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- ABC
- Feb 3, 2013
- ABC
- Feb 3, 2013
Summary The Canadian mystery series lets the viewers see the killers and victims as Detective Angie Flynn (Kristin Lehman) and her partner Detective Oscar Vega (Louis Ferreira) try to discover who and why the killers did it.
Created By: Daniel Cerone
- ABC
- Feb 3, 2013
- ABC
- Feb 3, 2013
Summary The Canadian mystery series lets the viewers see the killers and victims as Detective Angie Flynn (Kristin Lehman) and her partner Detective Oscar Vega (Louis Ferreira) try to discover who and why the killers did it.
Created By: Daniel Cerone
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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21% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
64% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
14% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
51
21% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
64% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
14% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Motive isn't ingenious enough to motivate imitations or spinoffs, but it's smooth and diverting. [27 May 2013, p.40]
It’s a reasonably involving series made better by the chemistry between the two leads.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 User Ratings
6.6
61% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
17% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
22% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 User Ratings
6.6
61% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
17% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
22% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
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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SEASON 1
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.
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SEASON 1
It’s reasonably smart, reasonably interesting and reasonably well acted without being particularly good.
Lehman is good, most everything's OK, but nothing is especially fresh or compelling.
The standard pieces are all here, just fit into the hour in a different order.
Lehman’s character is allowed to exhibit a bit of a personal life, but for the most part the series doesn’t stray far from its criminal motif. Nor do other members of the squad have enough material to register beyond a blip.
You've heard of open-and-shut cases. Motive is more like open and yawn.
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 show than the trite banter that characterized the opening episode.
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SEASON 1
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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