TV series

Backstrom

2015 · 1 season

A grumpy, quippy detective procedural that coasts on its lead's abrasive charm and oddball team banter.

Tagline: Brilliant cop. Total jerk.
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Cynical, satirical, dark and warm. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Crime, obsession, redemption, guilt
Content: Strong language. Mild violence, gore and sexual content.
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Tone: cynicalstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
obsession
redemption
guilt
work
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild