Matthew Goode will return to our screens as the grumpy Detective Morck, because Netflix's Department Q has now been confirmed for a second season.
The crime thriller, which aired its first season in May, well and truly gripped viewers, with Morck and his unlikely team, including Detective Constable Rose Dickson (Leah Byrne), Akram Salim (Alexej Manvelov) and DCI James Hardy (Jamie Sives), investigating the disappearance of Merritt Lingard (Chloe Pirrie).
The series ended with Lingard being rescued, Morck returning to Department Q, Salim being promoted and Hardy returning to work, hinting at future cases.
Season 1 was based on the first book from Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen's series, Mercy.
While details on the plot for the new series are being kept under wraps, there are 10 books in the Department Q series, so we can make some educated guesses about what the second season will be about.
Here's what to expect...
Another murder mystery
With the case from season 1 now wrapped up, we can expect to see a new case at the center of the second series.
As season 1 followed the first book, it's likely the second installment could take inspo from the second book, Disgrace.
Originally published in 2008, Disgrace follows Detective Morck and his team as they're given a cold case from the late 1980s, involving the brutal murders of a brother and sister at their family's summer residence.
Though the case was believed to have been closed years earlier, new evidence resurfaces, pulling Morck into a far more complex investigation than anticipated. Among the original suspects is a group of privileged former students, who are now successful adults. However, one of them, Kimmie Lassen, has mysteriously disappeared from public life.
The search leads back to the heart of Copenhagen, where old secrets begin to unravel.
Department Q's growth
Following the team's success in season 1, we can expect to see Morck's team expanding as they take on more cold cases.
At the end of season 1, Salim was given a promotion, so it'll be interesting to see how this plays out in the new episodes.
Will he and Morck be able to maintain their working relationship now that he's in a higher position?
Detective Morck and Dr. Irving's relationship
Within Adler-Olsen's novels, Detective Morck ends up pursuing a romantic relationship with his therapist Mona Ibsen.
In the Netflix series, Morck had been seeing Dr. Rachel Irving (Kelly Macdonald), who helped him to work through his PTSD, following the devastating shooting that left him injured and his peer James Hardy (Jamie Sives) paralyzed.
It took Morck some time to open up to Irving, but by the end of the season they managed to develop a healthy relationship. Could a relationship be on the cards for these 2?
New cast
With a new case and the department growing, it's likely we'll see some new faces, while Goode, Byrne, Manvelov and Sives are all expected to return.
We'll update you once we know more about the casting for season 2.
Salim's story
In the books, Salim's literary counterpart, Hafez El-Assad is portrayed as a very secretive character with not much known about his origins.
In the second book, El-Assad's extraordinary skills and competence begin to raise suspicion, with Morck and Rose questioning his possible connections to the Iraq War, a plot line that comes to the forefront in Jussi Adler-Olsen’s fifth novel, Buried.
It's likely we'll get to see more of Salim's story as the second season airs.
Department Q season 1 is available to stream on Netflix.
