Backstrom - Season 1 - Eps 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.
About Backstrom
Title: Backstrom
First Air Date: 2015-01-22
Last Air Date: 2015-04-30
Status: Canceled
Rating: 6.729/10 (from 83 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 13
Network: FOX
Genres: Crime, Drama
Production Companies: SoulPancake Productions, 20th Century Fox Television, Far Field Productions
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Rainn Wilson
Det. Lt. Backstrom
Beatrice Rosen
Nadia Paquet
Dennis Haysbert
Det. Sgt. Almond
Genevieve Angelson
Det. Gravely
Kristoffer Polaha
Sgt. Niedermayer
Page Kennedy
Officer Moto
Thomas Dekker
Gregory Valentine