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Critic Consensus: Backstrom's stale cop humor is a cop-out, availed little by the talented cast's attempt to make good of sloppy schtick.
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Cast
as Det. Lt. Everett Backstrom, Everett Backstrom
as Det. Nicole Gravely, Nicole Gravely
as Frank Moto, Off. Frank Moto
as Nadia Chickikov, Nadia Paquet
as Peter Niedermayer, Sgt. Peter Niedermayer
as Det. Sgt. John Almond, John Almond
as Gregory Valentine
as Amy
as Dr. Deb Chaman
as Chief Anna Cervantes
as ADA Steven Kines
as Sheriff Blue Backstrom
as Louise "Lou" Finster
as Gene Visser
as Dominic Chan
as Samantha Orland
as Albert Reid
as Norman Gilman
as Dante Trippi
as Capt. Jesse Rocha
as Sam D'Agostino
as Nick D'Agostino
as Sebastian
as Claire McGrail
as Jimmy Fei
as Agent Jacob Cole
as Larry Dabkey
as Dr. Alan Kobrine
as Cassandra
as Charles Turner
as Melinda Norburg
as Drew Carver
as Leon Mundy
as Celia Gu
as Robert Hodstetter
as Chris Borden
as Toby Percival
as Craig Lasalle
as Lady Mah
as Sen. Tobias Percival
as Martin Phinney
as Ryan Durst
as Tiny
as Edgar Norwest
as Leyland Eaton
as Danielle Black
as Judge Nunn
as Emma Germain
as Dale Kritko
as Rebecca Forrester
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Critic Reviews for Backstrom: Season 1
All Critics (40) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (26)
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.
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?
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.
The characters talk at a breakneck pace, the tone is dizzy and yet the results feel run of the mill.
It's all deeply familiar territory.
Backstrom isn't just far-fetched; at times it's downright silly. And clumsy. And painfully obvious.
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