Backstrom (2015)

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Brilliant cop. Total jerk.

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.

• Released: 2015-01-22
• Genres: Crime, Drama
• Seasons: 1, 13 episodes
• Episode length: 1h 0m
• Network: FOX
• Status: Canceled
• TMDB rating: 6.8/10 from 94 votes

Created by Hart Hanson.

Top cast

• Rainn Wilson as Det. Lt. Backstrom
• Beatrice Rosen as Nadia Paquet
• Dennis Haysbert as Det. Sgt. Almond
• Genevieve Angelson as Det. Gravely
• Kristoffer Polaha as Sgt. Niedermayer
• Page Kennedy as Officer Moto
• Thomas Dekker as Gregory Valentine

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Backstrom

• United States: buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
• Canada: buy on Apple TV Store
• Australia: buy on Apple TV Store

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