Pamela Scott (New Tricks)

Pamela Scott (Claire Rushbrook) is the main villainess from "Death of a Timeshare Salesman," episode 6.05 of New Tricks (airdate 13 August 2009). She is the wife of timeshare salesman Dean Scott, who was found shot to death five years prior to the events.
Dean's death was ruled as a suicide in the years that passed, but a week prior to the episode's events, Alice Hill, a former escort, came forward with a claim that someone attempted to enter the home on the night in question. Pamela backed up the claim when the case was opened, but as it turned out, the original claim of suicide was true, and Pamela and Alice colluded together to make a false murder claim.
As revealed in the episode's progression, Pamela was having an affair with criminal Johnny Tevis shortly before Dean's death, with Dean becoming devastated once he found out. Dean was willing to forgive Pamela only if she never saw Johnny again, a term Pamela would not agree to due to her deep infatuation with Johnny. Pamela informed her husband that she wanted a divorce, and she was with Johnny on the night that Dean killed himself out of heartbreak. She found Dean the following morning, as well as a suicide note, which she hid due to the shame she had.
Pamela's grief changed into opportunism when she realized that her husband's suicide wouldn't benefit her financially. Dean had switched insurance companies, and the company's rules stated that they would pay out even if the death is a suicide, but only if it doesn't happen within the first year of the policy. Dean killed himself two months shy of the full year, and realizing that she wouldn't receive a dime, Pamela recruited Alice to concoct her false clam so she could cash in. As a result of their plan, the evil Pamela could split the benefits with Alice, as they both owed a debt to Sergeyev, a loan shark. The greedy villainess confessed everything in the episode's progression, while revealing that Johnny dumped her after Dean's death. It can be assumed that Pamela was arrested (off-screen) for insurance fraud.
== Trivia ==
* Claire Rushbrook later played villainess Janice in 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Category:2000s
Category:Adulteress
Category:Brunette
Category:Callous
Category:Conspirator
Category:Deceiver
Category:Greedy
Category:Hero's Lover
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Villain's Lover
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Inconclusive