Overview
- Dept. Q adapts Jussi Adler-Olsen’s bestselling Danish crime novels into a Netflix series created by Scott Frank and led by Matthew Goode as DCI Carl Morck.
- The nine-episode first season premiered May 29, 2025, tracking Morck’s cold-case unit as they reopen the four-year disappearance of prosecutor Merritt Lingard in Edinburgh.
- The show’s Nordic noir tone and character-driven narrative have earned a 93% audience score and an 86% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes.
- Kelly Macdonald, Chloe Pirrie and Alexej Manvelov join Matthew Goode in the cast; Macdonald also portrayed Helena Ravenclaw in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—Part 2.
- Netflix has submitted the series for Emmy consideration and entered early talks on a second season that could start production in 2025 for a mid-2026 debut.