After twelve series and a complete cast change 'New Tricks' finally comes to an end. The team's final case involves the murder of a man on New Year's Eve 1999 which is reopened after the dead man's daughter discovers his journal which suggests it might not have been a random attack. He was a mental care campaigner who believed a new mental health drug was dangerous. One person questioned is Baroness Samira Khan, another mental health campaigner, who believes in working with the system. Shortly afterwards the UCOS team are informed that the three men are to be suspended while an investigation into how their previous case was handled is held
that is the official reason; in reality the Baroness has friends on the force who have their own reason to try to get UCOS shut down. Inevitable the boys continue to investigate and find a variety of motives both political and more personal. Away from the case tensions rise between Danny and Fiona as he continues to prevaricate about whether or not to back Fiona's plan for them to move to Aberdeen.
While I have enjoyed the last series I think now was the right time to end it; it has passed its peak but was still fun it would have been sad if it was allowed to drag on until it wasn't fun. This episode proved to be a good story; we have a good mystery at the heart of it with a number of suspects. The real interest though was always going to be learning what would happen for the team after they have left our screens. This was done in a good way with possibilities that the team would be disbanded, that they would continue (just not on TV) or that the individual members would chose to go their own separate ways on their own terms. The cast, both regulars and guests, did a solid job and made this a fine send off for this popular and long-running show.
While I have enjoyed the last series I think now was the right time to end it; it has passed its peak but was still fun it would have been sad if it was allowed to drag on until it wasn't fun. This episode proved to be a good story; we have a good mystery at the heart of it with a number of suspects. The real interest though was always going to be learning what would happen for the team after they have left our screens. This was done in a good way with possibilities that the team would be disbanded, that they would continue (just not on TV) or that the individual members would chose to go their own separate ways on their own terms. The cast, both regulars and guests, did a solid job and made this a fine send off for this popular and long-running show.