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?
This was my favourite show of the year. We have just started it here in the u.k.. I loved everything about it. Loved all the characters and thought the comedy was just excellent. Eg. Ya know what kids are into ñow? Suicide. There was a really good plot. I watch and read a lot of crime stuff so I am not happy when I see the same stories over and over just done by different actors. I thought backstrom and valentine were amazing together. I was so effected when backstrom got valentine to talk about his past when he was… Read more »
Shame to see this series end. Creative and quirky characters made this show interesting to watch.
PLEASE Netflix. PICK THIS UP.
Hopefully!!!!
everyone is sooo upset that the show was cancelled. It was different and entertaining. Nothing to compare to it on TV
Great show we on Buckley AFB Colorado loved it. My crew talked about it every week.
I loved this series and was looking forward to it this year. They say it had racial slurs? He lived with a gay guy, worked with a black guy….as the gruff man he portrayed I believe he loved the people around him…just hid his his heart a lot. I hope you reconsider putting it back on the air!
Damn right Nancy BRING BACK BACKSTROM!!
BACKSTROM====BRING BACK BACKSTROM!!!
I really liked Backstrom! I can’t believe it is listed as cancelled. I loved the quirkiness of Backstrom. His relationship with his brother was just starting to be explained by his Dad (the sheriff – another complicated relationship) and his Mom. We were just starting to understand the relationship between him and his ex-wife too. His co-workers, old and new were just coming into their own as characters. Too many well-written shows are abandoned before they have a chance. It seems advertisers would still rather have T & A programming. Frankly, I am sick of laugh tracks and no brains… Read more »
We are so disappointed with the decision to cancel this show! Fox Exes should really reconsider. We were really looking forward to the new season of ‘Backstrom’. The cast was so excellent and the writing was really good. What can we do to get ‘Backstrom’ cancelled?
love it please do not stop it
it is a great program
can someone else snap it up please its wonderful
all people want is rubbish reality shows not the well written and well acted shows
I can’t believe it’s coming back was a great show
I’ve been watching the TV listings to see when it starts and am deeply disappointed that it’s been cancelled. The most intriguing, amusing, and original show on TV last year. I was especially looking forward to how a deeply-flawed alcoholic would deal with the stresses in his life while he was in AA and the interactions with his sponsor. Would he patch things up with his ex?
ditto, but then again, they are looking to attrack kardashian types who will buy whatever their advertisers are selling. I would imagine a backstrom audience has a little more descretion.
Hell no it shouldn’t have been cancelled. It’s a great show!!! Please bring it back. They did the same thing with Deadwood. Cancelled right in the middle. No conclusion nothing. Backstrom is one of the few good shows on tv. All the crap that stays on tv we need SOME good shows. Some intelligent shows instead of all the mindless crap that’s on now. Something with substance. Every time there’s a good decent show on it gets cancelled to please all the mindless tv watchers who don’t like shows that you have to have more than a double digit IQ… Read more »
Unbelievable Just saw backstroms doc on another series so had to see what was going on twith this terrific show. Can’t tell from this site if it is completely cancelled but it doesn’t look good. Really like writing, characters and the actors who protrayed them. Only negative was when he (backstrom) started his “I’m you” speech he should have been more on the money than not as it happened. This would have given it a great “hook”. Please do not cancel