Enemy of My Enemies

Episode Summary & Review

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 Special Crimes Unit, race to find the suspected eco terrorist, before he/she strikes again. Meanwhile, Backstrom must confront old demons when dealing with his revered father, and romances are stirred when ex-fiancée Amy pays Backstrom a late night visit.

Our Take

The father-son material should be the emotional core here, but the show handles it so bluntly that the confrontations feel more like box-checking than actual drama. Rainn Wilson and his TV dad generate some real friction, though, and the case moves along fine. A middling hour that hints at depth it never quite reaches. Watchable, but skippable if you’re behind.