Backstrom

About Backstrom

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.

FOX's Backstrom is a crime series. Its themes are self-destruction, misanthrophy, and police detective.

It ran for one season of 13 episodes between January 2015 and April 2015.

Rainn Wilson stars as Det. Lt. Backstrom, Beatrice Rosen as Nadia Paquet, Dennis Haysbert as Det. Sgt. Almond, and Genevieve Angelson as Det. Gravely. The story is adapted from a novel.

Rebus, Luther, and Sharp Objects make useful companions to Backstrom. TMDB voters put it at 6.8 out of 10 across 96 votes and it carries a TV-14 rating.