Backstrom
2015 · TV Series · TV-14 · 60 min · ★ 6.8 · 44% critics
Detective Lieutenant Everett Backstrom returns to lead a newly formed Serious Crime Unit, handling Portland’s most sensitive cases. Known for being blunt and self-destructive, he must solve each crime while struggling to change his own behavior, as the series draws from Swedish crime novels.
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-01-22
- Network
- FOX
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Critic score
- 44/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (91 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a grumpy, joke-heavy police drama with serious moments and unusual case energy; Not for you if you need a clean, standard cop-show tone like Bones or Big Sky.
Pros: sharp, witty humor; strong lead performance; smart, quirky cases | Cons: grating, damaged lead; cancellation concerns; continuity issues
Themes
- based on novel or book
- self-destruction
- portland, oregon
- misanthrophy
- police detective
Cast & crew
Rainn Wilson
as Det. Lt. Backstrom
Beatrice Rosen
as Nadia Paquet
- EC
Ever Carradine
as Lucy Harms
- AS
Amy Lynn Stewart
as Jennifer lennox
- SB
Sterling Beaumon
as Ryan Durst
- EJ
Evan Jones
as Gene Visser
- IC
Inga Cadranel
as Chief Anna Cervantes
- RM
Rizwan Manji
as Dr. Deb Chaman
Paula Newsome
as Jill Chapin
Dennis Haysbert
as Det. Sgt. Almond
Directed by Mark Mylod
Created by Hart Hanson
Episodes1 season · 13 episodes
Season 113 episodes
- S1E1Dragon Slayer60m
- S1E2Bella60m
- S1E3Takes One to Know One60m
- S1E4I Am a Bird Now60m
- S1E5Bogeyman60m
- S1E6Ancient, Chinese, Secret60m
- S1E7Enemy of My Enemies60m
- S1E8Give 'Til It Hurts60m
- S1E9The Inescapable Truth60m
- S1E10Love Is a Rose and You Better Not Pick It60m
- S1E11I Like To Watch60m
- S1E12Corkscrewed60m
- S1E13Rock Bottom60m