Season 1 of The Motive was released on December 27 and consists of 4 episodes.
Episodes
1: Episode 1
Dec 27, 2020
In 1986, police discover a grisly crime scene: a family shot in their beds at point-blank range. The mystery deepens when a sole survivor appears.
2: Episode 2
Jan 4, 2021
A calm, bespectacled suspect reenacts the massacre and says an odd entity made him do it. But his lawyer has a theory about a real motive.
3: Episode 3
Jan 11, 2021
Observed at a psychiatric hospital and composed in court, the accused remains a locked box and offers few clues. Now the therapist revisits his case.
4: Episode 4
Jan 18, 2021
His lawyer has his own ideas while his chronicler glimpses his real feelings. Can the truth about the past — or an enigma's present — be understood?
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