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?
I love the show and hope it is renewed. It is a fresh departure from most crime shows.
Love the show and hope, it Will be renew for a 5th season
Show is awesome I’ve been watching it on USA catching up. Needs to stay on the air
This is my favourite show. It is such an original concept and there is no other like it on television. I pray that they don’t cancel this show. A Canadian show to be proud of.
LOVE this show…so happy USA picked it up (can’t believe ABC cancelled it in the first place) Great premise..great actors..great writing..My favorite show on TV now!
I love this show. I enjoy that it is set in Canada, as I get tired of the same old settings on American television. I did not know that USA had picked it up until a couple of weeks ago, but have been catching up via On-Demand. I hate to see that CTV will not be doing a season 5!
love this show!!! please make new episodes. can’t believe abc cancelled it!!
I hope they continue this show. Finally a Canadian show that doesn’t change the locale to the USA. Actors are great as are the plots.
I love the the show. If USA does not want it sell it to another right s to another network.
I also love this show. I see that USA has changed it to Monday nights starting in may.
MY HUSBAND AND I LOVE THIS SHOW. DON’T CANCEL!!!!
What is wrong with TV???? Giving up a quality show like ‘Motive” for junk reality shows. I know they are cheap to produce, but they are cheap period. I will not waste my valuable time watching junk, as near the age of 80, I do not have that much more time to waste. Thank you to USA, they know talent and quality acting and entertainment that makes to mind work and not just mindless TV. Thanks again for bringing them back. Acting ans story lines are superb.
Fantastic! – really glad to hear the show is coming back
yea!!! i’m SO happy ‘Motive’ is back!!! thanks, USA!!!
This is GREAT news. I was waiting to binge watch and I was a little depressed it would be the last season but now I can watch and look forward to more. Thank you USA for seeing the potential for this show. I loved the whole idea of finding the motive behind the crime. I found myself feeling more for the killer in most cases. I wasn’t surprised it was dropped in the US as the networks here have delusions of grandeur and seem to think that intelligent people are only interested in the unrealistic situations created for reality TV.… Read more »