Dept Q
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And Then There Were None
Ten strangers are invited to an island by a mysterious host, and start to get killed one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
Dept. Q is an adaptation of the novels of the same name by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen. The series revolves around Carl Morck (Matthew Goode), a former top-rated detective in Edinburgh assigned to a new cold case whilst wracked with guilt following an attack that left his partner paralyzed and another police officer dead.
“When we join the story, a 16-year-old case up in Aberdeen has been solved,” Goode says. “The optics of that look really good, because right now they’re lacking finance and crime figures are going up. So Kate Dickie’s character — the boss of the police force — her higher-ups say, ‘Let’s form a cold case unit.’ ”
Of course, Carl’s promotion to the forefront of Department Q isn’t necessarily a compliment. “She puts Carl in charge because she can keep an eye on him in the basement,” Goode laughs.
