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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Great series, a must watch in my opinion!
I enjoyed "Bosch" on Prime and this was recommended. I enjoyed it.
We really enjoyed it.
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.
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
Pretty straightforward and no gay sex, like Outlander.
Bosch was very good. Titus nailed that roll.
Wow, good.
It is a pretty good show. Especially if you want to practice your comprehension of thick UK accents.
Yep, very well done, too bad it's over.
Agree, it's a bit of a struggle at times.
We dumped Netflix years ago.
We don’t watch the streaming service or any content it creates.
FWIW.
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.
So it sounds like a cheap imitation of Slough House. Is there any originality left in show biz?
I have started to watch a few times, but now I will give it a try.
even better if it featured Maggie Q.
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.
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.
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