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 liked this show. It is reality.
Really like this show! Very upset it was cancelled!
Very disappointed to find out Backstram was cancelled. I was looking toward to the next season to only find out its not coming back! There are very few shows that my husband and I like to watch and this is one of them, well was one of them. Bring Brackstram back!
Loved this show, wished they would change their minds
Awww! So disappointed!!! One of the best shows on TV. Fox what were you thinking?? PLEASE bring Backstrom back with the same cast of characters.
I am sad that the show ended. Shows that the world has no taste!
Last show from “Fox” I will watch. Backstrom was great & Fox ~ not so good. Hopefully, someone else will pick it up ?
We loved this show! So sorry to see it go!!
I really enjoyed this show. It’s to good of a show to be cancelled. I’m very disappointed.
LOVED THIS SHOW AND ALL THE PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND GREAT SCRIPTS
Both my wife and I looked forward to watching Backstrom! It was a great balance between police work with a bit of hummer mixed in and something new all the time. You just can’t find shows like this any more and when you do they cancel them.
I have previously left a message telling the dumbasses at Fox how they cancelled a great show. But then I thought about it and realized that they don’t read these messages because they really are dumbasses and can’t read. If they could; they would be working at another network besides Fox.
sooooooooooooooooo disappointed!!! this show was great! you finally knock one out of the park and even manage to screw that up!!!!
This was a classic detective show. It should NEVER have been cancelled!
why are the networks so afraid of “off-beat” ADULT entertainment? Maybe thinking is no longer a part of serial TV. With all the dumber than dumbest shows out here I believe the program directors are playing to the Lowest fruit feeders.