Department of Q.The latest British proposal Netflix is included in the family field for lovers of the Detective and Police genre. Anyone who resolves crimes that remain in cold cases from the passage of time or lack of evidence. But this does this with a cynical and flexible tone that does not seek to please, but to disturb. The adaptation of the literary universe of the Danish Yussi Adler-Olsen is also trying to unite both apparent cases, it is impossible to decide with complex characters. This, in the midst of a pessimistic atmosphere and random, winks black humor.
So this is the production of Scott Frank not just different Thriller desktop. This is a gloomy experiment that dares to take risks. And he does how to investigate in his main characters. Karl Morka (Matthew Hood The opening of witches), he is not a hero, but a person who is trying to survive the traumatic experience who noted his life. But before turning the character into a tragic figure or anti -hero in search of atonement, Department of Q. It deepens in its lights and shadows.
Therefore, in addition to a brilliant detective in a low hours, he is also an inept and emotionally distant father. In addition, a faithful friend and leader of the despotic team. The argument forces the Mork to move away from the stereotype of an unusual detective, unable to relate to others, providing double and third reading to his actions. In addition, his need to find a balance point in which, without a doubt, is the worst moment in his life. A circumstance that the series uses to make its argument more complex and sophisticated.
A difficult way to solve a crime
Department of Q. Do not hide his intentions to convert each chapter into a link of the information chain. From the first episode, the viewer faces a tragedy, which forever celebrates the protagonist. A poorly completed police operation becomes a disaster: the crime scene, without ensuring sampling errors, fatal consequences. Mork, an experienced detective with a dangerous tendency to contempt, He makes a failure that will cost a young life and leave another part of a wheelchair.
An emotional blow that follows is destructive. Returning to work, Mork does not find comfort. His colleagues avoid him, his superiors symbolically punish him, taking him to the Mojoso basement, and his mental health hesitates about the abyss of guilt, anxiety and silence. There, in this forgotten corner of the building, the q department was born: a place to capture archived cases. And with him, the possibility of ransom was also born. But just like the saga about the book from which it comes, making changes to the mistakes of the past will not be easy. Morck should not only encounter the secrets of others, But for the ghosts that inhabit it.
The obligation to fulfill
So, that which initially seems slowly by condemnation becomes a mission. In this underground world, rusty files and sincere fruits are forced to share space with two other non -adaptive of the system. Rose (Leah Burn) Cadet with ambitions and sharpness, and Akram (Alex Manverova), Syrian refugee, whose past remains in the shade. Together, not in terms of this, they begin the investigation of the disappearance, which has not allowed years. Merritt Linggard (Chloe Pirri), an outstanding prosecutor, disappeared without a trace, and The case soon becomes a dense monument of suspicion, silence and half truths.
Trying to solve it, the trio becomes a kind of dysfunctional family, united stubborn, and not trust. Mork, in turn, pulls complex family dynamics, marked by his relationship with the stepdaughter, who barely suffers his and painful therapy sessions with Dr. Irving, the police psychologist. It is where the series is gaining nuances: in how I interweave a professional With an intimate investigation with a duel.
An increasingly unique story in the Department. Q ‘
In the genre, where excesses are usually masked, Department of Q. Sometimes he falls into his trap. The investigation of the battleship extends for nine episodes, and although there is a stable tension, there are times when history is lazy. Interviews, false tips, secondary characters with dubious agendas of the day are multiplied. ANDThe result is a narrative that sometimes it seems like a labyrinth without exit.
Despite this, the heart of the series is beating strongly in every scene in which Matthew Hood participates. Its Morck does not correspond to the classical forms of a painful detective, and it is its instability, its acute cynicism, which makes it exciting. His moments with Jasper (Aaron McVeit), his stepson, where an indirect, clumsy, real emotional language is revealed, are especially remarkable. A broken person who is trying not to break everything that concerns.
Despite its violations, Department of Q. It has what many series want, and few get: personality. His mixture of Scottish raw, emotional injury and dissonating humor gives his own tone, recognizable. For fans of the police genre with psychological dyes, this is a holiday. But its true potential is still for operation. If Netflix decides to continue to adapt the Adler Olizen saga, which, remember, has ten novels and continues to grow, There is a lot of material, at least half a decade of content.
The change in the situation of Denmark to Scotland turned out to be an interesting play, which had the story of a new emotional landscape. Now, if the project wants to last, you must polish its balance between the rhythm and the development of the characters. With a small narrative pruning and a greater depth in its secondary, this series can become a pearl of the genre. At the moment, what leaves us is a promise. A trip to the darkest places of human behavior in which many doors are still opening.
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