Backstrom
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Backstrom

“Brilliant cop. Total jerk.”

★ 6.8/10 TMDB Premiered 2015-01-22 1 season 13 eps

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.

Last Episode Aired 2015-04-30
S1E13 — Rock 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.

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Billed 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
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