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?
We will miss this series. While it was brash and in your face at times, it seemed to have honest characters. Something Hollywood has lost due to there “political” leanings, (left) now that is getting boring.
Only if Hollywood could tell a story again. Wouldn’t that be something to watch!
Totally stunned to hear show had been cancelled. I just don’t get the powers that be; how can they endlessly run inane, stupid, completely useless programs, but get an original, smart, different show, top-notch cast(that really has chemistry); let’s cancel that. Can’t anyone save Backstrom? I am heartbroken, found a smart show I really like, and now it’s just gone. So sad
This shouldn’t be canceld! This brought fresh light to TV now days that it would be rediculis to remove it. I love this show.
Fox sucks when it comes to cutting shows. Forget the age group crap. It was a great show with great quirky characters. Yiu vould have given it one more season and moved the time slot. I no longer watch FOX!!!
I liked this quirky show sad to see its cancelled
This is bull ****. Fox this show was cool, so you didn’t **** can Bones?
RENEW THE PROGRAM
I loved Backstrom. I see some horrible tv but Backstrom gets the ax…..?
The last episode of Backstrom has 8.9 (out of 10) stars on IMDB and Fox canceled it? The folks at Fox strike again (yes, I said FOLKS not…). The people at Fox are insane. They cancel Backstrom, The Finder, The Mindy Project, Being Human, and of course FIREFLY!!!!! It is a shame Backstrom is tethered to Hart Hanson (don’t get me wrong, I think he is great) because Fox owns him which prevents him from going to other networks with awesome shows like Backstrom. This show is intelligent and would probably find itself at home on a good network like… Read more »
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tell them how you feel about Backstrom and spread the work to others.
It’s a shame shows like this get canceled & they keep **** like the Kardashians keep going.
Please DO NOT CANCEL BACKSTROM!!! It’s the BEST SHOW GOING!!!!!!!
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C.S.I vegas and C.S.I N.Y were two fantastic shows that i really love, it was bad enough C.S.I N.y was canceled but C.S.I vegas is still a hit show, so why are they canceling that, it doesn’t make sence. C.B.S needs to reuvaluate the great shows they are taking off . Constantine was a big hit but as usual N.B.C didn’t see what a great hit show they had and canceled that too, but i have herd another smarter station may pick it up on their network. I hope they do pick it up and it becomes a big hit… Read more »
there are to many reality shows on and they really suck i like many other people feel like youv’e replaced good t.v shows with a bunch of reality crap that no ones interested. we have enough of our own problems in life, we don’t need to come home and watch other peoples problems and anger, when all we want is to come home and enjoy a really good show.stop canceling all the good shows and have 1 network that deals with reality shows only for the few people who don;t have enough drama in their boring lives.Please i am so… Read more »
backstom is a great show it’s funny and very entertaining. It reminds us of house with Hugh Laurence and people loved House. well Backstrom is the the house of the show , except instead of being a Dr. with an attitude it;s a detective with the same attitude as house, please save the show, give it a chance for people to catch up. networks have canceled shows & reinstated then only to find out it became a hit. networks are to quick to pull shows before they have time to take off, don’t make that mistake with Backstrom. we look… Read more »
Stalker is a great show it’s funny and very entertaining. It reminds us of house with Hugh Laurence and people loved House. well Backstrom is the the house of the show , except instead of being a Dr. with an attitude it;s a detective with the same attitude as house, please save the show, give it a chance for people to catch up. networks have canceled shows & reinstated then only to find out it became a hit. networks are to quick to pull shows before they have time to take off, don’t make that mistake with Backstrom. we look… Read more »