New A-List British Detective Series Sneaks Past 'Broadchurch' With Excellent Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score

Netflix’s latest foray into British crime drama is already turning heads — and it’s not hard to see why. Matthew Goode, best known for Watchmen, The Good Wife, and Downton Abbey, has stepped into his darkest, most intense role yet as DCI Carl Morck in Dept. Q, a gritty new detective series that debuted globally on the streamer just yesterday. Set in the rainiest place on Earth, the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, and created by Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit) and Chandni Lakhani, and based on the best-selling Danish book series by Jussi Adler-Olsen, Dept. Q follows Goode’s no-nonsense investigator as he’s assigned to a cold case unit filled with the city's most overlooked officers. Together, this unlikely team tackles some of the city’s most haunting and unsolved crimes — with more than a few personal demons coming along for the ride. And now, the early response is in.