The 'Dept. Q' Trailer Sees Matthew Goode Solving Cold Cases in Edinburgh

Move over, Slough House. Slow Horses isn't going to be the only destination for law enforcement derelicts and misfits on the proverbial television block. Netflix's forthcoming crime drama Dept. Q will follow the investigations of a newly formed cold case unit that's so second-tier that it's barely even real.

The series stars Matthew Goode (A Discovery of Witches) as DCI Carl Morck, a brilliant if overly sarcastic detective with a reputation for being difficult in his adopted hometown of Edinburgh, Scotland. He's still struggling to come to terms with the tragic end of his last posting, which involved a shooting that saw his partner paralyzed and a young officer killed. Morck feels responsible, a situation that's made worse when he's suddenly promoted to the mysterious "Dept. Q" that's allegedly dedicated to solving cold cases. But the basement office he's assigned to is little more than a PR front; its staff consists of just one employee. (Spoiler alert: it's him.)

Obviously, he's meant to shut up, stay out of the way, and continue his regular visits with Dr. Rachel Irving (Kelly Macdonald), the therapist tasked with helping him work through the guilt he feels about everything that happened with his former team. But if you've ever watched any crime drama of this ilk, you already know that's an unlikely outcome. Instead, Morck manages to assemble a genuine team, collecting a motley crew of other departmental strays that, the trailer is anything to go by, almost immediately begins to make real progress on a long-unsolved case.