Karen Chapman (New Tricks)

Karen Chapman (Alison Newman) is a villainess from "Only the Brave," the antepenultimate episode of New Tricks' eighth season (airdate 22 August 2011). She is the wife of Eddie Chapman, who was the founder of a criminal biker gang known as the Braves, and the mother of gang member Reese Chapman.
As the beginning of the episode revealed, Karen was engaged in an affair with gang member Marcus York, an affair that was revealed by Stephanie Parr (Reese's girlfriend) during her interview with DSI Sandra Pullman and Gerry Standing. Stephanie stated that Reese had to kill a member of a rival gang known as the Dartford Strays as part of an initiation, as he believed that the Strays killed Eddie back in December of 2009, though Stephanie believed that the murder was committed by Marcus due to the affair.
Karen was interviewed by Sandra and Gerry afterwards, which saw her snidely respond to the questions regarding her affair with Marcus by claiming that it began after her husband's death, while making the claim that the Strays had killed Eddie before closing the door in their faces. After finding out that Stephanie had been talking to UCOS, the evil Karen attacked Stephanie in her home, with Sandra and Gerry finding Stephanie bloodied and her face slashed, but still alive. The villainess was confronted by the pair later on, and it was Karen's nail varnish that gave her away, as it was found on Stephanie. Karen denied attacking Stephanie, but teased that Stephanie would leave Reese after what happened to her. It wasn't until Stephanie confirmed that Karen was her attacker in the episode's climax that Karen was officially arrested (off-screen), with Gerry revealing that Karen went into a rage as she was being taken into custody.
Category:2010s
Category:Adulteress
Category:Attempted Murder
Category:Blonde
Category:Callous
Category:Deceiver
Category:Gang Member
Category:Knife
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Mother
Category:Villain's Lover
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested