A comic crime drama following an offensive, but brilliant, detective returned from exile to run a special crime unit.
Lieutenant Everett Backstrom is an unhealthy and offensive detective who is brought back from a five year exile to head Portland Police Bureau's Special Crimes Unit. Tasked with working the city's most serious cases, Backstrom utilizes his dark instincts and odd abilities to solve crimes while trying to improve his own self-destructive behavior.
Comments (51)
04/16/15 at 10:14am
I love this show, it is great. I have never seen Rainn Wilson in anyting before but sure enjoy him.
03/19/15 at 10:55pm
I never watched the office so my opinion is not based on loyalty. But I like this show, it is different and quirky and intelligent. I like the fact that the leading man has flaws. This is a lot more like reality TV than the so called reality shows.
03/16/15 at 04:08pm
Get rid of the gay guy and you have a winner.
03/15/15 at 02:39pm
OMG! This is one of my favorite shows!!!!It's like Dr. House became a homicide detective! He's such an ass and you LOVE him that way!
03/12/15 at 10:50pm
Everyone should watch this series, and LIKE it- for one simple reason. Rainn Wilson. Backstrom- the show- is light-hearted, always funny, and just plain good dependable TV entertainment. Rainn Wilson could be funny in any part that's written for him, but Backstrom brings an interesting but still "comfortable" new character out of him. Kind of like he's the old Dwight from the office that we all know and love... but not even close. This is a show that I really enjoy, and look forward to every week. I sincerely hope that it lasts for at least 6 or 7 seasons.
02/22/15 at 01:58pm
Reluctantly, I watched the first episode. I say "reluctantly" because I am tired of the huge number of detective/criminal investigation shows already. Wanting to see Rainn Wilson again is why I watched. It's been amusing, enjoyable, and just different enough to make it interesting. I'll keep watching to see how things develop.
01/31/15 at 10:15am
This show has gone over well for me so far. It's great to see Rainn Wilson back on the small screen after a successful run on "The Office". It is definitely different than any other crime procedurals on the air today. Everett Backstrom reminds me of Kurt Wallander, another detective who lived a hard life while solving crimes. For those of you reading who do not know, a few years back, there was a adaptation of the Wallander books that aired on PBS starring Kenneth Branagh as the title character.
01/30/15 at 05:07pm
I like it so far ... this type of, unoriginal show, could go belly up very fast if the writers aren't very careful. The unshaven boozer lead is gonna be difficult to sell if not properly developed. I'll be watching, good luck ...
01/25/15 at 11:00am
There's a whole list of shows with scruffy, morally-suspect anti-heroes like Californication, Call Me Fritz, Shameless, etc. Backstrom joins the group.
The pilot showed a few entertaining byplays between the odd collection of characters, but other than that, nothing special.
Half-shaven boozers just don't appeal to me, (House and Elementary excepted).
The pilot showed a few entertaining byplays between the odd collection of characters, but other than that, nothing special.
Half-shaven boozers just don't appeal to me, (House and Elementary excepted).
01/22/15 at 10:09pm
After watching the pilot.. I will definitely be coming back every week. Its definitely another side of Rainn.
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