The WORST episodes of Da Vinci's Inquest
Every episode of Da Vinci's Inquest ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Da Vinci's Inquest!
Vancouver coroners, pathologists, and homicide detectives inhabit a murky world as they attempt to solve the mysteries behind the unnatural, accidental, or suspicious deaths committed in the city's back alleys and bedrooms. At times selfless, at times grudging, they all have agendas and histories, passion for their work, and ambition for their futures. Charismatic, controversial, and mercurial Vancouver Coroner Dominic Da Vinci is the pivot around which this complex world spins. As a spokesman for the dead, Da Vinci strives to give dignity to untimely death. For every issue he champions, there is the underlying knowledge of human frailty and a wry acknowledgment that his own personal and professional past is riddled with missteps. As a former undercover narcotics cop, he understands the realities of the street and the compromises cops sometimes make. He also knows the limitations that surround those who cut, collect, and expose the last secrets of a life lived, and the insights they can offer into death. Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. Seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes. The show, set and filmed in Vancouver, stars Nicholas Campbell as Dominic Da Vinci.
#1 - Pretend You Didn't See Me
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/20/2002
At Vancouver's most notorious street corner, Da Vinci tries to track down the next of kin of a recent suicide, but is called to investigate the bizarre falling death of a schizophrenic man.
#2 - Ass Covering Day
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/3/2002
Da Vinci investigates the death of a man who was crushed by a parking-garage door. Meanwhile, Shannon and Leary search for suspects involved in a suspicious death.
#3 - Little Sister (1)
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/1998
A young prostitute's body is retrieved from Vancouver Harbour, and Sunny notes striking similarities to a string of previous deaths. A chance comment to Da Vinci leads him to re-open several cases, causing a further rift with his ex-wife Patricia, who did the original autopsies, and with his boss James Flynn, who ruled the deaths as accidental.
#4 - Shoulda Been A Priest
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2001
Da Vinci's morning is swamped when a young man is found in a rail yard boxcar and a body washes up under the Burrard Street Bridge. While performing an autopsy with her students, Patricia uncovers some new evidence that may help Detective Kosmo.
#5 - This Shit Is Evil
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/2000
Da Vinci investigates the death of a man left to die outside the emergency room. The whole homicide team is called in when an infant is abducted from her nursery.
#6 - Oppenheimer Park
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2001
Da Vinci has to track down a body that is stolen conspicuously from the death scene. Shannon and Leary investigate an elderly woman found dead in the washroom of Vancouver's most notorious park.
#7 - The Hanged Man
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1999
Da Vinci desperately searches for the truth behind a death in custody and implications of police corruption. The death of an elderly woman during a suspected home invasion puts rookie Coroner Winston at odds with the Chief Pathologist.
#8 - The Bridge
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/1998
Da Vinci has fallen off the wagon in a big way with a drunken evening at the police bar, which he can't remember. A homeless man is critically injured in a hit-and-run accident in the alley behind the bar on the same night, and Da Vinci comes under suspicion. All the enemies he's made over his career come out of the woodwork, anxious to see him implicated in the crime. Da Vinci's current investigation involves the discovery of a buried skeleton found beneath the Burrard Street Bridge. As Da Vinci struggles to piece together what happened to the homeless man, he stumbles on surprising insights into the Burrard Bridge death.
#9 - A Big Enough Fan
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/10/2002
Da Vinci investigates a cemetery with remains buried together, and declares it a crime scene. Meanwhile, a man claims that a homeless man killed his wife, and another man is injured in a suspicious house fire.
#10 - A Big Whiff of A Real Bad Smell
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/27/2002
Da Vinci investigates a deadly house fire, while Leary and Shannon try to solve a case involving a missing person.
#11 - Gather Up All The Little People
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/2002
Da Vinci looks into the suicide of an eleven year-old boy in an amusement park. Undercover detective Danny Leary pushes for a confession as time is running out on Kosmo's missing women operation.
#12 - Little Sister (3)
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/1998
Da Vinci is convinced a serial murderer has been on the loose for years.
#13 - Be A Cruel Twist
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/6/2002
A fire in a basement claims two lives and Da Vinci is there to investigate. Shannon and Leary are called to the dig site in Chinatown when Sunny makes a new discovery. An abandoned eastside house may provide the answer to Kosmo's questions.
#14 - I'm an Anomaly and an Anachronism, but I'm Alone
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/6/2001
Patricia, Sunny and Da Vinci give conflicting testimony in a murder trial. Da Vinci, Shannon, and Leary investigate the shooting death of a cancer patient.
#15 - The Sparkle Tour
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/30/2001
After a downtown Eastside activist is found dead, Da Vinci is approached by a witness who last saw the victim getting into a police cruiser. A woman is found dead in a dumpster with no signs of what killed her. Kosmo and Winston investigate.
#16 - It's Backwards Day
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/23/2001
In this real-time episode, a hit and run in an alley on the downtown Eastside and a shooting at a convenience store put Da Vinci, Shannon and Leary in a high-pressure situation.
#17 - You See How It Begins?
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/16/2001
A jockey is found dead in a stall at the race track. Da Vinci investigates. A former member of the Guatemalan secret police claims to be dying after being attacked at a bus stop. Pursuing the attacker, Leary confronts the harsh truth about the victim's past.
#18 - Better Broke Than Naked
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/9/2001
Da Vinci leads the search for the body of a boy who fell into a river. Is there something more to the death than just a tragic accident? Kosmo investigates a man whose wife has disappeared. A doctor is shot on his way to a clinic. Shannon and Leary chase down his killer.
#19 - All Tricked Up
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/2000
When the body of a woman is discovered in a trunk shipped across the border, Da Vinci is called in to investigate. Shannon and Leary pursue the killer of a pool hustler burned to death in a car fire.
#20 - An Act of God
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/2000
A decomposed body in the back of a stolen truck puts Shannon and Leary on the trail of a bounty hunter. A young man dies working for his father's contruction company: Da Vinci investigates. Kosmo helps a woman who thinks her husband is an imposter.
#21 - Reality
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/19/2000
Larry Williams is out on bail. Da Vinci and the police must find evidence that will put him behind bars before his fantasies lead him to kill.
#22 - The Stranger Inside
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/1998
When a young woman's dead body is dumped in an underground parking lot with no apparent signs of injury, Da Vinci and the police are intrigued. Patricia's autopsy turns up surprising answers and Da Vinci's investigation draws him into the world of S&M. Someone with a lot of power is trying to manipulate Chief Coroner James Flynn and Da Vinci into keeping the facts and the faces of those involved with Mistress Harriet hidden.
#23 - In The Bear Pit
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/2002
Zack calls in Da Vinci when a body is found in the trunk of a car at the scene of an accident. Shannon and Leary investigate the death of a man found in the Stanley Park Zoo's deserted bear pit.
#24 - Bring Back the Dead
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2000
A death in custody is reported, but the prison warden says that no one's died. Da Vinci investigates. Shannon and Leary lead the homicide team in the search for a young boy who disappears after his mother is beaten to death.
#25 - Simple, Sad
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/13/2002
Gina asks Da Vinci to look into the hospital death of an infant. Danny Leary joins the undercover operation to get close with the wife of Kosmo's prime suspect.