reopening the disappearance of a civil servant.
Starring Matthew Goode, Chloe Pirrie, Alexej Manvelov
Next season
Season 2announced, no date yet
2027, All at once, 9 episodes, last aired Thu, 29 May 2025
Is it for me?
Crime fans who want their detective rude and their humour dry will take to this, especially if Slow Horses is already a favourite. Matthew Goode plays Carl as unkempt and impossible to like, and it works. In a court-ordered therapy session he answers every question with a flat one-liner while the psychologist eats lunch at her desk. Alexej Manvelov's Akram, calm and mild, keeps needling him back.
Before you start
The first two episodes mostly set up the team and groundwork, so give them time; one case runs across the whole season.
1 season, 9 episodes, 55 min each, about 8 hours so far
This show
Carl Morck, a sharp-tongued Edinburgh detective, is sent to a basement cold case unit after a shooting leaves his partner paralysed. With a team of misfits, he starts reopening the disappearance of a civil servant.
Starring Matthew Goode, Chloe Pirrie, Alexej Manvelov
Is it for me?
Crime fans who want their detective rude and their humour dry will take to this, especially if Slow Horses is already a favourite. Matthew Goode plays Carl as unkempt and impossible to like, and it works. In a court-ordered therapy session he answers every question with a flat one-liner while the psychologist eats lunch at her desk. Alexej Manvelov's Akram, calm and mild, keeps needling him back.
Before you start
The first two episodes mostly set up the team and groundwork, so give them time; one case runs across the whole season.
1 season, 9 episodes, 55 min each, about 8 hours so far
Season 2: nothing to list until it's dated
- E01Episode 1Aired Thu 29 May
- E02Episode 2Aired Thu 29 May
- E03Episode 3Aired Thu 29 May
- E04Episode 4Aired Thu 29 May
- E05Episode 5Aired Thu 29 May
- E06Episode 6Aired Thu 29 May
- E07Episode 7Aired Thu 29 May
- E08Episode 8Aired Thu 29 May
- E09Episode 9Aired Thu 29 May
- S01E01Episode 129 May 2025
- S01E02Episode 229 May 2025
- S01E03Episode 329 May 2025
- S01E04Episode 429 May 2025
- S01E05Episode 529 May 2025
- S01E06Episode 629 May 2025
- S01E07Episode 729 May 2025
- S01E08Episode 829 May 2025
- S01E09Episode 929 May 2025