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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 The Curate's Egg
    7.2/10(186 votes)

    #1 - 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
  2. Background image for The Fame Game
    7.2/10(167 votes)

    #2 - 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
  3. Background image for Dead Poets
    7.3/10(206 votes)

    #3 - 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
  4. Background image for Cry Me a River
    7.3/10(229 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Background image for Good Morning Lemmings
    7.4/10(228 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Background image for The Wolf of Wallbrook
    7.4/10(184 votes)

    #6 - 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
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  8. Background image for Prodigal Sons
    7.4/10(167 votes)

    #7 - 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
  9. Background image for Fluke Of Luck
    7.5/10(242 votes)

    #8 - Fluke Of Luck

    S2:E7

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Magic Majestic
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - 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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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - 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
  12. Background image for The Truth Is Out There
    7.5/10(276 votes)

    #11 - 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(239 votes)

    #12 - 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
  14. Background image for Fashion Victim
    7.5/10(228 votes)

    #13 - 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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    7.5/10(223 votes)

    #14 - 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
  16. Background image for Old School Ties
    7.5/10(245 votes)

    #15 - 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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    7.5/10(164 votes)

    #16 - 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
  18. Background image for Life Expectancy
    7.5/10(156 votes)

    #17 - Life Expectancy

    S12:E9

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Father's Pride
    7.6/10(227 votes)

    #18 - Father's Pride

    S4:E7

    When a camera and film belonging to a photographic lab assistant murdered in 1987 are found in a Soho pub toilet, the team reopen a 20-year-old case. Elsewhere, Gerry is less than happy when his daughter Emily joins the team and looks to Sandra as a role model.

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Blood Is Thicker Than Water
    7.6/10(211 votes)

    #19 - 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
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  21. Background image for Left Field
    7.6/10(238 votes)

    #20 - Left Field

    S7:E3

    After being released from jail, notorious paedophile John Davies admits to the abduction and murder of a child 25 years previously. Suspicious of his motives, the detectives reopen the unsolved case in an unusual attempt to prove his innocence, reinvestigating the boy's disappearance while on a demonstration with his left-wing activist parents. Guest starring Adrian Schiller (Being Human) and Samantha Bond (Outnumbered)

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  22. Background image for Into the Woods
    7.6/10(210 votes)

    #21 - Into the Woods

    S10:E6

    When blood-stained clothes belonging to Simon Belgrade, missing for five years, are uncovered in a London forest, UCOS find themselves trying to solve the conundrum of what seems to have been the perfect vanishing act. Standing finally faces up to a childhood fear, while Griffin is a comfort to Pullman as she passes a milestone and McAndrew makes a big decision about his son.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Things Can Only Get Better
    7.6/10(197 votes)

    #22 - Things Can Only Get Better

    S10:E7

    When the team investigate the death of an MP's researcher and find themselves in hot pursuit of a mysterious Bosnian woman, Strickland introduces Pullman to a war crimes prosecutor who proves to be more than helpful to their case.

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    Director:Andy Hay
  24. Background image for Roots
    7.6/10(214 votes)

    #23 - Roots

    S10:E9

    With Sandra having left, the team wait to meet their new boss, and Sasha Miller wastes no time fitting in and getting on with her first UCOS case. It features the murder of an Italian immigrant on a west London allotment 25 years ago.

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    Director:Unknown
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    7.6/10(218 votes)

    #24 - Wild Justice

    S10:E10

    Miller is faced with a dilemma when the investigation of a corrupt senior officer calls into question the conviction of Edward Monroe - who she believes to be guilty of murdering her old work partner. Pre-empting an appeal, UCOS must carry out preliminary investigative work for Strickland.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for The Russian Cousin
    7.6/10(165 votes)

    #25 - The Russian Cousin

    S12:E7

    The movements of a rare stamp could hold the key to the murder of a private investigator.

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    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Curate's Egg" is the worst rated episode of "New Tricks". It scored 7.2/10 based on 186 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/18/2015. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Fame Game".