After psychic Sebastian Carter tells Vicky Anderson that there is still some unfinished business surrounding her father's passing, the team end up reopening the investigation. It is believed that Douglas Anderson died of a heart attack after disturbing an intruder at his home. As the team investigate they find out more about Douglas than what was on the surface.
Episode Viewers and Ratings
Season 7 Episode 1 of New Tricks resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
New Tricks follows the work of the Metropolitan Police Service's Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS). Led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.
The series title is taken from the popular expression "You can't teach an old dog new tricks". The "old dogs" are successful in adapting their skills and experience to modern policing, with their knowledge of past cases proving especially useful.
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