Netflix’s Gritty Crime Thriller Based on Bestsellers Reveals Major Season 2 Production and Casting Update

Netflix’s crime hit Department Q has several major updates.

Based on author Jussi Adler-Olsen’s bestselling novel, Department Q follows a small team of detectives operating in the basement of an Edinburgh police station. While the department focuses on forgotten and previously unsolvable cases, the series also explores the characters’ complicated personal lives.

Dept.Q Season 2 promo image (LR Jamie Sives as DS James Hardy, Leah Byrne as DC Rose Dickson, Matthew Goode as DCI Carl Morck, Alexej Manvelov as Akram Salim)

Netflix has officially started production Department Q season 2. And the streamer has also released an impressive lineup of new cast members joining the series. A new press release revealed that filming for the popular crime thriller is now underway in Scotland, with the upcoming episode once again taking place in Edinburgh.

Department Q season 2 will see the return of Matthew Goode portraying Detective Chief Inspector Carl Morck. With him again are Alexej Manvelov as Akram Salim, Leah Byrne as detective Rose Dickson and Jamie Sives as detective James Hardy. The confirmed returning cast means that the first season’s core investigative team will reunite for the upcoming installment. Other returning cast members from Department Q season 1 includes Mark Bonnar (Stephen Burns), Kate Dickie (Moira Jacobson), Aaron McVeigh (Jasper) and Sanjeev Kohli (Martin Fleming).

The upcoming chapter in the Netflix series will also introduce a massive lineup of fresh faces. Department Q Season 2’s new cast includes Aisling Franciosi (Kimmie), Greg Wise (Derek Powell), Nicholas Rowe (Thomas Fulton), Tony Curran (Winnie Calderwood), Hamish Clark (Christopher Herron), Alex Ferns (Phil Allenbeck), Ross Anderson (Ricky Daddario), Rebecca Root (Ijune Lovesay), John Amelensla (Juni Lovesay).

Netflix’s Department Q is based on a book series of the same name. It consists of ten books and is about a talented but troubled homicide detective who is relegated to a newly created cold case unit in the basement of Copenhagen police headquarters. He works with an unconventional team of talented investigators to solve cold cases.

In addition to the Netflix series, Dept. Q has also had several film adaptations over the years. There are also four upcoming TV series based on the critically acclaimed novels in the works, such as The scarred woman (2026), Victim 2117 (2028), The Shadow Murders (2030), and Locked in (2032).

There is no confirmed release date for Department Q season 2 at the time of this article’s publication. All episodes of Season 1 are currently available to stream on Netflix.