It’s been a while since a thriller grabbed me this fast, but Netflix’s “Dept. Q” had me hooked before the first episode even finished. I sat down planning to watch just one hoping to see what the vibe was, and it’s safe to say this has No. 1 energy written all over it. If the rest of the season keeps up this pace, I already know I’ll be finishing it in a single weekend.
Set in Edinburgh, “Dept. Q” follows a brilliant detective with a reputation for being difficult. After a disastrous case, he’s quietly pushed out of the spotlight and reassigned to lead a basement-level cold case unit no one expects anything from. But when one of those cases begins to stir up something much bigger, he finds himself drawn back into dangerous territory.