What do you get when you combine the creator of Bones with one of the stars of The Office on a show based on a Swedish series of books?  I mean, besides a bit of a mess.  You get Backstrom, starring Rainn Wilson as a brilliant Portland detective who is his own worst enemy.

Sadly, despite an impressive cast, which also included Dennis Haysbert, Thomas Dekker, and Sarah Chalke, the show was a mess.  I obviously have not read the source material, so I don’t know if the flaws lied there or in the implementation of the translation.  Either way, the show will not live on to see a second season.