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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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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Da Vinci's Inquest Season 6 Episode 12 - A Man When He's Down
    7.4/10(23 votes)

    S6:E12

    Da Vinci investigates an overdose, while resisting pressure to use grief stricken parents to further his bid for Chief of Police. Meanwhile, Shannon and Rose call in Kosmo and Leary when a homicide is connected to their case against Brian.

    Director:George Mihalka
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  2. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 3 Episode 8 - All Tricked Up
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    S3:E8

    When 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 the killer of a pool hustler burned to death in a car fire.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  3. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 5 Episode 6 - Dizzy Looking Down
    7.8/10(21 votes)

    S5:E6

    Leary and Shannon investigate whether a hermit killed his wife. Meanwhile, Da Vinci looks into the death of a man who appears to have fallen out of the sky.

    Director:Lynne Stopkewich
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  4. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 6 Episode 7 - Out Of The Bag And All Over The Street
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    S6:E7

    Da Vinci tries to piece together an apparent murder/suicide. Meanwhile, Shannon and Rose investigate a severed head found in a bucket.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 1 Episode 7 - The Stranger Inside
    7.9/10(46 votes)

    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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  6. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 1 Episode 4 - The Quality of Mercy
    8.0/10(55 votes)

    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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  7. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 6 Episode 2 - Send In The Clowns
    8.0/10(17 votes)

    S6:E2

    Da Vinci investigates the death of an ex-cop turned boxer. Meanwhile, Mick and Angela, investigate a body found in a house.

    Director:Anne Wheeler
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  8. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 6 Episode 9 - Jungle's Dark But Full of Diamonds
    8.0/10(16 votes)

    S6:E9

    The team investiages a man found hanging in a vacant house and an elderly man found dead in the woods.

    Director:Charles Martin Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 6 Episode 11 - Okay It's Official
    8.0/10(18 votes)

    S6:E11

    Da Vinci and Zack investigate a death on a golf course. Meanwhile, Shannon and Rose look into a student's drowning.

    Director:Morris Panych
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 7 Episode 1 - Not So Pretty Now
    8.0/10(18 votes)

    S7:E1

    Da Vinci investigates a hit-and-run involving the mayor's car. Meanwhile, Leary & Kosmo looks into the suspicious beating death of a drug dealer.

    Director:Stephen Surjik
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  11. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 7 Episode 7 - First The Seducing Then The Screwing
    8.0/10(19 votes)

    S7:E7

    Da Vinci discovers he's the target of a private investigation. Meanwhile, Brian further implicates Sue in the murder of one of his informants.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  12. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 7 Episode 10 - Ride A Crippled Horse
    8.0/10(22 votes)

    S7:E10

    Da Vinci investigates a body in the sewer. Meanwhile, Brian accompanies Rose on a homicide case, and Kosmo is troubled by a witness from the past, at the same time that Shannon, while moonlighting as a hotel security guard, discovers some dirt.

    Director:David Frazee
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  13. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 1 Episode 6 - We All Fall Down
    8.1/10(49 votes)

    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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  14. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 1 Episode 11 - Final Chapter
    8.1/10(30 votes)

    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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  15. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 3 Episode 10 - You See How It Begins?
    8.1/10(31 votes)

    S3:E10

    A 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 dying after being attacked at a bus stop. Pursuing the attacker, Leary confronts the harsh truth about the victim's past.

    Director:Donnelly Rhodes
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  16. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 4 Episode 8 - Sixes and Sevens
    8.1/10(22 votes)

    S4:E8

    Traffic Inspector Zack Mc Nab calls in Da Vinci to investigate a suspicious highway accident that's missing a driver. Shannon and Leary look into the murder of an elderly lady in a west end penthouse. Kosmo runs into a dead end with her prime suspect in the case of the missing prostitutes.

    Director:David Frazee
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  17. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 5 Episode 3 - A Big Enough Fan
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    S5:E3

    Da Vinci investigates a cemetery with remains buried together, and declares it a crime scene. Meanwhile, a man claims that ahomeless man killed his wife, and another man is injured in a suspicious house fire.

    Director:Robert Cuffley
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  18. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 5 Episode 8 - Doing The Chicken Scratch
    8.1/10(22 votes)

    S5:E8

    After a drinking binge, Leary scrambles to piece together the events of the previous night, leaving Shannon and Rose to have to work together. Meanwhile, Da Vinci thinks he knows who's responsible for commingling the bodies at the cemetery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  19. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 5 Episode 11 - The Ducks Are Too Depressing
    8.1/10(18 votes)

    S5:E11

    Da Vinci and Zack have different theories about a possible hit and run. Meanwhile, Leary and Shannon try to figure out what happened to a cabbie found dead in his taxi.

    Director:David Frazee
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  20. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 5 Episode 12 - You Got Monkey Chatter
    8.1/10(19 votes)

    S5:E12

    Da Vinci investigates a homicide after a body is found amongst some blackberry bushes. Meanwhile, Laura Maitland creates new problems for Kurtz.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 1 Episode 1 - Little Sister (1)
    8.2/10(78 votes)

    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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  22. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 1 Episode 10 - The Bridge
    8.2/10(31 votes)

    S1:E10

    Da 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 critically injured in a hit-and-run accident in the alley behind the bar on the same night, and Da Vinci comes under suspicion. All the enemies he's made over his career come out of the woodwork, anxious to see him implicated in the crime. Da Vinci's current investigation involves the discovery of a buried skeleton found beneath the Burrard Street Bridge. As Da Vinci struggles to piece together what happened to the homeless man, he stumbles on surprising insights into the Burrard Bridge death.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 3 Episode 9 - Better Broke Than Naked
    8.2/10(28 votes)

    S3:E9

    Da 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? Kosmo investigates a man whose wife has disappeared. A doctor is shot on his way to a clinic. Shannon and Leary chase down his killer.

    Director:Ian Tracey
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  24. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 4 Episode 4 - Cheap Aftershave
    8.2/10(23 votes)

    S4:E4

    A detained Chinese boat migrant dies while on a hunger strike. Da Vinci investigates. Shannon and Leary's prime suspect is a possible stalker as they continue their investigation of a double homicide.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  25. Da Vinci's Inquest Season 4 Episode 12 - Gather Up All The Little People
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    S4:E12

    Da Vinci looks into the suicide of an eleven year-old boy in an amusement park. Undercover detective Danny Leary pushes for a confession as time is running out on Kosmo's missing women operation.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Larry Campbell

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Worst Episodes Summary

"A Man When He's Down" is the worst rated episode of "Da Vinci's Inquest". It scored 7.4/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by George Mihalka and written by Chris Haddock, it aired on 4/4/2004. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "All Tricked Up".