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- A Vancouver cop turned coroner searches for truth and justice with the help of his friends.
- Laura Elliott's quiet life in the wilderness of Desolation Sound is shattered when her old friend, Elizabeth, comes to visit. Laura learns that her husband has been having an affair with Elizabeth, and soon after, Elizabeth's car is found at the bottom of a cliff. As the police investigate, life changes for everyone involved.
- Leary and Shannon investigate a home invasion double homicide. While in his basement, George Brooks heard his wife screaming upstairs. Getting to her, Brooks found an intruder who killed her and the intruder who Brooks subsequently killed. The intruder is identified as a homeless man who did odd jobs around the neighbourhood and who had self-professed mental health issues. Something about Brooks' story doesn't sit right with Shannon, who looks for evidence to corroborate his gut feeling. Elsewhere, Da Vinci is dealing with two longer term cases. One is the moving of the cemetery associated with Ravenhood Hospital. When the moving process discovers multiple bodies in a few caskets, Da Vinci wants to deem the cemetery a criminal investigation site. Kelly totally disagrees with Da Vinci's assessment. And Fleming and Da Vinci can finally speak to a still severely burned but awake Glen Moorehouse about the fire at his house that killed his wife and children. Meanwhile, Kosmo continues to probe Jim Schulte regarding his wife's hiking death in Switzerland, this a favour to Kurtz's neighbour, Laura Maitland. Maitland seems to have more problems in her life than just wanting answers regarding Schulte.
- Da Vinci and Fire Marshal Sid Fleming investigate a massive house fire which claimed the lives of two children and their mother. The sole survivor of the fire is the father/husband of the deceased, Glen Moorehouse, he who suffered severe burns. The troubling aspect is that Moorehouse is a survivor of another remarkably similar house fire five years earlier, where his first wife and their children died. Tragic coincidence or...? Equally troubling for Da Vinci is that Morris Steadman is on the scene, still grieving and still angry. Elsewhere, Leary and Shannon are working on the kidnapping case of Alice Meisner, whose father, Ed Meisner, is a wealthy lumber magnate. Alice and Ed have somewhat of a strained relationship due to her drug use, but Ed never denied her anything. The ransom drop, monitored undercover by Leary and Shannon, doesn't go according to plan. Even before locating Alice's car which provides some evidence of the kidnappers, the authorities suspect that Alice herself may be part of staging her own kidnapping. Ultimately, "a big whiff of a real bad smell" lead the authorities to Alice. Meanwhile, Rose Williams makes it known that she'd like to be promoted to Homicide, which doesn't sit well with Shannon. And Sue tells Kosmo of a new "business relationship of convenience" she has with a dirty vice cop named Brian - whose badge she stole - who has an equally dirty narc cop friend named Joe. Kosmo wants this information under wraps until she investigates.
- Da Vinci calls for Vancouver to establish a red light district following the death of a high-priced escort and with the continuing mystery of the 28 missing prostitutes, all presumed dead.
- Da Vinci calls for Vancouver to establish a red light district following the death of a high-priced escort and with the continuing mystery of the 28 missing prostitutes, all presumed dead.
- Shannon continues his cooperative relationship with Anna de la Costa - the Mayor's housekeeper - who is being pursued by immigration officials. Da Vinci learns from Pierce that Council is contemplating pushing the Mayor out of office, leaving conservative Deputy Mayor Joyce Simkins as the leading candidate to replace him. However, Pierce thinks that his left leaning party would have a chance of winning the next election with Da Vinci as the mayoral candidate, an idea Da Vinci thinks ludicrous. But Da Vinci, with Kelly's assistance, plays both sides when he speaks further to Sandonovo and Gohill about the federal government's view of who and what they would like to see in City Hall. Also ludicrous in Da Vinci's mind is the City's new anti-panhandling by-law, but that doesn't stop him from being a victim of a panhandler. Williams and Curtis attend to a death they think is a suicide. The victim is known to Curtis. A mystery occurs in that investigation when important evidence goes missing. Sue's new friend in detention, Wendy Hopkins, shows her true colors when she has a visitor. "Bad cop" Marla checks in with Leary regarding the Will Summers case. Leary finally confronts Rob Simms with the DEA, who was the one who put Will under surveillance. Kurtz and Kosmo have a discussion about Kosmo's professional future. And Shannon shares with Da Vinci who and what he saw in the hotel's surveillance cameras.
- Sue stumbles into Rick Prentice's apartment and finds him dead. Totally freaked, she runs out, but the next day informs the authorities. During the investigation, Homicide - which includes Kosmo, Leary, Shannon and Williams - freeze Curtis out, who tries to get in on the premise that Rick was his informant. In reality, the Homicide detectives all know in their hearts that Curtis killed Rick. With Rick's murder, Councilor Pierce finally decides to talk to Homicide about being blackmailed by Curtis, and admittedly asking Curtis if he could make Rick just "go away". Kosmo and Leary ask Pierce if he is willing to assist in wearing a wire in his next meeting with Curtis. Curtis finally gets his in in the investigation when he catches up with Sue. He admits to her that he can and will make either her or Pierce take the fall for Rick's death. As such, a scared Sue agrees to cooperate with Curtis. Elsewhere, Da Vinci investigates a series of drug overdose deaths. It looks like there's some bad dope out on the street. He needs to find the supplier and get the dope off the street. The Mayor, having found some more money, gets closer to helping Da Vinci open the safe injection site. And Willa Edwards finds another witness for Da Vinci in the Darcy Charles beating, albeit a witness with a self-admitted bad history of his own.
- The Coroner's Office and Homicide investigate the finding of dead body - Robert Magus - buried in the yard of a private home. Beyond the fact that the body was obviously buried, the initial findings do not seem to indicate foul play. When a second body is found on site, the investigation points to the previous owner of the home, Viola McKnight, who ran a bordering house for pensioners there and where Magus was living when it is assumed he dies. An elderly woman, Viola, with her mentally challenged adult son Bert, has run a series of boarding houses catering to pensioners with mental issues. She currently is doing so at another site. In reality, Viola, has been taking charge of her tenants' finances, systematically poisoning and burying them, and then committing fraud by taking on that identity and collecting on their personal incomes such as pension checks. With each move, she has taken on that as an assumed name, her current alias being Elizabeth Grass. When the authorities catch up with Viola/Elizabeth, they know that she is guilty, but she plays her caring but doddering little old lady routine to a T. Homicide admits they don't have enough concrete evidence for a conviction. Viola's son, Bert, may be of some assistance, especially after his dog, Plato, is found dead after a tenant feeds him her poisoned food. The balance the authorities face is placing all the guilt on Viola without implicating an obviously innocent Bert.
- A charred dead body is found outside the wreckage of a burning car, the body which was bound before the fire. The car is registered to Phil Wilkins, a pool hustler. After uncovering some evidence, Shannon and Leary learn that the body is that of Wilkins, who lived life high but had no money. But the nature of the fire indicates that the perpetrator would have also suffered significant burns. Shannon and Leary suspect either one of his pool colleagues who he stiffed or Bobby, the manager of Wilkins' local pool hall as Wilkins was having a clandestine affair with Bobby's wife, Jessica. Part of Jessica's story may provide answers as to the death, and whether Shannon and Leary have to divulge the affair to Bobby. Da Vinci investigates the death of a young teen-aged woman, who was found dead inside a shipping truck. Someone was shipping her across the border from Portland to Vancouver, but a delay in transport caused the oxygen supply she was carrying to run out. The trunk's addressee, Darryl Morris, states that he was not expecting a shipment. Later, a second identical trunk addressed to Darryl Morris is found in the bonding warehouse, this time with a dead young teen-aged boy. Da Vinci decides the only way to find out who was actually expecting the trunks is to make the delivery of the now empty trunks and see who picks them up. But it's a discovery by Patricia that provides the strongest clues as to the identities of the two deceased and who was supposed to get them out of the trunks. Back at the coroner's office, Morris Steadman, still grieving over the death of his daughter, asks to review all Da Vinci's files as he still thinks her death was homicide. On some personal fronts, Sunny's car is keyed, with Leary thinking he knows the culprit. And Da Vinci starts what may be a relationship based on a chance encounter out of circumstance.
- Da Vinci investigates the death of a young man working for his father's construction company. Shannon and Leary investigate a decomposed body discovered in the back of a stolen truck. Kosmo helps a woman who thinks her husband is an impostor.
- In the vicinity of the kiddie stroll, a dead beaten body of a male is found next to a still running car. After doing some canvassing, Leary and Shannon learn that there have been altercations between "spotters" protecting the prostitutes and the neighborhood residents, who have an organized patrol to get the prostitutes and johns out of the area. The deceased was a john, leaving the prime suspects being either neighborhood patrol or spotters. Glen Paul, also known as Shorty, is a spotter who seems to be in the middle of the incident. Da Vinci investigates the death of Brad Greig, whose dead body was found trapped above a garage door of the condominium building he managed. The garage door was inspected only five weeks prior and was deemed then in good working order. Gregory Randolph, a tenant who found Greig, reported that Grieg earlier had an argument with another tenant, Sam Cooney, about the not functioning garage door. Da Vinci thinks Cooney had something to do with Greig's death, this view strengthened after garage door maintenance figures out what happened with the door itself. Da Vinci eventually accuses Cooney, who fights back. Elsewhere, Kurtz asks Kosmo to deal with a pesky neighbor who has reported a suspicious accident involving her professor boss and his wife, the latter who died in a hiking accident in Switzerland. Shannon faces a personal crisis with Lana, who is now in a nursing home. Da Vinci warns Kelly about okaying the moving of the bodies in the cemetery associated with the former Ravenhood Psychiatric Hospital. And Sue identifies the cop who has been using her services and doing drugs with her as Det. Brian Curtis.
- Da Vinci, McNab and McNab's daughter Ramona investigate what looks to be a hit and run death. Although they find evidence at the site, they can't conclusively fit the pieces together. It isn't until they find out about the deceased's history in the area and locate the flatbed truck that was seen at the site of the death that they get their necessary answers. Leary and Shannon continue their investigation of the gas station robbery. All they know at this point is that the primary suspects are two aboriginal men. They apprehend Tommy, an arms dealer who they suspect provided the guns used in that homicide. In the continuing saga with Glen Moorehouse, Morris Steadman does whatever he can to find out about the case, which irks Da Vinci. Da Vinci finds out more about Jack Pierce's supposed relationship with a hooker by the name of Brenda Eberhart, who is less than forthright when questioned by Da Vinci. Da Vinci learns directly from Pierce what's going on with Brenda. Kosmo tries to find out more about the girlfriend of the deceased drug dealer found on the waterfront. Kosmo finds out through secondary sources that the drug dealer's name is Danny Zinn, his girlfriend's name is Carla. Taylor is open with Kosmo about not wanting to be implicated in turning over the girlfriend informant, but Curtis does whatever he can to keep Kosmo away from Carla. And Leary seems to be unraveling emotionally, this due to the lingering issues around Josie's shooting.
- Three year old Terrence Ellison is found dead by his eight year old sister, Julie, in their backyard from what looks to be a head injury sustained from a fall from the swing. Based on the autopsy, Patricia and Sunny surmise he died from being shaken. On first glance, neither the parents, Ben and Claire, or Julie are capable of committing such a violent act, but the authorities cannot see how it could not have been one of the three that caused the death. Upon a site visit, Family Services is unconcerned about Julie being also physically abused if it was one of the parents. After hearing the news of how Terrence died, Ben is in denial, while Claire questions every move in her childrearing. After Da Vinci takes drastic measures with Julie, the steadfast resolve of the collective Ellison family crumbles when one member admits to what happened. Meanwhile, Shannon and Winston investigate the death of Bobby Symes, who was shot twice in the head. The first leads they have are missed telephone calls on his cell phone from Ed, a photo of his girlfriend Ruby in his wallet, and small amount of dope stashed in his wallet. Both Ed and Ruby don't seem totally forthright in their statements. In fact, both provide misleading and intentionally wrong information. Called on their individual lies by Shannon, both Ed and Ruby tell conflicting stories of what really happened. It isn't until Ruby and Ed get face to face that the truth comes out.
- Da Vinci investigates the death of an eight-year-old child. Shannon and Leary investigate the double shooting of a bouncer and a stripper.
- A basement suite fire claims the lives of two, Daniel Dupont and his infant son Peter, the house which was owned by Daniel's father who is distraught over the incident. Da Vinci and the fire investigator are about to rule the fire accidental, until Daniel's father offers some information about threatening shoplifters at Daniel's collector LP business and until the investigators find some cigarette butts outside the basement suite's window. Rose Williams, who helped Da Vinci with some robbery information, tries to use this case as a stepping stone into Homicide. Kosmo, in her continuing investigation of Alex Mills, wants to dig up a newly poured concrete floor in one of his abandoned houses, Kosmo thinking that Alex's wife, Sarah, is buried underneath. Some new evidence prematurely stops the excavation at the house, but not before Chick finds a body, however not that of Sarah. Despite finding the body, Kosmo can no longer hold Mills, but convinces Kurtz to allow her to conduct an undercover surveillance operation on Mills. Kosmo is somewhat surprised at Kurtz's choice of the undercover operator. At the archaeological dig site, Sunny discovers more bodies in shipping crates and a separate body with a bullet wound to the head. Chick surmises that the separate body was someone of Chinese descent. The Chinese community becomes involved, wanting to ensure the bodies get a proper burial. On a personal front, Leary and Sunny's relationship seems to be on the skids.
- A murder results from the police patrolling of the safe injection site. Despite being demoted to robbery, Kosmo is relieved that the Crown is finally investigating Curtis and Finn. A potential witness to Will's murder comes forward. The mayor makes a decision about his future.
- Five year old Alex Woods goes missing, presumably drowned by the log booms in the Fraser River after he supposedly jumped or fell off a pier. The death becomes suspicious when Helen discovers that Alex's mother, Sarah, lost another child five years previous in another outdoor accidental situation. But Da Vinci has to walk a fine line as there is a possibility she is innocent in both deaths. The suspicions continue after they find Alex's body. Both Da Vinci and Kurtz are also concerned that Sarah has yet another infant child at home, and that at least the two youngest were somewhat unwanted pregnancies from the fathers' perspectives. Meanwhile, Dr. Ian Stroud dies in an automobile accident. During the autopsy, Sunny finds that Dr. Stroud was killed by a gunshot wound to the head, the reason it not noticed at the accident scene being that the bullet had exited his body and the shot was clean. The rationale for the shooting becomes clearer when Leary and Shannon discover he performed abortions and was on an anti-abortion hit list. They narrow down the killer after determining the shot was fired at close range. Elsewhere, Fred Turner is suspected of murdering his wife, Susan, based on speculation by a neighbor, Molly Wolnic, who had reported domestic disturbances at the Turners' previously. This time, she heard an argument, saw Fred carry something outside, and since that incident Susan has not been seen despite usually working in her garden. Fred seems like a up-front guy to Kosmo and LaBoucane, the investigators, until they catch him in a few lies, namely about some blood in the kitchen and stories about his missing dog, Ginger. It isn't until Susan's body is discovered that the full story emerges. Meanwhile, Leary learns what Shannon has been doing in his free time.
- Da Vinci is front and center when the media learns of the mayor's involvement in the hit-and-run accident. Leary uncovers a possible Russian connection in the murder of his childhood friend. A longshoreman's wife insists her husband was killed by his co-workers.
- Leary and Shannon are back at work following Josie's shooting. Leary is still feeling the emotions of the incident, and reflects on his life. Shannon wants to make Leary feel that he is there for him by telling him a dark secret about his past. With work, Kurtz delegates the worst jobs to them, their first case being an abandoned car belonging to Jessica Bailey. Homicide is investigating if only because there is a good deal of blood on the back seat. Jessica is missing despite having her car listed for sale. She is pregnant and soon to give birth. Her bank account has systematically been emptied. She was contemplating giving the baby up for adoption since her boyfriend was not too happy about the pregnancy. Meanwhile, the dead body of Donna Sykes is found in a motor boat run aground on the beach, the death an apparent suicide. Donna's husband, Warren, cannot understand why his wife would commit suicide, especially since she had just given birth to her first baby, a baby that the Sykes had been trying to conceive for quite some time. The cases of Jessica Bailey and Donna Sykes merge into one when Jessica Bailey is found, when Wanda's autopsy provides some interesting findings and when Warren finds some blood stained sheets in his house. Elsewhere, Patricia wants to use the deceased body of Queenie King to do an autopsy for her class, Da Vinci not too happy that Patricia seemed to purposely circumvent him to achieve the necessary approvals. At the archaeological dig, two bystanders seem overly interested at what's going on. And Kosmo continues to foster her relationship with Sue, who uses Kosmo at every turn she can.
- Adolescent Byron Mizlowski is found dead on the shores of Burrard Inlet. It looks as if he either jumped or was pushed off the Ironworker's Memorial Bridge. Byron was a bright and responsible child and his parents gave him much leeway. They think that his biological father may have something to do with the death as Byron was physically abused by him in the past. However Patricia discovers in the autopsy that Byron was also sexually abused, as recent as the night of his death. Det. Bobby Marlowe from Sex Crimes thinks this case is linked to his case involving alleged sexual molestation of children by Byron's band teacher, Richard Zeto. Marlowe has a victim, Ryner Paget, who is remembering the sexual molestation incidents after the fact. To appease the territorial issue between Homicide and Sex Crimes, Da Vinci suggests he seize Zeto's property under the Coroner's Act to share between the investigators. After formally talking to Zeto, the authorities have much evidence against him but not enough to convict on any of the supposed charges. Once news spreads within the community of the investigation against Zeto, other evidence surfaces. Tragic consequences occur before the authorities discover who killed Byron. Meanwhile, Leary investigates a blood spattered apartment but no body. And Winston has a hit and run dead body. They don't yet know that they two are related.
- An inmate serving a life sentence for killing a police officer forces Da Vinci to interpret a heart stoppage in an ambulance as a death in custody. Mick and Shannon search for the son of a woman who was beaten to death in her apartment. Winston is trapped in an elevator with a corpse. Da Vinci looks for a piano for Gabriella's birthday.
- Kosmo and Leary investigate the suspicious behavior of an injured, bloody man at a laundromat, he stating incoherently that "they're all gone". "Michael" ends up dying quickly on them of a head wound from a bullet. Kosmo and Leary now have to find out who Michael was talking about, and if the who's are indeed, as they infer, dead. They do find Michael's house and the gruesome discovery inside. There is however one family member unaccounted for. They think they've found the missing son. Unfortunately for Leary, he can relate to what he sees as the motive for the deaths. Shannon and Williams continue their investigation of the dead body found in the field. He ended up being James Toresi, a well respected stock broker. The autopsy determined that he was tortured - he slowly bled to death from several wounds - and a safety deposit box key was found in his stomach. The contents of the box lead them further in the investigation. The dead body of Deborah Moyer is found in a known shooting gallery. Da Vinci uses this death as yet another piece in the arsenal for his plan for a safe injection site. The Mayor and his assistant Claire continue to court Da Vinci for Chief of Police. Claire warns Da Vinci to clear all old skeletons out of his closet. Da Vinci speaks to one of his competitors, Inspector Bill Jacobs, who Da Vinci sees as the leading candidate. Jacobs tells him that he isn't going to go for the job will back Da Vinci's bid for the job. And Kosmo and Leary find Sue, who they co-opt in their plan to sting Curtis. Sue quickly tells them about Curtis' blackmail of Councillor Pierce and the dope that was planted in Pierce's apartment.
- Kosmo and Leary investigate the death of Sarah Peters, her body found in the underground parking lot of her apartment building. They learn from William Chen that Peters was a material witness for the Crown in the homicide case against Roy Willetts. Chen also tells them that Willetts was incarcerated with Peters' estranged brother, Gary. Kosmo later also learns from Sue that someone is selling merchandise purchased with Sarah Peters' credit card. That someone is Dennis Lucas, who Kosmo and Leary pick up. Lucas admits that he knows who killed Sarah, but that the killer was hired by Roy's mother, Tammy. Lucas plea bargains - he'll help Kosmo and Leary trap Tammy into confessing. Meanwhile, Da Vinci and Shannon investigate the death of William Mattucci, who was found dead of stab wounds to the chest. According to his wife, he had a history of attempted suicides; the knife in his hand would indicate he took his own life. By circumstance, Constable Thurman notices blood stains in the bathroom of the Mattucci's downstairs tenant, Lena Whelan. The blood stains end up being more than meets the eye, which Whelan knows as she runs off during the investigation. The authorities find Whelan, who tells a story of domestic problems both in the Mattucci household and her own household which led to Mattucci's accidental death. Elsewhere, Da Vinci speaks to Joan Hanes, a witness in Darcy Charles' assault. Sue continues to assist Kosmo and Leary on the sting against Curtis. And Claire advises Da Vinci on a way to proceed with the safe injection site proposal, however it compromises his want for the Red Light District, at least for the immediate future.
- Da Vinci investigates a Chinese boat migrant who dies on a hunger strike while in detention. Shannon and Leary's prime suspect in a double shooting is a possible stalker.
- Da Vinci investigates the death of a man who fell from the sky landing on top of a stolen pickup truck. He learns that the dead man is William Walter Freed, a United States military private who had gone AWOL. Da Vinci traces Freed back to the hotel where he was staying. He and Constable Carter think they put the pieces together when they arrive at the hotel and speak to Freed's companion. Leary and Shannon investigate the death of Marlene Quinte. Her husband, Lorne, who called 911, was with her in the back seat of their car when the authorities arrived. Marlene was bound in duct tape. Leary and Shannon find that the existence of Marlene was a mystery to most who knew Lorne. Information and evidence shows that Marlene may have been brainwashed and/or unlawfully confined by Lorne. Lorne portrays himself as not possessing all his mental faculties, but Leary and Shannon are unsure if this portrayal is an act or reality. The autopsy uncovers some useful information but Lorne ultimately needs to answer the questions for the authorities to really know the truth. And Kosmo continues her investigation in the death of Danny Zinn. Sue fuels the rumor that a police officer was involved. If true, Kosmo speculates that it could be Curtis. As Kosmo questions Taylor, Taylor distances herself from her partner, Curtis.
- Da Vinci and Kosmo investigate the relationship between a young boxer and his mother's abusive boyfriend. Shannon and Leary investigate the latest in a string of cab driver murders. Patricia and Bobby Marlowe teach a group of medical students about crime scene investigation.
- John Wiley, a member of a fishing boat crew, is found dead in his bunk while the boat is out to sea. He had a head wound, probably received in a fight the evening before. Da Vinci traces Wiley's steps from that evening, which included a bar crawl, several drinks and an altercation with bouncers at a bar. Da Vinci has to determine if the bouncers' actions directly caused Wiley's death. Some paint fragments embedded into Wiley's head wound may provide some vital answers. With Carla and Danny's murders, Kurtz orders Kosmo to drop the investigation on Curtis, thinking Sue's information unreliable. Kosmo continues to investigate on her own, with both Sue and Taylor thinking that Curtis did kill Carla. Through the process, Sue demonstrates how reliable a witness she would be if ever called to testify. With the red light committee, Pierce manages to get things back on track, with support from other council members. Shannon convinces Leary to clear the air with Sunny about their mostly off again relationship. And Laura Maitland continues to implicate herself in Kurtz's professional and personal life.
- During a drunken evening, Leary loses his gun. Shannon does whatever he can to help his partner find the weapon, but only Leary knows what he did. As Leary frantically retraces his steps from the previous evening, Shannon begins a bond with Williams over a personal matter. The two decide to follow up on the tail of the Walkers, Vern who is still camping in the bushes. They stumble upon Rob and Kerry, the tail ending in tragic consequences. In the murders of Danny Zinn and Carla, Taylor, after viewing the dead body of her informant and friend Carla on the autopsy table, vows to assist Kosmo on the case in whatever way she can. However, Taylor's partner, Curtis, seems to be pushing her into a corner on the investigation, inferring partly that she was a reason Carla was killed. In the Moorehouse house fire, Chick uncovers some evidence leading to the arrest of Moorehouse for this fire. Da Vinci informs the Westerbrooks of this news, they who want further answers on their daughter's death in light of what seems to be the cause of this fire. Also with this investigation, Steadman hires a forensic specialist to review his daughter's death. With the Ravenwood Cemetery issue, all the co-mingled bodies end up being walk aways. Da Vinci receives eyewitness testimony of abuse and possible killing of patients during the 1970's. Da Vinci uses this information to implicate the cemetery grounds keeper, Ken Folkstone, this before Da Vinci learns of the unreliability of the witness. Laura Maitland becomes more of a nuisance to Kurtz, Maitland whose objective seems to be more than just protection from a stalker. And at the end of a long day, Leary finally decides to talk to Josie's sister, Annie.
- Within an abandoned car parked in a loading zone in a back alley across the street from the police station, Laura Maitland's dead body is found inside the trunk. Although the cause of her death may have been by the hands of her alleged stalker, certain evidence points to the death being self-induced: she may have placed herself in a tenuous position in the likelihood that she would be found before dying. Under Curtis' blackmail, Pierce publicly does not endorse the concept of a red light district, which causes Da Vinci to go on a tirade against Pierce. Despite their previous bad history, Brenda implies that she's going to help Da Vinci find out why Pierce had a change of heart. Kelly offers his support by not publicly endorsing the concept since it would allow Da Vinci the full resources of the office in dealing with the issue. Meanwhile, Da Vinci and Kosmo investigate what looks to be a murder-suicide of an infant by its mother, the mother found by a distraught old boyfriend. Kosmo and Sue make amends. Two suspects are picked up in the gas station robberies. Da Vinci has news for the Shoeshine about his friend, Lamont. And Da Vinci and his mother mark the third anniversary of his father's death.
- The police discover a man concealing a sex trade worker bound and gagged in his truck. Da Vinci questions whether the situation represents a consensual act or the work of a serial killer.
- Patricia is asked to be a guest speaker at conference, and her presentation leads her to re-examining the case of the missing prostitutes. Sioux, who is now a police informant for Kosmo, implicates Danny in the drug trade. Kosmo is forced to examine her feelings for Danny.
- 1998–200644m7.8 (15)TV EpisodeAs Da Vinci attends the Police Chief appointment black tie dinner with Maria (the dinner which is populated with many of his professional foes such as Jacobs, Sgt. Klotchko, Mayor Hathaway, and Richard Norton), others in his professional circle are on the job. Lou attends to the death of a woman named Allison Freeman, who was found in her car. The contents of the trunk of her car have some personal connection to Da Vinci. Lou eventually discovers why she might have that material, and Da Vinci tries to find out the precise nature of her interest in him. With Chick's help, Leary tries to get as much information about the transmitter on Will's boat without whomever is doing the surveillance finding out that Leary is aware of the transmitter's existence. Leary adds some surveillance equipment of his own. The dinner is not a total waste for Da Vinci as he learns that his red light district proposal has the interest of the federal government. With Internal's investigation, the police pick up Sue, who has incriminating evidence in her room. Brian officially adds his falsified information into the investigation. With the hit and run case, Da Vinci learns conclusively that the Mayor was not where he said he was that evening. And Shannon has a less than pleasant chat with Kurtz about the incident with Klotchko. He believes that this meeting is the first step in his unwanted early retirement.
- During Shannon and Williams' tail, Rob Walker accidentally drives into the inlet to avoid a collision with another vehicle. Rob's son, Kerry, ends up drowning. Shannon and Williams, although doing nothing wrong in the pursuit and not at all a cause of the accident, feel somewhat responsible. In addition, they find out that Rob and Kerry are probably not the two responsible for the gas station robberies and homicide as they originally suspected. Kosmo continues her clandestine investigation of Curtis in Danny Zinn and Carla's murders. Taylor offers whatever support she can against her partner. Taylor mentions that Joe Tang, unlike stories provided by Sue, is on the up and up and is not working with Curtis in illegal activities. Curtis continues his own surreptitious dealings, blackmailing Brenda Eberhart's boyfriend, Rick Prentice, into providing information about her and Jack Pierce's relationship. With the Ravenhood co-mingled buried bodies, Da Vinci finds the last surviving walkway, Mark, who also implicates Ken Folkstone not only in the co-mingled burials, but also of abuse of patients as well as being a direct cause in the deaths. Elsewhere, Williams investigates a suspicious attempted break-in at Laura Maitland's apartment. A frantic Leary is still looking for his gun, and tries to find the tattooed man with the dog which attacked him the night he lost his gun; he ultimately gets a lucky break. And an angry McNab learns that Da Vinci once tried to pick-up his daughter, Ramona.
- Da Vinci investigates the death of a street kid on the docks and comes to terms with the death of his brother at a young age.
- Eleven year-old Nelson Kauf is found dead, hanging off the roller coaster. He is known to police as he continually called them regarding domestic problems at home. These were all deemed by the police to be nuisance calls. He was also cited by others for mischief. Da Vinci learns that Nelson was on antidepressants, the prescribing doctor - Dr. Ludlow - who has a history of over-prescription. Da Vinci is about to sign off that Nelson's medication dosage and his death have no relationship, until he learns more about the earlier death of Nelson's father, also with a history of depression and suicide attempts and whose doctor was also Dr. Ludlow. Meanwhile, Kurtz is pressuring Kosmo for results from the surveillance on Alex and Sarah regarding the body found under the concrete floor in one of Alex's houses. Kosmo turns up the heat on both Alex and Sarah. Kosmo is playing both husband and wife off each other, a tactic she openly plays to Sarah. As such, Sarah is feeling backed into a corner, and she turns to Danny for advice. The tactic pays off. With the investigation into the tubal ligations of the young aboriginal women, Patricia decides to question the operating doctor, Dr. Wyman, but she is too late to ever get any useful information from the doctor.
- With the gas station robbery, Williams tracks down the names of the suspects, Rob Walker and Kerry Walker, father and son. Along with Leary and Shannon, Williams locates Rob's brother, Vern, and decides to see if he can shed any light on his brother's whereabouts. Upon questioning, they learn that Vern is a crack user and Rob, down from the family home in Ocean Falls, came to the city to bring Vern home to get away from the drugs. Other than that, Vern says Rob is a model citizen. Leary and Shannon decide to tail Vern, who sails up Indian Arm to a self-made camp in the bushes. With the Ravenhood cemetery issue, Da Vinci discovers the identity of one of the co-mingled bodies. He was a "walk away" in the mid-1970s who, according to the headstone, would have been buried on the day he was listed as missing. Da Vinci decides to look into all walk aways from that era to see if they match the other two co-mingled bodies found thus far. With Danny Zinn's murder, Kosmo notices some similarities with another drug dealer murder five months previous. But without Carla who is still missing, Kosmo's trail goes cold. However, Carla is found, a little too late. And Da Vinci has another chat with Brenda Eberhart about her relationship with Jack Pierce. Da Vinci is more straightforward with her this time. Their chat has a few unintended consequences.
- Da Vinci investigates two deaths. The first death is that of Marjorie Diggens, found at the bottom of her basement stairwell by her husband, Louis. Da Vinci believes the death to be an accidental fall down the stairs, but Patricia thinks it may be an from a fight between husband and wife. Leary and Kosmo, the Homicide investigators, discover the Diggens had a history of reported domestic problems. And because the determination of possible homicide was delayed, the accident scene has been contaminated, therefore there is no usable forensic evidence. When Chick discovers a blood stained hockey stick which could be the murder weapon, Leary and Kosmo uncover what happened, but it's not quite what they originally think. The second death is that of Alan Bush, a federal cabinet minister. He is reported and found dead in his bedroom, but Da Vinci, upon first look, knows that the body was moved there after death. Shannon, the homicide investigator, discovers that Bush may have died in a hotel room, the room registered to a Rita Morgan. Those who obviously know what happened aren't cooperating, those people being Rita Morgan, Bush's wife, his ministerial assistant and someone working in the hotel. It isn't until Rita Morgan decides to cooperate that the full story is revealed. Meanwhile, Leary receives an unexpected and unwanted visit from his estranged wife, Kim, a fact which he hides from Sunny. And Da Vinci receives some sad personal news.
- 1998–200644m8.0 (20)TV EpisodeA pre-trial hearing is held in the suspected stabbing murder of Stacy Miller, a young female hiker, by Joel Hardy. Using Da Vinci's, Patricia's, and Homicide's notes from the initial investigation, Hardy's lawyer is trying to prove his client's innocence based on an alternative theory: that Miller was killed by a cougar attack--an alternative theory that had been considered during the coroner/pathologists exam. Da Vinci knows that is not the case, Patricia knows that is not the case, and Homicide knows that is not the case, but Hardy's lawyer is using the notes against their writers. To further support his case, Hardy's lawyer calls in an expert witness--a pathologist specializing in animal attacks--and subpoenas Sunny, who has to recall her discussions with Patricia and Da Vinci about the investigation. Elsewhere, Leary, Shannon and Da Vinci investigate the break-and-enter shooting death of Abigail Jefferson. A former cancer patient, Abigail was shot through the heart while in her bedroom, the murder weapon being her own gun. The murder occurred while her husband and two adult children were out shopping. The initial suspect is a neighborhood kid who does odd jobs for the Jeffersons. However, certain aspects of the Jeffersons' collective stories do not quite add up, including a delay between their finding the body and the call to 911. In addition, the investigators learn that Abigail's cancer was not in remission as she told her family. It isn't until Chick uncovers some evidence regarding the gun that the pieces of the story start to fall together. On other fronts, Morris Steadman continues his crusade to find evidence regarding foul play in his daughter's death, Da Vinci continues his relationship with Suzanne Reilly, and Shannon wrestles with the thought of putting his wife Lana into an extended care facility.
- For twenty years, Farris Dunlap has been threatened by Wendell Quinn, who believes Dunlap killed his brother, Roger. Dunlap denies even knowing the Quinn brothers. The latest round of threats started when Quinn was released from prison, he being there for manslaughter. This threat includes the mailing of a severed finger to Dunlap. On the flip side, Quinn states that Roger was a police informant who witnessed some wrong-doing by Dunlap. Just as Roger was supposed to testify, Wendell received the severed finger, which he knows belongs to his brother due to a scar. Roger's body was never found. Shannon and Williams speak to Clayton Hurley, the cop who led that case twenty years ago. After speaking to all involved, Shannon and Williams have a strong impression of who actually killed Roger Quinn. Da Vinci wants to hold an inquest into Darcy Charles' death. Because the autopsy came back as inconclusive, Da Vinci needs some material witnesses or some evidence of complaint by Charles herself. She never filed a police complaint but luckily did with lawyer, Phil Rosen. In reality, he wants to use this case as leverage both for pushing the issue of the safe injection site, and to bolster his run for the Chief of Police position. Kosmo and Leary set up the the beginnings of the sting on Curtis. They ask Sue to re-instigate her friendship with him so that she can monitor his movements. She does so as well as provides direct information and evidence of drug dealing by Curtis and Rick Prentice. They also decide to get to Councillor Pierce through Da Vinci. And Da Vinci investigates the death of a man found hanging within in the overhead stove exhaust of a restaurant kitchen.
- McNab and Da Vinci find a dead body in the trunk of an abandoned car, a totaled car which was involved in a high-speed chase and eventual traffic accident. The second car is nowhere in sight. The dead man--Joseph Leroni, a known bank robber--died of carbon monoxide poisoning. The car, reported stolen, belongs to a Charlie Victor, who works at the racetrack as a trainer and whom Da Vinci personally knows more casually as Victor Charlie. Victor doesn't know Leroni or how the car got stolen (no sign of forcible entry). An eyewitness comes forward who can identify the driver of the other car. Da Vinci begins to learn the truth regarding the accident and Leroni's death when he confronts the driver. An unanswered question remains: who was chasing the car that caused the accident to occur. A second case that Da Vinci investigates involves the dead body of a homeless man found in former polar bear enclosure at Stanley Park: he appears to have died of a head injury. The victim was living in the former bear pit. Personal effects found in the pit indicate that he was a war hero. Leary and Shannon canvass the neighborhood for information about the homeless man, only hearing stories of an interesting old stranger. With personnel issues, Kurtz wants to recruit Rose Williams into Homicide, much to Shannon's chagrin. Leary isn't too excited about his and Kurtz's discussion about her wanting him to partner with someone else other than Shannon, a discussion he doesn't divulge to Shannon. Kosmo fosters her relationship with Sue, becoming a big sister in addition to being her unofficial handler. And still undercover, Danny Leary leaves Vancouver but not before emotional goodbyes to both Kosmo and his brother.
- In a back alley in the Downtown east side, Da Vinci and Zack McNab investigate a fatal hit and run. During the course of the investigation, the on duty female police constable reminds Da Vinci that during one of his drunken sprees a few years back, he made a play for her but had not called her since that night, her and the incident Da Vinci only vaguely remembers. Da Vinci later finds out that the constable is Zack's daughter, Ramona. Simultaneously around the corner from the hit and run, Shannon, Leary and robbery detective Rose Williams investigate the shooting homicide of a convenience store clerk named Jim. Jim was a popular figure in the neighborhood, running tabs for his regular customers until they received their bi-weekly welfare checks. Rose also mentions to Shannon and Leary that Jim had been robbed four times in the past two months by a historically non-violent junkie named Lucas Ross, a kid originally from a stable upper middle class family. After it was determined that Lucas had previously broken into the store to steal cash to support his habit, Jim preferred to hand over a small amount of cash to Lucas than to go through the pain and cost of any property damage caused by a break-in. Despite these robberies, Lucas was one of Jim's regulars and treated him as such. When the investigators learn of the other nearby incident, their exchange of information leads to them believing the two incidents tied together, them being able to piece together the outline of a credible story. That story leads to a stand off of sorts, including between Da Vinci, and detectives from three different divisions each having their own idea of what best to do. It could all go down in a blaze of bullets, that is unless Da Vinci's plan comes to fruition and comes off as he hopes, he putting his own life on the line in the process if he's wrong.
- Cory Wilkins, a squeegee kid, is beaten to death while washing a windshield. His girlfriend, Lily, happened upon the scene immediately following the beating and only caught a brief glimpse of a woman running away from the scene, that woman who either did the beating or possibly knows who did. They do find the woman, a junkie, who did witness the beating by the driver of the car she was chasing. They do identify the vehicle, which was reported stolen by its owner, Frank Carver. Leary, Shannon and Savoy recover some evidence from the found car and a possible murder weapon close to where the car was abandoned, which points to one probable suspect. Although the junkie girl cannot positively identify the suspect, Lily, who happened to be at the police station when the suspect is brought in, can. Da Vinci investigates the death of Janie Steadman, who was found in the aftermath of a house fire. Da Vinci rules the death accidental, the fire started by a tipped over candle. This information is insufficient for Janie's father, Morris Steadman, who wants to know exactly and everything that happened in his daughter's death. Not wanting to think that his daughter did anything wrong in her life (the autopsy identified cocaine in her system), Steadman hires a private investigator, Tom Sprawl, whose mandate seems to be to provide Steadman with the information he wants to hear. Sprawl seems to be working on his own motives. Back at the morgue, Patricia is facing a case of déjà vu - she is to perform an autopsy on a John Doe, but she swears she did an autopsy on that same man two days prior, that John Doe with a $50 bill in his right shoe, this John Doe with a $50 bill in his left shoe. Wayne backs up Patricia's memory of the situation. Are they going crazy or is there a plausible explanation for the two identical John Does? Da Vinci finds a piano for him and Patricia to buy as a present for Gabriella. The problem is getting the piano from its present location back to the house.
- 1998–200644m7.5 (13)TV EpisodeDa Vinci is involved in a vehicular hit and run traffic accident, the other vehicle doing the running. Da Vinci ends up with a gash on his head. There were two eyewitnesses, each with a different viewpoint of who caused the accident. Despite this bad start to his day, Da Vinci goes to work. His first case is that of Nick McLeod, who was found hanging in a new unoccupied house for sale. He is the realtor. He looks to have been squatting in the house. They later learn he was separated from his wife. But the unusual aspect of his death is that there is no physical way he could have hung himself with what evidence is at the scene. But they also find evidence of others who looked like they had been partying at the house. They later find Shawn Finch - one of the partiers - who tells them what he saw. Shannon and Williams investigate the death of Glen Bardsley, whose body is spotted underneath fallen leaves at the bottom of a ravine in a wooded area. Their investigation takes them to Bardsley's daughter and wife, the latter who is in a coma in an extended care facility. But Nina, one of the care nurses, knows more about what happened to Bardsley than she lets on. Meanwhile, Da Vinci has a run in with Police Constable Charlie Klotchko, Da Vinci not understanding what problem Klotchko has with him. Lenny Baker withdraws his candidacy for the Chief of Police job, McNab thinking that Da Vinci blabbed to someone about Baker's secret problem. Bell sets up his relationship with Rick Prentice in hopes of getting to Curtis. And Leary continues to live out of his truck parked down by the beach.
- Da Vinci investigates the disappearance of a dead drug addict's child.
- Da Vinci investigates numerous prostitute murders over several months. Leary questions a local diner owner who received the mail of some of the victims.
- Da Vinci reopens several cases of prostitutes ruled to have died by alcohol poisoning through self neglect, causing a further rift with his ex-wife.
- Da Vinci continues to track Charlie Josephs, the owner of the diner frequented by the murdered prostitutes.
- 1998–200644m8.0 (11)TV EpisodeConstable Walker is feeling guilty about her role in Roy Cardinale's death, which she expresses to some fellow constables. Believing he did nothing wrong, Constable Rosario, her partner and the one who actually beat Roy, vows that he will make sure that she doesn't break the code amongst partners. Unbeknownst to the constables, Chief Jacobs and Kurtz are not going to press for a charge of homicide against whomever caused the beating. All those working this investigation are perturbed by this information. As a result, Da Vinci decides to get involved. Sensing that she really was a bystander in the beating, Kosmo offers some friendly advice to Walker. With the Chinese freighter mutiny, Phil Rosen, handling the immigration file of many of the crew, discovers the reason behind the mutiny which involves others Da Vinci was unaware of with his initial visit on the freighter. With Internal's investigation, Finn has his first interview with Kosmo, who innocently believes that the investigation is concerning Brian. With new investigations, Da Vinci attends to a well dressed dead body with no identification hanging with a noose around his neck off the Burrard Street Bridge. Something doesn't sit right with Da Vinci so he calls in Homicide to investigate. Kosmo and Leary discover his identity and a connection to Da Vinci's favorite lawyer, Richard Norton. Lou, Shannon and Williams investigate the finding of a mummified newborn found in a dumpster. Other debris in the dumpster lead the detectives to an elderly woman named Donna Phillips and her ex-husband, who may be able able to explain what happened. In other goings-on, Da Vinci feels that he is being frozen out of the Mayor's office and speculates about why the Mayor was previously so enthusiastic about his candidacy for Chief of Police. Da Vinci and Kelly have a philosophical argument over the role of the Coroner's office. And Helen has another draft of her book ready for Da Vinci to read.
- Two suspicious fires are investigated. The first is a car fire which killed the car's occupant. And the second is on the exterior of Kosmo's house, the fire which took place while she was at home. Evidence indicates the two were set by the same person. Sue is rushed to hospital on a possible OD. As with all of Curtis' cases, the murder charges against Sue are going to be stayed of which she is unaware, leading to her taking an extraordinary measure while in the hospital. In preparation for the announcement of his candidacy for mayor, Da Vinci brings his team together to discuss his platform, including the controversial issues of expanding the number of safe injection sites and creating a red light district. However some leaked news indicates that there is a mole in Da Vinci's team working in part for his political foe and possible mayoral candidate, the acting mayor Joyce Simkins. Da Vinci uses this mole for his own purposes. He also learns he has an ally in the opposing camp. Leary accuses Simms of knowing and covering up that Tuan was behind Summers' death. Chick and Carter monitor Tuan's movement, thinking he is being aided by Simms to flee to the States while Leary tries to secure an arrest warrant to nab him before he flees. Leary receives pressure from Jacobs and Klotchko to do something he doesn't want to do in this case. What Leary decides to do is based on where he sees his professional future. And the perpetrator of a slew of bank robberies is found dead, the perpetrator well-known to those in the Police Department.