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Published Nov 2, 2026, 4:36 PM EST
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Netflix has been pulling some of its biggest crime thrillers straight from the pages lately. 2026 alone has seen the introduction of Jo Nesbø's Harry Hole and the twisty Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal team-up, His & Hers, based on the novel by Alice Feeney, to rave reviews and global success. Gabriel Basso also returned as Peter Sutherland for the penultimate season of The Night Agent at the start of the year, with Season 4 wrapping filming back in September. Now, the streamer just got one step closer to reopening its department of misfit detectives.
Filming officially wrapped on Season 2 of Dept. Q as of October 24, meaning it's almost time for Matthew Goode's troubled Detective Chief Inspector Carl Morck to get back on the case. The series, based on Jussi Adler-Olsen's long-running series of novels, moved quickly to return after breaking out as a massive success last year, ending with a production schedule a bit faster than initially anticipated. It'll enter its Sophomore outing coming off a debut that has racked up over 27 million views to this point and spent six weeks in Netflix's global top ten. Series helmers Scott Frank and Chandni Lakhani will be going much further and larger than the moody streets of Edinburgh for their next story, too.
While the first season adapted Mercy and introduced DCI Morck and the titular department tucked away in the police department's basement as they crack their first cold case, Season 2 will take on Disgrace, Adler-Olsen's second novel. It will take Morck into the world of the Scottish elite, with Frank previously stating it would focus on "rich and powerful people who believe they are above the law.” Assuming the series sticks close to the novel, the investigation will begin curiously with the closed case of a young brother and sister murdered 20 years ago. The killer was found to be a student at a boarding school who confessed to the crime, but the file wouldn't be on Mock's desk if it were solved, would it? He's left to question who put it there, what they know that throws the verdict into doubt, and why they've come to Department Q now.
Release Date May 29, 2025
Network Netflix
Directors Elisa Amoruso
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Chloe Pirrie
Merritt Lingard
