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.
the vibe
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What it feels like
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TV Series2025–2025
Dept. Q
Created by Scott Frank, Chandni Lakhani
A drama crime series created by Scott Frank.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 26%
of all TV shows · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.9/10
442 ratings
About Dept. Q
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Light-touch (4 of 9)
- Scale
- Broad (6 of 9)
- Spirit
- Earnest (5 of 9)
- Texture
- Gritty, Tense
- Story Tags
- trauma recovery, redemption, isolation loneliness, small town, urban, colleagues, group found family, detective investigator, ensemble, investigation procedural, mystery disappearance, season arc, corruption