Director: Scott Frank
Cast: Matthew Goode, Chloe Pirrie, Jamie Sives, Alexej Manvelov, Leah Byrne
Dept. Q is a 2025 British-American crime mystery series directed by Scott Frank, set in Edinburgh. A sharp but abrasive detective is handed command of a cold-case unit staffed by overlooked officers, each carrying their own complicated histories — together they reopen the city's most stubborn unsolved murders.
What is Dept Q about?
Carl Mørck is a gifted but temperamentally difficult detective who, after a controversial incident, is reassigned to run Department Q — Edinburgh's newly formed cold-case division. His unit is an unlikely gathering of officers who have been sidelined or passed over elsewhere. With limited resources and almost no institutional support, they dig into cases the department long ago considered closed. Each reopened file pulls Mørck and his team into layered conspiracies, personal grief, and institutional resistance. The season unfolds as a tightly structured procedural with an escalating emotional weight, as the team's own wounds become entangled with the victims they are trying to bring justice to.
Cast & crew
Scott Frank, the series' director and creative architect, is known for bringing literary precision to crime storytelling. Matthew Goode leads as the driven and prickly Carl Mørck, bringing restrained intensity to the role. Chloe Pirrie, Jamie Sives, Alexej Manvelov, Leah Byrne, and Kelly Macdonald form the ensemble, each adding distinct texture to the department's fractured dynamic.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, Dept. Q offers the kind of dense, character-driven crime drama that has resonated across global audiences — closer in spirit to Nordic noir than procedural filler. Edinburgh's damp, layered cityscape gives the series a distinct visual identity, and the theme of institutional injustice and ignored cases speaks across cultural boundaries. The series is available with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles on K-Time, making it fully accessible whether you prefer to watch in your native language or follow along with captions on a second language. It is the kind of slow-burn ensemble crime show that rewards attention and works well in a household with mixed language preferences.
Where & how to watch
Dept. Q is available on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra downloads required. Start your subscription and cancel anytime.