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- Col. Nelson is on a long-term, top-secret space mission. Jeannie cannot bring him home, temporarily, to hear their son's important academic presentation without knowing exactly where he is in the first place. The general in charge of the mission won't reveal anything. Things are further complicated when Jeannie's sister, Jeannie II, reminds Sham-Ir, the head of the genies, that a genie on Earth cannot go more than 3 months without an earthly master. Sham-Ir gives Jeannie a fortnight to either find Tony or get a new master, a single male. Colonel Healey can't help, since he's now married.
- A teenager assumes her murdered friend's identity and takes shelter with the girl's estranged family, but her vengeful pimp threatens her new life.
- Fifteen years after he last saw him, Danny Cimmerman, a Toronto banker, comes back to Vancouver to say goodbye to his ethnic Croatian gangster father, John Cimmerman, who is on his death bed. Danny never approved of how his father made a living, the reason why Danny left town in the first place, and conversely John felt Danny was a disappointment. Regardless, John's death bed wish is for Danny to take over the family business and make it legitimate. Part of that entails Danny marrying Anika Nowak, the daughter of one of John's associates, Louis Nowak. The transition to legitimacy will not be easy as some friends and enemies may want to exploit what they see as a weakness in the organization during the transition. Danny is attacked one evening by two people who knew he was carrying a large wad of cash, which he guesses was organized by someone on the inside. Another of those hoping to take Danny down is a man named Angus Bunyan, aka Uncle Bunny, who knows a secret about Danny and wants proof to extort money from him. Uncle Bunny has one of his prostitutes, Davina Nicholson, insinuate herself into Danny's life by playing off his "secret" fantasies. Davina doesn't much like working for Uncle Bunny, but feels she can't get out despite having a secret straight life, including a fiancé. As Danny and Davina start to fall for each other in however an unusual way it feels for both, Davina has to decide where her allegiances lie, and Danny has to reconcile his feelings for the multiple sides of his life which are battling each other. Beyond their shared secret life together, Danny and Davina don't know how truly connected their entire lives are.
- Two Canadian cops start videotaping the drug scene in Vancouver.
- Angel and Randy Henry are a sister and brother, caught on the mean streets of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. While Angel finds the strength to escape her seemingly hopeless situation, Randy slips deeper into a world consumed by abandonment and fuelled by drugs.
- A squad of police patrols one of the most challenging beats in North America.
- In the wake of tragedy a troubled detective clings to the last remaining semblance of the man he once was, to protect the city's most vulnerable, however, it is this fragile community that just might provide him with the salvation he is searching for.
- Popular Vancouver Mayor, Dominic Da Vinci, is hosting a Canadian mayor's conference. One of the attendees is Toronto Mayor Tom Drood. Despite being considered a political lightweight (or in reality because of it), Drood is being supported by Charles and Katherine Greenborne - newspaper moguls - as a candidate for the next federal election; they tout Drood as potential Prime Ministerial material. The support of the Greenbornes, as people who control the media, is powerful. They throw a shindig for Drood, the party where they hope to get public endorsement by Da Vinci for Drood's candidacy. Following the official party, the Greenbornes - with Drood and the Greenborne's drug addict nephew, Earl, in attendance - host a more private affair complete with drugs and sex show. The next morning, Anna Navarez, one of the domestics at the party and post-party, is found dead in her bedroom in the basement of her employer, Phyllis Whiting, a friend of the Greenborne's. With what circumstantial knowledge he has at hand, Da Vinci smells a cover-up on the Greenborne's part both about the fact of the post-party and Navarez's death. In addition, key potential witness Drood suddenly leaves town; Earl is a person unknown to the investigators; and evidence conveniently shows up implicating Navarez's former boyfriend, who was also working as a domestic at the party. Da Vinci wants to help in the investigation but he has to tread a fine line due to his public persona as a popular politician, one who has a possible eye on the Premiership.
- A retrospective on a forgotten wrestling company operated by in-ring and real life rivals.
- The Jungle Prescription- was broadcast Nov 2011 by the CBC's prestigious science show The Nature of Things. It tells of ayahuasca, a visionary Amazonian brew of indigenous origin and its encounter with the West, as played out through the story of two doctors. The first, Dr. J. Mabit, runs a legendary detox centre deep in the Peruvian jungle, in partnership with indigenous healers. The second, Dr. Gabor Maté, is risking his reputation trying to establish a similar program in Canada. Through the intimate stories of these doctors and their patients, we see how an ancient medicine causes cathartic, life-changing insight, and we witness the commitment of people who have devoted their whole lives to applying this medicinal knowledge. Featuring: A very special group of plants, the patients of Dr. Gabor Maté, Dr. Jacques Mabit, Humberto Piaguaje, and the UMIYAC, Jordi Riba, Josep María Fábregas, the Vancouver and Barcelona skylines, and the Amazon Jungle - among others.
- One man's journey to find the woman of his dreams - literally.
- For the past three and a half years, Kevin Spenst has written a short story every day. On the day of his 1000th story he set off on his bike to do a 50 stop reading tour of the city...in one day.
- Since 2003 Vancouver, BC has been ranked one of the most livable cities in the world. But deep in the heart of this stunning city lies a dark secret known as the DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE, a 5-block radius of premiere real estate infested with disease and hard core drug abuse. This neighborhood has the highest HIV rate in the industrialized world. 1 out of every 3 residents has HIV and 90% have Hepatitis C. These statistics are on par with Botswana. This enormous decline in public health rates prompted the Canadian Government to re-evaluate their approach on the so-called "WAR ON DRUGS". The result was the most criticized Government approved drug policy in decades. INSITE - North America's first legal, Government funded Supervised Safe Injection Site was born. Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is truly one of the most unique melting pots on the globe, where some of the top global drug legalization activists are based. In this community, social workers are considered pioneers, activists are often considered criminals, and homeless drug addicts form the majority. This socially controversial film is told by some of the individuals living within this reality as well as people responsible for support systems, Government Officials, and local law enforcement agents. 100 Block will take viewers on a journey into areas deep within the Downtown Eastside to explore the reality that these people call home. Welcome to the downtown eastside!
- Homeless women and women in desperate straits on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside found a safe haven when Bridge Housing for Women opened in 2001. This opening culminated a 20-year effort by neighborhood residents and activists to create a place where women could escape the dangers of the streets and get support to come off drugs and alcohol. The women who created the project and the women who call Bridge home tell their stories. Building Bridge grew out of the Simon Fraser University research project, Health & Home, investigating the relationship between housing and the health of women in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.
- Boony and Gordo, two friends who refuse to give up on each other, smoke, fight and eat their way through another long day. Boony is a stress-case with wild red hair, a big broken heart, and an ever-present need to punch his best friend Gordo, who is a quiet Korean man with a careless wisdom. He doesn't move fast yet the world is too slow for him. Today their relationship is pushed to the limits as they struggle with unfulfilled potential, hot dogs for breakfast, empty big talk and sleeping underneath the bridges they should be crossing. And You Keep Going is funny, touching, unique, messy and beautiful. But more than anything, it has a huge heart.
- The Move is a short film about two strangers, one black and the other white, who are to meet at a popular hangout, while all of their moves are closely being watched by the cops who are ready to move in.
- Maya's Narcotics Anonymous sponsor turns out to be Morgan's newest client.
- When the majority of Tony's officers stage a sick-out in the wake of a wage dispute, Eastbridge becomes an open city for crime.
- Tony teams with a tough female NYPD detective to catch a serial killer.
- Though her obsession with the job jeopardizes her personal life, NYPD detective Connie Muldoon presses to find a serial killer.
- 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.
- 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 and Fire Marshal Sid Fleming investigate a massive house fire which claimed the lives of two children and their mother. The sole survivor of the fire is the father/husband of the deceased, Glen Moorehouse, he who suffered severe burns. The troubling aspect is that Moorehouse is a survivor of another remarkably similar house fire five years earlier, where his first wife and their children died. Tragic coincidence or...? Equally troubling for Da Vinci is that Morris Steadman is on the scene, still grieving and still angry. Elsewhere, Leary and Shannon are working on the kidnapping case of Alice Meisner, whose father, Ed Meisner, is a wealthy lumber magnate. Alice and Ed have somewhat of a strained relationship due to her drug use, but Ed never denied her anything. The ransom drop, monitored undercover by Leary and Shannon, doesn't go according to plan. Even before locating Alice's car which provides some evidence of the kidnappers, the authorities suspect that Alice herself may be part of staging her own kidnapping. Ultimately, "a big whiff of a real bad smell" lead the authorities to Alice. Meanwhile, Rose Williams makes it known that she'd like to be promoted to Homicide, which doesn't sit well with Shannon. And Sue tells Kosmo of a new "business relationship of convenience" she has with a dirty vice cop named Brian - whose badge she stole - who has an equally dirty narc cop friend named Joe. Kosmo wants this information under wraps until she investigates.
- Da Vinci calls for Vancouver to establish a red light district following the death of a high-priced escort and with the continuing mystery of the 28 missing prostitutes, all presumed dead.
- Shannon continues his cooperative relationship with Anna de la Costa - the Mayor's housekeeper - who is being pursued by immigration officials. Da Vinci learns from Pierce that Council is contemplating pushing the Mayor out of office, leaving conservative Deputy Mayor Joyce Simkins as the leading candidate to replace him. However, Pierce thinks that his left leaning party would have a chance of winning the next election with Da Vinci as the mayoral candidate, an idea Da Vinci thinks ludicrous. But Da Vinci, with Kelly's assistance, plays both sides when he speaks further to Sandonovo and Gohill about the federal government's view of who and what they would like to see in City Hall. Also ludicrous in Da Vinci's mind is the City's new anti-panhandling by-law, but that doesn't stop him from being a victim of a panhandler. Williams and Curtis attend to a death they think is a suicide. The victim is known to Curtis. A mystery occurs in that investigation when important evidence goes missing. Sue's new friend in detention, Wendy Hopkins, shows her true colors when she has a visitor. "Bad cop" Marla checks in with Leary regarding the Will Summers case. Leary finally confronts Rob Simms with the DEA, who was the one who put Will under surveillance. Kurtz and Kosmo have a discussion about Kosmo's professional future. And Shannon shares with Da Vinci who and what he saw in the hotel's surveillance cameras.
- Sue stumbles into Rick Prentice's apartment and finds him dead. Totally freaked, she runs out, but the next day informs the authorities. During the investigation, Homicide - which includes Kosmo, Leary, Shannon and Williams - freeze Curtis out, who tries to get in on the premise that Rick was his informant. In reality, the Homicide detectives all know in their hearts that Curtis killed Rick. With Rick's murder, Councilor Pierce finally decides to talk to Homicide about being blackmailed by Curtis, and admittedly asking Curtis if he could make Rick just "go away". Kosmo and Leary ask Pierce if he is willing to assist in wearing a wire in his next meeting with Curtis. Curtis finally gets his in in the investigation when he catches up with Sue. He admits to her that he can and will make either her or Pierce take the fall for Rick's death. As such, a scared Sue agrees to cooperate with Curtis. Elsewhere, Da Vinci investigates a series of drug overdose deaths. It looks like there's some bad dope out on the street. He needs to find the supplier and get the dope off the street. The Mayor, having found some more money, gets closer to helping Da Vinci open the safe injection site. And Willa Edwards finds another witness for Da Vinci in the Darcy Charles beating, albeit a witness with a self-admitted bad history of his own.
- In the vicinity of the kiddie stroll, a dead beaten body of a male is found next to a still running car. After doing some canvassing, Leary and Shannon learn that there have been altercations between "spotters" protecting the prostitutes and the neighborhood residents, who have an organized patrol to get the prostitutes and johns out of the area. The deceased was a john, leaving the prime suspects being either neighborhood patrol or spotters. Glen Paul, also known as Shorty, is a spotter who seems to be in the middle of the incident. Da Vinci investigates the death of Brad Greig, whose dead body was found trapped above a garage door of the condominium building he managed. The garage door was inspected only five weeks prior and was deemed then in good working order. Gregory Randolph, a tenant who found Greig, reported that Grieg earlier had an argument with another tenant, Sam Cooney, about the not functioning garage door. Da Vinci thinks Cooney had something to do with Greig's death, this view strengthened after garage door maintenance figures out what happened with the door itself. Da Vinci eventually accuses Cooney, who fights back. Elsewhere, Kurtz asks Kosmo to deal with a pesky neighbor who has reported a suspicious accident involving her professor boss and his wife, the latter who died in a hiking accident in Switzerland. Shannon faces a personal crisis with Lana, who is now in a nursing home. Da Vinci warns Kelly about okaying the moving of the bodies in the cemetery associated with the former Ravenhood Psychiatric Hospital. And Sue identifies the cop who has been using her services and doing drugs with her as Det. Brian Curtis.
- John Wiley, a member of a fishing boat crew, is found dead in his bunk while the boat is out to sea. He had a head wound, probably received in a fight the evening before. Da Vinci traces Wiley's steps from that evening, which included a bar crawl, several drinks and an altercation with bouncers at a bar. Da Vinci has to determine if the bouncers' actions directly caused Wiley's death. Some paint fragments embedded into Wiley's head wound may provide some vital answers. With Carla and Danny's murders, Kurtz orders Kosmo to drop the investigation on Curtis, thinking Sue's information unreliable. Kosmo continues to investigate on her own, with both Sue and Taylor thinking that Curtis did kill Carla. Through the process, Sue demonstrates how reliable a witness she would be if ever called to testify. With the red light committee, Pierce manages to get things back on track, with support from other council members. Shannon convinces Leary to clear the air with Sunny about their mostly off again relationship. And Laura Maitland continues to implicate herself in Kurtz's professional and personal life.
- Within an abandoned car parked in a loading zone in a back alley across the street from the police station, Laura Maitland's dead body is found inside the trunk. Although the cause of her death may have been by the hands of her alleged stalker, certain evidence points to the death being self-induced: she may have placed herself in a tenuous position in the likelihood that she would be found before dying. Under Curtis' blackmail, Pierce publicly does not endorse the concept of a red light district, which causes Da Vinci to go on a tirade against Pierce. Despite their previous bad history, Brenda implies that she's going to help Da Vinci find out why Pierce had a change of heart. Kelly offers his support by not publicly endorsing the concept since it would allow Da Vinci the full resources of the office in dealing with the issue. Meanwhile, Da Vinci and Kosmo investigate what looks to be a murder-suicide of an infant by its mother, the mother found by a distraught old boyfriend. Kosmo and Sue make amends. Two suspects are picked up in the gas station robberies. Da Vinci has news for the Shoeshine about his friend, Lamont. And Da Vinci and his mother mark the third anniversary of his father's death.
- 1998–200644m7.8 (15)TV EpisodeAs Da Vinci attends the Police Chief appointment black tie dinner with Maria (the dinner which is populated with many of his professional foes such as Jacobs, Sgt. Klotchko, Mayor Hathaway, and Richard Norton), others in his professional circle are on the job. Lou attends to the death of a woman named Allison Freeman, who was found in her car. The contents of the trunk of her car have some personal connection to Da Vinci. Lou eventually discovers why she might have that material, and Da Vinci tries to find out the precise nature of her interest in him. With Chick's help, Leary tries to get as much information about the transmitter on Will's boat without whomever is doing the surveillance finding out that Leary is aware of the transmitter's existence. Leary adds some surveillance equipment of his own. The dinner is not a total waste for Da Vinci as he learns that his red light district proposal has the interest of the federal government. With Internal's investigation, the police pick up Sue, who has incriminating evidence in her room. Brian officially adds his falsified information into the investigation. With the hit and run case, Da Vinci learns conclusively that the Mayor was not where he said he was that evening. And Shannon has a less than pleasant chat with Kurtz about the incident with Klotchko. He believes that this meeting is the first step in his unwanted early retirement.
- Eleven year-old Nelson Kauf is found dead, hanging off the roller coaster. He is known to police as he continually called them regarding domestic problems at home. These were all deemed by the police to be nuisance calls. He was also cited by others for mischief. Da Vinci learns that Nelson was on antidepressants, the prescribing doctor - Dr. Ludlow - who has a history of over-prescription. Da Vinci is about to sign off that Nelson's medication dosage and his death have no relationship, until he learns more about the earlier death of Nelson's father, also with a history of depression and suicide attempts and whose doctor was also Dr. Ludlow. Meanwhile, Kurtz is pressuring Kosmo for results from the surveillance on Alex and Sarah regarding the body found under the concrete floor in one of Alex's houses. Kosmo turns up the heat on both Alex and Sarah. Kosmo is playing both husband and wife off each other, a tactic she openly plays to Sarah. As such, Sarah is feeling backed into a corner, and she turns to Danny for advice. The tactic pays off. With the investigation into the tubal ligations of the young aboriginal women, Patricia decides to question the operating doctor, Dr. Wyman, but she is too late to ever get any useful information from the doctor.
- For twenty years, Farris Dunlap has been threatened by Wendell Quinn, who believes Dunlap killed his brother, Roger. Dunlap denies even knowing the Quinn brothers. The latest round of threats started when Quinn was released from prison, he being there for manslaughter. This threat includes the mailing of a severed finger to Dunlap. On the flip side, Quinn states that Roger was a police informant who witnessed some wrong-doing by Dunlap. Just as Roger was supposed to testify, Wendell received the severed finger, which he knows belongs to his brother due to a scar. Roger's body was never found. Shannon and Williams speak to Clayton Hurley, the cop who led that case twenty years ago. After speaking to all involved, Shannon and Williams have a strong impression of who actually killed Roger Quinn. Da Vinci wants to hold an inquest into Darcy Charles' death. Because the autopsy came back as inconclusive, Da Vinci needs some material witnesses or some evidence of complaint by Charles herself. She never filed a police complaint but luckily did with lawyer, Phil Rosen. In reality, he wants to use this case as leverage both for pushing the issue of the safe injection site, and to bolster his run for the Chief of Police position. Kosmo and Leary set up the the beginnings of the sting on Curtis. They ask Sue to re-instigate her friendship with him so that she can monitor his movements. She does so as well as provides direct information and evidence of drug dealing by Curtis and Rick Prentice. They also decide to get to Councillor Pierce through Da Vinci. And Da Vinci investigates the death of a man found hanging within in the overhead stove exhaust of a restaurant kitchen.
- McNab and Da Vinci find a dead body in the trunk of an abandoned car, a totaled car which was involved in a high-speed chase and eventual traffic accident. The second car is nowhere in sight. The dead man--Joseph Leroni, a known bank robber--died of carbon monoxide poisoning. The car, reported stolen, belongs to a Charlie Victor, who works at the racetrack as a trainer and whom Da Vinci personally knows more casually as Victor Charlie. Victor doesn't know Leroni or how the car got stolen (no sign of forcible entry). An eyewitness comes forward who can identify the driver of the other car. Da Vinci begins to learn the truth regarding the accident and Leroni's death when he confronts the driver. An unanswered question remains: who was chasing the car that caused the accident to occur. A second case that Da Vinci investigates involves the dead body of a homeless man found in former polar bear enclosure at Stanley Park: he appears to have died of a head injury. The victim was living in the former bear pit. Personal effects found in the pit indicate that he was a war hero. Leary and Shannon canvass the neighborhood for information about the homeless man, only hearing stories of an interesting old stranger. With personnel issues, Kurtz wants to recruit Rose Williams into Homicide, much to Shannon's chagrin. Leary isn't too excited about his and Kurtz's discussion about her wanting him to partner with someone else other than Shannon, a discussion he doesn't divulge to Shannon. Kosmo fosters her relationship with Sue, becoming a big sister in addition to being her unofficial handler. And still undercover, Danny Leary leaves Vancouver but not before emotional goodbyes to both Kosmo and his brother.
- In a back alley in the Downtown east side, Da Vinci and Zack McNab investigate a fatal hit and run. During the course of the investigation, the on duty female police constable reminds Da Vinci that during one of his drunken sprees a few years back, he made a play for her but had not called her since that night, her and the incident Da Vinci only vaguely remembers. Da Vinci later finds out that the constable is Zack's daughter, Ramona. Simultaneously around the corner from the hit and run, Shannon, Leary and robbery detective Rose Williams investigate the shooting homicide of a convenience store clerk named Jim. Jim was a popular figure in the neighborhood, running tabs for his regular customers until they received their bi-weekly welfare checks. Rose also mentions to Shannon and Leary that Jim had been robbed four times in the past two months by a historically non-violent junkie named Lucas Ross, a kid originally from a stable upper middle class family. After it was determined that Lucas had previously broken into the store to steal cash to support his habit, Jim preferred to hand over a small amount of cash to Lucas than to go through the pain and cost of any property damage caused by a break-in. Despite these robberies, Lucas was one of Jim's regulars and treated him as such. When the investigators learn of the other nearby incident, their exchange of information leads to them believing the two incidents tied together, them being able to piece together the outline of a credible story. That story leads to a stand off of sorts, including between Da Vinci, and detectives from three different divisions each having their own idea of what best to do. It could all go down in a blaze of bullets, that is unless Da Vinci's plan comes to fruition and comes off as he hopes, he putting his own life on the line in the process if he's wrong.
- 1998–200644m7.5 (13)TV EpisodeDa Vinci is involved in a vehicular hit and run traffic accident, the other vehicle doing the running. Da Vinci ends up with a gash on his head. There were two eyewitnesses, each with a different viewpoint of who caused the accident. Despite this bad start to his day, Da Vinci goes to work. His first case is that of Nick McLeod, who was found hanging in a new unoccupied house for sale. He is the realtor. He looks to have been squatting in the house. They later learn he was separated from his wife. But the unusual aspect of his death is that there is no physical way he could have hung himself with what evidence is at the scene. But they also find evidence of others who looked like they had been partying at the house. They later find Shawn Finch - one of the partiers - who tells them what he saw. Shannon and Williams investigate the death of Glen Bardsley, whose body is spotted underneath fallen leaves at the bottom of a ravine in a wooded area. Their investigation takes them to Bardsley's daughter and wife, the latter who is in a coma in an extended care facility. But Nina, one of the care nurses, knows more about what happened to Bardsley than she lets on. Meanwhile, Da Vinci has a run in with Police Constable Charlie Klotchko, Da Vinci not understanding what problem Klotchko has with him. Lenny Baker withdraws his candidacy for the Chief of Police job, McNab thinking that Da Vinci blabbed to someone about Baker's secret problem. Bell sets up his relationship with Rick Prentice in hopes of getting to Curtis. And Leary continues to live out of his truck parked down by the beach.
- Da Vinci investigates numerous prostitute murders over several months. Leary questions a local diner owner who received the mail of some of the victims.
- 1998–200644m7.6 (15)TV EpisodeDa Vinci investigates the deaths of Ray Stone and Gloria Keane. It looks to be a double suicide, with a succinct suicide note for the pair: "AIDS x 2". Some alarm bells ring in Da Vinci's head when he finds some prescription bottles for AIDS medication in their apartment, as the prescribing doctor is Gus Cook, whose license was once pulled by Da Vinci for malpractice and who Da Vinci is currently investigating concerning the recent death of a boxer. Meanwhile, a woman by the name of Kathleen Mills comes in to speak to Shannon and Williams because of her nightmares. Six months prior, she saw a decapitated head in a bucket in the van of the friend of her then boyfriend, Alvin Pike. The car belonged to Daryl Cunningham, the head she recognized as belonging to Daryl and Alvin's friend, Cory James. Since Alvin is currently incarcerated, Shannon and Williams decide to question Cunningham, who still owns the van. With much circumstantial evidence in hand, Shannon and Williams try to get Cunningham to break under interrogation. Shannon thinks he has a way to break Cunningham if he indeed did kill Cory. Elsewhere, Curtis is worried about Kenny Bell, a new drug dealer in town. Little does Curtis know that Bell is potentially more dangerous to him than meets the eye. Since Pierce didn't talk to Da Vinci, Kosmo and Leary decide to confront him about Curtis. The last piece in the Curtis investigation is the status of his new partner, Marla. Kosmo and Leary ask Taylor to find out which side of the Curtis fence Marla sits. Da Vinci and Kelly butt heads over Da Vinci's want to go to inquest over Darcy Charles' death, Kelly who sees Da Vinci not only ignoring hi advice but using the office to further his candidacy for the Police of Chief job. And the Mayor and Da Vinci agree on the location of the safe injection site, the Mayor however not being totally forthright with issues about the location.
- The dead body of Alexander Winchester is found in an apartment complex courtyard. An eyewitness who saw him fall from the sky. Alexander, a Jamaican national wanting to emigrate to Canada, was staying in his brother John's apartment in the complex. While canvassing the complex's tenants, Da Vinci learns that music was blaring from the apartment at the time of the incident and that Alexander was having an argument on the third floor with someone else or arguing with himself just before the fall. Leary and Shannon, investigating for Homicide, eventually speak to John, who was not present when the death occurred. John tells them that Alexander was a schizophrenic and that as such the Immigration Department was even denying him landed-immigrant status. Because of this, Alexander was living much of his existence in Canada under John's identity so that he could get work (as a dishwasher at a Gastown restaurant) and get medication for his illness. When Leary and Shannon learn that the restaurant where Alexander worked was raided by the Immigration Department the night before the death, they think they have the mystery of Alexander's death solved. Meanwhile, Da Vinci is wandering the streets of the Downtown Eastside looking for Rita Samuels to give her the unfortunate news of her brother's death. Between that task and trying to find a few minutes to grab some lunch, Da Vinci has philosophical chats with colleagues and locals about surveillance cameras, fly fishing, and life in general.
- On a dark and stormy night, a not too happy Da Vinci is wandering through a storm sewer, down which a dead body is floating. Because of the dark and circuitous route of the drain system, the city worker, the constables and Da Vinci are having trouble trying to locate the body. At City Hall, Council is dealing with two issues that have recently hit the media: the red light district proposal which has Da Vinci's name officially attached to it, and the Mayor's possible involvement in the hit and run death. Da Vinci tries to find out the scuttlebutt of who a possible replacement would be if the Mayor decided to step down. But he also receives an interesting proposal from the Mayor via Richard Norton. Regardless, Da Vinci tries to strengthen the case against the Mayor by speaking to his illegal alien housekeeper. Leary and Kosmo interview Ivan the Russian regarding Will Summers' death. Following that interview, Leary and Kosmo lose an important lead in the case. With Internal's investigation, Sue, denied bail, begins her pre-trial detention. With people on the employment move, Kurtz begins the process to evaluate Curtis' fitness as a Homicide detective, the process which includes Curtis accompanying Williams on a call. Kosmo feels that she is being pushed out of Homicide and contemplates using new information about an old case to bring Kurtz down with her. Shannon starts his temporary work in security at an upscale hotel. He catches some interesting activity on the hotel's security camera. And Rosario meets with the police union chief to discuss working for him as a civilian. Rosario quickly learns that there is more to the job than meets the eye.
- Da Vinci, Kosmo and Leary investigate the death of Lee Fallon, previously a police officer but now a boxer who was found outside they gym where he worked out. His body was found the morning following the night of a charity boxing event. Once Da Vinci hears the name of Gus Cook, the ring doctor, he immediately thinks the good doctor may have been involved in the death. Da Vinci previously pulled Cook's license for malpractice. Shannon and Williams investigate a dead body found in the middle of a field. The body was dumped there. They suspect that a gray sedan seen in the vicinity has something to do with the death. Once they find the deceased's wallet, they at least find where the man was killed. With the ongoing investigation in Carla and Danny's deaths, Carla's neighbour positively identifies Curtis as at least a supplier of drugs. Kosmo and Leary look for Sue, who is one of the few people with connections to Curtis that could help them in this investigation on him. Dr. Maria Donato replaces Sunny as pathologist in the Coroner's office. And Pierce slowly comes back into Da Vinci's good books when he at least agrees to read Da Vinci's proposal on a safe injection site.
- With Williams away on another case in Seattle, Shannon is temporarily partnered with Donna. They are working on a case of a gunshot dead body washed ashore by the port, his face covered with a seven tentacled octopus. They discover he is Lawrence Brownfield, an American journalist. He apparently was working on a story about the drug trade and drug smuggling in and out of Vancouver. Shannon and Donna piece together the story and if it was somebody on the drug side of things who was not too happy about the story who killed him. Kosmo and Leary start their investigation on Rick Prentice's death, knowing in their hearts that Curtis is the murderer. Curtis threatens Sue to pin the murder on either her or Councilor Pierce. Sue, scared of Curtis, obliges by agreeing to plant a knife, the murder weapon, in Pierce's car. However Sue has other ideas of what to do with the knife. Despite these maneuverings, Curtis is feeling the pressure and is on the verge of a total meltdown. Kosmo and Leary don't yet have a solid case against Curtis but stumble across a stash of possible evidence in a garage Curtis is renting and in which he is storing many of his secret possessions. Pierce is also feeling the pressure as a suspect in Prentice's murder and his subsequent break up with Brenda. Da Vinci offers Pierce some emotional support before Pierce does something drastic. And in the lead up to the Chief of Police interviews, Da Vinci solicits advice and get conflicting information. Phil Rosen suggests he tread lightly around controversial issues, whereas the Mayor and Claire just tell him to "be himself". Da Vinci has a run-in with his primary rival, Sgt. Bill Jacobs, about the underhanded tactics he's used in the drive for the job. But after the interviews, it's up the the Police Board to decide between their two vastly different leading candidates.
- A young John Doe is found dead in a locked boxcar in the railroad yard. Da Vinci accuses the railroad security guard of purposely locking him in the boxcar, an accusation the security guard does not take too kindly. Da Vinci's words have a greater impact than he could ever have imagined. With the John Doe's notebook in hand, Helen tries to determine who this young man was. If she can't, he will be ultimately be buried in a pauper's funeral. Da Vinci's second case is that of Roger Wilford, a jumper off the Burrard Street Bridge, Wilford's dead body which is fished out of English Bay. Leary and Shannon locate Eric, the man who was reported on the bridge with Wilford when he jumped. From Eric, they learn of Wilford's story before his death. Wilford's death ultimately hits Eric a little harder than he lets on. Back at the morgue, Patricia is doing the autopsy on Queenie King for her class, when she notices bruising on her wrists and ankles made by restraints. Queenie's death is now a possible homicide. Upon further investigation, Kosmo notices that some of the prostitutes in the area also have those same marks, which seem to be made by zap straps. Irish Billy Mulvaney, Queenie's pimp who is currently in custody, plea bargains and gives up a fellow by the name of Alex Mills, who according to Mulvaney is "up to some weird shit" with the hookers he picks up, such as restraining them. Kosmo thinks that Mills may have something to do with her missing prostitutes. Patricia also wants to find out about Queenie's tubal ligation, which she thinks was unnecessary. The doctor who is reported to have done the procedure Patricia learns has a suspected history of such unnecessary operations. Meanwhile, Leary is still quietly suffering pangs of guilt in Josie's death. To make matters worse, Sunny questions Leary about rumors she's heard about his possible personal involvement with Josie.
- As a favor to Gina Otaviani, Da Vinci looks into the case of Hanna Reese, a young incarcerated woman who gave birth in custody; the baby died shortly thereafter. Hanna tells of a difficult delivery made more difficult by harsh treatment by prison officials while in labor, especially guard Dolores Williams, who left Hanna shackled during delivery. The investigation shifts from the shackling to Hanna's prenatal care or lack thereof as a possible contributing factor of the death. It ends up being a case of he said/she said, with Da Vinci having to come to his own conclusions. Sunny's autopsy also uncovers some unsettling information about the baby's health status, which has major implications for all involved in the case. Meanwhile, Kosmo gets her surveillance team in place. Although they will monitor Alex's movement, they focus their surveillance on Sarah at the bar at which she works. Kosmo's team includes Junior and Alfie who have infiltrated the bar as regulars, Maria as waitress, and Danny Leary as bartender. Danny manages quickly to strike up a friendship cum relationship with Sarah to assist in the surveillance. On the personal side, Danny would like to start things up with Kosmo again, but Kosmo keeps her emotional distance. And Mick and Sunny's relationship totally deteriorates. At the archaeological dig site, Chick uncovers a notebook which may lead to the identity of the body with the bullet wound to the head.
- In the Police Department, there are some assignment changes. Suki has moved into the Robbery Division. Curtis is now partnered with Marla, an old colleague of Suki's from the police academy. Suki sees Marla as just a female version of Curtis. Williams has been promoted to Homicide, where she's partnered with Shannon. And Kosmo and Leary are now partnered. This change may do Leary some good as he, who still deeply affected by Josie's shooting death, has given away all his home possessions and has started living out of his truck parked on the beach. Kosmo, Leary and Suki investigate a robbery/homicide - in an attempted robbery, a man assaults and rapes the elderly homeowner, and entering the basement suite with a grow-op, the man gets electrocuted in what looks like a booby-trapped operation. The authorities follow his known associates for more information. Da Vinci investigates the latest in a long string of suspicious deaths among the elderly shut-in population, who all attended the same church. Their collective deaths cannot be just coincidence. Elsewhere, Darcy Charles is working at the needle exchange. The police raid the exchange and in the process, Charles is assaulted, her glasses broken. Da Vinci not only counsels Charles on what she should do, but he also takes the matter up with the Mayor. A few days later, Charles dies, Da Vinci speculating from injuries suffered at the raid. Meanwhile, Curtis continues his blackmail of Pierce. Sunny will soon be taking a sabbatical from the Coroner's Office. And the Mayor makes a suggestion to Da Vinci, which Da Vinci seriously considers despite the outward impossibility: a run at the Chief of Police job.
- 1998–200644m8.2 (15)TV EpisodeDa Vinci, Kosmo and Leary are called to a moored boat where a dead body was found. On board the boat is a one tonne cache of marijuana. The boat belongs to an old friend of Leary's, the deceased, his best friend from public school, Will Summers. Leary knows that Will had been smuggling dope for years. After he gets the news about Will, Will's father makes a special request to Leary. Chick provides the investigators with some ideas of where the marijuana was headed. Brian, with Marla at his side, tries to insinuate himself into the investigation. They have a chat with Will's girlfriend, Lila Tuan, the chat with ulterior motives. With continuing investigations, Brian builds up a case against Sue with Internal. Finn, in turn, tells Kurtz where his investigation is headed. With the Roy Cardinale case, Da Vinci has a discussion with Crown Counsel William Chen to see what's happening with possible charges. And Constable Rosario has a "friendly" chat with John Dunne's firefighter father, inferring that fire and police need to stick together. Regardless, Phil Rosen has a case file on Rosario regarding past deeds, the file which he shares with Da Vinci who wants to investigate more officially. With the hit and run case, the investigation takes a turn when Monty Wilson, the car thief, recants his story, specifically about from where he stole the Mayor's car. With all these continuing investigations, word slowly makes the rounds amongst the investigators about known and supposed high powered interference. On other fronts, Jacobs and Kurtz's professional allegiance takes a turn toward the personal. Kosmo becomes a homeowner. And Shannon says two tearful goodbyes.
- Da Vinci investigates the death of Tom Hill, a well-known Native activist who advocated for the rights of Natives and the disadvantaged in his neighborhood, the Downtown Eastside. Hill was found in the middle of a residential street on the west side of town--not his own neighborhood--with head injuries, broken legs, and no footwear. At the scene, all Da Vinci can determine is that Hill was run over buy a vehicle, but the actual cause of death is uncertain. Back at the morgue, Sunny and Patricia can't definitively conclude the sequence of events leading to his death. Charles Downey, a Native ex-con junkie, tells Da Vinci that he witnessed two police constables earlier that evening forcibly hauling Hill off from his Downtown Eastside neighborhood. Downey is reluctant to provide any official information to the police because he is afraid that his testimony--from a junkie on parole--would not hold up against that of police officers and that there would be possible retaliation. As such, Da Vinci promises Downey that he will act as his intermediary in the investigation. Other witnesses come forward, with some useful but inconclusive information which includes Hill sustaining a possible beating causing the head injuries prior to being run over. And when officially questioned, the two police officers who allegedly hauled Hill off--Constables Miller and Kozak--tell a somewhat unusual but credible enough story against the theory that they were the ones who hauled Hill off. With all this information, Da Vinci is still convinced that the two constables took Hill on a midnight ride or what Shannon calls a "sparkle tour," so named because a victim can count the stars on the night-walk home to while away the time. Da Vinci ultimately learns the convoluted story of who ran over Hill, but he is still certain the constables played a role in Hill's death. Meanwhile, Kosmo and LaBoucane investigate the death of Rachel Rosenblum, whose dead body was found in a residential dumpster. They learn that she died of an overdose of barbiturates and alcohol. Her casual boyfriend, Lee, states that he is unaware of the circumstances of her death. However, Kosmo and LaBoucane catch him in some lies, which force him to confess what he knows. Although Lee did not kill Rachel, his story disgusts Kosmo.
- 1998–200644m8.0 (14)TV EpisodeThe dead body of Robert Camden is found on the rocks offshore of Stanley Park. Da Vinci and the cops' first inclination is that his death is related to the fact that they are near a known gay stroll. Local reporter, Josh Warner, feeds the fire as he tells Da Vinci that the previous night, the police questioned but let go a bunch of rowdies in the area who were uttering gay slurs. The trail runs cold after speaking to all the known witnesses. But feathers are ruffled when the press runs with speculative stories. Kosmo and Leary investigate the death of a man on the top level of a double decker sightseeing bus. They learn he is Valery Titov, a pickpocket who looked like he was on the bus working. The autopsy discovers that he died swallowing a razor blade. Taylor tells them that the razor blade is a old pickpocketer's trick to cut purse straps. A witness also states that he saw Titov get assaulted on the bus, which may explain how he swallowed the razor. A necklace with a man-made stone stolen by Titov may lead them back to who assaulted and therefore killed Titov. And Da Vinci's wanted inquest on Darcy Charles' death faces a major obstacle when his only witness, Joan Hanes, is found dead of a drug overdose. But his run for the Police of Chief job gets a boost when McNab tells him of some skeletons in the closet of Lenny Banks, one of his chief competitors.