Detective Carl Morck is heading back to the basement — and this time, he’s taking his cold case obsessions all the way to Edinburgh. Netflix’s acclaimed Scandinavian crime thriller Dept. Q has been officially greenlit for Season 2, and the production timeline is now confirmed. If you were one of the millions who binge-raced Season 1, this update is everything you’ve been waiting for.
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Dept. Q; Production Timeline — The Full Picture
Filming for Dept. Q Season 2 is scheduled to begin on July 13, 2026, in Edinburgh, Scotland, with a five-month production schedule running through to December 11, 2026. Wikipedia The filming start was originally planned for Spring 2026 but was pushed back by a few months, as reported in issue 1493 of Production Weekly. Wikipedia
Creator and director Scott Frank has confirmed he will return to helm Season 2, quipping that he is “grateful to Netflix for once more risking their careers to enable my folly.” Wikipedia The dry wit alone is reason enough to be excited.
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Dept. Q Season 2 — Everything at a Glance
| Detail | Info |
|---|---|
| Show | Dept. Q |
| Platform | Netflix (Global) |
| Season 1 Premiere | May 29, 2025 |
| Season 2 Filming Start | July 13, 2026 |
| Filming End | December 11, 2026 |
| Filming Location | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Creator & Director | Scott Frank |
| Produced By | Left Bank Pictures + Sony Pictures TV |
| Returning Cast | Matthew Goode, Alexej Manvelov, Leah Byrne, Jamie Sives |
| Based On | Department Q novels by Jussi Adler-Olsen |
| Expected Release | Late 2027 or early 2028 |
What’s Coming in Season 2?
Season 1 ended with Carl Morck successfully rescuing Merritt Lingard — but he remains convinced that the Leith Park shooting, which killed an officer and an informant, was a coordinated attack by gangster Eugene Errington rather than a random hit. Wikipedia That thread is expected to carry ominously into Season 2.
With nine remaining novels in Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Department Q book series still available as source material — covering cases from institutional abuse and human trafficking to a drowning refugee and a serial killer operating on a two-year cycle — there’s no shortage of dark, compelling directions for the show to explore. Wikipedia
The Nordic noir genre has produced some of Netflix’s most critically celebrated originals, and Dept. Q sits comfortably alongside the very best of them — methodical, psychologically rich, and grounded in a deeply layered central performance from Matthew Goode.
FAQs
Q: When does Dept. Q Season 2 start filming and where?
Dept. Q Season 2 begins filming on July 13, 2026, in Edinburgh, Scotland, with a five-month shoot scheduled to conclude on December 11, 2026. Wikipedia
Q: When will Dept. Q Season 2 release on Netflix?
Given the filming timeline running through December 2026 and standard post-production requirements for a drama series, a Season 2 release in the second half of 2027 or early 2028 is the most realistic expectation.
