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Has Netflix's Dept. Q been renewed for Season 2?
Dept. Q is Netflix's newest British crime drama, which follows grizzly detective Carl Mork (Matthew Goode) as he investigates cold cases in Scotland and is sure to become your latest obsession.
The series is based on Jussi Adler-Olsen's crime novels of the same name, but has transported the story from Denmark to Scotland. Adopting a Nordic Noir feel as a result, Dept. Q finds Carl and his motley crew of outcasts investigating the strange disappearance of prosecutor Merritt Lingard (Chloe Pirrie) four years earlier.
With the narrative following a dramatic turn of events that will keep viewers guessing until the end, the season ends on a contemplative note with the team ready to take on their next case — which means fans will no doubt wonder if they'll get the chance to see the characters again. Here's what we know so far.
So far, Dept. Q has not yet been renewed for a second season, but the cast tell Yahoo UK they are raring to go for another season, with Goode sharing "that's the hope".
"Hopefully we get to come back down," Alexej Manvelov tells Yahoo UK, as he reflects on the chance to learn more about his character Akram — a Syrian refugee with a mysterious past and a knack for using martial arts to get answers he needs.
Goode is also keen to learn more about Manvelov's character, sharing: "I was saying to Scott the other day, what we really need to do is, A, season 2, and we need to get Alexej into eight weeks of Krav Magar training so the fight scenes in season 2 can be amazing. It's going to be a sort of Syrian Bourne."
Pirrie also shared her hopes for the show to return when chatting with Yahoo UK, admitting that she would love to learn more about the characters and how Adler-Olsen's work is adapted further.
"I'd love to see more," she says. "When I watched the episodes I was just like these characters are such fun to be with — especially for me, because there's so much work I didn't see. I wasn't around because I was on my own.
"So I just loved meeting all those characters on the screen and I just think 'I've got to spend more time with these people.' They're so great, I would love to see more of it personally, even though I'm in it! But I think we wanna follow them along, I want to see that team do more stuff together."
Dept. Q is out now on Netflix.
