Dept. Q Season 2 Adds 10 New Cast, Starts Filming in
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- "Dept. Q" Season 2 has started production in Edinburgh, Scotland, with 10 new cast members joining the Netflix crime series.
- Aisling Franciosi, Greg Wise, Nicholas Rowe, Tony Curran, Hamish Clark, Alex Ferns, Ross Anderson, Rebecca Root, Isla Johnston, and Amy Brenneman join in newly created roles for the second season.
- Matthew Goode returns as DCI Carl Morck alongside Alexej Manvelov, Leah Byrne, and Jamie Sives, with Mark Bonnar, Kate Dickie, Aaron McVeigh, and Sanjeev Kohli reprising their Season 1 roles.
- Scott Frank ("The Queen's Gambit") returns as writer and director, with Left Bank Pictures ("The Crown") producing; executive producers include Frank, Rob Bullock, and Charlotte Moore, with Manda Levin and Jessica Burdett overseeing for Netflix.
- Season 2's plot centers on a "terrible crime hidden in the highest echelons of Scottish society," per Left Bank's Bullock, who said the story is "for our times: rich and powerful people who believe they are above the law."
- Netflix's Levin praised Season 1's global reception in Scotland, the rest of the U.K., and worldwide, calling the new season "as darkly delicious as you'd expect."
Why it matters: The expanded ensemble of 10 new cast members—plus Scott Frank's continued writing and directing—signals Netflix's commitment to growing "Dept. Q" after Season 1's international reception. The shift toward a "rich and powerful people" storyline also repositions the procedural from basement cold cases into a class-and-power drama set in Edinburgh's elite.
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