Motive: Season 1

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ABC | CTV | Season Premiere Date: February 3, 2013

Starring: Lauren Holly, Kristin Lehman, Roger R. Cross

Summary: The killers and victims are shown at the beginning of each episode of the imported Canadian mystery series as Detective Angie Flynn (Kristin Lehman) and her partner Detective Oscar Vega (Louis Ferreira) seek to discover who and why the killer(s) did it.

Creator: Daniel Cerone

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Suspense

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E13. The One Who Got Away
Air Date: May 16, 2013
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S1:E12. Ruthless
Air Date: May 9, 2013
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S1:E11. Brute Force
Air Date: May 2, 2013

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Tom Gliatto

May 16, 2013

Motive isn't ingenious enough to motivate imitations or spinoffs, but it's smooth and diverting. [27 May 2013, p.40]

David Hiltbrand

May 20, 2013

Its nonlinear, whydunit approach makes the show stand out. The fractured loop-de-loop narrative creates not just surprise but suspense. Read full review

Uncle Barky Ed Bark

May 16, 2013

It’s a reasonably involving series made better by the chemistry between the two leads. Read full review

David Wiegand

May 15, 2013

Instead of being a whodunit, Motive is a "whydunit," which, except for the appeal of the show's star, amounts to a "whocares." Read full review

Diane Werts

May 17, 2013

Lehman is good, most everything's OK, but nothing is especially fresh or compelling. Read full review

Mary McNamara

May 20, 2013

There is really only one reason to watch ABC's Canadian-import place-holder crime drama Motive--Kristin Lehman. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

May 20, 2013

You've heard of open-and-shut cases. Motive is more like open and yawn. Read full review

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JPManning

Jul 29, 2014

Set in and around Vancouver, this police crime show is fun to watch. I like the single story plots (no long-term subplots to struggle with interminably through. Nice plot twists. Good chemistry between all the lead characters. A pleasant change from today's heavy cop shows.

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wollyv

May 22, 2013

The series is entertaining. That is what it should be. If your are looking for art, change the channel, if you are looking for yet another entertaining, scripted crime drama you will like it. The victim and the killer are identfied at the start and the series is called "Motive", i.e. theThe series is entertaining. That is what it should be. If your are looking for art, change the channel, if you are looking for yet another entertaining, scripted crime drama you will like it. The victim and the killer are identfied at the start and the series is called "Motive", i.e. the "why" is the center of the plot. A little surprise, a little humor, a little "homicide cops & killer". Not boring, not "end guessable" and a must for hard-core Stargate- /SGU-fans.… Expand

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sapphine

Feb 13, 2017

not much twist, it get less interesting because the killer exposed in the beginning of the movie. there is not much up and down in the movie so after watching 3 seasons it gets pretty boring

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nautico

May 21, 2013

Boring. The only other cops-and-robbers series that I can recall as having used this device of identifying the culprit from the git go was Columbo, and Motive is no Columbo. Once the audience knows who done it, the writers must come up with a lot more reasons to keep watching such a showBoring. The only other cops-and-robbers series that I can recall as having used this device of identifying the culprit from the git go was Columbo, and Motive is no Columbo. Once the audience knows who done it, the writers must come up with a lot more reasons to keep watching such a show than the trite banter that characterized the opening episode.… Expand

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bigweezey

Jul 12, 2013

The show is called Motive. Enough said. Who wants to find out how a crime happened when we already know who the killer is? That already took the fun out of it for me. I care what the motive was but the could easily be a 5 minute show. Just ask the killer what the motive was and be done.

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toin0u

Aug 6, 2018

a stupid formatted serie T_T
a blond bimbo cop with his macho colleague who solve stupid investigations
oh yeah and by the way,
of course there's an hispanic a black man and a white man
pfffffff

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: February 3, 2013
Season 5

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  Air Date: February 3, 2013
Season 4

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  Air Date: March 26, 2016
Season 3

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  Air Date: March 8, 2015
Season 2

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  Air Date: March 6, 2014
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 3, 2013
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  S1:E13. The One Who Got Away
  Air Date: May 16, 2013
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  S1:E12. Ruthless
  Air Date: May 9, 2013
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  S1:E11. Brute Force
  Air Date: May 2, 2013
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  S1:E10. Fallen Angel
  Air Date: April 25, 2013
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  S1:E9. Framed
  Air Date: April 4, 2013
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  S1:E8. Undertow
  Air Date: March 28, 2013
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  S1:E7. Out of the Past
  Air Date: March 21, 2013
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  S1:E6. Detour
  Air Date: March 14, 2013
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  S1:E5. Public Enemy
  Air Date: March 10, 2013
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  S1:E4. Against All Odds
  Air Date: March 3, 2013
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  S1:E3. Pushover
  Air Date: February 17, 2013
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  S1:E2. Crimes of Passion
  Air Date: February 10, 2013
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  S1:E1. Creeping Tom
  Air Date: February 3, 2013