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- A white woman has an affair with a married African-American basketball star and challenges him for custody of their mixed-race son. Based on a true story.
- A war photographer embeds in a community of tree planters who overcome grueling conditions and emotional difficulties to bring back the forest.
- When a suicidal businessman leaps to his death, three homeless bystanders begin a journey to bury him in a way they see befitting his life, his death, and his dreams. 'Eulogy' is a poetic and surreal story of a boy's downfall into manhood and the passing from life to death.
- 2005–200644m6.9 (13)TV EpisodeDa Vinci meets with an old buddy from his police days, Nelson Horner, who has been doing some work for the Solicitor General's office. He gives Da Vinci a head's up that he is "being set up to take a big hit" due to the Mayor's controversial policies, further fueled by the murder in the red light district. This action stems from a war between the SG's office and the Attorney General's office and control of the police force. They both suspect that Jacobs has his fingers in the mix somewhere. Immediately following, Berger gets a call from Feeney of the SG's office for a meeting with the Mayor; Feeney tells Da Vinci that the SG is concerned about the grow-op shooting and the non-cooperation and animosity of both the police department and fire and rescue in the Police Complaints Commission. He strongly suggests Da Vinci quietly resolve these problems, including disciplining Jacobs if necessary. The next morning, the Police Complaints Commission releases their report with an inconclusive outcome, although the report highlights many problems both with the grow-op investigation and the non-cooperation by both departments in the commission. Although bothered by the result, Jacobs and Klotchko place a positive spin on the "no blame" aspect of the report and launch their own internal investigation of the non-cooperation aspect. In other words, they plan to sandbag Constables Ferris, Winters and Jones. The fire department is incensed by the inconclusive finding and Komori leads the department in job action by not wearing their uniforms on the job - Welles is not happy with Komori's action. In a further discussion with Rosen on his file folder of 53 complaints against the conduct of the police department, Da Vinci urges him to take the complaints directly to the SG's office based on the Commission's report and the discussion with Feeney. Da Vinci realizes that this will result in an investigation of the entire police department including the Police Board on which he as Mayor is Chair. This does occur, with the relationship between Da Vinci and Jacobs as part of the investigation. Independent with each and without each's knowledge of the other, Mah uses her charms to ease relations and get both Forrest and Sweeney, the fire and police union reps respectively, on side with the City's agenda despite the Commission report. With the red light district murder, Savoy questions Roberta and some prostitutes. Rumors abound the red light zone, the only common thread being that it was robbery-based. Savoy later finds that the murder looks to be the result of a known on-going domestic dispute, good news for the City and the state of the red light district. Webber, a City lawyer, speaks to Da Vinci regarding the civil suit launched by Mina Basra regarding the City's sanctioning of the zone and thus their role in the murder; Webber states that they should be prepared despite the City not being liable. Basra has hired one of the City's most expensive law firms, tipping Da Vinci to the fact that her campaign is being financed by a powerful third party. Mah uncovers the fact that Billie Simms' and Basra are related by marriage and that Simms' husband is a partner in the law firm. Thus Da Vinci decides to confront her on his suspicion that she is Basra's financier and is working against him on the red light zone issue. Despite the facts, she denies the allegations - she states that he is her ex-husband and she and Basra may have once been distantly related. Regardless of the real truth, Da Vinci suggest that they strike a deal to publicly support each other's priorities. With the pedophile case, Jacobs is ready to arrest Dubreau on homicide charges based on evidence that he was in the Century Club with one of the deceased aboriginal boys, this regardless of the state of the Coroner's office investigation. An insider informs Curtis of this, who in turns tips off Dubreau's people, stating that Dubreau should leave the country immediately and permanently. Due to Dubreau's escape to Costa Rica, a country with which Canada does not have an extradition agreement, Leary, on Kelly's advice, decides to raid the Century Club with Kosmo and Finn on a Coroner's warrant instead. The on duty clerk at the club, Mason, offers some resistance to the raid, but later does cooperate. He admits to knowledge of the activities of members of the club inside its premises, as well as admits to making travel arrangements for members fleeing the country to avoid police charges. He also distinctly remembers the situation with Dubreau and the 2 murdered boys specifically because the boys were younger than the usual. Mason also states that Dubreau had a penchant for native boys. On City business, Lloyd Manning once again brings up the issue of the City ad contract; he has evidence that bribes were issued by Pacific Comm to political officials. Councillor Ferlinger later speaks to Da Vinci saying that the RCMP Commercial Crimes Division has interrogated her on the issue based on evidence supplied by Manning. Although she said nothing to the Horsemen, Ferlinger admits to Da Vinci that she does know of bribery associated with the contract, but it was not she who accepted a bribe but rather Da Vinci's friend on Council, Jack Pierce - Pierce confesses to this. Da Vinci convinces him to cut a deal with the Crown, offer his resignation, and not implicate the current administration. Manning states that he doesn't want blood from the City or Pierce, but is solely out for financial gain from Pacific Comm as a businessman, this perhaps allowing Pierce to come out of the incident not totally scathed. With the homeless issue, McNab and Friedland are now working in cahoots with each other seeing that each knows the other's real background. They work in an effort to advance a housing project for the tent city squatters.
- Four on-going story-lines take a back seat in this episode. First, Curtis approaches all the witnesses in the Dubreau case to leave quietly, quickly and semi-permanently to Mexico, all to be paid by Dubreau. These witnesses include Zappata (who agrees), Mason (who shuns Curtis and continues to cooperate with Leary) and Messner (who is adamant about not running away, but vows not to discredit Dubreau). Second, Klotchko continues his sandbagging of the grow-op constables, especially of Ferris. After Matthews in Internal interviews the three constables, she recommends that Ferris be placed under preventative psychiatric care. Third, Katie cooperates on the gay bashing murder. Under interrogation, she places all the blame on Clay and especially Reed, who she paints as being homophobic. And fourth, Woo threatens to shut the Hastings Park racetrack and move all his business to his new property in Delta. This threat includes a letter to the racetrack union to that fact. The main attraction of the episode is the Police Complaints Commission investigation and the on-going battle between Da Vinci and Jacobs. The Commission is looking for any correspondence to/from Da Vinci in his dealings with the police and regarding the grow-op procedure. They approach Komori as such, as well issue a search warrant for the Mayor's office - they get all that is listed in the warrant but not everything they want, which includes access to Da Vinci's computer. Feeney from the Solicitor General's office interviews Jacobs and Klotchko regarding Da Vinci's conduct with the police, Jacobs obviously putting as negative a spin on all situations. Da Vinci finally confront Kaspar regarding the heavy-handedness of the approach, however Kaspar stands his ground and states all will be fair. He also informs Da Vinci that Jacobs has filed a complaint against the Mayor and Police Board about conduct. Da Vinci accuses Jacobs of the misconduct, including a cover up, which piques Kaspar's interest, pending evidence to the fact. Da Vinci tries to enlist Leary's assistance, as if he issues a report that there was cover-up in the grow-op shooting, Jacobs doesn't have a leg on which to stand. On a public relations level, Da Vinci gets pushed aside from speaking at the Policeman's Ball by Jacobs, but Da Vinci insists as the Police Chair he attend and say a few words. There is a final change of plans when an informational protest by some uniforms is set up outside the ball regarding the Mayor's secret cross-training initiative. The protest was initiated by the unions as Sweeney obtained a memo from the Mayor to that fact, the memo which he shared with Forrest. Much of the overall maneuvering is thought to surround the Mayor's red light zone initiative. There is good news for the Mayor on that front when Margaret Fielding gives herself up as the perpetrator of the red light zone murder. She admits that the victim was her boyfriend Charles Waring, who was forcibly trying to take her into rehab. With the red light issue itself, Da Vinci and Manning try to negotiate a deal: Manning will get the PM to publicly support the red light zone, while Da Vinci will act as intermediary with Pacific Comm and the ad contract - these negotiations end unresolved.
- 2005–200644m6.8 (22)TV EpisodeA band of renegade police constables, led by Jan Ferris, start raiding suspected grow-ops. Da Vinci's team meets with Tom Venice, the race track owner, to discuss measures to save the track such as installing slot machines, but Da Vinci is more interested in the attractive and wealthy Billie Simms, a stable owner at the track. Zack continues his undercover work at the squat at the Watson's Building. After Zack tells them that Friedland plans to move the squat to touristy Queen Elizabeth Park, Da Vinci and Mah tell Zack to try and manipulate a move to Crab Park instead, which is on federal land and thus would additionally become a federal problem. Da Vinci tries to find the leak in City Hall regarding the advertising contract, the leak either in the Administrator's office or on the previous Council. Initial evidence points to Councillor Ferlinger, who admits to the evidence being correct but denies she being the leak. Kosmo and Finn continue their investigation of the half-way house shooting, with the constable on the scene admitting that he used a stun gun on the attacking dog, and in the ensuing scuffle with the dog's owner, who was wielding a machete, he and his partner shot the man. The constable decides to speak to a lawyer before deciding to hand or not hand over the stun gun. As the investigation of the half-way house shooting is going on, Jacobs attacks Da Vinci publicly about the shooting being the result of his soft policies of drugs. Irked, Da Vinci starts the process to find a new Police Chief. Kosmo and Finn also investigate a fatal stabbing at a pawn shop. Leary starts his investigation of the two dead aboriginal boys, Garth and Dennis, whose bodies were buried fifteen years prior. Clark Messner, who knew Garth and Dennis, recounts stories from them of a wealthy pedophile john who continually picked up aboriginal boys. Carter leads the investigation of the beating death in Stanley Park. Councillor Horne presses him to prosecute the crime as a gay bashing regardless of the evidence.
- The OCU's report on the grow-op shooting is released, the report stating that there was a fire department inspection notice posted which was a major cause of the outcome. Most officials are not happy with the report findings and question the accuracy of the report, these including Da Vinci, Savoy, Leary, Komori, Welles and Forrest. Although Jacobs is satisfied, he still needs to carefully spin the report findings. He and Klotchko decide to lay whatever police blame on Ferris' shoulders. But Ferris decides she is not going away, so Klotchko needs to do something to placate her in her chosen career path. Leary is still doing his independent investigation of the incident, but a pissed off Welles decides to file a formal complaint to the police complaints commission. Not wanting an all-out war between the police and fire & rescue, Da Vinci tries to intervene, which may be a misstep on his part. At City Hall, Da Vinci and his team do their last minute canvassing for the slot machine support, tying the slots to the hiring of more police officers. And Da Vinci's negotiations with the Port Authority and Billie Simms about development on the waterfront and the transfer of Crab Park to the City proceeds to a near conclusion. The squat at Crab Park seems to be a long term proposition, but McNab's bigger concern is finding out more about the man calling himself Joe Friedland. With the investigation on the pedophile ring, Curtis tries to insinuate himself into the investigation to cover his own tracks. After conferring with Homicide, Leary does speak to Curtis to try and get whatever valuable information about the basic framework of the pedophile ring, especially Dubreau's involvement, while taking any information about Curtis' own involvement with a grain of salt.
- 2005–200644m7.2 (22)TV EpisodeThe Mayor proposes a drop-in center for the hookers in the fenced and gated red-light district for their health and safety - they would be required to go there following any business transaction in the district. He now needs to sell the concept to everyone, the biggest hurdle being Jacobs. However Da Vinci, Mah and Berger don't see it as an issue as they can get rid of the chief under the ploy of an early performance review tied to budget overruns in the department. Da Vinci learns it may be financially costly as they may need to buy-out the chief's contract. Jacobs and Klotchko meet with union chief, Earl Sweeney, to discuss police department PR problems. Although the aboriginal community is uncertain Leary can accomplish anything, they cooperate with him on his investigation of the repeated rapes of young aboriginal boys, including the deaths of Garth and Dennis. Messner admits that he knows more than he previously told Leary. Leary also receives information that the perpetrator could have been a radio talk show host and that the police may have been involved. Ferris and her gang of renegade constables decide to take down what they suspect is a biker grow-op regardless of if there are any other investigations on the house. There, they find that the fire department, in a new initiative, has placed a notice on the door stating that they are investigating the house, a suspected grow-op, as a fire hazard. This measure clears out the house, which irks Ferris and her gang who want the glory. Based on a tip, Carter brings in a youth, Colin Rainier, as a suspect in the Lost Lagoon beating death. Rainier implicates some of his colleagues, among which are a bunch of girls, led by someone named Katie. Kosmo and Finn investigate a series of car shooting deaths, some of which look to be mistaken identities. Tom Venice gives Da Vinci short notice that he is selling the racetrack. Da Vinci negotiates with Manning possibly to buy the track. Zack convinces Friedland to take the squat to Crab Park instead of the touristy Queen Elizabeth Park. Zack and Da Vinci also know that Jacobs has a mole in the squat, but Zack doesn't yet know who it is. Just as they are about to move, the police raid the squat and haul off Friedland while Da Vinci, Zack's supposed protector, is doing a PR stint with Billie Simms.
- The Red Light District opens relatively smoothly, despite both the johns and the girls being wary about the openness. Businesses in the area are starting to rally against it, the business coalition led by Mina Basra. Klotchko and Sweeney get tipped that the city is doing a search for a new police chief. The city starts their interviews and get valuable first hand information on the value and effectiveness of cross training. There seems to be unofficial cooperation happening already with the fire department posting inspection notices on suspected grow-ops, which has the effect of the house being vacated. However Ferris and her gang have different ideas, Ferris who wants to make a name for herself in the police ranks. Klotchko and Jacobs also do whatever they can to thwart the fire departments measures as well as the success of the Red Light District. Despite the police raid, the squat successfully moves from the Watson's Building to Crab Park. However Da Vinci is dismayed to learn that Zack has taken a leadership role in the squat, which would not look good if that were ever made public. Kosmo and Finn continue their investigation of the drive-by shootings, one of the deaths who looks to be the victim of mistaken identity. The real target of the shootings seems to be an ex-police officer, Vijay Kumar, who was fired from the force due to suspicions of corruption. In his investigation of the aboriginal boys' case, Leary discovers the name of the suspected ex-deejay involved, his name being Anthony Mottola. Mottola's daughter provides Leary with some incriminating evidence against her father. The evidence also points to there being an organized pedophile ring. Both Manning and Woo independently show interest in buying the race track, only if the slot machines are approved.
- 2005–200644m6.9 (17)TV EpisodeBoth sides continue gathering their support on the cross training issue. The side against, led by Jacobs and Klotchko, are spreading the word amongst their and the fire department's union chiefs. They're all saying that there are some senior people amongst their ranks who are in favor of crossing training, and it's those people who have to go. These people include Komori and perhaps Parmir. And although Jacobs has issued a directive to his constables not to support the fire department when they post inspection notices on suspected grow-ops, some constables are unofficially defying the directive. On the side for, Da Vinci needs to make his moves a little less public until he plots his entire strategy around the issue. Berger and Forsythe, feeling the heat, convince Da Vinci to put the issue on the back burner for the time being. Ferris and her gang are relishing in the positive publicity in their take-down of a grow-op. The next one, however, does not goes as well, as both the grow-op sitter and Constable Barb Tremaine are killed in the process. Ferris is devastated as it not only puts a crimp on her long term plan, but she was attracted to Tremaine. Ferris' defense is that a warrant was on its way and that the fire department unknowing to her and her colleagues placed an inspection notice on the door which warned the home owners. Tremaine's death places the issue of cross training back on the table. To deflect attention away from Tremaine's death, Jacobs orders his constables to stir up action in the Red Light District. Things turn again when there is a beating in the Red Light District after Da Vinci orders Jacobs to stop harassing people in the district, which Jacobs interprets, for his own purposes, as not having any police presence at all in the district. Da Vinci orders Zack from the squat at Crab Park, saying that his work is complete. But Zack now has an emotional investment in what's happening at the squat. Da Vinci meets with Friedland about an extended stay at Crab Park, this news which gets back to Jacobs by his undercover operative. Friedland is aware that the police have someone amongst his midst and asks Da Vinci to investigate. Leary gets some positive results from the photographs provided by Mottola's daughter, including the identification of some of the boys involved, and the hotel where the boys were taken. This evidence leads to the suspected involvement of a prominent businessman named James Dubreau. Kosmo and Finn learn more about Kumar's investigations into South Asian gangs in an effort to clear his name. Kosmo and Finn are looking for a undercover officer to infiltrate the gang activity.
- The issue of the fire inspection notice at the grow-op site comes into question. Da Vinci thinks it a little too convenient that one was found after a series of seasoned investigators didn't find it in their initial walk-through. Winters admits in confidence to Klotchko that she is unsure that a notice was at the scene. And even Jacobs admits he is skeptical. Klotchko tries to manage the situation internally, seeming to support Ferris in whatever she needs, while not allowing her back to work. He will not even allow her to attend Tremaine's funeral. The fire and police committee does however come back with a recommendation for a coordinated approach to grow-ops, which delights Da Vinci. A B&E occurs at the Coroner's office, and Leary's computer which was stolen. This may have something to do with Dubreau, as Dubreau, Norton and Curtis confer about managing the situation, which includes keeping tabs on Manny Zappata. Despite the theft, the investigation continues: Leary has identified the hotel where the boys were taken and Kosmo and Finn try to determine Curtis' actual role in the pedophile ring. However, Zappata and Messner get nervous about actually testifying, which may kibosh Leary being able to lay charges. The hookers are now wary of the safety of the Red Light District and move back to their old haunts. Jacobs uses the missing women's case as a smoke-screen for police under-funding, not tying it in with the purpose of the Red Light District. With City Hall business, Da Vinci shores up support for slots at the racetrack and negotiates between all the players regarding development on the waterfront in and around Crab Park. Katie is brought in on assault charges, displaying that she is capable of violent crime. Friedland may not be as he seems, and Zack does some digging into his possible real identity.
- Da Vinci is dealing with the fall-out from the homicide in the red light district, the homicide taking place during the Prime Minister's tour. Despite the Prime Minister still giving Da Vinci his support in private, it seems that opposition to the red zone is mounting, connecting the death to the zone itself. The attention is international, and some of Da Vinci's councilors don't want to see the City become an international laughing stock. Mina Basra and the wife of the deceased decide to sue the city over the incident, stating that it would not have happened if the red zone did not exist. Under this pressure, Da Vinci sticks to his guns and keeps the zone open. The police complaints commission starts their investigation of the grow-op shooting. Marx and Zurokowski, the two interviewers, are facing what looks to be institutionalized non-compliance by the police department, although Savoy is the one police officer who does speak to them. However, Savoy doesn't mention that he was told by Klotchko not to cooperate. The commission extends its investigation to fire & rescue, who openly decide not to cooperate despite it being them who initiated the complaint. Da Vinci decides that it might be good idea to co-opt lawyer Phil Rosen, who has dealt with complaints against the police, to make sure the interests of the mayor's office are protected in the investigation. Rosen is more than happy to help Da Vinci bury Jacobs. Clay Douglas and Reed Baker, the two that Katie has identified as the instigators of the gay bashing death at Stanley Park, are brought in for questioning. They, in turn, implicate Katie as being the sole instigator. Woo threatens to sue the City over the heritage designation of the race track. Leary discovers more conclusive evidence against Dubreau in the pedophile ring, but still hesitates to bring him in officially as it will prompt others in the ring to go underground. McNab and Friedland partially clear the air with each about their true identities.
- The investigation of the grow-op deaths gets under way. Jacobs, in an effort to distance the police department from the killings, calls in the Organized Crime Unit, stating that it is their jurisdiction since it is purported that a major drug organization is involved. This is only one area of disagreement as Chick, the lead investigator, states that the grow-op involved was a "Mom and Pop" operation. The other major disagreement is between Ferris, Winters, by association the police department and the fire department. Ferris and Winters emphatically state that they saw a inspection notice at the grow-op issued by the fire department, that notice which was not recovered at the scene. Ferris and Winters imply that the fire department, protecting their own, took the notice away from the crime scene. Komori flatly denies that a notice was issued at that house. After Da Vinci gets police and fire together to discuss the situation amicably, an inspection notice is found at the crime scene, five days after the fact. Leary's investigation into Dubreau gets deeper. Leary investigates a former charge against Dubreau, that issued by a former street hustler, Manny Zapata. Zapata names a former narc as an accomplice of Dubreau's, that narc being Brian Curtis. The Red Light District gets a little quieter following the beating of a john. Both the johns and girls in the district are nervous. An official citizen's coalition of purported business owners of the district has lodged a complaint against the district. Mah however can't find any of the "names" on the coalition as being business owners of the area. It seems as if Billie Simms may be involved. Da Vinci tries to maintain control of the squat at Crab Park, especially as it is on federal land and the Port Authority, to whom the land belongs, wants the land back for major development. Katie is brought in for questioning regarding the gay bashing death in Stanley Park.
- This episode and the series picks up where "Da Vinci's Inquest" left off. We see Dominic Da Vinci has moved from the halls of the city coroner's office to those of City Hall as the newly elected Mayor of Vancouver. One of his first official PR opportunities as Mayor takes place at a night out at the local Hastings Park horse racetrack. With his two aides, Sam Berger and Rita Mah, running detail duty, Da Vinci is introduced to Lloyd Manning and Roger Woo, who independent of each other have the potential to be the savior of the financially troubled racetrack as its new owner. Further PR for Da Vinci takes place the next morning when Da Vinci is invited to a pancake breakfast at an elementary school located in a poorer section of town. The school's principal voices to Da Vinci her opposition to a proposed park nearby. More green space appears to be a motherhood issue, however her opposition stems from her fears that it will be a breeding ground for drug dealers and pimps preying on her students. The pimps are especially troublesome in her mind as the school is located close to the City's known "kiddie stroll". Two homicides investigations are also underway the morning after. The first is of a formerly diagnosed mentally ill man living in a half-way house in a effort to get readjusted to community life. The investigation is led by reinstated Homicide Det. Angela Kosmo and her new partner Det. Joe Finn, formerly of Internal Investigations. In that previous life, Finn did investigate some unfounded allegations of police impropriety by Angela which led to her demotion from Homicide. On the surface, their new partnership does not seem to be suffering from their past animosity. Also on site are Kosmo's former partner Mick Leary, who is there in his new role as City Coroner - Da Vinci's old job - the detective's superior Police Chief Bill Jacobs and his opportunistic second in command Sgt. Charlie Klotchko, the latter two who voice their opposition to such half-way houses located in residential neighborhoods. Kosmo and Finn eventually solve this homicide, perpetrated by a half-way house neighbor with night vision goggles and a high-powered rifle, but not before Finn is attacked and bitten by the neighbor's dog, who Finn shoots dead. The second homicide looks to be a gay-bashing which took place along what is known as the gay stroll in Stanley Park. Councillor Jason Horne has taken a special interest in this case as a representative of the gay community. Det. Chick Savoy, also new to homicide from his previous role as police forensics expert, and Lou from the coroner's office undercover two bodies of young boys found buried deep in a city park. Long deceased and found near the site where another body had previously been found, Leary suspects that they are the bodies of two missing aboriginal youth and that the three bodies are associated with a possible pedophile ring from about 10 or 15 years earlier. The political differences between Da Vinci and Jacobs resurface - not that they ever probably went away - in the police's handling of a squat in a commercial building which is planned for redevelopment, the squat led by homeless activist Joe Friedland. Jacobs uses the force of the police department to harass the squatters, while Da Vinci prefers to negotiate with Friedland, with whom he promises to find suitable permanent accommodation for those homeless in the squat. This episode with the squat is just start of the power struggle between the Mayor and the Police Chief in their roles as City officials. They also clash on manpower issues, the unresolved conflict resulting in each side plotting against the other while Jacobs and Klotchko continually feign cooperation with the Mayor. Back with the homeless issue, Da Vinci calls in retired traffic detective Zack McNab to act as his undercover eyes and ears at the squat. Two developments take place back at City Hall. The first has Manning, who looks to be the main contender for purchasing the racetrack, accusing that there was a leak in information which caused him to lose the City's lucrative advertising contract during the previous administration. Da Vinci needs to placate Manning in the continuing negotiation for the racetrack purchase, but also believes there may be some merit to Manning's accusations. With the racetrack, part of the selling feature may be Da Vinci's ability to influence Council to install slot machines at the track to increase revenues both for its owner and for the City. The second is Da Vinci's first meeting with City Administrator Julia Forsythe, who discuss the possibility of cross training between the police and fire departments in an effort to increase efficiency, increase overall manpower and save money. Forsythe supports the idea in theory and promises to look further into this issue. This ends a busy first week for the new Mayor.
- Geoff McAlister and Stanley Wasserman are in a gay May-September relationship. They are both a reflection of their respective generation: Geoff is an active massage therapist who keeps care of himself physically, whereas Stanley enjoys relaxing at home indulging in the finer things in life, especially when it comes to food and drink. Despite the fact that Geoff defers more often than not to Stanley's wishes, Geoff loves Stanley and visa versa. They see themselves as a gay version of their neighbours, Elaine and Carlisle Wainwright, and hope to be as happy as the Wainwrights appear. A health fanatic, Geoff ignores a lump in his left testicle, which does end up being cancerous, the testicle which needs to be removed. Geoff refuses, wanting to deal with his problem in a more holistic manner. In reality, Geoff is angry and upset with his situation, and takes it out on Stanley, who has never taken care of his own body. After they find out the Wainwright's relationship is not all it appears to be on the surface, Geoff and Stanley examine their own relationship and find it's doing much better than the Wainwrights. Geoff's cancer ends up making their individual lives converge as they both see Geoff through this health scare.
- Tom becomes the support for two people. First, Carlisle finally admits that Elaine has left him. Carlisle uses Tom both as his divorce lawyer (despite the fact that Tom does not specialize in divorce nor does he really agree to act as Carlisle's lawyer) and surrogate "friend". Tom is further burdened when Carlisle is unexpectedly hospitalized and thus Tom is forced to look after Elaine's beloved but temperamental dog, Lulu, who Carlisle refuses to place in a kennel. And second, Janice and Tom have been casually dating, and outwardly everything seems to be going all right. However, Tom still thinks about his deceased wife, Colleen. Tom "speaks to Colleen" while he's sleeping, but there's something more to Tom's pain than the fact that he misses Colleen or that he thinks about the suffering she endured with her illness prior to her passing. Tom finally admits to himself that although he loved her, their marriage, especially at the end, was by no means perfect. With that admission, he can counsel Carlisle to move on with his life, something that Tom decides to do with Janice.
- Following the suicides of the Dubois sisters, the main question on everyone's mind is who will be the new owner and what will he/she do with the building? Yuri and the Tans are the most concerned as their livelihoods are attached to the building. The who ends up being Stu Dubois, Pauline and Bea's second cousin. The what?: he intends on fixing up and selling the building. He does retain Yuri's services but Yuri is still worried that the new owner will not, and as such decides to fix up all the tenant's problems to get good references from them. The only tenant who seems to feel sorry for Yuri is Bobby, since he figures Yuri, solely by association, was the closest to the Dubois sisters. Things change for Bobby when Bobbi tells him of her one time indiscretion with Yuri. When Bobby finally catches up with Yuri, they have a physical altercation. But a physical altercation happens around them at the same time: an earthquake. There is substantial damage to the building, some of which has landed on top of a now pinned-by-rubble Yuri. While the rest of the tenants have evacuated the building (which includes a distraught Bobbi), captives Bobby and Yuri have time to air their issues. It also gives Bobby time to figure out not only what he's going to do with Yuri, but what he's going to do about his marriage.
- Young and naive Alicia Plecas is behind in her rent. She is unemployed and unskilled. Although she is going to hairdressing school, hairdressing is a skill that she lacks. Yuri hopes to trade sexual favours for rent, but Alicia refuses. For protection, she finds Hal, who is also sexually interested in Alicia, and hopes to get her into bed eventually. Hal manages to get her a cleaning job for Carlisle, despite the fact that she doesn't have the necessary skills to do that either. She ends up being an awful, clumsy cleaner, but she and Carlisle end up bonding over similar personal issues, and admittedly a bit of lust on Carlisle's side. Sexually, she and Hal continually almost make Hal's wish come true, but Alicia's missing pet hamster, Bushy-Bush, always gets in the way. Ultimately, Hal can't control his urges any longer; his actions cause a permanent rift between himself and Alicia. Despite knowing that Carlisle has his own unspoken lusty thoughts toward her, Alicia at least gets the necessary confidence from him to stand on her own two feet for the first time in her life.
- Sault, a recent transplant to Vancouver from Toronto, is feeling a little alienated in her new surroundings, both within the city and within the building. Stanley, her next door neighbor, complained to the super that her cigarette smoke is traveling unwanted through the vents. Despite that, Stanley's partner, Geoff, invites Sault over for dinner as a gesture of kindness. Sault's abrasive personality grates on Stanley, but Geoff continues to maintain a friendship with her. This is strengthened when Geoff mistakenly assumes that Sault, like him, is a cancer victim, while in reality she suffers from alopecia. She doesn't correct him since she figures this misunderstanding will strengthen the bond with her one and only friend in Vancouver. He continues to support her in any way he can with her supposed cancer, which gets her deeper and deeper into the lie. But she also sees the mileage she can get out of being a cancer victim in other aspects of her life, that is until Geoff finds out the truth. Sault realizes that it may not be the surroundings that are the problem but rather her.
- All around geek, Fred Fochs, has been cyber-corresponding for three months with a woman named Kelly, who lives in Newfoundland. For both, it is a long distance girlfriend/boyfriend relationship. Luckily for both, they still consider it so after their first encounter via webcam. Kelly has decided to come to Vancouver to go to school and wants to stay with Fred, at least initially until she can find her own place. Fred is initially excited about this, until he realizes that some of his quirks may be off-putting to her in person. Chief amongst these are his brain, which he keeps in a jar. It is not a real brain - it was a movie prop - but it is a brain nonetheless. After much consideration, Fred decides to let Kelly stay with him but hide the brain. Upon arrival, Kelly finds that she likes Fred even more than she thought, even after she does stumble upon the brain which she did indeed find slightly off-putting. On the flip side, Fred is attracted to Kelly physically and attracted to the fact that she is attracted to him, but there are certain little things which annoy him about her, including that she's clumsy, has a continually runny nose, and has a laugh like a mule. Although they're having a mostly good time together, Fred unleashes his true thoughts about her annoying habits during an unguarded moment. Hurt, Kelly decides to leave despite Fred's apologies.
- Hal says to his roommate Nick, "Your whole life is constipated", which is true in both a literal and figurative sense, the latter especially in relation to his love life. Not quite what you would call a ladies' man, Nick and his life start to loosen up when he meets Elaine, a married older woman in the building. Although their connection happens on many levels, they have the love of classic Canadian rock as a strong meeting point, of course including the Stampeder's song "Sweet City Woman". This liaison with Nick makes Elaine reexamine her life with older and stuffier Carlisle. Everything comes to a head when Nick crashes Carlisle's book launch party, and puts "Sweet City Woman" on the record player. Mirroring his now loosened life, Nick's constipation finally subsides. The episode concludes with a scene straight out of "The Graduate".
- Bao's mother, recently arrived from Hong Kong, moves in with the Tans. "Grandma" solely speaks Cantonese but is trying to learn English. Everyone in the household needs to make adjustments to get used to Grandma, but Ricky seems to have the hardest time. Grandma, despite her glaucoma, spends much of her time as the new pair of eyes at the store, and cannot help but comment directly, albeit in Cantonese, about all the store's customers, including Elaine Wainwright, who she accuses of being a shoplifter. There indeed has been a string of thefts at the store, so Yuri installs an antiquated and only half functioning security camera. Grandma ends up being more perceptive than anyone gives her credit and better eyes for the store than the camera. Meanwhile, Ricky, the aspiring karaoke star, is asked to sit with Grandma during a time he wants to sing in a karaoke competition. He decides to ditch Grandma for the competition - which he ends up winning - but Grandma, alone, gets into a near disaster. This incident not only places Ricky in hot water with his parents Bao and Toni, but on bad terms with Grandma. He makes things up with Grandma when he learns that marijuana aids in relieving symptoms of glaucoma, and hooks Grandma up with resident slackers and pot-growers, Nick Papathanasiou and Hal Garcia. Although initially suspicious of Nick and Hal, Grandma ends up getting along famously with the pair. Ricky gets a new appreciation for Grandma when he learns more of her past life as a nightclub singer cum burlesque star. Ricky and Grandma end up joining forces in creative ways to get Ricky a new karaoke machine, and to get Elaine Wainwright, who is indeed the store's shoplifter, to return all the stolen merchandise.
- Bao and Toni are approaching their twentieth wedding anniversary. Although they do love each other, they are falling into a rut. Toni compares their love life not to an exciting Ferrari or even stable and reliable Volvo, but rather a Pacer, "fun in the past, but outdated". On the other side of the coin, Bao thinks his professional life will soon take an upward swing when he expects he will be offered the principal tuba seat with the symphony orchestra. But the symphony's job offer of development officer isn't quite what he expected or wanted. But he takes the job, without telling Toni, since he feels in holding out for his dream job of playing the tuba regularly and professionally, he has not given Toni the life she deserved. Thinking Bao having an affair due to his now daytime absence, Toni and Bao have a heart to heart, which includes Bao knowing about the Pacer comparison. This talk opens up an entire new chapter of understanding and love in their lives. But ultimately it is hearing his favorite tune "Clair de Lune" being played by a street musician that makes Bao realize that his happiness inspires happiness around him. It's going to be a good twentieth wedding anniversary.
- Pauline and Bea Dubois, the elderly sister owners of the building, are disagreeing on how the building should be run. Pauline prefers to make do with Yuri's talents to fix whatever problem, whereas Bea thinks that many things are falling apart and should just be replaced as goodwill toward the tenants. Because of their differences and long term competition with each other, they needle each other in small ways just to get under each other's skin. The elder Pauline is the more forceful one, whereas Bea will do things on the sly. One thing that Bea has been doing on the sly is getting her affairs in order: she's dying. When Pauline finds out, she's upset not because Bea didn't tell her or not because she's sad for her sister's condition but because Bea once again is doing something first in life. Pauline decides to manufacture mock ways of killing herself first. Bea doesn't appreciate this as Pauline has always tried to steal the limelight. When Bea confronts Pauline that her illness is indeed a fact, the Misses Dubois collectively decide to turn out the lights. Meanwhile, Yuri stumbles across Bushy-Bush. Not knowing he's Alicia's pet, Yuri decides to keep the hamster for himself.
- Hal and Nick are pining over their lost conquests, Hal with Alicia, and Nick with Elaine. Hal slowly comes to the realization that Alicia may have exposed his true shallowness with women. To test his theory, he decides to call up old girlfriends to see what they think of him. On the other side of the apartment, Sault enters Nick's life. Sault is trying to rekindle her friendship with Geoff, and by unfortunate association Stanley. She uses her new 'buddy' as a pawn in her plan. She decides to hold small dinner party with Geoff, Stanley and Nick, the latter with whom she promises a roll in the hay afterward if he attends and helps with the cooking. He agrees. At dinner, things are going awkwardly, but Sault and Stanley start to bond over Stanley's spinach dish, which Sault loves so much she wants to the recipe. The bond breaks down when Stanley refuses to share the recipe. Nick, who likes Sault in a bizarre way, does whatever he can to help her get the recipe. Just as Sault starts to feel a special bond with Nick, Nick reluctantly decides that Sault will probably never like him that way and leaves Sault in the lurch.
- Fourteen month newlyweds Bobbi and Bobby Briggs are celebrating being back together after Bobby was away on a business trip to Duluth with his company, Trinity - a Christian religion materials supplier - and Bobbi, an aspiring aerobi-dance instructor, was back visiting her family in Regina. After their passionate night together, Bobbi notices a condom wrapper stashed underneath her nightstand. Knowing that Bobby didn't use the condom with her, Bobbi automatically assumes he used it with another woman and looks for other signs of who that other woman might be. Bobbi thinks it's Bobby's co-worker Sasha, the one, as Bobbi calls her, with the overbite and the big mono-brow. Her suspicions are heightened when Bobby needs to go back to Duluth with Sasha among others. While Bobby's away, Bobbi decides to wreak revenge on her husband by seducing and sleeping with another man. After a failed attempt at a restaurant, Bobbi, drunk, throws herself at Yuri, who has always been attracted to her and as such, doesn't resist her advances. After their sex session, Bobbi feels guilty, more so after she learns from Ricky that Yuri is a Lothario who has been seen breaking into tenant's units probably to have sex. Bobbi confronts Yuri with her suspicions. Yuri confirms what he's been doing, implying that the condom wrapper was his. Bobbi and Yuri mutually agree to keep quiet about Yuri's break-ins and Bobbi and Yuri's indiscretion. Knowing that she was wrong about Bobby and Sasha, Bobbi wants to make it up to her husband upon his return. Just as he is about ready for bed, Bobby finds a condom wrapper, not his, stuck to the bed sheets. For the time being, Bobby and Bobbi's secrets and suspicions remain unspoken between the two.
- A horse mutilation has the unit searching for could be future serial killers.
- The McKayes know that Varland's ad campaign using Beck's image is not going away, so Ethan decides to take some action to combat his feelings toward Adrien. Jen, who doesn't totally agree with Ethan's course of action, is nonetheless eased somewhat by a visit from an old friend, Adam Lawson. However, that feeling of ease may be short lived. One forgotten person who has been negatively affected by Beck's death and Varland's ad campaign is AJ, only one person who can see that affect and can and does offer some sympathy. With Feeney's help, Quinn discovers who the recipient of the $50,000 blackmail money was. Quinn does question Ryan's action in deleting any of that direct information from Beck's computer. But in finding out the whole story, Quinn may get himself into some trouble. And Ryan and Nicole's relationship hits a bump with the return of VIP guest Melina Sarris, who Ryan has had a sexual relationship with in the past on her visits and who gets whatever she wants.
- Ethan being preoccupied with a work issue - someone seemingly trying to buy out all their distributors - leaves Jen feeling increasingly isolated. She turns to Adam, unaware that he may not turn off the reporter side of himself, especially as he is asking questions of others which may lead to a sensational story about Beck. Quinn, conversely, doesn't want to talk to Adam at all, especially with the increasing knowledge he has of some unsavory aspects to Beck's life. Carrie has offered AJ a place to crash temporarily as he seems to be grasping at straws to make ends meet while he sleeps in his car. Quinn tries to be all right with Carrie's decision, while Carrie struggles with her growing attraction to AJ. The misunderstanding about his current relationship with Melina Sarris was just the first issue making Nicole feel uncomfortable with her relationship with Ryan. She begins to see his job as the resort's "cleaner", she getting caught up in the lies he tells guests for their comfort, with which she struggles, especially as it relates to Ryan as a human being in her personal life.
- Quinn suspects his uncle knows more than he's saying about Beck's involvement in the blackmail scheme.
- 2005–200644m7.2 (20)TV EpisodeDa Vinci greases the wheels on all sides: he lays down the law with both the police and fire union reps using the tactic of the extra manpower on the books, and discusses with Leary the progress in his investigation on the grow-op shooting. On the down side, Jacobs has a meeting with the Solicitor General about the relationship with the Police Board and Da Vinci, the SG laying down the law with Da Vinci on this matter. However some unexpected good news for Da Vinci comes via Lou in the coroner's investigation: he has found evidence that the grow-op site was violated after it was locked down, implying that the fire and rescue notice may have been planted on the site after the lock down. This news, eventually the major finding in the coroner's investigation report, provides leverage for the Mayor in all these dealings, especially with the police department in general and Jacobs in particular. Internal to the police, Klotchko continues to play Ferris, who is feeling and showing the pressure of the investigation. When all is said and done, Ferris solely takes the fall for the notice planting. Although not coming out smelling totally like a rose, both Klotchko and Jacobs are spared. Still feeling the heat, Jacobs kowtows to the Mayor, saying that they should now work together, Jacobs even stating that he will support the Mayor's controversial policies. Da Vinci basically tells him to take a hike. Things on this front don't end smoothly however as the fire department and many police officers threaten a major work disruption based on Ferris being the scapegoat for larger systemic issues within the police department. On another front, Da Vinci intervenes with Pacific Comm for Manning. The Pacific Comm lawyer does not back down as she says she has evidence of influence peddling on Manning's part for the better part of 10 years. Manning does not take too kindly to the news of this meeting outcome. Elsewhere, Det. Carter has laid "gay bashing" murder charges against Clay and Reed based on Katie's evidence, although he knows that she had a major role in the crime; just the fact that it is being charged as a hate crime satisfies Councillor Horne. And the Mike Franklin side of Joe Friedland emerges as he gets deep back into gambling and is down $20,000 in a current poker game, money he doesn't have. With the pedophile case, the perpetrators continue their back-room dealings with the witnesses, albeit in a slightly heavier handed matter: Curtis murders Mason. However Norton negotiates with Kosmo and Finn for Dubreau's return. When Dubreau returns, the detectives state that the Crown has refused to negotiate and they book him on murder charges.
- Single mom and nurse Janice Keneally and her pre-teen son Henry Armstrong move into Robson Arms. The fact that their new apartment, like all the units in the building, requires much maintenance - in Janice's words, it's a shit-hole - is the least of her worries as she needs to adjust to her new single mom status after the turbulent break-up with Henry's father Gord. Janice's stress is evident to all her new neighbours. Yuri Kukoc, the building super, tells Henry all she really needs to relieve her stress is sex. With new friend Ruby Tan in hand, Henry goes on a search in the building for a sex partner for his Mom. The most suitable candidate seems to be Tom Goldblum, a lawyer who lives directly above Janice and Henry. Henry and Ruby do some investigative work to discover more about Tom by breaking into his apartment, and promptly get caught by Tom. But they do find out what they need to know - he is single, recently widowed and the noises Henry and Janice continually hear from his apartment is not sex as they assumed but Tom exercising - and they in turn tell Tom the reason for the break-in. Although Tom has no interest in having sex with a woman he hasn't even met yet, Henry maneuvers a dinner invitation for Tom to their apartment that evening. At dinner, both Janice and Tom end up being embarrassed when Janice finds out about Henry's scheme and the fact that Tom knew about it. Later, Janice decides to apologize to Tom, who ends up helping her with her life situation in more ways than one.
- Jen's full disclosure about her evening with Adam and not doing anything with him because she understands how her past indiscretion has made Ethan feel leads to Ethan feeling even guiltier about cheating with Lisa, which he does not mention in return to Jen. Ethan eventually takes what he hopes is decisive action about the matter, although an action he still does not feel good about. Carrie is having problems getting the $500 back from AJ, which places their friendship on the line. As such, Carrie seeks out Quinn, who struggles with his continued feelings for her while he begins a new relationship with Isabelle. Ryan is increasingly concerned about Nicole spending time with Adrien, even if it is still in the guise of "work". In that time, Nicole sees yet another facet of Adrien's excessive life. And Ryan contemplates pulling an expensive fast one for his own benefit.
- Jen and Ethan are drifting farther apart, which is not helped by some news from Adam. While Jen turns to Adam, Lisa is there for Ethan. Beck's ghost counsels Quinn about moving on with his life in pursuing the opposite sex. Excluding Carrie who seems to be hanging out more and more with AJ, the options include Kristina Brody, who was always after Beck and may only want Quinn because he is Beck's "silver medalist", and Isabelle, a waitress at a coffee shop he has been frequenting. What Quinn decides to do is based partly on his belief that Beck committed suicide. With his own executive assistant away, Adrien asks Nicole to accompany him on a several day business trip to West Virginia, a move which Ryan believes is solely for Adrien to get closer to her. However, several people take advantage of both Adrien and Nicole's absence. AJ continues to have problems, the biggest being that he owes several thousand dollars to his drug dealers, who are a little less accommodating now that he has been cut off by Adrien. Carrie has to decide whether to trust AJ in this matter of money. And Shelby, who has been cut off by Adrien while he is away, has to figure out a way to continue to lead the life to which she is accustomed in light of her belief that Adrien knew about her and Beck's affair.
- Adrien tests Nicole's ability to keep some demanding clients happy. Jen and Ryan learn that the Tavern property is being rezoned to force them out. Ryan begins looking into Shelby's whereabouts. In a vulnerable moment Carrie admits to Quinn that she has feelings for him. Quinn tries to remain unaffected and stay committed to his relationship with Isabelle. AJ encounters a setback with his new business.
- Ethan and Jen seriously consider Adrien's latest offer for their property, unaware that he may need them more than they need him. Because of what she learns about Adrien's past love life, Nicole takes a trip to Bellingham to deal with someone from her own past. After being knocked unconscious at the coroner's office, Ryan awakens in the office to find that the coroner has been murdered, unaware that Feeney saw him leave the office. After Quinn confronts him because of Feeney, Ryan has to decide what to do not only about the coroner's murder and being at the crime scene when it happened, but also about the coroner telling him that Beck's toxicology screen, in reality, showed high levels of drugs in his system at the time of death, which is contrary to the coroner's official report. With Quinn preoccupied with Ryan and Nicole away, Carrie is feeling alone in dealing with her pregnancy, about which only Quinn knows so far. And AJ saves a junkie named Kate from Dante. In spending time with Kate, AJ may get a more realistic picture about how far his life has descended.
- After Carrie confesses she has feelings for him Quinn struggle with his feelings for both Isabelle and Carrie. Sensing his uncertainty, Isabelle ends things with him. Meanwhile AJ gets deeper into trouble, Adrien continues to pursue Nicole and Ryan continues to dig into Adrien's affairs.
- The life of the McKaye family takes two extreme turns first when Beck wins an Olympic gold medal in snowboarding at the Torino games, and second, approximately two weeks later, when he is found dead at the bottom of a hill back home at Whistler, his death seemingly from an unfortunate fall. At the time, Ethan, who was managing his career, was evaluating which of the many sponsorship options Beck should take. The sponsorship option from Varland Gear Ethan wanted nothing to do with as he blames the Varlands for many of his life issues. Ethan still holds a grudge against anyone named Varland, despite Beck being friends with Adrien's son, AJ. Little did Ethan know that Beck was trying to make his own deals on the advice and help of his Uncle Ryan, who was using Beck to further his own career in impressing VIP clients at the Varland Resort, such as visiting Steve Newman. Beck was also letting his gold medal go to his head in many ways including living a fast life and cheating on Carrie, who caught him in the act with another woman. Quinn felt torn in his love for his brother but also in his long held crush on Carrie himself. But a discovery by Quinn in Beck's closet may change everything. Meanwhile, Nicole is having problems making ends meet, a fact she is hiding from Carrie. Nicole will discover within herself how far she will go to pay the bills.
- Quinn attempts to learn more about his brother's life by befriending A.J.
- Ethan firing Lisa to cover up their indiscretion backfires on him when Jen rehires her due to a short term staff shortage. Ethan has to decide how to handle the situation for his, Jen and Lisa's benefit. With his newfound bliss with Jen, Ethan has allowed Jen to offer their home to AJ as a place to stay for as long as he needs, which quietly irks Quinn. A move by AJ while the McKayes are away only solidifies Quinn's feelings. Initially a team of two with regular partner Feeney, Quinn assembles a team of four - adding Isabelle then Carrie - for Murphy's annual unofficial scavenger hunt. Quinn gets to see Isabelle in a different light, while Carrie finally comes to the realization that she has feelings for Quinn in seeing him together with Isabelle. Following their night together, Ryan and Nicole have different views of their personal relationship. Nicole's perspective is affected partly by Adrien involving her more and more into exciting aspects of his business life, which she does not recognize as his effort to get her into his personal life. And Adrien asks Ryan to have some difficult discussions in Adrien's land acquisition, namely with Ryan's old boss Justin Talbert who got Ryan his professional start in life in Whistler, and with Ethan.
- As Quinn and Ryan delve deeper into Beck's past, they discover a shocking secret.
- The shooting incident at the assistant coroner's house leads to the police releasing Ryan and reopening the case into Beck's death, including a move which may be painful for Ethan and Jen. Ryan's release still does not deal with what Adrien sees as Ryan's betrayal against him. Nicole learns about Carrie's pregnancy, which gives Carrie another shoulder on which to lean as she contemplates what to do about the baby. Nicole also confronts Adrien about what she found out in Bellingham. AJ is pursued by a couple of thugs, which leads to him being in a prison of a different kind. As he goes through his withdrawal, AJ has time to think about how to make what he believes the world right again. Shelby believes she has some leverage in dealing with Adrien concerning their divorce. All of these issues combined lead to the revelation of how Beck died, as well as the incorrect belief by some involved about how he died. But the revelation does not come without tragic consequences.
- In the first moments of the series, Ben is bonded in blood to his tough, beautiful partner, Amy Lynch, when the two are involved in a shooting that they must cover up together.
- Terry and Holl investigate the death of Wendy Summers, a heart transplant recipient who died as a result of the transplant. They try to find out about the transplant, about which her husband Brian Summers doesn't seem to be totally truthful. Meanwhile, Ben and Amy investigate the murder of Dr. Wen Zhang, his body stuffed in a laundromat washing machine. Dr. Zhang, who was not yet accredited in Canada, was a prominent Chinese national with a wealthy Canadian wife, Amanda Fleming. Because of his status, the Chinese Embassy wants to be involved peripherally in the investigation, that against the wishes of Ben and Amy. The questioning of one of the laundromat employees, Zan Ji, also a Chinese national and an illegal immigrant, leads Ben and Amy to 'Brother' Reggie Song, a local notorious drug dealer, and a container shipment of his, the container which they assume is filled with drugs. When Ben and Amy discover what is actually in the container, they find a connection to another case in their office, which leads to the question of why one of their witnesses lied to them. And at the Sullivan home, Ella finds evidence of a woman in Ben's life named Naomi. In tracking down Naomi, Ella finds that the connection relates back to "Harry", one of Ben's alternate personalities.
- The unit investigates the mass murder of a group of five young men found shot to death in a mobile home. All the deceased are members of a gang called the Unity Gang. The only survivor found at the scene of the crime is a young woman named Simone, who is found hiding in a car outside the home. Upon examining her, doctors confirm that Simone was raped by multiple persons and was slipped the date rape drug. Also found at the scene is the murder weapon with partial prints of an unknown person. The unit believes the perpetrator or perpetrators are members of a rival gang, leads to those gangs which they follow. But especially based on Ryan's assessment of Simone under questioning by Ben and Amy, they also believe she isn't telling all that she knows - she tells the investigators that she can't remember what happened because she was drugged - especially in hiding the fact of a boyfriend named Joseph Young, also a Unity Gang member. If Joseph is as devoted to Simone as her Facebook page indicates, why he would have allowed her to attend the gang party where she was the only female. That aspect of the case becomes all the more important when Simone and Joseph are the intended targets of a drive-by shooting. Meanwhile, Ella makes some decisions about her and Ben's home life, especially as he, as Harry, is cheating on her. She also makes a decision about how she will cope with the entire situation. TC vows to break off her affair with Super, against his persistent advances. And Ryan is keeping a secret about himself, which is not so secret at least to Ben.
- A prostitute named Susan Collins is found murdered, she who is shot five times at point blank range. One of the key pieces of evidence is Susan's cell phone, the names off which the police conduct their initial questioning. Based on this questioning, the police believe that her murder has something to do with competing "escort services" and Susan's allegiance to a former pimp versus her current pimp. One of the names on the cell phone is of another prostitute named Sunshine. Amy and Ben's undercover meeting with Sunshine places Ben in a difficult situation. Another prominent name in the cell phone is that of a local judge, who initially denies knowing Susan, but ultimately confesses to his association with her, which is not quite what the police were expecting. But as Sunshine assists Ben, Amy, Terry and Holl on the case, other information comes to light as to secondary work Susan was conducting. Meanwhile, TC and Super's relationship places a strain amongst the unit. And TC has an interesting conversation with Super's wife, Laura Whitehill.
- Ben and Amy are each having a voluntary counseling session with Ryan following a shooting incident at the station, which resulted in some serious injuries and some fatalities. Two prisoners in lock-up were being transferred to jail when the incident occurred. The instigator of the incident was one of the prisoners, a drugged up Jimmy Tapert, who had a long rap sheet and was in custody for a pharmacy hold-up and shooting. The other prisoner was Paul Keefer, who was in custody for fatally beating up a fourteen year old boy named Glen Mason in a street fight. Although Paul may have dealt the fatal blow, Vina discovered that Glen had a long history of physical abuse against him which were the underlying causes of his death. Two other outsiders in the station at the time of the incident were Glen's angry mother, Colleen Mason, who continually vented her anger against Paul, and Nick, who, despite stating that he was there to cover a story, was probably there more to see Amy. As Amy relates her side of the story to Ryan, she admits her true feelings about Nick. And as Ben relates his story, Ryan determines that what others in the station may have seen as acts of his bravado were in fact more of his blackouts. In his heart, Ben fears that one of those blackouts may have resulted in some of the deaths, especially of one who was basically a good person despite the situation.
- The homicide detectives investigate a twenty year closed case when twenty-five year old Sophia Bacic now believes she witnessed the murder of her older sister, Josie Bacic. Two youths, friends Gil Dobeck and Matthew Evans, who were present at the crime scene by the Fraser River, were convicted of the murder, and sentenced to life. The two have always professed their innocence. Dobeck recently committed suicide, Evans believing that he lost hope since the parole board denied him for the third time for not showing remorse. Sophia, now in therapy and feeling her own remorse upon hearing about Dobeck's suicide, believes that her remembrances are of her father dumping "something" in a large bag by the crime scene. Vina's review, which includes a physical review of the exhumed body, shows that Josie was the victim of some sort of abuse and was not murdered at the supposed crime scene. When the now retired investigating officer, Donald Portman, learns that the case is reopened, he does not react too kindly. The detectives believe he may be hiding something about the case. And eventually both the Bacic parents are brought in for questioning, they who also vehemently deny murdering their daughter. The detectives have to figure out who is lying or how the pieces fit together. This case and other issues in his life are making Ben remember an incident from his childhood when he, after running away because of the constant abuse by his stepfather, was taken in by a kindly aboriginal woman named Carol. Ben, with Ryan's help, wants to remember a missing year in his childhood associated with that incident.
- Ben visits with Ella's supplier friend, Linda Rousso, to see if Ella is back using drugs. During the visit, Ben blacks out, and awakens in her apartment surrounded by empty liquor bottles and Linda unconscious with a needle sticking out of her arm. Later, Vina receives a wrath of drug overdose cases in the morgue, all from the same supply of high grade heroin, the same supply that nearly killed Linda. As Ben and Amy investigate these deaths, they try and co-opt Linda into providing as much information as she can about the original source of the heroin. They have to wade through Linda's mixture of lies and truths. Ben's utmost concern, however, is if Linda also provided Ella with this potentially fatal supply of drugs. Meanwhile, a woman witnesses a dead female's body being dumped in the water, the victim who is later identified as Sophie Carter. Her evidence leads to Terry and Holl finding the probable car that sped away from the scene and the car's owner, Victor Hugo. In an impulsive move based on what was going down at the time, Terry and Holl find almost conclusive evidence that Victor killed Sophie, which he vehemently denies. The unfortunate thing is that although they had a warrant to search the car, they didn't have one to search the house - where most of the evidence was found - despite Terry and Holl believing their entry into the house legitimate. Being able to hold Victor without charge for twenty-four hours, Terry and Holl have to find more conclusive evidence in examining the car or exact a confession from Victor.
- The dead body of Charlotte Simms, an accountant, is found in her office by her fourteen year old daughter, Mia Simms. Charlotte was beaten and asphyxiated, with a clear plastic bag over her head. Beyond her mother's death, Mia is concerned for her own welfare since she is not on the greatest terms with either her older brother, Jonah Simms, or her absent father. Ben and Amy discover that Charlotte's murder may have something to do with one of her clients, Dante Ware who is the head of a biker gang. Because of the possible gang connection, Super calls in Tom Rutherford with the gangs & guns unit, he who may be able to shed some light on the case. As Ben and Amy dig deeper, they find a full circle connection between Charlotte, Jonah and Dante, who in turn is seen with someone unexpected. And one of Ben's alter egos has a less than conventional night with Mia. Meanwhile, Terry and Holl continue their investigation into a six month old unsolved case of a murdered woman and daughter, the prime suspect being the deceaseds' husband and father, Martin Yates, who admits to having had an affair with his secretary, Erin, at the time. Re-interviewing both Martin and Erin and new DNA evidence provides the detectives with a clearer picture of what happened. And TC has what looks to be a pre-arranged dinner alone with Super's wife, Laura.