Eleanor Higgins (New Tricks)

Eleanor Higgins (Phoebe Fox) is the secondary villainess from "Old School Ties," episode 9.02 of New Tricks (airdate 3 September 2012). She is the school secretary at Peregrine Manor, a prestigious private school she once attended as a student.
UCOS visited the school after the remains of their former PE teacher, Jason Bowe, were discovered in the beginning of the episode. Bowe disappeared and was killed in June of 2007, and during Brian Lane's interview with Eleanor, she was revealed as a former lover of ex-school jock Oliver Ludden, though she was also seeing Bowe as well. Bowe's necklace being around Eleanor's neck gave her away, and regarding the relationship, Eleanor stated that she was in love with Bowe, and she thought that Bowe felt the same way, only to state that Bowe was seeing Melissa Parks--Eleanor's former friend.
Eleanor was shown lashing out at both Melissa and her father, Geoffrey Parks, MP, after Melissa's bra was discovered among many things stolen by Latin teacher Archie Millgrow. The same bra was revealed to have been in Bowe's room, which confirmed Eleanor's belief that Melissa and Bowe were seeing each other, and she later repeated her belief while revealing her history with the Parks family: her mother worked for Geoffrey when the girls were kids, though it was indicated/revealed that Geoffrey was having an affair with Mrs. Higgins, who was killed in a car accident during that time period, with Geoffrey being in that same car and surviving. After Eleanor's history of self-harming was revealed, it led to the original belief that Eleanor was Bowe's killer.
During her interrogation, Eleanor revealed that she had left a note for Bowe to meet her at the shed, as she had taken Oliver's knife and was bent on slitting her own wrists. During that point, Eleanor went on about Geoffrey and her mother, as well as Bowe and Melissa before she began to cut herself. Bowe's attempt to stop Eleanor resulted in Bowe being stabbed accidentally, and it was after this point that Eleanor claimed that Bowe was killed by accident and that she buried his body in the woods. DSI Sandra Pullman refused to believe the last part of Eleanor's story, as there was no way that she could have moved Bowe's large body on her own. Even so, the evil Eleanor stuck to her story, even though she stated that the knife wasn't all the way in Bowe. As it turned out, not only was her last statement false, but Bowe was still alive for a brief point when the body as moved, only for Eleanor's accomplice to plunge the knife in deeper and kill Bowe while she helped Eleanor move his body. Following her revelation, Eleanor was arrested (off-screen) for her role in Bowe's murder.
Category:2010s
Category:Attempted Murder
Category:Brunette
Category:Conspirator
Category:Deceiver
Category:Hero's Lover
Category:Knife
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Psychotic
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested