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?
I love this show! It’s quirky but funny and the actors work so well together. I hope the network will reconsider and keep it or Hulu will pick it up. I can’t wait for each episode each week! Help keep it on air!!!!!!!
RENEW
I’ve never been a fan of Rainn Wilson, but I really loved this show! Don’t cancel this one!
Enjoyed this show; shame it was cancelled. And yet all of the “reality shows” continue; like I said, you can’t fix stupid.
Amen, sister!! I cannot stand the reality shows, it’s a waist of brain cells!!!
I love Backstrom! Fox already cancelled Almost Human and now Backstrom! Not fair! Not all of us viewers watch reality tv. This was a well written series with great characters and a believable story line. Come on now! Leave us with something and put it back on!
this show sucked tried to watch it and it was so dull and stupid
Great program, TRY another season!!
I really like this weird cop show, please do not let it end this soon.
keep this show
Love this show! Give it a chance – it is just getting interesting.
Please don’t cancel Backstrom…great characters, twists, and fun. It’s one of the few shows I look forward to seeing. Keep, keep, keep.
Keep it going. Awesome show!
Backstrom reminds me of Beck, Borgen, Father Brown; other other shows like from BBC, and MHZ. I love this TV show, please don’t cancel it. There is nothing like it. We need more MHZ/BBC network type shows which is what you have with Backstrom.
Innovative, insightful, different. This well-written and well-acted production must go on!
I greatly enjoy the very non-pc character of Backstrom and his teams ever present challenge of attempting to rein in his self destructive behavior, while giving him the support he needs to solve cases.
Keep this show on the schedule !!!