Tom Bulpett spent months preparing for his role in the popular new Netflix thriller Department Q.

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It's really hard to exit. Dept. Q stars Chloe Pirrie as Merritt Lingard, a prosecutor who has been missing for four years and has been kept in a pressurised container all that time. (Netflix) ...

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With Dept. Q now out, “I’ve really started to understand how different a show I was in compared to everyone else,” admits Chloe Pirrie, who delivers an outstanding performance as Merritt ...

But things took a dark turn when Harry broke into the Lingard house to steal jewelry to fund their escape. He was mistaken for an intruder by Merritt's brother William (Tom Bulpett), who attacked him.

However, Merritt said for Harry not to go through with it in the end, but he did it anyway. When Harry turned up that night, Merritt's brother William was actually there.

Indeed, even as we follow the team's investigation, we get flashbacks to Merritt's past. Ultimately the two tracks come together. In truth, it takes quite a while to get there.

Carl and Akram begin looking into the disappearance five years earlier of Merritt Lingard, played by Chloe Pirrie, a prosecuting attorney whose spiky intelligence mirrors Carl's own.

Merritt has scads of people who might have wanted to harm her — crooks she jailed, lovers she dumped, even her ex- boss, the Lord Justice, who may be corrupt.

Indeed, even as we follow the team's investigation, we get flashbacks to Merritt's past. Ultimately the two tracks come together. In truth, it takes quite a while to get there.