Finally Got A Breather, "Motive" Is A Show You Need To Check Out!

Hello,

I've been busy this week in closing down the place where I've been working for 4 1/2 years. That's been my focus Tuesday, Wednesday and the first half of today. Even though I work in a small book store, there's still a lot to prepare and send out.

I just wanted to make a quick recommendation to check out the excellent TV show "Motive".

"Motive" is a series where the viewer sees who the murderer and victim is at the first of the episode. Then the rest of the episode is spent showing how and why the murder occurs. I like the way the show does that and that's not the only thing the show has an interesting twist on. I know that may not sound intuitive or whether there'd be any mystery with that. However there's plenty of mystery left in the show. With so many police procedurals on TV, it's nice when a show has even a slight twist from the typical.

The cases aren't always the greatest, but any deficiencies "Motive" has are made up with the superb dynamic detective duo of Angie Flynn and Oscar Vega. They are a pair of cops that have worked together about 5 years, thus their teamwork is amazing. Although they have fantastic chemistry, thankfully they are just partners.

Louis Ferreira plays Oscar Vega as Mr. Unflappable, he's calm and steady throughout any crisis. He may be tough, but he's always fair. He'll treat a suspect or person of interest with politeness and deference, but you don't want to get on his bad side.

Kristin Lehman plays Angie Flynn as a very steely character that rarely jumps to conclusions.

Also there's the lovely Lauren Holly playing Dr. Betty "Betts" Rogers, the medical examiner. She acts as if she's seen everything and somehow maintains a sense-of-humor about it.

Warren Christie plays Sgt. Mark Cross, Flynn and Vega's boss. Sadly this is where the show relies on a cliche, Cross is Flynn's former partner and lover. Now he's her boss. (Seen it, done it, but didn't buy the shirt.)

All that preamble is leading to a point. If you only watch one season of it's two seasons, watch season two. Wow is all I got to say about that finale. One of the other twists from the typical cop show is the season 2 finale. The episode titled "For You I Die" is a quite a corker, it connects two different crimes set a decade apart. It's a very game changing episode and I'm so glad there's going to be a season 3 so we can see how this story plays out.

I don't want to say more as I'm afraid I'll ruin it. But do yourself a favor and catch at least season 2 of "Motive".

themusicaddict