Dept Q review — Matthew Goode's excellent new detective is no shrinking thistle
Partly because, as played by Matthew Goode (further distancing himself from polite-posho roles), DCI Morck does one thing brilliantly, and it's something integral to why we endlessly watch these detective shows in the first place. He rattles cages fearlessly. You know, when the copper turns up at some fishy individual's door to ask impertinent questions that crack open secrets, and lies in a casual joust of denials, half-accusations and putdowns.
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- Daily Mail
Reese Witherspoon's daughter Ava Phillippe and her boyfriend look totally loved-up as Dakota Johnson and O-T Fagbenle lark around at the afterparty of her new film Splitsville
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The Independent
4 minutes ago
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Boarding school pupils ‘exposed to paedophiles' amid ‘cover-up', inquiry finds
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The Independent
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Tories deliberately trying to fuel hatred against asylum seekers, Yousaf says
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