With more experience under his belt, Matthew Goode quite like being the leading man in “Dept. Q” on Netflix. AP

LONDON — Being a leading man? Matthew Goode quite likes it.

He’s the star of “Dept. Q,” based on the books by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen and set in the cold-case division of an Edinburgh police station. From “The Queen’s Gambit” showrunner Scott Frank, the nine-part miniseries launches Thursday and sees Goode playing a one-man combination of good cop/bad cop. While Detective Chief Inspector Carl Morck is a brilliant investigator, he is equally successful at annoying people — even begrudging respect for his talent quickly turns into intense dislike.

It’s not that Goode hasn’t been No. 1 on the call sheet before, it’s just that he didn’t enjoy it.

“It’s something I shie

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