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Backstrom - Season 1

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The Portland Police Bureau's Elite Special Crimes Unit is led by Det. Lt. Everett Backstrom, an alcoholic and smoker who is in failing health, but takes on cases in special circumstances.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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January 15, 2015

It's not the character work or the performances that take Backstrom in the occasional wrong direction. The evidence convicts the writing, which is suspect in each of the three episodes sent to critics.
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The Spinoff
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January 15, 2019

Halfway through the episode I realised that Backstrom is just a bad House, with a few more dead bodies.
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RogerEbert.com
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January 20, 2015

This is one of those shows where one starts to feel bad for the ensemble, as they trudge through bad scripts, doing all they can to elevate it but sinking into the generic quicksand as Wilson over-acts his way into cancellation.
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Common Sense Media
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December 23, 2014

Crime dramedy with offensive lead misses the mark.
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Orlando Sentinel
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January 20, 2015

The characters talk at a breakneck pace, the tone is dizzy and yet the results feel run of the mill.
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TV Over Mind
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March 12, 2020

Backstrom is a lifeless carbon copy of a dozen other shows.
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Uncle Barky
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January 21, 2015

What you'll see is the best broadcast TV cop drama of the season, with a dirty-to-the-touch sleuth played to the hilt by an actor who's very much up for this. Rainn Wilson has found a role that fits him like an ugly, stretched-out poncho.
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Oregonian
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January 20, 2015

Wilson's talent for dark humor helps keep us interested in Backstrom, even when he's irritating.
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Newsday
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January 20, 2015

It's all deeply familiar territory.
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Forbes
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January 15, 2015

If given the chance, there's a real possibility for the show to become a decent hit with a passionate fan-base that will follow it to the depths of hell.
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Media Life
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January 21, 2015

On Backstrom, neither the character-driven byplay nor the mystery-driven suspense is award worthy, but together they kill an hour pleasantly. Is that a crime?
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Detroit News
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February 23, 2015

Backstrom isn't just far-fetched; at times it's downright silly. And clumsy. And painfully obvious.
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