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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

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    Da Vinci's Inquest Season 1 Episode 1 - Little Sister (1)
    10.0/10(76 votes)

    #1 - Little Sister (1)

    S1:E1

    A 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.

    Director:Anne Wheeler
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  2. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 1 Episode 2 - Little Sister (2)
    10.0/10(62 votes)

    #2 - Little Sister (2)

    S1:E2

    Da Vinci reopens several cases, causing a further rift with his ex-wife.

    Director:Anne Wheeler
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  3. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 1 Episode 3 - Little Sister (3)
    10.0/10(60 votes)

    #3 - Little Sister (3)

    S1:E3

    Da Vinci is convinced a serial murderer has been on the loose for years.

    Director:Anne Wheeler
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  4. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 1 Episode 4 - The Quality of Mercy
    10.0/10(55 votes)

    #4 - The Quality of Mercy

    S1:E4

    When television news reporter Hope Martin (Lynda Boyd) breaks a story about mercy killing, Detectives Leary and Shannon start digging around for more details, and Da Vinci calls a Coroner's Inquest to force Martin to reveal her source. The issue of euthanasia is divisive and as the investigation proceeds Da Vinci finds himself at odds with the police and his superiors about the reality and the ethics of what happened. His elderly father's recent debilitating stroke further complicates his response. Danny Leary is back in town, but the reunion with his older brother Mick is far from idyllic. It looks like he is hooked on drugs and, unbeknownst to Mick, hanging around with two hoods that turn up dead.

    Director:Stephen Surjik
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  5. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 1 Episode 5 - Known to the Ministry
    10.0/10(47 votes)

    #5 - Known to the Ministry

    S1:E5

    Following a rash of fatal drug overdoses, Da Vinci learns that one of the dead addicts had an infant, who is missing. Manny, a police informer leads Leary, with new partner Angela Kosmo, to the woman's drug dealers. They arrest Todd and Sioux, and through them Larry discovers that the killer heroin came from a French-Canadian supplier who, along with his partner, was murdered, gang-execution style, just days previously.

    Director:John L'Ecuyer
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 1 Episode 6 - We All Fall Down
    10.0/10(49 votes)

    #6 - We All Fall Down

    S1:E6

    The Coroner's office investigates the cause of a devastating fire at a seniors' care facility that left most of the residents dead and an elderly man missing. Arson or accident may have caused the fire but while he investigates with Chief Fire Investigator Henry Whiteside, Da Vinci uncovers evidence of abuse at the home. The harsh realities of caring for the elderly are brought into sharp focus by his own mother's increasing inability to care for his father alone. Mick's partner Kosmo and his brother Danny have struck up a friendship that has the potential for a romance. Danny's club looks like it might get off the ground, although his business partners appear to be mob-connected.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 1 Episode 7 - The Stranger Inside
    10.0/10(46 votes)

    #7 - The Stranger Inside

    S1:E7

    When 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 intrigued. Patricia's autopsy turns up surprising answers and Da Vinci's investigation draws him into the world of S&M. Someone with a lot of power is trying to manipulate Chief Coroner James Flynn and Da Vinci into keeping the facts and the faces of those involved with Mistress Harriet hidden.

    Director:John L'Ecuyer
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 1 Episode 8 - Gabriel
    10.0/10(37 votes)

    #8 - Gabriel

    S1:E8

    When 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 backs up his theory. The killing reminds Da Vinci of a tragedy in his past in which a police investigation proved fruitless. Determined not to let that happen in this case, Da Vinci pursues a suspect who may help him resolve whether police negligence was involved in the boy's death.

    Director:William Fruet
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  9. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 1 Episode 9 - The Most Dangerous Time
    10.0/10(42 votes)

    #9 - The Most Dangerous Time

    S1:E9

    A 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 spate of teen suicides in Vancouver. Rumors soon start circulating around her school that she didn't fire the gun. As the teenagers close ranks Da Vinci, Leary, and Kosmo find it difficult to piece together a clear picture of the unpopular girl. The school counselor describes Jodie as an intelligent, hard-working loner, and a talented writer, whose only close friend was her sensitive, highly intense boyfriend Peter Florick. Jodie's brother, who owned the handgun, had previously warned Peter away from his sister and even Peter's classmates think he killed the girl. Troubled by his own ignorance of his teenage daughter Gabriella's friends and feelings, Da Vinci initiates a thorough investigation. The net tightens around Danny when a mobster's girlfriend, Summer, seems to be getting too close to Leon. It becomes suffocatingly tight when Leon confronts the undercover cop who has been tailing him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 1 Episode 11 - Final Chapter
    10.0/10(29 votes)

    #10 - Final Chapter

    S1:E11

    Patricia Da Vinci's career is on a high when she is asked to be a guest speaker at the prestigious Seattle Homicide Conference. Her presentation involves the recent case of the prostitute serial killer Charlie Josephs, who himself was found murdered. Her re-examination of the case leads to the discovery of several discrepancies and uncovers some new clues in Joseph's death, clues that seem to implicate the police. Sioux, who is now a police informant for Kosmo, implicates Danny in the drug trade and Kosmo is forced to examine her feelings for him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  11. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 1 Episode 13 - The Capture (2)
    10.0/10(33 votes)

    #11 - The Capture (2)

    S1:E13

    Da Vinci, Leary and Sunny are in Seattle at a conference, and are shocked to discover similar cases across the Pacific Northwest, that appears to include the death Da Vinci is currently working to solve.

    Director:Chris Haddock
    Writers:Chris Haddock, Larry Campbell

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  12. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 2 Episode 1 - A Cinderella Story (1)
    10.0/10(39 votes)

    #12 - A Cinderella Story (1)

    S2:E1

    Da 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 escort, and the continuing mystery of the 28 missing prostitutes who are presumed dead.

    Director:Anne Wheeler
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  13. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 2 Episode 2 - A Cinderella Story (2)
    10.0/10(42 votes)

    #13 - A Cinderella Story (2)

    S2:E2

    Da 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 escort, and the continuing mystery of the 28 missing prostitutes who are presumed dead.

    Director:Anne Wheeler
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  14. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 2 Episode 3 - The Hanged Man
    10.0/10(31 votes)

    #14 - The Hanged Man

    S2:E3

    Da Vinci desperately searches for the truth behind a death in custody and implications of police corruption. The death of an elderly woman during a suspected home invasion puts rookie Coroner Winston at odds with the Chief Pathologist.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  15. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 2 Episode 4 - Tommy's on the Corner
    10.0/10(34 votes)

    #15 - Tommy's on the Corner

    S2:E4

    Da Vinci has to untangle the truth of two fatalities that happened during a controversial high-speed police car chase. Shannon and Leary try to solve that the hold up of an armoured car.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  16. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 2 Episode 5 - His Wife
    10.0/10(33 votes)

    #16 - His Wife

    S2:E5

    Kosmo and Leary discover that when it comes to spousal abuse nothing is simple. Da Vinci steers through a political minefield when a body turns up under suspicious circumstances.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  17. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 2 Episode 7 - A Nice Place in the Country
    10.0/10(35 votes)

    #17 - A Nice Place in the Country

    S2:E7

    The excavation for a water main turns up human bones. Kosmo takes up the challenge of piecing together the puzzle of Vancouver's 28 missing prostitutes.

    Directors:Chris Haddock, Tom Braidwood
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  18. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 2 Episode 8 - Blues in A-Minor
    10.0/10(36 votes)

    #18 - Blues in A-Minor

    S2:E8

    The 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 community on a quest to publicly expose a suspect.

    Directors:Chris Haddock, Tom Braidwood
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  19. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 2 Episode 9 - The Looking Glass
    10.0/10(36 votes)

    #19 - The Looking Glass

    S2:E9

    A police shooting is always a complicated, politically charged matter. Da Vinci convenes a Coroner's Court to investigate, and untangle the web of conflicting evidence, some of it presented by his closest colleagues

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  20. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 2 Episode 10 - The Lottery
    10.0/10(40 votes)

    #20 - The Lottery

    S2:E10

    Da Vinci and Shannon investigate a death that brings them face to face with their own ethics. Meanwhile, Leary takes on a dangerous undercover assignment.

    Director:Tom Braidwood
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  21. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 2 Episode 11 - Bang Like That
    10.0/10(31 votes)

    #21 - Bang Like That

    S2:E11

    When 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 possible drug-related shooting.

    Director:Chris Haddock
    Writer:Larry Campbell

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  22. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 2 Episode 12 - Fantasy
    10.0/10(42 votes)

    #22 - Fantasy

    S2:E12

    The 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 work of a man who has killed before.

    Director:Chris Haddock
    Writers:Chris Haddock, Larry Campbell

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  23. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 2 Episode 13 - Reality
    10.0/10(45 votes)

    #23 - Reality

    S2:E13

    Larry 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 kill.

    Directors:Chris Haddock, Tom Braidwood
    Writers:Chris Haddock, Larry Campbell

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  24. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 3 Episode 1 - That's the Way the Story Goes
    10.0/10(30 votes)

    #24 - That's the Way the Story Goes

    S3:E1

    Da Vinci ""tilts at windmills"" while investigating a death on the streets of his beloved downtown eastside. Shannon and Leary pursue an enigmatic double murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 3 Episode 2 - Bring Back the Dead
    10.0/10(35 votes)

    #25 - Bring Back the Dead

    S3:E2

    A death in custody is reported, but the prison warden says that no one's died. Da Vinci investigates. Shannon and Leary lead the homicide team in the search for a young boy who disappears after his mother is beaten to death.

    Director:Tom Braidwood
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Little Sister (1)" is the best rated episode of "Da Vinci's Inquest". It scored 10/10 based on 76 votes. Directed by Anne Wheeler and written by Chris Haddock, it aired on 10/7/1998. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Little Sister (2)".