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 certainly hope this bad decision is reconsidered. At least give this show one more season. I thoroughly enjoy it.
I certainly hope this bad decision is reconsidered. At least give this show one more season. I
My husband and I loved this show. Hope another network picks it up!
A great, quirky show. Hope someone picks it up. Lots of fun.
great programs.. love story line
This was my favorite show in years. I really hope FOX reconsiders or Netflix picks it up. Great, original characters and storylines. The characters are believable, and very flawed which makes them very interesting in my opinion. The characters’ personalities on most TV shows these days are just plain boring. Not the case here.
I loved that show! I really wish it had not been cancelled!
I really wish it hadn’t been cancelled. It was an awesome cast.
It is a great cast and a great show. I definitely think it should have been renewed.
It SHOULD NOT BE CANCELED, YOU BARELY GIVE THESE SHOWS A CHANCE TO CATCH ON.! I’M TIRED OF IT! !!!
Backstrom should come back or get picked up by another network. Great show, great characters.
Backstrom was a great tv series! It really upsets me that it was cancelled! My whole family loved it!
Why ever would you get rid of Backstrom, Battle Creek and Forever???? They were three of our favorite shows for this past season. Not everybody wants to watch reality shows!
Sam and Mary
Bakstrom was our ( my wife and MY ) favorite show. I have no idea why it was cancelled but this is why we watch very little broadcast tv. I guess we are right not to get invested in netwoks. There is an idiot somewhere that thinks they are the supreme knower of what everyone likes. Everyone we talk to loved the show…
I really enjoyed that show so did the rest of my family don’t know why they canceled it