7.9/10329 votes#1 - A Delicate Touch
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 5/9/2005
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland is the new boss in charge of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS). He asks the team to look into the death of David Barrie, a top barrister found in his car in 1980 after being bound and gagged.
Director: Jon East
Writer: Roy Mitchell
7.9/10305 votes#2 - Family Business
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 5/16/2005
In 1996 a beautiful newlywed, was attacked and left for dead. The only thing taken was her wedding ring and she has been in a coma ever since. The man jailed for the crime is now a born-again Christian and is protesting his innocence
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10290 votes#3 - Trust Me
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 5/23/2004
The team re-examine the case of Hannah Taylor who was kidnapped from her home in 1992. A body, previously thought to be Hannah's, has just been identified as that of another kidnap victim
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10255 votes#4 - Old and Cold
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 5/30/2005
Tabloid editor Chris McConnell asks Sandra Pullman to help him prove celebrity chef Kitty Campbell killed her drunken husband Bertie 40 years ago at the height of their 60s TV fame.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10222 votes#5 - Creative Problem Solving
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 6/6/2005
Attractive widow and probate assessor Elise Allen asks Halford to find the rightful owner of a large, uncut red diamond, worth £15 million. She found the rare jewel in a flat rented by John Newman who died in 1982.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10276 votes#6 - Eyes Down for a Full House
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 6/13/2005
Luck turns against Standing when he loses a poker game, owing bookie Michael Jacobs £10,000. But Michael offers him a chance to clear his debt by finding out what happened to his dad Joe, who died after being mugged outside Walthamstow stadium in 1983.
Director: Juliet May
Writer: Roy Mitchell, Danny Miller
7.5/10221 votes#7 - Fluke Of Luck
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 6/20/2005
Lane indulges his obsession with fishing when UCOS investigates the case of two boys abducted from a fishing lake in 1979, believing it could be linked to a recent spate of snatches near the M25.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/10297 votes#8 - 17 Years of Nothing
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 6/27/2005
The Home Office pathologist asks the team to identify the remains of an unidentified woman, whose remains were found back in 1987. These remains are the only body that he was unable to identify. With his help and that of his attractive assistant, not only must the team identify the body bits, but how she died and who killed her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of New Tricks Season 2
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New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally...
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"A Delicate Touch" is the best rated episode of "New Tricks" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 329 votes. Directed by Jon East and written by Roy Mitchell, it aired on 5/9/2005. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Family Business".