The New Detectives: Season 7
Season 7 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The New Detectives Season 6.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 7 Progress Shield
Bloodlust
Sep 18, 2001 · 52 min
For homicide investigators, it’s a race against time when they track their deadliest foe: a serial killer who murders to feel alive.
Deadly Aim
Aug 28, 2001 · 50 min
When a killer turns a gun on a victim, ballistic analysis is key to cracking the case. Each shot fired leaves behind its own clues, allowing scientists to target murderers with dea
Stolen Identity
Sep 4, 2001 · 50 min
When theft is committed, something valuable is stolen. But when a criminal needs a new identity, theft becomes lethal.
Silent Witness
Sep 11, 2001 · 50 min
Sometimes, seemingly small and insignificant clues – three hairs, microscopic fibers, a paint chip – become a victim’s silent witness and help solve even the most baffling of cases
Deadly Intentions
Sep 25, 2001 · 50 min
When abduction turns to murder, forensic science is a vital key to finding justice for the victims of a kidnapper’s deadly intentions.
Patterns of Guilt
Dec 11, 2001 · 50 min
The tread of a tire, a single shoe print or even the shape of a bruise can help investigators track down murderers.
A Deadly Smile
Dec 18, 2001 · 50 min
Investigators rely on forensic odontology – the examination of dental evidence – to identify a body from a single tooth and to catch two ruthless killers from their bite marks.
Military Justice
Jan 1, 2002 · 50 min
The law enforcement agency of the United States Navy and Marine Corps uses forensic science to solve perplexing murders and fulfill their motto: “To the living we owe respect; to t
The Unforgotten
Feb 19, 2002 · 50 min
Years after a murder has been committed, investigators use modern technology and advanced DNA analysis to shed new light on crimes that have gone unpunished for far too long.
Tainted Blood
Mar 5, 2002 · 50 min
Forensic scientists find clues written in blood as they investigate the murders of three women who were killed by men who once loved them.
Buried Secrets
Feb 26, 2002 · 50 min
The elements of nature can reduce a body to bones in a matter of weeks. Combining art and science, forensic anthropologists can give victims a face long after they’ve been forgotte
Proof of Innocence
Mar 19, 2002 · 50 min
Sometimes, the wrong people are punished for crimes they did not commit. Forensic scientists use DNA analysis to overturn convictions of these innocent men and women who have spent
Drawing Conclusions
Mar 26, 2002 · 50 min
A teenager is abducted on a shopping trip. Two hikers go missing on the Appalachian Trail. A grandmother never returns home from work. Forensic artists turn witness statements into
Stranger Than Fiction
Sep 10, 2002 · 50 min
A millionaire is murdered for a stash of buried treasure. A young woman dates violent men, only to be killed by her best friend. When real crimes are stranger than fiction, forensi
Predators and Parasites
May 21, 2002 · 50 min
For the forensic entomologist, insects that nest in corpses are like witnesses to the crime. By studying their behavior, scientists learn everything -- from when a murder was commi
In the Camera’s Eye
Jun 11, 2002 · 50 min
Photography has long been a fundamental tool in homicide investigations. A single image can hold enough information to identify a suspect and preserve vital clues long after a witn
Wasted Youth
Jun 25, 2002 · 50 min
When teenagers are driven to kill, their victims are not the only ones to suffer from their violent crime. In three such cases, the families of the killers and their communities be
Collective Justice
Sep 24, 2002 · 50 min
Philadelphia’s Vidocq Society, named after an 18th century French detective, is one of the world’s most unusual crime-solving organizations – a members-only club made up of forensi