Department Q

TV Show • 2025  

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Carl Morck, a former top-rated detective in Edinburgh, is assigned to a new cold case whilst wracked with guilt following an attack that left his partner paralysed and another policeman dead.
This tv show contains 29 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Are animals abused?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Is there a dead animal?
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Is a child abused?
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The main detective’s teen son was threatened with violence and sexual violence
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Does a horse die?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Abuse
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jojox
S1
Spoilers!!!!
Neglect is described by Merritt and William’s dad and the Jennings brothers are both abused by their mother by being locked in the pressure chamber
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Is someone stalked?
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Woman is stalked from the first episode
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S1
A man who was severely abused as a child becomes someone who sexually assaults, kidnaps, and tortures a woman, and also murders someone else
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Animal
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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S1
 E9
It's actually a fake spider someone places on her hand whilst listening to an audio clip about arachnophobia, it's not a real one but still kind of creepy
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone drugged?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Anonymous
S1
 E1
Said in passing when listing those of cases ex: murders, kidnappings, rapes)
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S1
 E8
A man has a woman captive, while she’s sedated he kisses her neck without consent. Also, a teenager is threatened with sexual violence in another episode
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jojox
In a way yes It is consensual between two adults at the time but SPOILERS it is later revealed that one of the people was pretending to be someone completely different
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Bodily Harm
Is there throat mutilation?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Lspsimon
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 E9
Head gets beaten in with a hammer
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Lspsimon
S1
Yes, but not on-screen.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Death
Does someone die?
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Family
Does a family member die?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
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Lspsimon
S1
 E1
One in the beginning, like less than five minutes in
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jojox
We see Carl shower once and (spoilers) Merritt showers a few times in the chamber but there is little to no nudity, although Merritt is observed by cameras at all times
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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metalouis
S1
All episodes safe in season 1
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Is there audio gore?
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Law Enforcement
Is there incarceration?
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Medical
Is there a hospital scene?
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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S1
 E2
Carl has a panic attack during and immediately after the press conference towards the end of episode 2
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Lspsimon
S1
 E1
Someone is stuck in a cylindrical room, like a submarine, but not underwater
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Noxious
Is there screaming?
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Paranoia
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jojox
S1
Spoilers!!!! Merritt is stalked at the beginning of S1 and is often watched with and without her knowledge in the pressure chamber
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Prejudice
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Sex
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jojox
S1
One or two brief scenes in season 1 and 1 scene of m*turb*tion but no graphic nudity
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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jojox
Season 1 episode 1 and relived through flashbacks through s1 then one major scene at the end of season 1
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