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  • Motive Deception (Season 2, Episode 4)
  • TV-14
    TV Episode | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Motive

Deception (Season 2, Episode 4)
TV-14
TV Episode | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The killer: Diane Torrance, a construction site flagger. The victim: Dr. Stan Matthews, a senior coroner, and Betty's mentor. As such, news of his death hits her particularly hard. His dead body was discovered on an upper level of a ...See moreThe killer: Diane Torrance, a construction site flagger. The victim: Dr. Stan Matthews, a senior coroner, and Betty's mentor. As such, news of his death hits her particularly hard. His dead body was discovered on an upper level of a downtown parking lot, he having died from several abdominal wounds made by what looks to be an ice pick. He, at the time, was testifying as an expert at a child death case, in which the four-year-old victim seems to have been shot accidentally at a meth house party by drug dealer Brad Hitchens. Betty is taking over as the expert for that case. Despite the surveillance video from the parking lot not showing any direct tie to any individual as the murderer, the Homicide detectives are able to ascertain that a car speeding out of the parking lot at the time belonged to Daniel Hitchens, Brad Hitchens' disgruntled brother, who had had run-ins with Stan before. But Angie is also able to determine from the surveillance footage that the killing was premeditated. Other evidence they find at the parking lot leads them to a construction site for information for the killer. But it isn't until Betty digs deeper into the evidence for the trial and Stan's own past in relation to that trial that they may have a motive. Written by Huggo See less
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James Thorpe | Daniel Cerone (created by) | Thomas Pound (junior story editor)
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Updated Mar 27, 2014

Release date
Jun 11, 2014 (United States)
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20 cast members
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Kristin Lehman
Detective Angie Flynn Detective Angie Flynn   See fewer
Louis Ferreira
Detective Oscar Vega Detective Oscar Vega   See fewer
Brendan Penny
Detective Brian Lucas Detective Brian Lucas   See fewer
Warren Christie
Sergeant Mark Cross Sergeant Mark Cross   See fewer
Lauren Holly
Dr. Betty Rogers Dr. Betty Rogers   See fewer
Corbin Bernsen
Dr. Stan Matthews Dr. Stan Matthews   See fewer
Erica Cerra
Diane Torrance Diane Torrance   See fewer
Laura Mennell
Samantha Turner Samantha Turner   See fewer
Valerie Tian
Officer Wendy Sung Officer Wendy Sung   See fewer
Toby Levins
John Robinson John Robinson   See fewer
Megan Charpentier
Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson   See fewer
Wanda Cannon
Margaret Matthews Margaret Matthews   See fewer
Cole Vigue
Danny Hitchens Danny Hitchens   See fewer
Jenn MacLean-Angus
Susan (as Jenn Maclean-Angus) Susan (as Jenn Maclean-Angus)   See fewer
Gabriela Reynoso
Cashier (as Gabriela Zimmerman) Cashier (as Gabriela Zimmerman)   See fewer
Chris Eastman
Mail Carrier Mail Carrier   See fewer
Richard Faraci
Prisoner (as Rick Faraci) Prisoner (as Rick Faraci)   See fewer
Tom MacNeill
Construction Worker (uncredited) Construction Worker (uncredited)   See fewer
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