CTV announced today that production has begun on Season 4 of the Canadian crime drama Motive. A 2014 Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Dramatic Series, star Kristin Lehman is set to direct an episode.
Motive finished its third season with an average audience of 1.24 million viewers, landing the series among the Top 4 most-watched Canadian dramas last season.
Joining Season 4 in recurring roles are Victor Zinck Jr. (The 100) and Karen LeBlanc (Cracked), who are both set to don detective badges as they become the newest additions to the series’ homicide team. Series star Kristin Lehman returns as Detective Angie Flynn, and takes on a new role this season: directing one of the series’ episodes. Motive also stars Louis Ferreira (SGU Stargate Universe) as Detective Oscar Vega, Brendan Penny (The Assistants) as Detective Brian Lucas, and Lauren Holly (NCIS) as medical examiner, Dr. Betty Rogers.
“It’s a testament to Motive’s strength and audience appeal that the series enters its fourth season with murders and mysteries as fresh and compelling as those offered in its first,” said Corrie Coe, Senior Vice-President of Independent Production at Bell Media. “We’re excited by the new direction the series is set to take this season with guest stars Victor Zinck Jr. and Karen LeBlanc, and look forward to again working with the amazing ensemble cast and crew in Vancouver on another incredible season.”
With the climactic Season 3 finale of Motive, viewers last saw Angie and Vega in the hospital hallway as Vega was wheeled into surgery to remove the tumor in his throat. Season 4 picks up three months later, and finds Angie and the rest of the homicide team feeling the pressure to bring a cop’s killer to justice as they adjust to Vega’s new role as their Staff Sergeant and the personality quirks of their new colleague, Detective Mitch Kennecki (Zinck).
Shooting in and around Vancouver through February 2016, Motive’s 13 new episodes will join CTV’s upcoming midseason lineup.
