Network: ABC, USA Network
Episodes: 52 (hour)
Seasons: Four
TV show dates: May 20, 2013 — TBD
Series status: Dropped by ABC, picked up by USA
Performers include: Kristin Lehman, Louis Ferreira, Lauren Holly, Roger Cross, Brendan Penny, and Cameron Bright.
TV show description:
This crime drama has a unique twist in that it doesn’t focus on who committed a crime, but why the crime was committed in the first place. As the mystery unfolds, winding between revealing flashbacks and present time, viewers navigate the twisted and complicated maze of each murder, solving the puzzle alongside the detectives, piecing together more of the mysterious connections that drove the killer to commit murder.
When a murder is committed, Detectives Angie Flynn (Kristin Lehman) and Oscar Vega (Louis Ferreira) are on the case, looking for clues that will lead them to the killer.
Sexy and feisty, Angie is a thirty-something single mom from the wrong side of the tracks who proves that appearances can be deceiving. Oscar is intelligent, thoughtful, methodical and confident. He comes from a wealthy family and turned his back on an expensive Harvard Divinity School education to join the police force (a change of heart from his initial choice of joining the priesthood).
Others on the homicide team are: Doctor Betty Rogers (Lauren Holly), a medical examiner with a quirky sense of humor that belies the grimness of her daily job. Staff Sergeant Boyd Bloom (Roger Cross), the Squad Room Supervisor who was sidelined from the streets a few years earlier by a bullet. Detective Brian Lucas (Brendan Penny), a young eager beaver detective and newlywed who’s eager to learn and is fascinated about the often grisly procedures.
Angie doesn’t suffer fools or authority figures lightly. At home, Angie only wants the best for her teenage son, Manny (Cameron Bright), who is one of the few things in life that she feels she did right. But as far as Manny’s concerned, being the son of a cop is not the easiest gig in the world.
Episode #52
This TV series has not ended yet.
First aired: TBD
What do you think? Do you like the Motive TV series? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a fifth season?
So excited to learn that Motive is back on. I couldn’t believe it when I opened my new TV Guide and saw Motive was listed. Thank you USA network!
So glad Motive is back in the USA. Best show ever. ABC should not have cancelled.
Thrilled to hear Motive was picked up by USA network. Cannot wait to start watching again.
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I’m so disappointed that this show wasn’t picked up by another network and approved for a fifth season. Please bring back this exciting, creative and expertly paced show. The writing and acting are outstanding. Despite knowing the identify of the killer and victim in each episode, surprises abound throughout the stories and the history leading up to the crimes is explored so skillfully re why some murders happen that I often feel sympathetic towards the killer in the end.
Really surprised to hear Motive was cancelled! Great detective series.
Loved the show. Acting was superb! Sorry to see it go.
I am in shock, as a Canadian I value the creative talent that is given a chance to shine, but all too often our hearts are broken by the shows being short-lived. This was a show I would rush home to watch and would watch in repeats to catch every word! So sad. Typical quality being under-appreciated by the majority…
This show is too good to cancel. My husband and I loved this show and the actors within it. Please, please, please reconsider!
love this show, don’t think I caught all 4 seasons. need to find reruns. But way do these companies cancel great show like this ?
You must have heard we love the show; hence, you want to cancel it; LoL
the writers have done an excellent job and the cast is just so perfect!!!
Love this show…the fact that it is filmed in Vancouver is a plus. Why cancel a great show?
Yet another entertaining show. What can the fans do to prevent this?
This is a good show and should stay on the air instead of replacing it with something of a lesser quality, which seems to be the norm now.
Motive is a great show that should not be cancelled. Seems that every time something good comes along it get the axe and then replaced by something not so good.