Three mystery-solving trios on Netflix you wish you were part of
Three might sound like a crowd to some, but on Netflix, it works just perfectly. We are talking about the famous mystery-solving trios of Netflix who, even though they fight over the smallest details and chase the wrong clues for hours, are also capable of solving any mystery. Two people can make a team, sure, but when a third one shows up, everything changes.
Mystery duos have a charm of their own. You see Holmes and Watson, Mulder and Scully, the classics. But trios feel more human. They bicker, they mess up, and they make each other better without even meaning to. Watching them is like watching friendship and detective work collide, and it’s never dull. But a trio, it is something else.
And Netflix gets that balance perfectly. These investigator trios we are talking about are not your movie-perfect heroes. These are everyday characters from around you who constantly test each other’s patience.
So, here are three mystery-solving trios on Netflix you wish you were part of, and not because they are perfect, but because their chemistry is so real, it will make you want to create a trio of your own.
Three Netflix trios you wish you were part of:
The Thursday Murder Club (Chris Columbus, 2025)
Ooh, this one is recent. We are pretty sure you have already met this group of retirees in their pretty English village and enjoyed watching them drinking tea and exchanging gossip, all while solving murders in between biscuits. And if you say you didn’t fall for them, you are lying. They might be old, but they’re cool people. Based on Richard Osman’s bestselling book, The Thursday Murder Club brings together Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and Ben Kingsley as Elizabeth, Ron, and Ibrahim, the three self-appointed detectives who turn their quiet retirement community into a crime-solving hub.
It’s clever and very, very British in all the best ways. Director Chris Columbus gives it that warm, feel-good mystery touch, a bit similar to the Knives Out movies. After one point, you don’t just watch them solve crimes; you start rooting for them to keep finding new ones, just so they never stop meeting for tea.
Dept. Q (Scott Frank, 2025)
Now this one’s for the serious mystery crowd, so choose wisely. Dept. Q has been one of the most talked about and loved shows of 2025 that never shouted for attention, yet got so much of it. It is set in Edinburgh and follows Carl Morck, a detective who ends up running a new cold-case unit after messing up one too many times in the field. He is grumpy and allergic to teamwork, which makes things even more fun when he’s paired with Akram Salim and Rose Dickson.
It is strange how Dept. Q has a young, grumpy detective, while The Thursday Murder Club has old and full-of-life people. Two very different choices to pick from, but both are fun. But one thing about Dept. Q is that it doesn’t rush the mystery. This one lets the tension build in quiet rooms. You stay for the case, but you end up hooked on how these three people, who are technically all wrong for each other, somehow make it work.
Supernatural (2005–2020)
If you have spent even ten minutes on the internet in the past decade, we are assuming that you have heard of Supernatural. Sam and Dean Winchester basically raised a whole generation on monster hunts and family drama. But it wasn’t until the angel Castiel dropped in that the show really found its trio magic. But if you think that he was just a supernatural backup, then you are wrong. If anything, he became part of that crazy, dysfunctional family that never really caught a break.
Over fifteen seasons, these guys fought everything from vampires to literal gods, but one thing they always came back to was saving each other. And that is what makes this trio work. If you think about it, it is not the monsters or the mythology but the way they never stop, even when the world is ending again. Watching them feels like revisiting an old friend’s house where you know exactly where everything is, and you don’t want to leave because it is comforting.