These films follow detective Carl Mørck as he investigates cold cases, blending elements of crime drama and Nordic noir.
Carl Mørck is demoted to Department Q, the cold case unit, after a raid goes wrong. One case, a suspected suicide, piques his interest. His investigations suggest that the woman, a rising politician, was actually kidnapped. Mørck ruffles feathers, and is told to halt the investigation, but he and his colleague Assad continue.
The murder of young twins initially implicates a group of upper class students as the killers, though the case takes a turn or two from its starting point.
An 8-year-old message in a bottle, written in blood, leads Detective Carl Morck and his assistant Assad to a series of child abductions from religious communities throughout Denmark. The majority of these abductions have not been reported for some reason, and some of them are suspected to have ended in murder.
Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q members leads them to an infamous institution for girls that was suddenly closed in the early sixties.
En dag opdager Marco en død mand. Efter at have lært, at Marco kan have uvurderlige oplysninger, er kommissær Mjork fast besluttet på at finde og redde ham.
Kriminalbetjent Carl Mørck sender kollegaen Rose til en fjerntliggende ø, hvilket udløser en rejse ind i hendes fortid efter et selvmord. Sammen med Assad efterforsker de en kold sag knyttet til det lokale politi og en soltilbeder-kult. Mens faren eskalerer, konfronterer Carl sine egne dæmoner for at forfølge retfærdighed og omfavne en ny fremtid.