Backstrom
“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.
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Seasons
1.Dragon Slayer
5.522-01-20151hThe supposed suicide of a senator's son ends up being a homicide.
2.Bella
3.029-01-20151hThe team help to investigate an serial arsonist.
3.Takes One to Know One
6.305-02-20151hBackstrom and his team are called in after a youth pastor is discovered murdered at a church.
4.I Am a Bird Now
7.012-02-20151hBackstrom and his team are called in when a member of Portland's LGBT community is killed.
5.Bogeyman
6.519-02-20151hBackstrom and his team are called in when a teenage girl are abducted by an online predator.
6.Ancient, Chinese, Secret
5.526-02-20151hA murder leads Backstrom and his team to an illegal gambling ring.
7.Enemy of My Enemies
7.005-03-20151hBackstrom and his team must work with his estranged father in order to catch a suspected eco-terrorist.
8.Give 'Til It Hurts
7.026-03-20151hBackstrom and the S.C.U. investigate a hit-and-run that leaves a wealthy woman dead.
9.The Inescapable Truth
7.002-04-20151hA 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,...
10.Love Is a Rose and You Better Not Pick It
3.709-04-20151hWhen a young female sex surrogate is found dead in Portland's Rose Garden, the S.C.U. investigates what could be a crime of lust, rage, passion or possibly even love. Meanwhile, Ba...
11.I Like To Watch
16-04-20151hBackstrom and the S.C.U. are plunged into the zany, provocative world of a performance art festival when one of the participating artists is found dead. Their investigation turns u...
12.Corkscrewed
7.023-04-20151hSarah Chalke (“Scrubs”) Guest-Stars Backstrom comes home to find Dante Trippi, Valentine’s abuser, murdered on his doorstep. Worried that Valentine could be next, the S.C.U.’s inve...
13.Rock Bottom
8.030-04-20151hWhen 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....
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