Netflix has officially announced the cast of Dept. Q‘s second season, following the beloved thriller series’ renewal last year.
The first season of Dept. Q landed on Netflix in May 2025 to strong reviews, quickly becoming one of the streaming platform’s biggest success stories. Just a few months later, Netflix confirmed that it would be returning—with several exciting names joining the cast. Almost a year later, Netflix has finally confirmed those additions.
Perhaps the biggest new name in Dept. Q‘s credits is Greg Wise, who is best known for playing Lord Louis Mountbatten in the first two seasons of Netflix’s The Crown. He is also married to Academy Award-winning actress, Emma Thompson.
He will be joined in Dept. Q by Aisling Franciosi and Nicholas Rowe, who recently appeared in Speak No Evil and Red Eye season two, respectively. They will play the characters of Kimmie and Thomas Fulton, whose roles in the story have not yet been disclosed.
For those who haven’t already devoured the first season of Netflix’s hit drama, Dept. Q follows a detective returning to work after a traumatic incident that left his partner paralyzed and another officer dead. As he struggles to carry the burden of his past, a new case piques his interest.
The show received rave reviews from critics and currently sits at 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, with an even higher audience score of 90%. The show dominated Netflix’s viewership charts for several weeks and remains one of the most-viewed shows of 2025.
Tony Curran, Hamish Clark, Alex Ferns, Rebecca Root, Isla Johnston, and Amy Brenneman round of the show’s new additions. Netflix has also confirmed that Matthew Goode, Alexej Manvelov, Leah Byrne, Jamie Sives, Mark Bonnar, Kate Dickie, Aaron McVeigh, and Sanjeev Kohli will all reprise their roles from the first season.
Production is currently underway in Edinburgh, Scotland for Dept. Q‘s second season, with filming expected to wrap up within the coming weeks and post-production expected to finish around December. The season does not currently have an official release date.
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