Sat, Jan 11, 2003
With the gas station robbery, Williams tracks down the names of the suspects, Rob Walker and Kerry Walker, father and son. Along with Leary and Shannon, Williams locates Rob's brother, Vern, and decides to see if he can shed any light on his brother's whereabouts. Upon questioning, they learn that Vern is a crack user and Rob, down from the family home in Ocean Falls, came to the city to bring Vern home to get away from the drugs. Other than that, Vern says Rob is a model citizen. Leary and Shannon decide to tail Vern, who sails up Indian Arm to a self-made camp in the bushes. With the Ravenhood cemetery issue, Da Vinci discovers the identity of one of the co-mingled bodies. He was a "walk away" in the mid-1970s who, according to the headstone, would have been buried on the day he was listed as missing. Da Vinci decides to look into all walk aways from that era to see if they match the other two co-mingled bodies found thus far. With Danny Zinn's murder, Kosmo notices some similarities with another drug dealer murder five months previous. But without Carla who is still missing, Kosmo's trail goes cold. However, Carla is found, a little too late. And Da Vinci has another chat with Brenda Eberhart about her relationship with Jack Pierce. Da Vinci is more straightforward with her this time. Their chat has a few unintended consequences.
Sat, Jan 18, 2003
During a drunken evening, Leary loses his gun. Shannon does whatever he can to help his partner find the weapon, but only Leary knows what he did. As Leary frantically retraces his steps from the previous evening, Shannon begins a bond with Williams over a personal matter. The two decide to follow up on the tail of the Walkers, Vern who is still camping in the bushes. They stumble upon Rob and Kerry, the tail ending in tragic consequences. In the murders of Danny Zinn and Carla, Taylor, after viewing the dead body of her informant and friend Carla on the autopsy table, vows to assist Kosmo on the case in whatever way she can. However, Taylor's partner, Curtis, seems to be pushing her into a corner on the investigation, inferring partly that she was a reason Carla was killed. In the Moorehouse house fire, Chick uncovers some evidence leading to the arrest of Moorehouse for this fire. Da Vinci informs the Westerbrooks of this news, they who want further answers on their daughter's death in light of what seems to be the cause of this fire. Also with this investigation, Steadman hires a forensic specialist to review his daughter's death. With the Ravenwood Cemetery issue, all the co-mingled bodies end up being walk aways. Da Vinci receives eyewitness testimony of abuse and possible killing of patients during the 1970's. Da Vinci uses this information to implicate the cemetery grounds keeper, Ken Folkstone, this before Da Vinci learns of the unreliability of the witness. Laura Maitland becomes more of a nuisance to Kurtz, Maitland whose objective seems to be more than just protection from a stalker. And at the end of a long day, Leary finally decides to talk to Josie's sister, Annie.
Sat, Jan 25, 2003
During Shannon and Williams' tail, Rob Walker accidentally drives into the inlet to avoid a collision with another vehicle. Rob's son, Kerry, ends up drowning. Shannon and Williams, although doing nothing wrong in the pursuit and not at all a cause of the accident, feel somewhat responsible. In addition, they find out that Rob and Kerry are probably not the two responsible for the gas station robberies and homicide as they originally suspected. Kosmo continues her clandestine investigation of Curtis in Danny Zinn and Carla's murders. Taylor offers whatever support she can against her partner. Taylor mentions that Joe Tang, unlike stories provided by Sue, is on the up and up and is not working with Curtis in illegal activities. Curtis continues his own surreptitious dealings, blackmailing Brenda Eberhart's boyfriend, Rick Prentice, into providing information about her and Jack Pierce's relationship. With the Ravenhood co-mingled buried bodies, Da Vinci finds the last surviving walkway, Mark, who also implicates Ken Folkstone not only in the co-mingled burials, but also of abuse of patients as well as being a direct cause in the deaths. Elsewhere, Williams investigates a suspicious attempted break-in at Laura Maitland's apartment. A frantic Leary is still looking for his gun, and tries to find the tattooed man with the dog which attacked him the night he lost his gun; he ultimately gets a lucky break. And an angry McNab learns that Da Vinci once tried to pick-up his daughter, Ramona.
Sat, Feb 1, 2003
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.
Sat, Feb 8, 2003
Two mysterious deaths happen overnight. The first is a cabbie who is found in his vehicle. His last fare is located, who admits having an argument with the cabbie, but nothing beyond that. The second is that of Chester Womack who is found pinned underneath two parked vehicles. After the two investigations start, Da Vinci believes the two deaths may be related. A young woman who Womack tried to pick up may be able to shed some light on the situation. A third death is investigated by Da Vinci, that of Louis Green, a young wheelchair bound quadriplegic who drowned in Lost Lagoon. A witness saw him in the water but not how he got there. Louis' social worker informs Da Vinci that Felix Charles, an escaped psychiatric ward patient who was the one who inflicted the original beating that put Louis in the wheelchair, may have something to do with this incident. Da Vinci finds Charles, who tells a story of what happened with Louis. Meanwhile, in their new alliance, Sue plants some drugs in Jack Pierce's apartment for Curtis. With search warrant in hand, Curtis finds the drugs. Pierce knows that this is a set-up but is still stuck between a rock and a hard place. And Williams reports to Kurtz that there is something illogical about Laura Maitland's break and enter story.
Sat, Feb 22, 2003
Laura Maitland ends up killing a man in the garage of her apartment building, the man who she claims is her stalker. However, her story is taken with a grain of salt as Kurtz has found out that she has a history of mental illness, which is consistent with the the fact that her stories to date have had a sense of unreality. The deceased is Daniel Cousins, a resident of the building. She also reports that he had an accomplice who managed to get away. In their investigation, Leary and Shannon discover that Cousins was a pretty straight-laced individual with a couple of what would be considered regular or common indiscretions. But they still have to consider that Maitland actually is telling the truth. Elsewhere, Paul Risi reports a dead body amongst the bramble in the yard of a house he tends. Risi pleads ignorance of the body or the house, but slowly he divulges information, first of which that the house contains a grow-op. In the end, Da Vinci surmises that the deceased and the house had no connection whatsoever. Meanwhile, Curtis blackmails Pierce to not support the red light district publicly. And Taylor brings forward her two witnesses in the escort investigation, the two who want to report Curtis' sexual indiscretions toward them. Kosmo isn't quite sure what yet to do with this information.
Sat, Feb 22, 2003
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.
Sat, Nov 22, 2003
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.
Sat, Nov 22, 2003
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.
Sat, Nov 29, 2003
Kosmo and Leary investigate the suspicious behavior of an injured, bloody man at a laundromat, he stating incoherently that "they're all gone". "Michael" ends up dying quickly on them of a head wound from a bullet. Kosmo and Leary now have to find out who Michael was talking about, and if the who's are indeed, as they infer, dead. They do find Michael's house and the gruesome discovery inside. There is however one family member unaccounted for. They think they've found the missing son. Unfortunately for Leary, he can relate to what he sees as the motive for the deaths. Shannon and Williams continue their investigation of the dead body found in the field. He ended up being James Toresi, a well respected stock broker. The autopsy determined that he was tortured - he slowly bled to death from several wounds - and a safety deposit box key was found in his stomach. The contents of the box lead them further in the investigation. The dead body of Deborah Moyer is found in a known shooting gallery. Da Vinci uses this death as yet another piece in the arsenal for his plan for a safe injection site. The Mayor and his assistant Claire continue to court Da Vinci for Chief of Police. Claire warns Da Vinci to clear all old skeletons out of his closet. Da Vinci speaks to one of his competitors, Inspector Bill Jacobs, who Da Vinci sees as the leading candidate. Jacobs tells him that he isn't going to go for the job will back Da Vinci's bid for the job. And Kosmo and Leary find Sue, who they co-opt in their plan to sting Curtis. Sue quickly tells them about Curtis' blackmail of Councillor Pierce and the dope that was planted in Pierce's apartment.
Sat, Dec 6, 2003
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.
Sat, Dec 13, 2003
A severed body is found by the railroad tracks, apparently run over by a train. It turns out to be a young teen-aged boy by the name of Shane Tyler. It sounds as if Shane was down by the tracks dealing drugs. Da Vinci learns that Shane came from a troubled home, and that his mother, Matty, is also a drug dealer. After the autopsy, Da Vinci further learns that Shane was chronically abused. Da Vinci is certain that Matty is his abuser. Although Da Vinci never confirms the root cause for Shane's death, he speculates Shane may have taken his own life to escape his abusive environment. Meanwhile, Shannon and Williams investigate the death of a young woman found inside a car. They learn from Taylor that the car, reported stolen, was earlier used in a bank robbery. Taylor identifies the deceased as Tanya Myers, who, with her husband Kent, is suspected in a swath of bank robberies in the American Pacific Northwest. In this case, a police officer shot at the departing vehicle, which apparently hit Tanya fatally. The Myers' modus operandi: Kent romances a bank teller, who unwittingly provides information about the bank itself. Taylor also provides information on the Myers that may link them to the James Toresi murder. Shannon and Williams now need to find Kent, who on the latest sighting has hijacked another vehicle with a young female hostage inside. Elsewhere, Da Vinci approaches Pierce about what he knows about Curtis' blackmail.