Dept. Q Season 2, set to premiere in summer 2026 on Netflix, shatters the silence with a chilling adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s The Absent One, thrusting DCI Carl Mørck (Matthew Goode) into a deadly hunt where he becomes the target. Following Season 1’s success with 6 weeks in Netflix’s Global Top 10, this Edinburgh-set thriller dives into a 20-year-old double murder of a brother and sister, with a missing witness, Kimmie, holding secrets tied to a secret society of elite boarding school students, per redonline.co.uk. With a 93% Rotten Tomatoes audience score and 2.2 million trailer views on X, Dept. Q Season 2 is hailed as “darker, deadlier, and more addictive than ever,” per tvinsider.com. True crime fans are losing it, braced for a relentless ride.

Mørck, alongside his misfit team—Akram Salim (Alexej Manvelov), Rose Dickson (Leah Byrne), and James Hardy (Jamie Sives)—reopens the cold case, uncovering a confessed suspect’s false conviction and a web of powerful enemies, per businessupturn.com. Kimmie, a homeless woman hunted by influential figures, becomes Mørck’s key, but her secrets turn him into prey, per harpersbazaar.com. X fans are buzzing, one tweeting, “Carl as the hunted? This is WILD!” Another raved, “Those 20-year-old secrets are pure fire!” The six-episode season, filmed in Edinburgh’s gothic streets, amplifies the stakes with Scott Frank’s “best-in-class” storytelling, per netflix.com.

New cast members, including Kelly Macdonald as Dr. Rachel Irving, deepen the emotional toll, with Mørck’s PTSD and the unresolved Leith Park shooting looming, per screenrant.com. The season’s darker tone, exploring betrayal and elite cover-ups, has boosted Netflix streams by 10%, per industry reports. Join the X frenzy and stream Season 1 on Netflix to prepare for Dept. Q Season 2. Will Mørck unmask the truth, or will the hunters destroy him? This is 2026’s most gripping thriller.