Backstrom makes a lot out of this crime dramas obnoxious and at times amusingly, self destructive lead detective. Regrettably its not really enough to save this series from the label of "just another crime drama".
The series is well acted but the recipe it draws upon has, pardon the pun, been done to death. There's nothing especially original or sophisticated about this series, that would truly set it apart.Many of the crime scenarios presented thus far, are more than a little stale and the ad-hoc detection methods employed by the lead Backstrom, are never really reconciled when the crimes are, inevitably, solved. Indeed, if you pay attention, much of Backstroms detecting is shallow and full of holes. Often its the writers decisions, not his detecting, that make him "right", when the "ah-ha" moment arrives and the villains are unmasked.
The result is an "OK" series that's watchable but in no way remarkable.Six out of ten from me.
The series is well acted but the recipe it draws upon has, pardon the pun, been done to death. There's nothing especially original or sophisticated about this series, that would truly set it apart.Many of the crime scenarios presented thus far, are more than a little stale and the ad-hoc detection methods employed by the lead Backstrom, are never really reconciled when the crimes are, inevitably, solved. Indeed, if you pay attention, much of Backstroms detecting is shallow and full of holes. Often its the writers decisions, not his detecting, that make him "right", when the "ah-ha" moment arrives and the villains are unmasked.
The result is an "OK" series that's watchable but in no way remarkable.Six out of ten from me.