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Dept. Q on Netflix
Rotten Tomatoes ^ | 8/26/2025 | Self

Posted on 08/26/2025 8:48:06 AM PDT by 1Old Pro

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.

Dept. Q is a British crime thriller television series created by Scott Frank and Chandni Lakhani, based on the book series by Danish writer Jussi Adler-Olsen. It premiered on Netflix on 29 May 2025.[1] In August 2025, it was renewed for a second season.[2]

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: crimetv; qanon
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Curious if anyone has stumbled upon Dept. Q. Very interesting new series. Refreshing that the lead character is boldly NOT PC. Amazing it was on Netflix.
1 posted on 08/26/2025 8:48:06 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Great series, a must watch in my opinion!


2 posted on 08/26/2025 8:49:49 AM PDT by Dave911
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Great series, a must watch in my opinion!

I enjoyed "Bosch" on Prime and this was recommended. I enjoyed it.

3 posted on 08/26/2025 8:51:02 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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We really enjoyed it.


4 posted on 08/26/2025 8:53:00 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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Yeah, weird for nflix. Haven’t seen any gay crap yet. Usually why we end up not watching. If it’s in passing and not a 15 minute ‘romp’ we might stick around. So far so good.


5 posted on 08/26/2025 8:53:52 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. šŸš«šŸ’‰! šŸ‡®šŸ‡±šŸ‘! Winning currently!)
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I read all the books. I’m amazed that this series does justice to the writer and all the characters. I agree, not woke. No fake diversity
All the characters are disturbed and weird. Like the books. Most British shows are overtly following quotas. Within 5 minutes they trod out an interracial marriage, lesbian families, etc. They can be in the middle of the North Pole and they have a black family. If dept q has diversity, which it does, it’s not waving you in the face. It’s an intense dark show with a lot of humor too


6 posted on 08/26/2025 8:54:32 AM PDT by samkatz
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Pretty straightforward and no gay sex, like Outlander.


7 posted on 08/26/2025 8:54:48 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Bosch was very good. Titus nailed that roll.


8 posted on 08/26/2025 8:55:15 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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I read all the books. I’m amazed that this series does justice to the writer and all the characters. I agree, not woke. No fake diversity

Wow, good.

9 posted on 08/26/2025 8:55:34 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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It is a pretty good show. Especially if you want to practice your comprehension of thick UK accents.


10 posted on 08/26/2025 8:56:25 AM PDT by Sparticus
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Bosch was very good. Titus nailed that roll.

Yep, very well done, too bad it's over.

11 posted on 08/26/2025 8:56:26 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Especially if you want to practice your comprehension of thick UK accents.

Agree, it's a bit of a struggle at times.

12 posted on 08/26/2025 8:56:57 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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We dumped Netflix years ago.

We don’t watch the streaming service or any content it creates.

FWIW.


13 posted on 08/26/2025 8:59:08 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø šŸ“ó §ó ¢ó „ó ®ó §ó æ)
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Wait a second. I thought the hero got abused by the evil captain while in prison. Fleeting but there. Earlier season. Of course I could be wrong.


14 posted on 08/26/2025 9:00:54 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. šŸš«šŸ’‰! šŸ‡®šŸ‡±šŸ‘! Winning currently!)
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So it sounds like a cheap imitation of Slough House. Is there any originality left in show biz?


15 posted on 08/26/2025 9:04:10 AM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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I have started to watch a few times, but now I will give it a try.


16 posted on 08/26/2025 9:13:55 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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17 posted on 08/26/2025 9:14:09 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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even better if it featured Maggie Q.


18 posted on 08/26/2025 9:26:16 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (First, I was a clinger, then deplorable, now I'm garbage. Feel the love? )
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It was refreshing to see that despite the main character’s abrasiveness his boss was primarily interested in his getting results since it made her and the department look good from a PR perspective. Which also means that as long as he’s getting consistent results she will overlook his idiosyncrasies.


19 posted on 08/26/2025 9:29:20 AM PDT by Rowdyone (Vigilence)
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I watch mainly foreign language stuff on MhzChoice and Netflix.

This was a surprise as it was English language, but it was adapted from the Scandinavia.

I just got through watching Skylines on Netflix.

Turkish/Kurdistan rap in Germany.

It was really pretty good with a starring German woman who looked like Andie MacDowell but she could act.

The end was a bit unsatisfying because it was clearly aiming to go into a second season which it didn’t, but I suspect because it was during COVID.


20 posted on 08/26/2025 9:29:54 AM PDT by Biblebelter
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