Sun, Sep 30, 2001
Da Vinci, Shannon, and Leary investigate an apparent suicide in the woods of an ex-convict released on day parole. Patricia starts her new job as a professor at the university. Sunny finds some interesting artifacts in historic Chinatown. Kosmo tries a new approach to an old unsolved case.
Sun, Oct 14, 2001
Patricia, Sunny, and Kosmo's new assignments are progressing. Patricia gets an office at the university. Sonny learns of another skeleton found at the archaeological dig site. Kosmo gains the trust of the some of the girls and johns in her investigation of the missing prostitutes, thinking that they might assist in noticing unusual behavior during the course of their transactions. Kosmo also befriends a young prostitute named Sue, who is thus far pretty open about her dangerous life. Meanwhile, Da Vinci investigates two separate deaths. The first is of an elderly woman named Ariana Welles, who is found in a public park washroom after hours. Park maintenance was letting her sleep in the washroom at night, the door to which she barricaded from the inside. This fact seems odd since rumors are that she has enough money not to have to live on the street. Da Vinci later learns that she did have money, but had decided to live on the street for reasons of independence from her daughter. Back at the scene, a pair of scissors was found under her body, the scissors indicating that whoever may have killed her might have sustained injuries him/herself. Also at the scene, a young man named Dave seems oddly interested in the situation despite not knowing Ariana. In canvassing the neighborhood, Leary and Shannon learn about a hooker who took refuge at a local shelter the evening of the death, the hooker who looked to have been injured. This information leads back to Dave, who ultimately tells the story of Ariana's death. The other death Da Vinci is investigating is that of Jack Finnigan, who died of a heart attack in the back of limousine. One of Finnigan's business clients, Felix Reynard, thinks Finnigan was murdered because Finnigan allegedly swindled his clients, including Reynard. In the course of the investigation, a problem occurs when someone steals the limousine with Finnigan's body still in the back. Da Vinci eventually learns who stole the car and the body--a thief who was literally out for his pound of flesh.
Sun, Nov 11, 2001
Leary and Shannon are back at work following Josie's shooting. Leary is still feeling the emotions of the incident, and reflects on his life. Shannon wants to make Leary feel that he is there for him by telling him a dark secret about his past. With work, Kurtz delegates the worst jobs to them, their first case being an abandoned car belonging to Jessica Bailey. Homicide is investigating if only because there is a good deal of blood on the back seat. Jessica is missing despite having her car listed for sale. She is pregnant and soon to give birth. Her bank account has systematically been emptied. She was contemplating giving the baby up for adoption since her boyfriend was not too happy about the pregnancy. Meanwhile, the dead body of Donna Sykes is found in a motor boat run aground on the beach, the death an apparent suicide. Donna's husband, Warren, cannot understand why his wife would commit suicide, especially since she had just given birth to her first baby, a baby that the Sykes had been trying to conceive for quite some time. The cases of Jessica Bailey and Donna Sykes merge into one when Jessica Bailey is found, when Wanda's autopsy provides some interesting findings and when Warren finds some blood stained sheets in his house. Elsewhere, Patricia wants to use the deceased body of Queenie King to do an autopsy for her class, Da Vinci not too happy that Patricia seemed to purposely circumvent him to achieve the necessary approvals. At the archaeological dig, two bystanders seem overly interested at what's going on. And Kosmo continues to foster her relationship with Sue, who uses Kosmo at every turn she can.
Sun, Nov 18, 2001
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.
Thu, Dec 6, 2001
A basement suite fire claims the lives of two, Daniel Dupont and his infant son Peter, the house which was owned by Daniel's father who is distraught over the incident. Da Vinci and the fire investigator are about to rule the fire accidental, until Daniel's father offers some information about threatening shoplifters at Daniel's collector LP business and until the investigators find some cigarette butts outside the basement suite's window. Rose Williams, who helped Da Vinci with some robbery information, tries to use this case as a stepping stone into Homicide. Kosmo, in her continuing investigation of Alex Mills, wants to dig up a newly poured concrete floor in one of his abandoned houses, Kosmo thinking that Alex's wife, Sarah, is buried underneath. Some new evidence prematurely stops the excavation at the house, but not before Chick finds a body, however not that of Sarah. Despite finding the body, Kosmo can no longer hold Mills, but convinces Kurtz to allow her to conduct an undercover surveillance operation on Mills. Kosmo is somewhat surprised at Kurtz's choice of the undercover operator. At the archaeological dig site, Sunny discovers more bodies in shipping crates and a separate body with a bullet wound to the head. Chick surmises that the separate body was someone of Chinese descent. The Chinese community becomes involved, wanting to ensure the bodies get a proper burial. On a personal front, Leary and Sunny's relationship seems to be on the skids.
Sun, Jan 13, 2002
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.
Sun, Jan 20, 2002
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.
Mon, Jan 21, 2002
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.
Mon, Jan 21, 2002
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.