Dept Q: How the Writers Engineered Mystery and Suspense Through Trauma and Strategic Clues

Netflix’s Dept Q delivers a mighty psychological wallop that showcases what modern television crime thrillers can achieve. It transcends tired procedural “cold case” character tropes by anchoring the story in richly-textured, bold, and highly-traumatized characters frequently using laugh-out-loud moments to dissipate their emotional agony. Created for television by Chandni Lakhani and Scott Frank, Dept Q is […]