Review of Motive

Motive (2013–2016)
6/10
An offbeat and unconventional crime drama about a team of investigators in which we know the identity of the killer
14 August 2019
At the beginning of each episode, not only is the victim identified to the viewer, but also the killer. As in Vancouver based an assassination has just happened and it has to be discovered. The disparate group of Vancouver Homicide Inspectors to focus on high profile cases being formed by acerbic-tongued , stubborn Detective Angie Flynn (Kristin Lehman) , accompanied by quick witted Detective Oscar Vega (Louis Ferreira) , alongside a youngest Detective Brian Lucas (Brendan Penny) , with help from the Coroner's office (Lauren Holly) and Officer assistant Wendy Sung (Valerie Tian) , all of them try to piece together the tracks . And under superior orders from Sergeant Mark Cross (Warren Christie) and Sergeant Boyd Bloom (Roger Cross) to get the difficult clues . Angie Flynn uses an unorthodox style , she is a well trained interrogator and has a great innate ability to get confessions by expose the guilty evidences , but she often has the competing priority of raising her problematic son , Manny (Cameron Bright) , as a single mom . Angie and her team set out to uncover the clues and motive by discovering the killer's connection to the victim and the evidence needed to resolve the crime . They have to wade through the proofs which will lead them through the more often than not less than straightforward path to discovering the killer and the dark motive . Behind every murder is a motive. The Murder is just the beginning.

Here there aren't spoilers , that's why we know from the beginning to finish the true identitity , both , the killer and victim ; being investigated by a profesional team of Detectives led by an expert homicide Inspector, resolving the city's toughest , most difficult , hardest cases . With an extreme dedication towards their quest for the true facts , she and her elite team of investigators work several complicated cases using their cerebral skills and equipment that are capable of finding valuable clues from the most allegedly unlikely sources, concerning the issue of whydunit rather than whodunit . As each episode starts by revealing not only the victim but the murderer as well. Spectators navigate a complex and twisted labyrinth of tracks themselves as they get a glimpse of the murderer and motive , before as well as after the killing is committed. That motive often is not fully understood by the detectives until they catch the murder . Kristin Lehman gives a fine acting as an intelligent Vancouver homicide detective tracks down the most cunning of murderers by attempting to figure out the often unexpected motive to the crime. Our available protagonists are well accompanied by a good plethora of secondaries and guest actors appearing throughout 4 seasons , 52 episodes , such as : Joanna Cassidy , Ty Olsson , Cameron Bancroft , Jeffrey Nordling , Francis McCarthy , Tommy Flanagan ,Victor Garber , Patrick Gilmore , Jennifer Beals , Molly Parker , Scott Michael Campbell , Christina Cox , Sarah Grey , Keegan Connor Tracy , James Remar , Susan Hogan , Tim Matheson , Erica Cerra , Jodelle Ferland , Amanda Crew , Martin Donovan and many others . From the successful executive producer, Daniel Cerone, of "Dexter" , Blacklist¨, ¨Dark Corner¨, ¨Clubhouse¨, ¨Operatin Threshold¨, ¨Sexy money¨, ¨Witched¨, ¨Constantine¨ and "The Mentalist" . The series was well directed by prestigious directors as Andy Mikita , Charles Martin Smith , Jeremiah S. Chechik , Gunnarsson , David Frazee , Bronwen Hughes , Mathias Herndl , Kelly Makin , Rachel Leiterman Fred Gerber , T.J. Scott and Kristin Lehman herself . Rating : 6.5/10 . Decent crime drama .
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