Backstrom

TV Series

2015

TV-14
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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16
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Drama

Detective Lieutenant Everett Backstrom is a man with no filter. After a five-year exile to the traffic division for offensive behavior, he has returned from disgrace to lead Portland's newly minted S.C.U. Tasked with navigating the city's most sensitive and serious cases, he must solve each crime as he tries, and fails, to change his own self-destructive behavior. Based on renowned Swedish criminologist and novelist Leif G.W. Persson’s hit series of books of the same name.

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Thu, 30 Apr, 2015
S1.E13Rock Bottom
When a Native American is found dead under a bridge on the Wabacooche Indian reservation, Amy’s new boyfriend and Indian Reserve Police Captain, Jesse Rocha, wants in on the case. Backstrom then learns that Indian meth-king Norwest, of Cooch County, is a suspect in the case, and he is convinced his father, Cooch County Sheriff Blue Backstrom, 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.
8.0/10
Thu, 12 Feb, 2015
S1.E4I Am a Bird Now
Backstrom and his team are called in when a member of Portland's LGBT community is killed.
7.0/10
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Rainn Wilson
Det. Lt. Backstrom
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Beatrice Rosen
Nadia Paquet
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Dennis Haysbert
Det. Sgt. Almond
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Genevieve Angelson
Det. Gravely
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Kristoffer Polaha
Sgt. Niedermayer
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Page Kennedy
Officer Moto
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Thomas Dekker
Gregory Valentine

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Release date

January 22, 2015 (United States)

Country of origin

United States of America

Language

English

Production companies

SoulPancake Productions
20th Century Fox Television

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