Backstrom
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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Episodes
1. Dragon Slayer
The supposed suicide of a senator's son ends up being a homicide.
2. Bella
The team help to investigate an serial arsonist.
3. Takes One to Know One
Backstrom and his team are called in after a youth pastor is discovered murdered at a church.
4. I Am a Bird Now
Backstrom and his team are called in when a member of Portland's LGBT community is killed.
5. Bogeyman
Backstrom and his team are called in when a teenage girl are abducted by an online predator.
6. Ancient, Chinese, Secret
A murder leads Backstrom and his team to an illegal gambling ring.
7. Enemy of My Enemies
Backstrom and his team must work with his estranged father in order to catch a suspected eco-terrorist.
8. Give 'Til It Hurts
Backstrom and the S.C.U. investigate a hit-and-run that leaves a wealthy woman dead.
9. The 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.
10. Love Is a Rose and You Better Not Pick It
When 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, Backstrom receives very upsetting news about his mother.
