Dept. Q (2025)

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Not all causes are lost.

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.

• Released: 2025-05-29
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
• Seasons: 2, 10 episodes
• Network: Netflix
• Status: Returning Series
• TMDB rating: 7.9/10 from 487 votes

Created by Scott Frank, Chandni Lakhani.

Top cast

• Matthew Goode as DCI Carl Morck
• Chloe Pirrie as Merritt Lingard
• Jamie Sives as DCI James Hardy
• Alexej Manvelov as Akram Salim
• Leah Byrne as DC Rose Dickson
• Kelly Macdonald as Dr Rachel Irving
• Aaron McVeigh as Jasper Stewart

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Dept. Q

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• India: stream on Netflix
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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