Viewers are already making their way through nine-episode series Dept. Q at pace, following Matthew Goode's Karl Morck and his team of detectives as they take on a cold case with crucial implications in the present day.
Morck and his team work to find her, bring her home and bring her abductors to justice – but do they succeed and where does the end of the season leave the central characters ahead of any future additional seasons?
Read on for everything you need to know about the ending of Dept. Q.
Who was Merritt abducted by and why?
The man was actually Lyle Jennings, the brother of Harry Jennings, who Merritt had a relationship with when she was young.
He had also been known to have killed animals as a child, and to have killed his father in a fire when he was 14 – he had started a fire at home by flicking lit cigarettes at his dad while he slept.
One night, he broke into their house but found Merritt's brother William unexpectedly home. William, spooked, had hit Harry over the head.
Harry ran away, and Merritt always believed he had been behind the attack. As he fled on a ferry, he was chased by local police officer Cunningham, and ended up falling overboard to his death.
He took a job working for the ferry, and, on his mother's instructions, abducted Merritt after scaring her into leaving town and boarding it with William. He and Ailsa had then kept her in the hyperbarric chamber, trying to get her to understand, explain and confess to why she was there.
Was Merritt saved?
He and Ailsa upped the pressure in the chamber, meaning even if she got out she would die from the sudden change in pressure.
Just before he killed them, Akram managed to get hold of the gun and shoot Lyle dead with it.
Meanwhile, as she was about to be arrested, Ailsa shot herself in the head.
Where did we leave Morck and the team?
Morck told Lord Advocate Stephen Burns that he wouldn't report how he had ensured the failure of the Graham Finch prosecution, understanding that he did this to protect his daughter, who Finch had threatened. With Merritt able to testify to Burns's actions, he could have been in trouble.
Hardy returned to the department, now able to walk on crutches, and Moira told him she had a case for him to look at. He then joined Morck, Akram and Rose in the basement.
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