Backstrom (2015)

Comedy · Crime · Drama

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.

IMDb rating: 7.4 (10,224 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 ↑ +0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2015)

7.51 avg 13 episodes 7.2 → 8.1 45 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dragon Slayer	7.2	530
2	Bella	7.4	379
3	Takes One to Know One	7.1	336
4	I Am a Bird Now	7.1	316
5	Bogeyman	8.3	425
6	Ancient, Chinese, Secret	7.0	271
7	Enemy of My Enemies	7.1	274
8	Give 'Til It Hurts	7.3	236
9	Inescapable Truth	7.8	227
10	Love Is a Rose and You Better Not Pick It	7.8	216
11	I Like to Watch	7.8	201
12	Corkscrewed	7.6	187
13	Rock Bottom	8.1	224