Network: FOX
Episodes: 13 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: January 22, 2015 — April 30, 2015
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Rainn Wilson, Genevieve Angelson, Dennis Haysbert, Kristoffer Polaha, Page Kennedy, Beatrice Rosen, and Thomas Dekker.
TV show description:
This offbeat crime procedural is based on the Swedish book series by Leif G. W. Persson. The series follows Detective Everett Backstrom (Rainn Wilson). He’s an unhealthy, offensive, irascible (also brilliant) detective who is brought back from exile to run the Portland Police Bureau’s Special Crimes Unit (SCU).
Tasked with navigating the city’s most sensitive and serious cases, Backstrom must solve each crime as he tries, and fails, to change his own self-destructive behavior.
Backstrom’s second in command is Detective Nicole Gravely (Genevieve Angelson). Detective John Almond (Dennis Haysbert) is a kind and devoutly religious man who’s been married for 30 years and serves as a pastor on weekends.
Sergent Peter Niedermayer (Kristoffer Polaha) is the unit’s Forensics Liaison and Officer Frank Moto (Page Kennedy) is one of the members of the Special Crimes Unit. Foreign-born civilian Nadia Paquet (Beatrice Rosen) supports the detectives.
Meanwhile, Gregory Valentine (Thomas Dekker) is Backstrom’s decorator and “underworld connection”.
Episode #13 — Rock Bottom
When a Native American is found dead under a bridge on the Wabacooche Indian reservation, Amy’s (guest Sarah Chalke) new boyfriend and Indian Reserve Police Captain, Jesse Rocha (guest Adam Beach), wants in on the case. Backstrom then learns that Indian meth-king Norwest (guest Gregory Cruz), of Cooch County, is a suspect in the case, and he is convinced his father, Cooch County Sheriff Blue Backstrom (guest Robert Forster), knows about Norwest’s drug dealings, leaving Backstrom to make a difficult decision. Meanwhile, in order to keep his job with the S.C.U., Backstrom must impress Dr. Deb (guest Rizwan Manji).
First aired: April 30, 2015.
What do you think? Do you like the Backstrom TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a second season?
Backstrom looks at the human side of police work that is funny and current. Obviously a slice of values from both the straight WASP and lbgt. The show should be extended.
This show has really grown on me and now I really enjoy it. Please don’t cancel. I agree the viewing time needs to be changed.
Gritty, not pretty, funny, works flawlessly. A real world problem we often ignore is a keystone but not an endorsement. A bit like House (love/hate him).
Please keep the show! Move it to another time slot.. Up against Blacklist and Scandel is a bit much
this is a great show.funny and all the actors fit their parts so well.this is fox though,so don’t be surprised if it gets canceled.Fox has got to be the worst network out there when it comes to the shows it chooses to keep.they will never have a full schedule because they don’t give the shows a chance.almost human anyone?it was the fourth highest rated show of the season it was on.am I alone here?please keep backstrom!
Rainn Wilson is fantastic in this show. Plus its shot in Portland!!!
The guy makes me laugh. Like Columbo he is tenacious but his inability to be more compassionate drives his methods of deduction. RENEW!
It’s flawed – but Rainn isn’t. It needs a few more quirky characters and fewer pretty TV people. More LAW & ORDER less CASTLE.
Meant to say, I couldn’t watch it after 15 minutes.. That’s all I could take of this awful series.
Could watch after 15 min….
There were several instances of witty dialogue that made my wife and me laugh. We’ll give it another go.
I liked the main character… and the doctor, but we will see how it develops.
Just watched the first episode. I like it though I felt he might have bee a little too gross. I will tune in to see how he fairs, the cast is interesting and I love Rainn he is terrific.
Not bad…..we’ll see how the 2nd show goes. Mixed feelings…I do like Rainn Wilson.
Now this to me has some promise. Rainn Wilson has always managed to be a scene thief so it’s about time somebody took a chance on him and let him take center stage!!!
please give show a chance tough time slot not fair for rainn Wilson good cast