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Motive
GenreDrama
Created byDaniel Cerone
Developed byRob Merilees
Rob LaBelle
Starring
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers
Production locationsVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Running time40 to 43 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCTV
ReleaseFebruary 3, 2013 (2013-02-03) –
Present

Motive is a Canadian police procedural drama television series that premiered on the CTV television network on February 3, 2013, immediately following Super Bowl XLVII. The series premiere had 1.23 million viewers, making Motive the number one Canadian series premiere of the 2012–13 season.[1] As of March 14, Motive airs on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. Eastern / Pacific.[2] On May 8, 2013, CTV renewed the series for a second season.[3]

The series premiered on ABC in the United States on May 20, 2013, as part of their summer 2013 schedule.[4][5][6] On October 2, 2013, ABC announced it will air the second season in its summer 2014 lineup.[7]

Summary

Motive is a police procedural drama following the investigations of working class single mother Detective Angie Flynn (Kristin Lehman).[8] Each episode reveals the killers and victims at the beginning, and the rest of the episode details the ongoing investigation, the killers' efforts to cover up the crime, and slowly reveals the events leading to the crime via flashbacks.[9] This format is similar to that of the TV series Columbo.[10]

Cast

Main cast

Guest stars

Production

On May 31, CTV ordered 13 episodes from Foundation Features and Lark Productions, to be filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, from September 17, 2012, to February 26, 2013.[12][13]

Episodes

Season Episodes Season Premiere Season Finale
1 13 February 3, 2013 (2013-02-03) (Canada)
May 20, 2013 (2013-05-20) (U.S.) 		May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16) (Canada)
August 29, 2013 (2013-08-29) (U.S.)
2 13 March 6, 2014 (2014-03-06) (Canada)
2014 (2014) (U.S.) 		TBA (TBA)

Season 1 (2013)

No. Title Directed by Written by Canadian air date US air date Canadian viewers
(millions) 		US viewers
(millions)
1"Creeping Tom"Bronwen HughesDaniel CeroneFebruary 3, 2013 (2013-02-03)May 20, 20131.229[14]6.52[15]
Popular high-school teacher Glenn Martin (Joey McIntyre) is murdered by Tom Caron (Tyler Johnston), a stoner student who is part of a petty thief ring with his buddy Willie (Iain Belcher). What gives Tom away is Glenn's dog, who attacks people he doesn't know, including Angie. She deduces Tom is the killer when he mentioned that he had occasionally spoken to Martin at the dog park, and the dog knew him.
2"Crimes of Passion"David FrazeeDennis HeatonFebruary 10, 2013 (2013-02-10)May 23, 2013N/A6.06[16]
David Jacobs (Noam Jenkins) is a married mayoral candidate. He is also a killer. He ran over Tiffany Greenwood, his 17-year-old babysitter, with her boyfriend Kevin's (Anthony Konechny) stolen car. David stole Tiffany's bag after the crime. He had hoped to find a USB flash drive inside it. Tiffany had made a recording of him explaining to her why he had sex with a prostitute dressed like her. Kevin receives the drive in the mail from Tiffany. Angie and Oscar see him arguing with David at Tiffany's funeral. Kevin gives him the flash drive. However, Angie causes David to believe Kevin is going to implicate him in exchange for immunity.
3"Pushover"Charles Martin SmithWil ZmakFebruary 17, 2013 (2013-02-17)May 30, 20131.012[17]5.72[18]
Limousine driver Scott Hayward (Greyson Holt) is killed by customs officer Ben Crewson (Scott Michael Campbell). Scott was in love with Liane Heatley (Katherine Isabelle), a waitress in a diner, from which Oscar finds several receipts at Scott's house. Ben had asked Liane to help him get some money he has stolen from criminal lawyer Randy Sprague (Vincent Gale). Ben also stole drugs when he took the money. He plants the drugs on Liane, while he planned to escape with the money. However, Scott and Liane had initially duped Ben into stealing the money. Ben was going to use the money to open a flower shop for his love, Liane.
4"Against All Odds"Bronwen HughesJames ThorpeMarch 3, 2013 (2013-03-03)June 27, 20130.929[19]5.11[20]
Struggling single mother Sarah Muller (Liane Balaban) owns a convenience store. She has stabbed high-priced lawyer Shawn Mitchell (Dylan Neal) to death and stolen his wife Deana's (Chelah Horsdal) purse. Sarah also broke into customer Derek Crane's (Sean Owen Roberts) car and stole his gloves. Angie catches Sarah trying to ditch a crowbar, used to break into the Mitchell house, into the river. Shawn was killed in a struggle with Sarah when she was trying to track down a $7 million lottery ticket sold at her store.
5"Public Enemy"Sturla GunnarssonKatherine CollinsMarch 10, 2013 (2013-03-10)July 11, 2013N/A4.76[21]
Health food guru Jack Bergin (Cameron Bancroft) is found dead in his hot tub. Chloe Myton (Molly Parker) has killed him by electrocuting him with a stun gun. Jack's wife, Lila (Camille Sullivan), befriended Chloe. At a Bergin open house, Chloe saw a picture of Jack on a beach, the tattoo of a lion on his chest, and remembered him. Jack had raped Chloe, she never saw his face but knew that tattoo. Only after she is caught by the police does she learn that he had raped other female fans. With the case closed, Oscar asks Angie out to dinner. She considers it, but chooses to work instead.
6"Detour"Andy MikitaDennis HeatonMarch 14, 2013 (2013-03-14)July 18, 2013N/A4.62[22]
Mortgage broker Eric Chase (David Julian Hirsh) is strangled to death in the parking lot outside his office. Alcoholics Anonymous member Barry Ketchum (Aidan Devine), who has been sober for a year, has killed him in a drunken rage. Chase's ex-wife, Claudia Powell (Tammy Gillis), has attempted to get custody of son Chad from him and wife Ronnie. A witness describes a man named "Tony". Oscar learns that a guy named Tony Denato, a low-level drug enforcer, came into the office looking for Chase a few days before he was killed. Angie and Oscar discover that Tony Denato was the cover identity for Sergeant Barry Ketchum. She travels to his hometown to let him know that his name came up in a murder investigation. She then figures out the connection between Ketchum and Chase. Claudia Powell is Ketchum's estranged daughter. Her father honorably tried to force Chase to back down on the custody battle, but ultimately killed him. In present day, he pulls a gun on Angie ordering him to leave his daughter alone. He then points the gun at himself and takes his own life. At home, Angie has been reluctant to reveal the identity of her son's father to him. The Chase case has caused her to have a change of heart. She tells Manny that his father's name is Mark Hanson.
7"Out of the Past"Kelly MakinDaegan FryklindMarch 21, 2013 (2013-03-21)July 25, 20131.202[23]4.76[24]
Hank Cousineau (Chance Kelly) is a grumpy store owner who is not afraid to protect his business from street thugs. Doctor Monika Harper (Svetlana Efremova), who cares for young children at a local hospital, has murdered Cousineau. Angie believes his killing was personal. His throat was slit but he never defended himself. Cousineau recognized Harper when he saw her picture in the paper. He began taking photos of her entire family and threatened her son outside her home. Angie and Oscar find his camera. Harper's husband (Adrian Hough) supports her story that everyone was home at the time of Cousineau's death. His wife wasn't. The military informs Angie and Oscar that Cousineau had come back from a tour in Bosnia with a defeated attitude. Angie also learns that the woman Harper claims to be is dead. When she mentions this to her, Harper convinces her husband to run away. Betty tells Angie that Cousineau was paralyzed after being injected in the neck with drugs from Harper's hospital. Angie and Oscar show up at Harper's house just as the family is leaving. Monika Harper is really Djerica Simonovic from Bosnia. The Serbian doctor often took cigarette breaks with Cousineau, who had befriended a young Muslim boy. She had taken part in the mass killing of Muslim children. Cousineau couldn't stop her murders, including the killing of his young friend. In the present day, he threatened to expose her and she killed him before he could.
8"Undertow"Sturla GunnarssonDaegan FryklindMarch 28, 2013 (2013-03-28)August 1, 20131.062[25]4.52[26]
Charles Stanwyck (John Pyper-Ferguson) was a contractor for Sunita Rand's (Neelam Khabra) father, Vijay (Raoul Bhaneja). Charles has killed Sunita's secret boyfriend, Taylor Hollis (Alex Arsenault). Vijay is the suspect since Sunita was awaiting an arranged marriage with another man and Vijay's prints were on the murder weapon. Oscar finds it interesting, though, that contractor Charles, who had been renovating a restaurant, knew Vijay's alibi. When Angie finds drywall powder on Charles's toolbox and remembers that it was also found on Hollis's body, the conspiracy motive unfolds. Charles's son Riley had been killed by his brother-in-law Greg (Todd Thomson) in a drunk-driving accident. Charles wanted revenge. He and Vijay conspired to solve each other's problems, only Vijay doesn't complete his mission to kill Greg. Charles believes Angie will understand his motives, but she doesn't.
9"Framed"David FrazeeJames ThorpeApril 4, 2013 (2013-04-04)August 8, 20131.011[27]3.95[28]
Art enthusiast Julia Conrad (Hilary Jardine) dreams of having her own art gallery one day, but Marion Rieder (Mary Pat Gleason) kills her. Marion's son Owen (Nicholas Carella) reports to the police that his antique gun had been stolen. Angie learns that a bullet from that gun was what killed Julia. The gun may also have emitted a minor blast and the killer's hands might be burned. Owen becomes a suspect when it is learned he had asked Julia on a date but was rebuffed. He confesses, but Angie believes he is covering for someone. Marion pleads for Owen's release and Angie takes him home. It is then she notices Marion's burned hand. Julia had bought an original painting from Marion, even though it was ruined when Marion drew a cat onto it. Marion learned the painting was actually worth a lot of money and shot Julia when she refused to return it.
10"Fallen Angel"Andy MikitaWil ZmakApril 25, 2013August 15, 20130.835[29]4.32[30]
Noel Barnett (Tony Nardi) is the priest who has kept his St. Rock's Church from financial ruin. Unemployed chef Felix Hausman (Dustin Milligan) kills him. Felix's father and prison inmate Krzysztof Woz (Marcel Maillard) pilfered $2 million in diamonds a long time go. Felix has believed his father to be alive all this time, as he has received postcards from him. He learns that his father was actually dead, and the diamonds were once buried at his grave. Finding no diamonds, Felix kills Barrett who told him that he was the author of the postcards and that he found the diamonds years ago.
11"Brute Force"Charles Martin SmithDennis HeatonMay 2, 2013August 22, 2013N/A4.68[31]
Mark "The Machine" Mason was a boxer who takes care of his family, including his wheelchair-bound brother Joey. Mark is now dead, stabbed to death by Joey, who tells Angie and Oscar that he found his dead brother on the gym floor. In the past, Mark never listened to Joey's plans to increase revenue for their boxing gym, even after Joey's accident. The investigation into Mark's death is hampered when Joey goes on television and blames a street kid who hangs around the gym for Mark's murder. Mark had occasionally given the kid money. The kid eventually overdoses. Maggie doesn't believe the kid is their killer. Angie eventually notices the handles on Joey's wheelchair had been switched. Traces of Mark's blood are found on one. Joey killed Mark for being a quitter and never supporting his ideas.
12"Ruthless"Stefan PleszczynskiKatherine CollinsMay 9, 2013August 29, 2013N/A4.72[32]
While trying to find a motive in the murder of an executive assistant, Flynn and Vega discover a link between the killer and the victim that could uncover an even more deadly secret.
13"The One Who Got Away"David FrazeeJames ThorpeMay 16, 2013August 29, 20130.835[33]4.72[32]
A teenage boy's murder forces Angie to confront her past in order to catch the killer.

Season 2 (2014)

On May 8, 2013, CTV renewed the series for a second season.[3] The season is scheduled to begin to air in Canada on CTV on Thursday March 6, 2014.[34]

References

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