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Topics: Film and TV, Netflix, Streaming, Reddit
Callum Jones
Netflix subscribers' voices have finally been heard after the streamer announced that the 'best series of 2025' is returning for a second season.
There's no doubt that crime series, whether they be true crime or fictional, have a huge following on Netflix and other streaming platforms out there.
There's been a 'crazy' mini-series that gets 'more horrifying with each episode, while a drama is the next big thing from Scott Frank, the creator of The Queen’s Gambit, hit the spot earlier this year.
The series, called Dept. Q, focuses on a cold case department being set up within a Scottish police force.
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Starring the likes of Matthew Goode, Chloe Pirrie, Alexej Manvelov, Leah Byrne, and Kate Dickie, Dept. Q was dubbed by one fan as the 'best series of 2025', while many others called for another season.
Discussing the matter on a Netflix-dedicated thread on Reddit, someone wrote: "I need/want season 2. It's so good."
"100% agreed," said someone else about another season of Dept. Q. "Watched it over the weekend and loved it."
Dept. Q sits at an impressive 88 percent Rotten Tomatoes score, meaning it impressed critics equally as much.
And now everyone's questions have been answered as Netflix has announced another season of Dept. Q will be coming in the future.
“I’d like to thank Netflix for giving us the opportunity to further investigate Dept. Q’s storylines,” Goode said of the news. "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!”
Meanwhile, Netflix executives Mona Qureshi and Manda Levin said in a joint statement: "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. We can’t wait to see what Morck and the gang uncover in Season 2 … Edinburgh, we’re back."
The news has certainly been welcomed by fans, as one person penned: "BEST news ever!!! It cannot come soon enough. Here’s to multiple seasons ahead!"
A second added: "This genuinely made me happy for a minute," while a third remarked: "Yesssss !!!!! Been waiting eagerly for this announcement."
The first offering of Dept. Q was given a four-star review by The Guardian's Lucy Mangan, who said: "This excellent crime drama is a grimy, gothic treat.
"The performances… are all first rate. (Goode, as the bearded, gaunt, increasingly haunted detective, is the blackly shining centrepiece.) The script is sharp and lean.
"A slightly harrowing treat, but a treat all the same."