New Tricks: End of the Line (2011)
Season 8, Episode 2
8/10
Peter Offord and the vagrant, supertramps
30 September 2017
Warning: Spoilers
i especially like the mastery of the opening longshot following the UCOS gang down Cabbell Street NW1 to the Edgware Road tube station. All credit to the camera team. Sort of reminds me of The Verve video Bittersweet Symphony.

Peter Davison guest stars, and he should have got special star billing like "Special Guest Star" befitting his megastar status (e.g. Dr. Who, A Very Peculiar Practice). Also Peter and Amanda played the lead roles in At Home with the Braithwaites. Unfortunately no Anthony Calf in this episode or the previous one.

The UCOS gang befriend Leah, a homeless woman, on the street after they leave a restaurant, with Brian striking up a supportive conversation. Shortly after Brian saves Leah and her dog from a chav. Unfortunately Brian gets beaten up by some homeless old men, who strip him of his clothes for his good deeds.

Jack confronts his fear of the tube, and a sympathetic passenger asks if it was because of 7/7. This episode should have been dedicated to Jean Charles de Menezes, unjustly shot by police in the tube just 2 weeks after 7/7.
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