Motive: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Motive Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
The Vanishing Policeman
Mar 22, 2016
While Detective Angie Flynn and Staff Sergeant Vega adjust to his new role, the suicide of an officer with whom Angie and Detective Brian Lucas worked on a crime scene turns the te
The Dead Name
Mar 29, 2016
Angie fills in as staff sergeant while investigating a football player's wife's murder.
Index Case
Apr 5, 2016
The team goes after a killer who is spreading a lethal pathogen across the city.
The Score
Apr 12, 2016
Angie and Paula investigate the murder of an ex-con. Vega faces his boundary issues with Dr. Rogers and Lucas.
The Scorpion and the Frog
Apr 19, 2016
A murder with a familiar signature could mean a woman was wrongly convicted of a crime.
Interference
Apr 26, 2016
The murder investigation of a suburban mom takes a turn when her child is abducted.
The Dead Hand
Jul 5, 2016
Angie stays with a soldier who demands justice by taking the bullpen hostage.
Foreign Relations
Jul 12, 2016
Angie partners with an international agent to investigate the murder of a British politician's son.
Remains To Be Seen
Jul 19, 2016
The team goes on a hunt through the past to find the killer of a video game designer.
In Plain Sight
Jul 26, 2016
A woman is found nail-gunned to death. Angie embraces her relationship with Jack. Vega's frustrations force him to look for other options.
Natural Selection
Aug 2, 2016
A woman is murdered with what appears to be a medieval weapon.
Chronology of Pain
Aug 23, 2016
Angie races to catch a killer who is an expert at covering their tracks.
We'll Always Have Homicide
Aug 30, 2016
Three years after a killer gets away, the team reunites to close the case.