Netflix renews Dept. Q for season 2, and I think it should time its release date to steal a rival HBO Max show's thunder

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Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:15:00 +0000

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Crime fans, rejoice! Netflix has officially renewed Dept. Q for season 2, but I think the streamer should spice up the competition by timing its release with a HBO Max giant.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Netflix renews Dept. Q for second season less than three months after season 1
wrapped Main characters are set to return Plot details are being kept under wraps

Almost three months after the release of its first season, Netflix has confirmed that Dept. Q season 2 is officially going ahead. Executive producer Rob Bullock of Left Bank Pictures said in a press statement: We are going downstairs to Dept. Q for a second season. We at Left Bank Pictures nervously await what Scott has in store for his alter-ego Carl Morck, and the other enabling members of team do-lally. We salute Netflixs courage to let them loose once again.

Co-creator Scott Frank added: Im grateful to the folks at Netflix, as well as our shining cast and crew, for once more risking their careers to enable my folly. Season 1 drew in 222 million hours of viewing worldwide on one of the best streaming services , spending six weeks in Netflixs top 10 chart.

Thankfully, weve already got a fairly clear idea of where new episodes will head next, with Moira (Kate Dickie) telling Hardy (Jamie Sives) at the end of the first season that she has a brand-new case for him to look at. All of our other season 1 plotlines were neatly solved, so theres a chance we could see some unexpected format shakeups down the line.

However, the promise of a new cold case isnt quite enough for me on its own. If we want the 2026 streaming calendar to be truly exciting (assuming Netflix doesnt do its old trick of waiting a million years to put out another
series), why not coincide the release of Dept Q. season 2 with the HBO Max show that rivalled season 1 only a few months ago? Netflix should pit Dept. Q season 2 against HBO Max giant The Pitt (pun intended)

Whats struck me most about the Dept Q. season 2 renewal news is how many fans (see the Reddit comment above as example) loved watching season 1 alongside medical drama The Pitt . Neither show is one where you can easily catch your breath, even though they are each polar opposites of each other ( Dept. Q follows cold cases, The Pitt follows a shift in a manic ER department). Earlier in the year, we had the tail end of The Pitt season 1 overlap with
the debut of Dept Q ., and it turned out to be the best binge-worthy partnership weve had in ages.

So, what if Netflix and HBO Max do it again, whether thats facing off as rivals or teaming up to give viewers exactly what they want? We already know The Pitt season 2 will definitely premiere in January 2026, picking up ten months after season 1 during a hectic fourth of July weekend. If Dept. Q got its skates on and released a new season in May 2026, wed get the same delicious streaming crossover we had this year.

From the teams press statements, its difficult to tell how far into the development process they are for the second season. On the one hand, Netflix is notorious for taking its time between seasons, as Stranger Things , Wednesday and Squid Game have all shown. However, Dept. Q has a much smaller production scale than any of the bigger IPs, hopefully meaning shooting wouldnt take as long anyway.

But who knows? Its all speculation at this point. We have no idea whats waiting for Hardy in the basement, and the team could literally be taken anywhere. As Frank told Collider after season 1 was released, This is based
on a series of books. The second book in the series is quite good, so Ive got a great idea for a second season. It is another cold case and also a current case, at the same time, that theyre looking into. So, I would do that. I dont know that I would necessarily do nine episodes. I might just do six next
time. Well see. But I do know what I want to do next. I do have the story in mind for the next season.

As long as I can offset it with Dr. Robbie (Noah Wyle) crying in a slump on the floor in a Pittsburgh hospital, Ill be one happy subscriber. You might also like Netflix confirms November release for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein here's how I plan on watching it sooner Night Always Comes has just hit Netflix, and Julia Fox is unironically the best part of Vanessa Kirbys complex caper Monster season 4: everything we know so far about the
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