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  • Dept. Q

    From Rhino@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 30 19:11:49 2025
    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.

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    Rhino

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  • From Rhino@21:1/5 to Adam H. Kerman on Sat May 31 15:48:37 2025
    On 2025-05-31 3:37 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    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. . .
    .

    You wrote that to see if anybody was reading!

    Ooooooooo

    Just enriching the post with a bit of humour ;-)

    I need to keep my ears open for the remaining episodes; it's still
    possibly he comes from the Orkney (or Orckney) Islands....


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    Rhino

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to Rhino on Sat May 31 19:37:09 2025
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    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. . .
    .

    You wrote that to see if anybody was reading!

    Ooooooooo

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