Dept. Q (2025–present)

TV ShowOn airDrama, Crime, Thriller1 season, 9 episodes
Dept. Q posterReview score: 81%

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Plot

DCI Carl Morck is a brilliant cop but a terrible colleague. His razor-sharp sarcasm has made him no friends in Edinburgh police. After a shooting that leaves a young PC dead, and his partner paralysed, he finds himself exiled to the basement and the sole member of Department Q; a newly formed cold case unit. The department is a PR stunt, there to distract the public from the failures of an under-resourced, failing police force that is glad to see the back of him. But more by accident than design, Carl starts to build a gang of waifs and strays who have everything to prove. So, when the stone-cold trail of a prominent civil servant who disappeared several years ago starts to heat up, Carl is back doing what he does best - rattling cages and refusing to take no for an answer.

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Dept. Q S01E09Episode 9S01E09 · 8.1A decades-old recording helps all the clues to fall into place. But as the pressure rises — in and out of the chamber — can Carl get there in time?
  2. 02Dept. Q S01E08Episode 8S01E08 · 7.8The kidnappers give their victim a clue as they press her for an answer to their question. Dept. Q gets closer to unravelling its own riddle.
  3. 03Dept. Q S01E05Episode 5S01E05 · 7.6The prosecutor's disappearance becomes connected with a death. A scuffle in a newspaper office sees Carl making headlines, and Moira sees a therapist.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode9Episodes2025Aired 7.6Season avg
  1. S01E01Dept. Q S01E01Episode 1May 29, 2025 7.3DCI Carl Morck returns to work after a near-fatal incident and finds himself head of a new department. A prosecutor faces a tough day in cou
  2. S01E02Dept. Q S01E02Episode 2May 29, 2025 7.5As Carl and his new assistant start digging into their first cold case, he can't stop his personal demons encroaching on his professional li
  3. S01E03Dept. Q S01E03Episode 3May 29, 2025 7.5Carl and Akram recreate the fateful ferry journey on their way to the Isle of Mhòr. A frustrated Rose makes her case for joining their Depar
  4. S01E04Dept. Q S01E04Episode 4May 29, 2025 7.3Rose goes to the island to find out what Carl couldn't. Akram finds a note which sends the investigation in an entirely new direction.
  5. S01E05Dept. Q S01E05Episode 5May 29, 2025 7.6The prosecutor's disappearance becomes connected with a death. A scuffle in a newspaper office sees Carl making headlines, and Moira sees a
  6. S01E06Dept. Q S01E06Episode 6May 29, 2025 7.4The police detain a suspect for the Leith Park shooting. Carl returns to the scene of the crime, before losing his temper in public once aga
  7. S01E07Dept. Q S01E07Episode 7May 29, 2025 7.6Carl makes some dangerous allegations to some powerful men, while Rose takes a fresh angle to uncover more information about Sam Haig
  8. S01E08Dept. Q S01E08Episode 8May 29, 2025 7.8The kidnappers give their victim a clue as they press her for an answer to their question. Dept. Q gets closer to unravelling its own riddle
  9. S01E09Dept. Q S01E09Season's bestEpisode 9May 29, 2025 8.1A decades-old recording helps all the clues to fall into place. But as the pressure rises — in and out of the chamber — can Carl get there i

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Castfull cast & details

Matthew GoodeMatthew GoodeDCI Carl MorckChloe PirrieChloe PirrieMerritt LingardAlexej ManvelovAlexej ManvelovAkram SalimLeah ByrneLeah ByrneDC Rose DicksonJamie SivesJamie SivesDCI James HardyKelly MacdonaldKelly MacdonaldRachel IrvingMark BonnarMark BonnarStephen BurnsAlison PeeblesAlison PeeblesFemale Captor

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