8.8/1038 votesLoading...#1 - The Lottery
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1999
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
8.7/1027 votesLoading...#2 - The Capture (2)
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/1999
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
Writer: Larry Campbell, Chris Haddock
8.7/1039 votesLoading...#3 - Reality
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/19/2000
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.
Director: Chris Haddock, Tom Braidwood
Writer: Chris Haddock, Larry Campbell
8.7/1021 votesLoading...#4 - There's A Story Goes Along With This
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 2/22/2004
Da Vinci examines the scene of an industrial accident. Meanwhile, Shannon and Rose investigate when a woman dies in an ambulance en route to the hospital.
Director: George Mihalka
Writer: N/A
8.6/1036 votesLoading...#5 - The Most Dangerous Time
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/1998
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/1029 votesLoading...#6 - The Hanged Man
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1999
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: N/A
Writer: Chris Haddock
8.6/1036 votesLoading...#7 - This Shit Is Evil
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/2000
Da 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 abducted from her nursery.
Director: David Frazee
Writer: Chris Haddock
8.5/1050 votesLoading...#8 - Little Sister (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/1998
Da Vinci reopens several cases, causing a further rift with his ex-wife.
Director: Anne Wheeler
Writer: Chris Haddock
8.5/1049 votesLoading...#9 - Little Sister (3)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/1998
Da Vinci is convinced a serial murderer has been on the loose for years.
Director: Anne Wheeler
Writer: Chris Haddock
8.5/1031 votesLoading...#10 - Gabriel
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/1998
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
8.5/1025 votesLoading...#11 - The Hunt (1)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/27/1999
Da Vinci, Leary, and Sunny are in Seattle attending an international Homicide Conference. A presentation by San Francisco-based FBI Special Agent Charlotte Turner turns up similar cases across the Pacific Northwest, and appears to include the death Da Vinci is currently working to solve. Turner comes to Vancouver and Da Vinci finds himself coordinating an investigation that has international implications. As more abductions/murders fit the pattern it seems that a couple, Dean and his wife Mona, are responsible. Joanna, a young woman who was abducted but managed to escape, leads Shannon and Leary back to the farmhouse where she was held and they arrest Dean. Mona, however, has managed to sneak across the border into the States and Da Vinci offers Danny a deal if he can find out where she is. Meanwhile Da Vinci finds himself struggling with the ethics of paying Dean for information about other victims.
Director: Stephen Surjik
Writer: Larry Campbell, Chris Haddock
8.5/1035 votesLoading...#12 - A Cinderella Story (1)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/1999
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
8.5/1031 votesLoading...#13 - Sister's Light
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1999
A 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, must navigate his way through the secrets of a grieving family, a stonewalling corporation and his own sympathies to find the truth.
Director: David Frazee
Writer: Chris Haddock
8.5/1032 votesLoading...#14 - A Nice Place in the Country
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1999
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.
Director: Chris Haddock, Tom Braidwood
Writer: Chris Haddock
8.5/1033 votesLoading...#15 - Blues in A-Minor
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1999
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.
Director: Chris Haddock, Tom Braidwood
Writer: Chris Haddock
8.5/1032 votesLoading...#16 - The Looking Glass
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1999
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: N/A
Writer: Chris Haddock
8.5/1040 votesLoading...#17 - Fantasy
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/2000
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
Writer: Larry Campbell, Chris Haddock
8.5/1031 votesLoading...#18 - It's Backwards Day
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/23/2001
In 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 and Leary in a high-pressure situation.
Director: Chris Haddock
Writer: Chris Haddock
8.5/1022 votesLoading...#19 - The Sparkle Tour
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/30/2001
After a downtown Eastside activist is found dead, Da Vinci is approached by a witness who last saw the victim getting into a police cruiser. A woman is found dead in a dumpster with no signs of what killed her. Kosmo and Winston investigate.
Director: N/A
Writer: Larry Campbell, Chris Haddock
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#20 - Ass Covering Day
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 11/3/2002
Da Vinci investigates the death of a man who was crushed by a parking-garage door. Meanwhile, Shannon and Leary search for suspects involved in a suspicious death.
Director: George Mihalka
Writer: Chris Haddock
8.4/1037 votesLoading...#21 - A Cinderella Story (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/1999
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
8.4/1033 votesLoading...#22 - Tommy's on the Corner
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1999
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: N/A
Writer: Chris Haddock
8.4/1029 votesLoading...#23 - Bang Like That
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/2000
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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#24 - Birds Have Been At Her
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2001
When 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 of a young pregnant woman.
Director: Mairzee Almas
Writer: Chris Haddock
- 8.4/1018 votesLoading...
#25 - Pretend You Didn't See Me
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/20/2002
At 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 the bizarre falling death of a schizophrenic man.
Director: Chris Haddock
Writer: Chris Haddock
The Best Episodes of Da Vinci's Inquest
Every episode of Da Vinci's Inquest ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Da Vinci's Inquest!
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...
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:CBC Television
Best Episodes Summary
"The Lottery" is the best rated episode of "Da Vinci's Inquest". It scored 8.8/10 based on 38 votes. Directed by Tom Braidwood and written by Chris Haddock, it aired on 12/8/1999. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Capture (2)".