Waking the Dead: Series 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 Waking the Dead 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
Missing Persons (1)
Apr 14, 2008
When a woman defends her daughter from a mugger, it sets into motion a chain of events that places herself and her children in mortal danger.
Missing Persons (2)
Apr 15, 2008
Boyd and the team investigate Lore's true identity and the reasons why she is in danger.
Sins (1)
Apr 21, 2008
The Cold Case team investigate the mystery surrounding human remains found in an urban canal with links to the murder of a prison governor.
Sins (2)
Apr 22, 2008
After the discovery of Terry Ryan's body buried in a field,more corpses are uncovered..leading Grace to think it is a ritual burial site. Meanwhile Boyd and the team race to find
Duty and Honour (1)
Apr 28, 2008
The accidental excavation of a human hand leads the cold case squad to the cover-up of a major incident.
Duty and Honour (2)
Apr 29, 2008
An Iraqi woman proves the key to the unlocking of the case.
Skin (1)
May 5, 2008
After they get a tip off in an anonymous e-mail,the team head to a waste ground in east London, where they find the remains of a right-wing fascist activist.
Skin (2)
May 6, 2008
When they do some digging into the man's past, they discover the deceased was not who he claimed to be, but in fact he had a hidden agenda of his own.
Wounds (1)
May 12, 2008
The team find out that a body discovered in a disused tunnel is that of salesman Chris Dearden, who went missing in 1996. He was on a self-empowerment weekend with his colleagues
Wounds (2)
May 13, 2008 · 50 min
The team find out that a body discovered in a disused tunnel is that of salesman Chris Dearden, who went missing in 1996. He was on a self-empowerment weekend with his colleagues
Pieta (1)
May 19, 2008
At the scene of a road accident, a DNA link is found that goes back to a horrific murder in the Bosnia / Serbia conflict, which Eve had to deal with when working on mass war graves
Pieta (2)
May 20, 2008
Boyd vows to track down the ring of war criminals, all of whom are now living and working in the UK