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The Best Episodes of New Tricks Season 9

Every episode of New Tricks Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of New Tricks Season 9!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    New Tricks Season 9 Episode 1 - A Death in the Family
    8.5/10(369 votes)

    S9:E1

    Jack announces that he he has decided to leave the team, but before Sandra, Brian and Gerry can question his reasons, Whitehall figure Stephen Fisher shows up with one of his secret cases featuring the unsolved murder of a woman dating back around a hundred years. With only 24 hours to solve it, the team attempt to find time to get to the bottom of Jack's surprising decision and attempt to persuade him not to leave.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. New Tricks Season 9 Episode 4 - The Girl Who Lived
    8.1/10(247 votes)

    S9:E4

    Retired DI Steve McAndrew from Glasgow joins the team to reopen one of his old cases when the DNA of a woman who went missing as a teen turns up at the scene of a petrol station robbery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. New Tricks Season 9 Episode 10 - Part of a Whole
    8.1/10(257 votes)

    S9:E10

    Thirty years ago, Strickland and a group of his associates, including Stephen Fisher, were involved in a covert operation on behalf of MI5. Now, someone is trying to kill all the members of that group and Strickland turns to the UCOS team for help.

    Director:Brian Grant
    Writer:Simon Allen

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  4. New Tricks Season 9 Episode 8 - Blue Flower
    8.0/10(227 votes)

    S9:E8

    The team investigate the murder of an East German immigrant, but they only have his mysterious final words to work with. As they attempt to piece together his remarkable story, Sandra attempts to gain the trust of his estranged daughter.

    Director:Andy Hay
    Writer:Simon Allen

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  5. New Tricks Season 9 Episode 9 - Glasgow UCOS
    8.0/10(262 votes)

    S9:E9

    McAndrew and Standing are sent to Scotland by Strickland for a week, to help the Glasgow Police try and establish a new UCOS section led by DCI Fiona MacDougall. While there, they end up being caught up in a cold case from 1993 featuring the murder of bookie James Soutar.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. New Tricks Season 9 Episode 3 - Queen And Country
    7.9/10(241 votes)

    S9:E3

    DS Pullman breaks the rules to explore a possible cover-up at the Foreign Office.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. New Tricks Season 9 Episode 5 - Body of Evidence
    7.9/10(243 votes)

    S9:E5

    The team become concerned that undercover police operations may have been compromised when the body of a computer expert who worked with the Met turns up under a false name at a teaching hospital.

    Director:Robin Sheppard
    Writers:Julian Simpson, Lisa Holdsworth

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  8. New Tricks Season 9 Episode 6 - Love Means Nothing In Tennis
    7.8/10(240 votes)

    S9:E6

    The team investigate the death of a 16-year-old tennis star who fell—or was pushed—from a penthouse balcony after she lost an important match to a rival.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. New Tricks Season 9 Episode 2 - Old School Ties
    7.5/10(267 votes)

    S9:E2

    The team are called in to reinvestigate the disappearance of PE teacher Jason Bowe after a body is found on the perimeter of the elite public boarding school where he was employed. The investigation has come at a really bad time for the school, which is getting to welcome a former pupil, the Rt Hon Geoffrey Parkes MP, for the opening of a new computer centre.

    Director:Julian Simpson
    Writer:Sarah Pinborough

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  10. New Tricks Season 9 Episode 7 - Dead Poets
    7.3/10(222 votes)

    S9:E7

    UCOS re-open the case of Sean Docherty, a talented young poet whose burnt body was discovered ten years ago in the scrapyard of a known gangster. While Standing is convinced that the murder is related to Docherty's criminal connections, Lane is sure that the answer lies in his poetry.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 9 Ratings Summary

"A Death in the Family" is the best rated episode of "New Tricks" season 9. It scored 8.5/10 based on 369 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/27/2012. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Girl Who Lived".