Backstrom — 2015-2015 · 1 season · 13 eps

★ 7.4

Backstrom

Name: Backstrom
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 2015
Rating: 7.4

2015-2015 1 season 13 episodes

★ 7.4 (10,137 votes) Bottom 46%

IMDb

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.

Episode Ratings Grid

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E13

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Episode Power Rankings

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🏆 Top Episodes

#1 8.3

S1E5 Bogeyman

Backstrom and his team are called in when a teenage girl are abducted by an online predator.

S1E13 8.1

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.

S1E9 7.7

Inescapable Truth

A key witness in a drug investigation is found dead after escaping from his court-mandated rehab program, and Backstrom must figure out how he escaped and who killed him. However, when the S.C.U. learns that the victim is member of a band and all his bandmates dislike him, they start to believe that the killer may be someone closer than they expected. Meanwhile, Backstrom has reason to believe that Valentine may be more than just his tenant.

4. S1E10 "Love Is a Rose and You Better Not Pick It" 7.7
5. S1E11 "I Like to Watch" 7.7
6. S1E12 "Corkscrewed" 7.6
7. S1E2 "Bella" 7.4
8. S1E8 "Give 'Til It Hurts" 7.3
9. S1E1 "Dragon Slayer" 7.2
10. S1E3 "Takes One to Know One" 7.1

📉 Bottom Episodes

#13

S1E6 7.0

Ancient, Chinese, Secret

A murder leads Backstrom and his team to an illegal gambling ring.

12. S1E7 "Enemy of My Enemies" 7.1
11. S1E4 "I Am a Bird Now" 7.1
10. S1E3 "Takes One to Know One" 7.1
9. S1E1 "Dragon Slayer" 7.2

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Episode Engagement

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1 Standouts

6 Infamous

5 Hidden Gems

1 Forgettable

Top Standout: S1E5 Bogeyman

Most Infamous: S1E1 Dragon Slayer

Best Hidden Gem: S1E13 Rock Bottom

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