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Backstrom

Backstrom

Backstrom

Backstrom

Brilliant cop. Total jerk.

2015 - 2015•1 season•13 episodes•~1h 0m•

★6.8(91 ratings)

CrimeDrama

Overview

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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Main Cast

Rainn Wilson

Rainn Wilson

Det. Lt. Backstrom

Beatrice Rosen

Beatrice Rosen

Nadia Paquet

Dennis Haysbert

Dennis Haysbert

Det. Sgt. Almond

Genevieve Angelson

Genevieve Angelson

Det. Gravely

Kristoffer Polaha

Kristoffer Polaha

Sgt. Niedermayer

Page Kennedy

Page Kennedy

Officer Moto

Thomas Dekker

Thomas Dekker

Gregory Valentine

Full Crew

Writing

Novel: Leif G.W. Persson

Music & Sound

Original Music Composer: Jamie Forsyth

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Stephen McNutt

Art Direction

Art Direction: Shannon Grover
Set Decoration: Matthew Versteeg

Keywords

based on novel or bookself-destructionportland, oregonmisanthrophypolice detective

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Did You Know?

#1

The show's tagline is: "Brilliant cop. Total jerk."

#2

The series spans 1 season with 13 episodes in total (avg. 13 per season).

#3

Each episode runs approximately 60 minutes.

#4

Originally aired on FOX.

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Rating

6.8/10

Good

91 votes

TV Show Facts

Original Name:

Backstrom

Status:

Canceled

In Production:

No

Age Rating:

TV-14

Language:

English

Country of Origin:

United States of America

First Episode:

1/22/2015

Last Episode:

4/30/2015

Networks:

FOX

Production Companies:

SoulPancake Productions

20th Century Fox Television

20th Century Fox Television

Far Field Productions

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