Motive: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Motive Season 3.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
The Vanishing Policeman
Mar 22, 2016 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
Angie fills in as staff sergeant while investigating a football player's wife's murder.
Index Case
Apr 5, 2016 · 44 min
The team goes after a killer who is spreading a lethal pathogen across the city.
The Score
Apr 12, 2016 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
A murder with a familiar signature could mean a woman was wrongly convicted of a crime.
Interference
Apr 26, 2016 · 44 min
The murder investigation of a suburban mom takes a turn when her child is abducted.
The Dead Hand
Jul 5, 2016 · 44 min
Angie stays with a soldier who demands justice by taking the bullpen hostage.
Foreign Relations
Jul 12, 2016 · 44 min
Angie partners with an international agent to investigate the murder of a British politician's son.
Remains To Be Seen
Jul 19, 2016 · 44 min
The team goes on a hunt through the past to find the killer of a video game designer.
In Plain Sight
Jul 26, 2016 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
A woman is murdered with what appears to be a medieval weapon.
Chronology of Pain
Aug 23, 2016 · 44 min
Angie races to catch a killer who is an expert at covering their tracks.
We'll Always Have Homicide
Aug 30, 2016 · 44 min
Three years after a killer gets away, the team reunites to close the case.