Motive

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC , CTV
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 3, 2013
Season #: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 23
  3. Negative: 5 out of 23
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  1. wollyv
    May 22, 2013
    8
    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. the "why" is the center of the plot. A little surprise, a little humor, a little "homicide cops & killer".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. 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
  2. JPManning
    Jul 29, 2014
    8
    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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#85 Most Shared TV Season of 2013

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Mike Lechevallier
    May 22, 2013
    38
    Motive flounders chiefly, however, because it expends lasting suspense by providing the audience with all the hard facts they need up front, subsequently granting them an invitation to leave the party early.
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  2. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: David Hiltbrand
    May 20, 2013
    70
    Its nonlinear, whydunit approach makes the show stand out. The fractured loop-de-loop narrative creates not just surprise but suspense.
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  3. Hitfix
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    May 20, 2013
    50
    The characters don't feel any richer here than they do on CBS' various cop shows, and the series doesn't even commit to how much it wants to keep you guessing about why the crime occurred.
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