Catherine Bryant (New Tricks)

Catherine Bryant (Pooky Quesnel) is the main villainess from "Good Morning Lemmings", episode 7.05 of New Tricks (airdate October 8, 2010). She was the wife of millionaire art collector David Bryant, who was an early supporter of graffiti artist Danny Tyler.
Danny was murdered four years prior to the episode's events, with DSI Sandra Pullman meeting the couple at the art gallery known for displaying Danny's works. Despite David's status, the episode's progression revealed that the couple had previously been on the verge of bankruptcy, with Danny's death allowing them to sell off his paintings at increased prices. This, along with the suspicious business going down between David and Danny's colleague Jason Bishop, left the team suspicious of David.
Danny's blood was found on a painting of his that David bought from the gallery (against his wishes for it not to be shown to the public), and it was revealed that David had been planning to pay off Danny's former girlfriend Gail Shaw when she began blackmailing David regarding the fact that he was the last person to see Danny before his murder. After Gail was arrested, the Bryants were interrogated separately, with Catherine eventually confessing: she had killed Danny, claiming he had drunkenly attacked David while demanding his painting back, and she struck him in the head with a bronze to stop him.
Afterwards, Catherine claimed she covered her tracks and disposed of Danny's body all by herself, citing that she feared she and David would be accused of murdering Danny for money and that David was disoriented from Danny's attack and later told Catherine they should've just gone to the police. Jack Halford, however, blasted Catherine's claims as a lie, citing that Danny's body was too heavy for her to carry alone and indicating that David had in fact helped Catherine cover up Danny's death (and potentially even killed Danny himself) and that Catherine was lying to protect him. Despite this, Catherine continued to argue that she alone killed Danny, while also speaking of the fear she lived with following her crime, with scars on her wrists suggesting that Catherine had previously attempted suicide due to her fear. Following her confession, Catherine was arrested (off-screen) for Danny's murder.
== Trivia ==
* Pooky Quesnel later appeared as the evil Olga Petrov on Ransom.
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Category:2010s
Category:Brunette
Category:Conspirator
Category:Deceiver
Category:Greedy
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Makeshift Weapon
Category:Murderer
Category:Murder: Bludgeoning
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Villain's Lover
Category:Fate: Arrested