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Not all causes are lost.

Overview

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.

  1. Scott Frank

    Creator

  2. Chandni Lakhani

    Creator

Series Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Matthew Goode

    DCI Carl Morck

  2. Cast 1

    Chloe Pirrie

    Merritt Lingard

  3. Cast 1

    Jamie Sives

    DCI James Hardy

  4. Cast 1

    Alexej Manvelov

    Akram Salim

  5. Cast 1

    Leah Byrne

    DC Rose Dickson

  6. Cast 1

    Kelly Macdonald

    Dr Rachel Irving

  7. Cast 1

    Kate Dickie

    Moira Jacobson

  8. Cast 1

    Tom Bulpett

    William Lingard

  9. Cast 1

    Aaron McVeigh

    Jasper Stewart

Last Season

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Season 1

2025 | 9 episodes

season 1 of Dept. Q premiered on May 29, 2025.

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Based on the Danish novel "The Keeper of Lost Causes" by Jussi Adler-Olsen and no doubt the 2013 Danish film, the Scottish series, "Dept.Q" cant quite fill the boots, of its scandi crime thriller, counterpart. Lets look at the positives. The acting is undeniably superb. This series is backed by a strong cast, of veteran UK actors. As a result, the complex characterisations, are brought to full bodied life. The script sensibly, adheres to a similar core story, to the one found in the Danish film, too. Its dark, disturbing and at times creepily unsettling, stuff. Where it falls down, ...