Season Guide
Backstrom Season 1
Season 1 Review
⚠ Spoiler alert Season notes below reveal how the story develops.
Season 1 of Backstrom premiered 2015-01-22 and ran 13 episodes through 2015-04-30.
Episodes
1
Summary The S.C.U. investigates the death of a college student. Initially deemed a suicide, the team discovers the boy’s death was in fact a drug fueled homicide. With Backstrom’s unorthodox…
2
SummaryArson investigator Samantha Orland calls upon the Special Crimes Unit for help with a case that gets escalated to attempted murder when a serial arsonist's most recent fire involves a…
3
SummaryWhen a youth pastor is found murdered at a church, Backstrom and his team at the Special Crimes Unit must solve the case while navigating the tenuous terrain of a…
4
Summary Backstrom and the team at the Special Crimes Unit investigate the murder of a prominent member of Portland’s LGBT community – a drag queen Internet blogger named Jenna Rose.…
5
SummaryIn the Special Crime Unit's most harrowing case yet, the team has three days to save a teenage girl who has been abducted by a slippery online predator. The team…
6
Summary When a Chinese fortune teller is murdered in Portland’s Chinatown, clues lead Backstrom and the Special Crimes Unit to a laundry service serving as a front for an illegal…
7
Summary An explosion on the Liberty Oil pipeline in Backstrom’s childhood home of Cooch County leads his estranged father, Sheriff Blue Backstrom, to Portland. Father and son, along with the…
8
Summary Backstrom and the S.C.U. investigate a hit and-run that leaves a wealthy woman dead. When the evidence points to vehicular homicide, the S.C.U. looks into controversy involving her charitable…
9
Summary 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.…
10
SummaryWhen 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,…
11
Summary Backstrom and the S.C.U. are plunged into the zany, provocative world of a performance art festival when one of the participating artists is found dead. Their investigation turns up…
12
Summary Backstrom comes home to find Dante Trippi, Valentine’s abuser, murdered on his doorstep. Worried that Valentine could be next, the S.C.U.’s investigation leads Backstrom to a ring of counterfeit…
13
Summary When a Native American is found dead under a bridge on the Wabacooche Indian reservation, Amy’s new boyfriend and Indian Reserve Police Captain, Jesse Rocha, wants in on the…