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The Worst Episodes of New Tricks

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...
  1. Background image for Wicca Work
    7.2/10(321 votes)

    #1 - Wicca Work

    S3:E5

    A young woman insists that the suspicious death of a local librarian was because of witchcraft and the team are drawn into the world of magic and the supernatural. A series of strange events occur and they are put under increasing pressure. The squad gets convinced that the supernatural exist and struggle to remain cynical.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Curate's Egg
    7.2/10(186 votes)

    #2 - The Curate's Egg

    S12:E3

    Ted Case is welcomed by Danny and Steve into the UCOS office in Sasha's absence, but for all his wealth of experience, they aren't sold on his superstitious quirks. The team take a look at the case of a brutally murdered vicar who received racist hate mail in the lead up to his murder.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Fame Game
    7.2/10(167 votes)

    #3 - The Fame Game

    S12:E6

    The boys' investigations take them to a lookalike agency whose top acts were found dead.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Magic Majestic
    7.3/10(240 votes)

    #4 - Magic Majestic

    S5:E6

    The team investigate the art of illusion when they reopen a case involving a magic trick that ended in murder. Powerful mind games and hypnosis prove a dangerous mix for Brian Lane, however, sending him down a destructive path. Meanwhile, a session with the Magic Circle's Dr Moroni leaves a sceptical Gerry Standing feeling paranoid and his colleagues a little nervous around him.

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  5. Background image for Dead Poets
    7.3/10(204 votes)

    #5 - Dead Poets

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Cry Me a River
    7.3/10(229 votes)

    #6 - Cry Me a River

    S10:E5

    A young woman's paternity test leads to the reopening of a notorious murder case from the seedy underworld of 1980s Soho in which the prime suspect was mysterious ex-jazz chanteuse Angela Gold. Meanwhile in UCOS, feathers are ruffled when recently retired police officer Dan Griffin joins the team.

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  8. Background image for Painting on Loan
    7.4/10(323 votes)

    #7 - Painting on Loan

    S1:E3

    The discovery of a fake painting in the Queen's art collection sends the UCOS team on a hush-hush mission to uncover the forger. Their investigations swiftly uncover a trail of high class frauds and suspicious deaths, but also lead to suspension for one of the squad. NOTE: In Scotland This Episode Was Shown On Sunday 11th April Due To LIVE Sportscene Football Being Shown

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    Director:Jamie Payne
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Home Truths
    7.4/10(300 votes)

    #8 - Home Truths

    S1:E6

    When a missing person case which Lane originally investigated gets re-activated, he's determined to crack it. But when the team swiftly uncover another two mysterious disappearances, they start to think they've got a serial killer on their hands.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Good Morning Lemmings
    7.4/10(226 votes)

    #9 - Good Morning Lemmings

    S7:E5

    When graffiti appears around London by an unknown person claiming to have murdered a celebrated street artist, the team reopens the four-year-old case. Originally part of a gang, the victim went solo when he received support from a wealthy art patron, leaving the detectives suspicious of his resentful former crew members. Meanwhile, Brian signs up to Twitter to chart the gritty life of a lawman, much to his colleagues' displeasure.

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  11. Background image for The Wolf of Wallbrook
    7.4/10(184 votes)

    #10 - The Wolf of Wallbrook

    S12:E4

    Ted leads an investigation into the apparent suicide of a city trader in the 80s.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Prodigal Sons
    7.4/10(167 votes)

    #11 - Prodigal Sons

    S12:E5

    With Sasha back on fighting form, UCOS investigate the death of a cricket prodigy.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Spare Parts
    7.5/10(243 votes)

    #12 - Spare Parts

    S5:E1

    New series of the drama featuring an eccentric group of ex-police officers brought out of retirement to investigate unsolved crimes. Jack confronts his nemesis in court when Ricky Hanson stands trial for his attempted murder, and Gerry faces the consequences of lying to his 'daughter', Emily. The team uncover a shady organ-donor racket when they reinvestigate the murder of a wealthy businessman who left a three million pound fortune to a prostitute.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Final Curtain
    7.5/10(233 votes)

    #13 - The Final Curtain

    S5:E2

    The team return to the 1992 case of actor Michael Austin, shot dead by his wife on stage during the opening night performance of Death at the Masked Ball. Already a man down when Halford goes AWOL, the case looks like claiming another member of the team as Lane embraces his newfound love of acting and the theatre.

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  15. Background image for A Face For Radio
    7.5/10(243 votes)

    #14 - A Face For Radio

    S5:E3

    The team reinvestigates the murder of a popular DJ who died live on air after an arson attack at 80s music station Roxy Radio. Lane is determined to find the missing Jack Halford when Pullman and Standing threaten to quit rather than work with a new team member.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Truth Is Out There
    7.5/10(272 votes)

    #15 - The Truth Is Out There

    S6:E2

    The team find themselves at the centre of a shocking cover-up.

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    7.5/10(235 votes)

    #16 - Shadow Show

    S6:E4

    UCOS are forced to re-open the investigation into producer Max Stone's death.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Fashion Victim
    7.5/10(227 votes)

    #17 - Fashion Victim

    S7:E6

    When a retrospective exhibition of murdered fashion designer Ritchie Levene's work opens, the team is prompted to re-examine the three-year-old crime. The detectives learn about his tempestuous relationships with his new spouse, personal assistant and ex-wife Sarah, who believes his brother Adrian is the killer because he had the most to gain from his death. Meanwhile, Gerry enlists Emily to help update his image, although not everyone is impressed with the results.

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  19. Background image for Coming Out Ball
    7.5/10(222 votes)

    #18 - Coming Out Ball

    S7:E8

    When 18-year-old debutante Barbara Linden-Warner disappeared without trace 27 years ago, the assumption at the time was that she had been kidnapped and her father, a wealthy British arms manufacturer, paid a ransom for her return. When new evidence emerges about her last movements, the indication is that she may still be alive.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Lost in Translation
    7.5/10(204 votes)

    #19 - Lost in Translation

    S8:E3

    The UCOS team are drawn into a world of immigration loopholes, Albanian gangs and family feuds when they reinvestigate the death of an unidentified male discovered on farmland outside Waltham Forest in 1996, in what appeared to be a crucifixion.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Old School Ties
    7.5/10(243 votes)

    #20 - Old School Ties

    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.

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  22. Background image for Lottery Curse
    7.5/10(164 votes)

    #21 - Lottery Curse

    S12:E8

    The team investigate when a skeleton is uncovered in the foundations of a swimming pool.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Life Expectancy
    7.5/10(156 votes)

    #22 - Life Expectancy

    S12:E9

    UCOS investigate the case of an alternative medicine practitioner bludgeoned to death.

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    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Couldn't Organise One
    7.6/10(235 votes)

    #23 - Couldn't Organise One

    S5:E5

    The team investigate the death of the Chief Brewer at Felspar's Brewery which proves to be rather intoxicating for the boys. For Pullman, the case has a more personal agenda and she learns some difficult truths about her dead father.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Communal Living
    7.6/10(238 votes)

    #24 - Communal Living

    S5:E7

    As Brian Lane struggles to control and conceal his desire to drink again, he finds the perfect refuge in a commune at the centre of the team's investigation into the death of a university student. The case also helps Gerry face up to his relationship with Emily, who has not spoken to him since she discovered the truth about the DNA test at Ricky Hanson's trial.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Blood Is Thicker Than Water
    7.6/10(209 votes)

    #25 - Blood Is Thicker Than Water

    S6:E7

    UCOS reinvestigate a high-profile riverboat disaster on the Thames after a new witness comes forward claiming the collision was the result of sabotage, rather than an accident. But the case means putting DAC Strickland's wealthy sailing chums under the investigation spotlight; what better motivation could the team have?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"Wicca Work" is the worst rated episode of "New Tricks". It scored 7.2/10 based on 321 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/15/2006. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Curate's Egg".