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?
Should come back. Funny and entertaining.
It should not have been canceled! ! We loved it. Backstrom was one of only a few show we set to record, so not to miss it, we miss it!!!
So sad the hear it got cancelled I was really getting into the show
One of my favor shows
I loved backstrom! Funny ! Looked forward to watching it every week
This is the stuff that makes me want to quit watching TV all together, great tv shows get cancelled for no reason while the same boring ass reality shows get renewed season after season.
Why was this great show cancelled? Yet another one that we enjoyed canned and no idea why. Surely the ‘correct’ age groups enjoyed this? They managed to include all types of people and have clever storylines plus a bit of humour. Does not seem worth the effort to watch any new series when they almost always get canned a just one series!!!!
Loved Backstrom Please bring it back.
Love this series Funny and sad at times. Backstrom is great . Please keep it.
My wife and I loved Backstrom. PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!
Our family loved Backstrom. We thought the story lines where interesting and clever. The characters were interesting and offered many layers to discover through the series. We enjoyed seeing Rainn Wilson in particular. PLEASE BRING IT BACK!
Great show – would like to see the series renewed.
We love Backstrom, why would you cancel this great program?
Why on earth was this cancelled. Wonderful to see a totally non political correct programme that was also very funny. All the characters gelled together and the storylines did make sense. Did they bounce it around the schedules and the ratings dropped. Would have thought this would be popular with the only people TV companies seem to want to please (18-49). Suppose it has been replaced with yet another reality show in the USA as they are so much cheaper to produce.
Known for a while it was canceled but I’m still bummed. Loved this show.