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Subject: Dept. Q
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 19:11:49 -0400
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I know "no one gets Netflix" but I'm writing this anyway in case that 
generalization overlooks anyone or this post inspires anyone to check it 
out.

Dept. Q is a cop show set in Scotland. The main character is a skilled 
but difficult detective named DCI (Detective Chief Inspector) Carl Morck 
(who is presumably from Orck) who everyone calls by his first name. Carl 
has just come back from being shot in the line of duty. He, his partner, 
and a patrolman were at a crime scene - a fatal stabbing - when a 
disguised man just stepped out of the kitchen and shot all three of 
them, leaving one dead, one paralyzed and one ready to go back to work.

I've only watched the first of the 9 episodes so I don't have a good 
feeling for the overall story yet. The first episode seems to mostly be 
setting things up for the remaining episodes. We learn how most of his 
associates find Morck an obnoxious dick and that his boss has decided to 
move him off to a whole new department, Department Q, in the basement of 
the police station, where he will choose from among cold cases that 
interest them and try to solve them. He's assisted by a man who is an IT 
specialist with a murky background adjacent to police work in his native 
Syria.

The other key element of the story seems to be a female lawyer who lost 
a big case and disappeared shortly after that. Someone had been sending 
her harassing/threatening texts before her disappearance. It looks as if 
Morck is going to be getting into her case in the remaining episodes....

In terms of cast, I haven't seen anyone I recognize yet aside from Kelly 
McDonald who played Nucky Thompson's girlfriend in Boardwalk Empire a 
few years back. This time, she plays the psychiatrist Morck is seeing as 
a result of being shot but, unlike American shows, she doesn't seem to 
have to sign off on his mental health before letting him back on duty.

IMDB rates this a 7.9 but I can't say after only 1 episode.

-- 
Rhino