Dept. Q (2025)

Very entertaining film adaptation of the first series Q-book by Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Woman In The Cage. Because this is a TV adaptation, with a completely different setting, the plot and characters naturally deviate from the source material (and from the earlier Danish film adaptation), but as far as I'm concerned this definitely leaves you wanting more. Matthew Goode is delightfully sarcastic in the lead role and the team around him is also well cast. Exciting, cleverly put together and often very funny.

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Definitely one of the better thriller series of recent times. Excellent casting. Beautiful and atmospheric sets. Rainy Scotland also gives the whole thing its own color. Also enjoy the wonderfully sarcastic one-two punches between the nihilistic Carl Morck (Matthew Goode) and the hopeful loner Akram Selim (Alexej Manvelov). 'Dept. Q.' (2025) is also a series in which even supporting roles have their own moments, such as how victim Merrit (Chloe Pirrie) deals with her captivity or the frustrating therapy sessions with Dr. Rachel Irving (Kelly Macdonald). Already looking forward to a second season!

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A unique series and therefore not a standard detective. In the beginning that appealed to me. It is also nicely acted with humor, which makes it fun to watch at times. However, after a few episodes the series is in my opinion (much) too long-winded and lacks building tension. 'Boring' is perhaps the best word to describe the series. I stopped watching after 7 episodes (of which I only half-followed the last 2 due to the above arguments).

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