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Da Vinci's Inquest

TV·1998–2005·7 seasons, 91 episodes·CBC Television·Crime, Drama·1h·Created by Chris Haddock

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Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. While never a ratings blockbuster, seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes. The show, set and filmed in Vancouver, stars Nicholas Campbell as Dominic Da Vinci, once an undercover officer for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but now a crusading coroner who seeks justice in the cases he investigates. The cast also includes Gwynyth Walsh as Da Vinci's ex-wife and chief pathologist Patricia Da Vinci, Donnelly Rhodes as detective Leo Shannon, and Ian Tracey as detective Mick Leary.

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  1. 01Da Vinci's Inquest S01E01Little Sister (1)S01E01 · 10.0A young prostitute's body is retrieved from Vancouver Harbour, and Sunny notes striking similarities to a string of previous deaths. A chance comment to Da Vinci leads him to re-open several cases, causing a further rift with his ex-wife Patricia, who did the original autopsies, and with his boss James Flynn, who ruled the deaths as accidental.
  2. 02Da Vinci's Inquest S01E02Little Sister (2)S01E02 · 10.0Da Vinci reopens several cases, causing a further rift with his ex-wife.
  3. 03Da Vinci's Inquest S01E03Little Sister (3)S01E03 · 10.0Da Vinci is convinced a serial murderer has been on the loose for years.

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Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes1998–99Aired 10.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Da Vinci's Inquest S01E01Season's bestLittle Sister (1)October 7, 1998 10.0A young prostitute's body is retrieved from Vancouver Harbour, and Sunny notes striking similarities to a string of previous deaths. A chanc
  2. S01E02Da Vinci's Inquest S01E02Little Sister (2)October 14, 1998 10.0Da Vinci reopens several cases, causing a further rift with his ex-wife.
  3. S01E03Da Vinci's Inquest S01E03Little Sister (3)October 21, 1998 10.0Da Vinci is convinced a serial murderer has been on the loose for years.
  4. S01E04Da Vinci's Inquest S01E04The Quality of MercyOctober 28, 1998 10.0When television news reporter Hope Martin (Lynda Boyd) breaks a story about mercy killing, Detectives Leary and Shannon start digging around
  5. S01E05Da Vinci's Inquest S01E05Known to the MinistryNovember 4, 1998 10.0Following a rash of fatal drug overdoses, Da Vinci learns that one of the dead addicts had an infant, who is missing. Manny, a police inform
  6. S01E06Da Vinci's Inquest S01E06We All Fall DownNovember 11, 1998 10.0The Coroner's office investigates the cause of a devastating fire at a seniors' care facility that left most of the residents dead and an el
  7. S01E07Da Vinci's Inquest S01E07The Stranger InsideNovember 18, 1998 10.0When a young woman's dead body is dumped in an underground parking lot with no apparent signs of injury, Da Vinci and the police are intrigu
  8. S01E08Da Vinci's Inquest S01E08GabrielNovember 25, 1998 10.0When a street kid turns up dead on the dockside Leary is convinced that the young runaway was tortured to death by other kids and Sunny back
  9. S01E09Da Vinci's Inquest S01E09The Most Dangerous TimeDecember 2, 1998 10.0A noisy house party ends in tragedy when a fifteen-year-old teenager is found shot dead. Initially it looks like another death in a recent s
  10. S01E10Da Vinci's Inquest S01E10The BridgeDecember 9, 1998Da Vinci has fallen off the wagon in a big way with a drunken evening at the police bar, which he can't remember. A homeless man is critical
  11. S01E11Da Vinci's Inquest S01E11Final ChapterJanuary 13, 1999 10.0Patricia Da Vinci's career is on a high when she is asked to be a guest speaker at the prestigious Seattle Homicide Conference. Her presenta
  12. S01E12Da Vinci's Inquest S01E12The Hunt (1)January 27, 1999Da Vinci, Leary, and Sunny are in Seattle attending an international Homicide Conference. A presentation by San Francisco-based FBI Special
  13. S01E13Da Vinci's Inquest S01E13The Capture (2)February 3, 1999 10.0Da Vinci, Leary and Sunny are in Seattle at a conference, and are shocked to discover similar cases across the Pacific Northwest, that appea

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes1999–00Aired 10.0Season avg
  1. S02E01Da Vinci's Inquest S02E01Season's bestA Cinderella Story (1)October 6, 1999 10.0Da Vinci is back in the headlines when he calls for Vancouver City to set up a red light district following the death of a high-priced escor
  2. S02E02Da Vinci's Inquest S02E02A Cinderella Story (2)October 13, 1999 10.0Da Vinci is back in the headlines when he calls for Vancouver City to set up a red light district following the death of a high-priced escor
  3. S02E03Da Vinci's Inquest S02E03The Hanged ManOctober 20, 1999 10.0Da Vinci desperately searches for the truth behind a death in custody and implications of police corruption. The death of an elderly woman d
  4. S02E04Da Vinci's Inquest S02E04Tommy's on the CornerOctober 27, 1999 10.0Da Vinci has to untangle the truth of two fatalities that happened during a controversial high-speed police car chase. Shannon and Leary try
  5. S02E05Da Vinci's Inquest S02E05His WifeNovember 3, 1999 10.0Kosmo and Leary discover that when it comes to spousal abuse nothing is simple. Da Vinci steers through a political minefield when a body tu
  6. S02E06Da Vinci's Inquest S02E06Sister's LightNovember 10, 1999A fishing boat goes down in calm seas and three men with more than a century of experience die. Da Vinci, who is coping with his own grief,
  7. S02E07Da Vinci's Inquest S02E07A Nice Place in the CountryNovember 17, 1999 10.0The excavation for a water main turns up human bones. Kosmo takes up the challenge of piecing together the puzzle of Vancouver's 28 missing
  8. S02E08Da Vinci's Inquest S02E08Blues in A-MinorNovember 24, 1999 10.0The death of a child always hits hard for those who have to investigate, especially when it looks like suicide. Da Vinci tries to rein in a
  9. S02E09Da Vinci's Inquest S02E09The Looking GlassDecember 1, 1999 10.0A police shooting is always a complicated, politically charged matter. Da Vinci convenes a Coroner's Court to investigate, and untangle the
  10. S02E10Da Vinci's Inquest S02E10The LotteryDecember 8, 1999 10.0Da Vinci and Shannon investigate a death that brings them face to face with their own ethics. Meanwhile, Leary takes on a dangerous undercov
  11. S02E11Da Vinci's Inquest S02E11Bang Like ThatJanuary 5, 2000 10.0When a baby dies from a brain injury, pathology turns up a lot of unanswered questions. Da Vinci is on the case. The police investigate a po
  12. S02E12Da Vinci's Inquest S02E12FantasyJanuary 12, 2000 10.0The police catch a man with a sex-trade worker bound and gagged in his truck. Da Vinci questions whether this was a consensual act or the wo
  13. S02E13Da Vinci's Inquest S02E13RealityJanuary 19, 2000 10.0Larry Williams is out on bail. Da Vinci and the police must find evidence that will put him behind bars before his fantasies lead him to kil

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2000–01Aired 10.0Season avg
  1. S03E01Da Vinci's Inquest S03E01Season's bestThat's the Way the Story GoesOctober 4, 2000 10.0Da Vinci ""tilts at windmills"" while investigating a death on the streets of his beloved downtown eastside. Shannon and Leary pursue an eni
  2. S03E02Da Vinci's Inquest S03E02Bring Back the DeadOctober 11, 2000 10.0A death in custody is reported, but the prison warden says that no one's died. Da Vinci investigates. Shannon and Leary lead the homicide te
  3. S03E03Da Vinci's Inquest S03E03It's a Bad CornerOctober 18, 2000 10.0Da Vinci is challenged by the father of a young woman killed in a fire. When a squeegee kid is killed, Shannon and Leary don't have much to
  4. S03E04Da Vinci's Inquest S03E04Do You Wanna DanceOctober 25, 2000 10.0Da Vinci and Kosmo unravel the relationship between a young boxer and his mother's abusive boyfriend. Shannon and Leary pursue another cabbi
  5. S03E05Da Vinci's Inquest S03E05The Hottest Place in HellNovember 8, 2000 10.0Da Vinci prepares for an inquest into a propane truck accident. Will a reluctant witness stop him from finding out what really happened? A s
  6. S03E06Da Vinci's Inquest S03E06This Shit Is EvilNovember 15, 2000 10.0Da Vinci investigates the death of a man left to die outside the emergency room. The whole homicide team is called in when an infant is abdu
  7. S03E07Da Vinci's Inquest S03E07An Act of GodNovember 22, 2000 10.0A decomposed body in the back of a stolen truck puts Shannon and Leary on the trail of a bounty hunter. A young man dies working for his fat
  8. S03E08Da Vinci's Inquest S03E08All Tricked UpNovember 29, 2000 10.0When the body of a woman is discovered in a trunk shipped across the border, Da Vinci is called in to investigate. Shannon and Leary pursue
  9. S03E09Da Vinci's Inquest S03E09Better Broke Than NakedJanuary 9, 2001 10.0Da Vinci leads the search for the body of a boy who fell into a river. Is there something more to the death than just a tragic accident? Kos
  10. S03E10Da Vinci's Inquest S03E10You See How It Begins?January 16, 2001 10.0A jockey is found dead in a stall at the race track. Da Vinci investigates. A former member of the Guatemalan secret police claims to be dyi
  11. S03E11Da Vinci's Inquest S03E11It's Backwards DayJanuary 23, 2001 10.0In this real-time episode, a hit and run in an alley on the downtown Eastside and a shooting at a convenience store put Da Vinci, Shannon an
  12. S03E12Da Vinci's Inquest S03E12The Sparkle TourJanuary 30, 2001 10.0After a downtown Eastside activist is found dead, Da Vinci is approached by a witness who last saw the victim getting into a police cruiser.
  13. S03E13Da Vinci's Inquest S03E13I'm an Anomaly and an Anachronism, but I'm AloneFebruary 6, 2001 10.0Patricia, Sunny and Da Vinci give conflicting testimony in a murder trial. Da Vinci, Shannon, and Leary investigate the shooting death of a

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season0413Episodes2001–02AiredSeason avg
  1. S04E01Too Late For Mr. EarlySeptember 30, 2001Working with Shannon and Leary, Da Vinci investigates an apparent suicide in the woods of an ex-convict released on day parole. Patricia sta
  2. S04E02Oppenheimer ParkOctober 14, 2001Da Vinci has to track down a body that is stolen conspicuously from the death scene. Shannon and Leary investigate an elderly woman found de
  3. S04E03Banging on the WallOctober 21, 2001An eight year old's mysterious death leaves Da Vinci demanding answers. Shannon and Leary look into the double shooting of a stripper and a
  4. S04E04Cheap AftershaveOctober 28, 2001A detained Chinese boat migrant dies while on a hunger strike. Da Vinci investigates. Shannon and Leary's prime suspect is a possible stalke
  5. S04E05Ugly QuickNovember 4, 2001An officer is shot dead and Detective Leary is in the hot seat. Da Vinci and Kurtz investigate the circumstances surrounding the police shoo
  6. S04E06Birds Have Been At HerNovember 11, 2001When a dead woman is found floating at sea in a small boat, Da Vinci is called in to investigate. Shannon and Leary probe the disappearance
  7. S04E07Shoulda Been A PriestNovember 18, 2001Da Vinci's morning is swamped when a young man is found in a rail yard boxcar and a body washes up under the Burrard Street Bridge. While pe
  8. S04E08Sixes and SevensDecember 2, 2001Traffic Inspector Zack Mc Nab calls in Da Vinci to investigate a suspicious highway accident that's missing a driver. Shannon and Leary look
  9. S04E09Be A Cruel TwistJanuary 6, 2002A fire in a basement claims two lives and Da Vinci is there to investigate. Shannon and Leary are called to the dig site in Chinatown when S
  10. S04E10Simple, SadJanuary 13, 2002Gina asks Da Vinci to look into the hospital death of an infant. Danny Leary joins the undercover operation to get close with the wife of Ko
  11. S04E11Pretend You Didn't See MeJanuary 20, 2002At Vancouver's most notorious street corner, Da Vinci tries to track down the next of kin of a recent suicide, but is called to investigate
  12. S04E12Gather Up All The Little PeopleJanuary 21, 2002Da Vinci looks into the suicide of an eleven year-old boy in an amusement park. Undercover detective Danny Leary pushes for a confession as
  13. S04E13In The Bear PitJanuary 21, 2002Zack calls in Da Vinci when a body is found in the trunk of a car at the scene of an accident. Shannon and Leary investigate the death of a

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season0513Episodes2002–03AiredSeason avg
  1. S05E01A Big Whiff of A Real Bad SmellOctober 27, 2002Da Vinci investigates a deadly house fire, while Leary and Shannon try to solve a case involving a missing person.
  2. S05E02Ass Covering DayNovember 3, 2002Da Vinci investigates the death of a man who was crushed by a parking-garage door. Meanwhile, Shannon and Leary search for suspects involved
  3. S05E03A Big Enough FanNovember 10, 2002Da Vinci investigates a cemetery with remains buried together, and declares it a crime scene. Meanwhile, a man claims that ahomeless man kil
  4. S05E04Run By The MonkeysNovember 17, 2002Da Vinci becomes suspicious of a man who survived two house fires. Meanwhile, Shannon and Leary investigate a double murder.
  5. S05E05At First It Was FunnyDecember 1, 2002Kosmo investigates the fatal shooting of a drug dealer. Meanwhile, Da Vinci has difficulty with his house-fire investigation, and Leary and
  6. S05E06Dizzy Looking DownDecember 8, 2002Leary and Shannon investigate whether a hermit killed his wife. Meanwhile, Da Vinci looks into the death of a man who appears to have fallen
  7. S05E07God Forbid We Call It What It IsJanuary 12, 2003Da Vinci uncovers some disturbing information about one of the commingled bodies. Meanwhile, Kosmo finds more evidence that a cop may be inv
  8. S05E08Doing The Chicken ScratchJanuary 19, 2003After a drinking binge, Leary scrambles to piece together the events of the previous night, leaving Shannon and Rose to have to work togethe
  9. S05E09For Just Bein' IndianJanuary 26, 2003A fatal crash is linked to Rose and Shannon's robbery-homicide case. Meanwhile, unreliable witnesses plague Da Vinci's investigation into th
  10. S05E10Dogs Don't Bite PeopleFebruary 2, 2003Da Vinci is called to a fishing boat after a crew member is found dead in his bunk. Meanwhile, Kosmo encounters some obstacles as she contin
  11. S05E11The Ducks Are Too DepressingFebruary 9, 2003Da Vinci and Zack have different theories about a possible hit and run. Meanwhile, Leary and Shannon try to figure out what happened to a ca
  12. S05E12You Got Monkey ChatterFebruary 23, 2003Da Vinci investigates a homicide after a body is found amongst some blackberry bushes. Meanwhile, Laura Maitland creates new problems for Ku
  13. S05E13Everybody Needs A Working GirlFebruary 23, 2003Shannon and Leary investigate the death of a woman whose body is found in the trunk of her car. Meanwhile, Da Vinci and Kosmo deal with a si

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

Season0613Episodes2003–04AiredSeason avg
  1. S06E01Thanks For The Toaster OvenNovember 23, 2003While Da Vinci is concerned about a potential surge in elderly deaths, he receives a surprising proposal. Meanwhile, Kosmo and Leary investi
  2. S06E02Send In The ClownsNovember 23, 2003Da Vinci investigates the death of an ex-cop turned boxer. Meanwhile, Mick and Angela, investigate a body found in a house.
  3. S06E03Bury My Own BonesNovember 30, 2003Da Vinci lobbies for the creation of a safe drug-use site, as well as a red-light district. Meanwhile, Kosmo and Leary look into a possible
  4. S06E04Iffy Areas Around The EdgesDecember 7, 2003Da Vinci investigates the death of an Aboriginal Peoples needle-exchange worker. Meanwhile, Rose and Leo take on a case after a man receives
  5. S06E05Twenty Five Dollar ConversationDecember 14, 2003Da Vinci investigates a body found by the train tracks. Meanwhile, Shannon and Rose ask Suki for help on a case.
  6. S06E06Can Bend But I Won't BreakJanuary 18, 2004A woman finds her husband dead from an apparent suicide. Meanwhile, Kosmo and Leary investigate a body found in a parking garage.
  7. S06E07Out Of The Bag And All Over The StreetJanuary 25, 2004Da Vinci tries to piece together an apparent murder/suicide. Meanwhile, Shannon and Rose investigate a severed head found in a bucket.
  8. S06E08The Squirrels Are Of English DecentFebruary 1, 2004After a death in Stanley Park Da Vinci is forced to deal with the media response. Meanwhile, Kosmo and Leary investigate a man's body discov
  9. S06E09Jungle's Dark But Full of DiamondsFebruary 8, 2004The team investiages a man found hanging in a vacant house and an elderly man found dead in the woods.
  10. S06E10There's A Story Goes Along With ThisFebruary 22, 2004Da Vinci examines the scene of an industrial accident. Meanwhile, Shannon and Rose investigate when a woman dies in an ambulance en route to
  11. S06E11Okay It's OfficialMarch 21, 2004Da Vinci and Zack investigate a death on a golf course. Meanwhile, Shannon and Rose look into a student's drowning.
  12. S06E12A Man When He's DownApril 4, 2004Da Vinci investigates an overdose, while resisting pressure to use grief stricken parents to further his bid for Chief of Police. Meanwhile,
  13. S06E13Seven TentaclesApril 4, 2004Da Vinci prepares for his interview in front of the police board. Meanwhile, Shannon investigates the murder of an American journalist.

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

Season0713Episodes2004–05AiredSeason avg
  1. S07E01Not So Pretty NowOctober 12, 2004Da Vinci investigates a hit-and-run involving the mayor's car. Meanwhile, Leary & Kosmo looks into the suspicious beating death of a drug de
  2. S07E02Wash the Blood Out of the RingOctober 19, 2004Da Vinci investigates the death of man who fell off the roof of his apartment building while attempting to steal cable. Meanwhile Kosmo and
  3. S07E03That Sounds Like What We Call A MutinyOctober 26, 2004Da Vinci investigates a death among the mutinous crew of a Chinese freighter. Meanwhile, Kosmo and Leary delve deeper into the police beatin
  4. S07E04Mr. Ellis Himself Woulda Been ProudNovember 2, 2004The Mayor & the new Police Chief stand in the way of Da Vinci and his on-going investigations of a hit-and-run and a police beating. Meanwhi
  5. S07E05That's Why They Call It A ConspiracyNovember 9, 2004Da Vinci begins to suspect that a widespread conspiracy is protecting the Mayor in the hit-and-run investigation. Meanwhile, a murdered drug
  6. S07E06You Promised Me A CelebrityNovember 16, 2004While Da Vinci remains at odds with the Mayor and Police Chief he attracts attention from Ottawa. Meanwhile, Leary and Kosmo discover that a
  7. S07E07First The Seducing Then The ScrewingNovember 23, 2004Da Vinci discovers he's the target of a private investigation. Meanwhile, Brian further implicates Sue in the murder of one of his informant
  8. S07E08The Ol' Coco BopNovember 30, 2004Da Vinci must get the support of the mayor and police for his red light district proposal. Meanwhile, Sue is secretly interrogated by Intern
  9. S07E09Better Go Herd Your DucksDecember 7, 2004Da Vinci is up to his eyeballs when the media learns of the mayor's involvement in the hit-and-run, at the same time the wife of a dead long
  10. S07E10Ride A Crippled HorseJanuary 11, 2005Da Vinci investigates a body in the sewer. Meanwhile, Brian accompanies Rose on a homicide case, and Kosmo is troubled by a witness from the
  11. S07E11A Delicate BloodbathJanuary 18, 2005Da Vinci manipulates both sides in the upcoming race to his own advantage. Meanwhile, Brian and Rose investigate the suspicious suicide of a
  12. S07E12Before They Twist The KnifeJanuary 23, 2005A decision from the Mayor and a fatality at the safe injection site bring Da Vinci's political future into focus. Meanwhile, despite being d
  13. S07E13Must Be A Night For FiresJanuary 23, 2005Da Vinci gathers his political allies hoping to emerge as a front-runner for mayor. Meanwhile, Leary races to arrest Will's murderer before

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