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Department Q - Netflix Spoilers Allowed

Posted on 6/1/25 at 11:24 pm
Posted by Auburn80
Backwater, TN
Member since Nov 2017
9594 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 11:24 pm
Very good new show. Edinburgh detective working cold cases. Well done. I’m seven episodes in with two to go.
This post was edited on 6/9/25 at 12:02 pm
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
21631 posts
Posted on 6/2/25 at 2:03 am to
Oh noice. An English remake. I had no clue this was out. I will definitely be watching. I really enjoyed the original Danish series of films they did. Thanks for the heads up.

Posted by flvelo12
Palm Harbor, Florida
Member since Jan 2012
3543 posts
Posted on 6/2/25 at 5:36 am to
Very interesting, especially with Scott Frank as showrunner (Godless, Queen's Gambit). Definitely on the must watch list.
Posted by BitBuster
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2017
1604 posts
Posted on 6/2/25 at 7:49 am to
I really wish they would’ve done a new cold case every episode. It felt way too dragged out for no reason.

They left a lot of threads undone for no reason as well. And plotholes.
They’d need 3 more seasons to close all the loops.

It was enjoyable. I binged it. However I’d give it a 6/10. It could have easily been 4-5 episodes instead of 9.
Posted by HeadCall
Member since Feb 2025
5715 posts
Posted on 6/2/25 at 12:14 pm to
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I really wish they would’ve done a new cold case every episode. It felt way too dragged out for no reason.


Agreed. Maybe not a new one every episode but 2-3 episode story arcs
Posted by Auburn80
Backwater, TN
Member since Nov 2017
9594 posts
Posted on 6/2/25 at 2:03 pm to
Every season has a primary story arc. Similar to Lincoln Lawyer.
Posted by WuShock
Metairie
Member since Aug 2018
1384 posts
Posted on 6/2/25 at 3:39 pm to
I really enjoyed it. Think they could have cut it down by a couple of episodes to help move it along a little easier, but overall not going to complain about a generally well-done show.
Posted by flvelo12
Palm Harbor, Florida
Member since Jan 2012
3543 posts
Posted on 6/3/25 at 6:09 am to
quote:

Very good new show. Edinburgh detective working cold cases. Well done. I’m seven episodes in with two to go.


Thru the first two episodes. Excellent (so far).
Posted by Auburn80
Backwater, TN
Member since Nov 2017
9594 posts
Posted on 6/3/25 at 8:58 am to
One funny quirk in the show. In true Frank Drebin style he always parks partly on the curb.
Posted by Alyosha
Member since Nov 2020
9430 posts
Posted on 6/3/25 at 7:19 pm to
I know the actress Catriona Stirling, the white-blonde cop. Knew her when she was a student at Cambridge and worked with her father for years. She’d often come to our house for dinner.
Posted by flvelo12
Palm Harbor, Florida
Member since Jan 2012
3543 posts
Posted on 6/4/25 at 9:06 pm to
Woah that was entertaining as hell. Hope they continue the series.
Posted by dallastigers
Member since Dec 2003
9364 posts
Posted on 6/5/25 at 12:22 am to
I am not sure if I have ever seen a TV series based in Scotland that did not have at least 1 or more of the below actors in at least one episode.

Jamie Sives
Mark Bonner
Kate Dickie
Clive Russell
Shirley Henderson

This show adds Kelly MacDonald to the above and has a several others I have seen in multiple shows based somewhere in Britain.
Posted by flvelo12
Palm Harbor, Florida
Member since Jan 2012
3543 posts
Posted on 6/5/25 at 4:40 pm to
Appears that the original movies are available on Philo. With free one week trial, may have to check them out.
Posted by Magnus
San Diego
Member since Sep 2019
1925 posts
Posted on 6/5/25 at 4:42 pm to
does the show build up to a final ending or is each episode a one off
Posted by DukeSilver
Member since Jan 2014
2925 posts
Posted on 6/5/25 at 4:45 pm to
Season long arc.
Posted by Alyosha
Member since Nov 2020
9430 posts
Posted on 6/7/25 at 7:44 pm to
Good show. Didn’t mind the length. A lot of crap TV out there regarding lack of story arc and too much filler. But it was a good pace and never dull or over the top.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
105928 posts
Posted on 6/8/25 at 12:01 pm to
We just finished it yesterday. I don’t think anything will ever beat Broadchurch for me in British cop shows and how good that first season was. But this one comes pretty damn close.

Matthew Goode is also one of my fav British actors.
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
21631 posts
Posted on 6/8/25 at 12:47 pm to
quote:

I am not sure if I have ever seen a TV series based in Scotland that did not have at least 1 or more of the below actors in at least one episode. Jamie Sives Mark Bonner Kate Dickie Clive Russell Shirley Henderson


So true. Same goes for Icelandic series. There’s always the same 4-5 actors in everything.

quote:

This show adds Kelly MacDonald to the above


My only real complaint with the show is that she was used so sparingly. I LOVE Kelly Macdonald.
This post was edited on 6/8/25 at 12:48 pm
Posted by 12
Redneck part of Florida
Member since Nov 2010
19703 posts
Posted on 6/9/25 at 1:47 am to
Just finished it. I thought it was excellent. I’m a big Luther and Line of Duty fan, and this is right there with those series. Matthew Goode was fantastic, but the guy that played Akram stole the show.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
105928 posts
Posted on 6/9/25 at 7:51 am to
quote:

So true. Same goes for Icelandic series. There’s always the same 4-5 actors in everything.


I actually think Kate Dickie and Jamie Sives being so prominent in this one means we probably don’t get another season of Annika. Kind of a bummer.
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