Dept. Q
Not all causes are lost.
Created by Scott Frank, Chandni Lakhani
On Netflix
A grim, procedurally-grounded cold-case drama anchored by a flawed protagonist and his misfit team, balancing investigative complexity with the emotional weight of unsolved trauma.
A brash but brilliant cop becomes head of a new police department, where he leads an unlikely team of misfits in solving Edinburgh's cold cases.
Clusters
Essence
Ensemble
Matthew Goode
DCI Carl Morck
Chloe Pirrie
Merritt Lingard
Jamie Sives
DCI James Hardy
Alexej Manvelov
Akram Salim
Leah Byrne
DC Rose Dickson
Kelly Macdonald
Dr Rachel Irving
Kate Dickie
Moira Jacobson
Aaron McVeigh
Jasper Stewart
Shirley Henderson
Claire Marsh
James Macnaughton
Dennis Piper
Steven Miller
Sam Haig
Mark Bonnar
Stephen Burns
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