Dept. Q Renewed for a Second Season by Netflix
Netflix today announced a second season of the gripping crime procedural series Dept. Q has been commissioned. The renewal follows the success of the show’s debut season, which captivated audiences with its shocking twists and turns.
Dept. Q Season 2 will be filmed and set in Edinburgh, following the success of the location in the first season. The series is an adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s novels.
From writer, director, and executive producer Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless), the first season of the series spent six weeks in the Global Top Ten shows on Netflix.
Matthew Goode will return as DCI Carl Morck along with his team of misfits, including Alexej Manvelov as Akram, Leah Byrne as Rose, and Jamie Sives as Hardy.
In the series, DCI Carl Morck heads up the maverick Dept. Q from the basement of an Edinburgh police station. Charged with cases previously deemed unsolvable, this darkly humorous, propulsive show delivers all the pleasures of a procedural, taking us into the complex mysteries not just of the cases but of the detectives themselves.
The executive producers include Rob Bullock, Scott Frank, and Charlotte Moore. Mona Qureshi and Manda Levin will oversee as executives for Netflix.
“We are raring to return to Carl Morck and his band of glorious misfits at Dept. Q. Scott Frank brought us best-in-class storytelling and thrilled Netflix audiences worldwide,” said Mona Qureshi and Manda Levin. “We can’t wait to see what Morck and the gang uncover in Season 2…. Edinburgh, we’re back.”
Scott Frank added, “I’m grateful to the folks at Netflix, as well as our shining cast and crew, for once more risking their careers to enable my folly.”
“I’d like to thank Netflix for giving us the opportunity to further investigate Department Q’s storylines,” commented Matthew Goode. “We have a wonderful cast and crew, headed by our resident genius Scott Frank. I cannot wait to read what comes from his magic quill!”
Left Banks Pictures executive producer Rob Bullock added, “So, we are going downstairs to Dept. Q for a second season. We at Left Bank Pictures nervously await what Scott has in store for his alter-ego Carl Morck, and the other enabling members of team do-lally. We salute Netflix’s courage to let them loose once again.”
