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?
Love this show………………………..please renew.
One of my favorites, some of the best acting and writing on the air this year. KEEP IT!
Love this show!!
I like it–would love to see it continue.
Keep this show on the air, I told so many people about this great show. Sure it not a prime time soap opera. We need more shows like this to keep us entertained. The actors just fit together an complement the different personalities that are needed to make a series to work . Keep this show. No more reality shows please.
I am you…….and you need to renew this show! I really enjoy it!
We love this show…our favorite on TV , nothing as funny, quick and clever as this show. Don’t take it away
great show hope there will be a season 2 need to move to a different schedule than Thursday.remember star trek and mannix they were given a 2nd chance.
“GREAT SHOW” Watched every show & will continue to watch every show. Please do not cancel.
We love the show and hope it is renewed.
Love this show, and hope it’s coming back for more. Great cast, great writing..too good for network TV. I’ve seen it has very low ratings, so odds are not good for it.
Last night’s episode seemed like a ‘finale’, so even the show runners seem to know it’s going away. Wish FX network could pick it up, and it could be even more ‘edgy’.
I don’t want this show to be canceled! please give it another chance at a better time slot!!! I don’t think I can handle another show I love being canceled by FOX.
I really enjoy this show–it’s awesome! He’s brilliant and obnoxious–I think it’s a hit!
This is one of the few refreshing shows on TV that is worth watching. Great storylines,great acting from all member of the cast. It’s sad to think shows such as this is even up to be possibly cancelled when there’s numerous mindless reality shows on TV that have no content worth watching.
Great show, even holds the husbands attention!