Dept. Q renewed for a second season by Netflix

Netflix has greenlit a second season of Dept. Q, the Scottish-set crime series starring Matthew Goode. The renewal for Dept. Q comes about two and a half months after its premiere, which earned strong reviews and good ratings. Based on the books by Jussi Adler-Olsen, the series follows Detective Chief Inspector Carl Morck (Matthew Goode), who, from a basement office in Edinburgh, leads a small team investigating cases previously considered unsolvable.



Alexei Manvelov, Leah Byrne, and Jamie Sives also play key roles.

Executive producer Rob Bullock (Left Bank Pictures) joked: “We’re going back down to Dept. Q for a second season. We’re eagerly awaiting what Scott has in store for his alter ego, Carl Morck, and the other colorful team members. We applaud Netflix for their courage in letting them go again.”

Scott Frank also added: “I’m grateful to Netflix and our incredible cast and crew for once again risking their careers to make my madness possible.”

Dept. Q spent six weeks in the global Netflix Top 10 for English-language series and amassed approximately 222 million viewing hours, which translates to approximately 27 million full season viewings. In the US alone, the series clocked in at 47.57 million hours of viewing time in four weeks, according to Nielsen.

Scott Frank writes, directs, and serves as executive producer on the series. Rob Bullock and Charlotte Moore are co-executive producers, while Mona Qureshi and Manda Levin are overseeing the project on behalf of Netflix.

Qureshi and Levin emphasized: “We are eager to return to Carl Morck and his glorious mavericks at Dept. Q. Scott Frank brought us top-tier storytelling and captivated Netflix viewers worldwide. We can’t wait to see what Morck and his team discover in season two.”