Samantha Orland

Samantha Orland is the main villainess from Backstrom 's second episode, "Bella."

She was played by Angelique Cabral.

Samantha Orland is an arson investigator with a twisted secret: she's an arsonist. She gets so turned on by the sight of fire that she started burning down houses, which she did while working in Seattle. Orland did the same once she reached Portland, and to cover her tracks, she falsified the reports and hired Backstrom to work on the case. Orland is caught by Backstrom, Gravely, and Mojo, when she's parked in front of another house that she intends to burn. During the interrogation, flammable chemicals are found in Orland's trunk and she is later arrested and charged with arson.