Da Vinci's Inquest/A Delicate Bloodbath

A Delicate Bloodbath
Season 7, Episode 11
Airdate	January 18, 2005
Written by	Chris Haddock & Jesse McKeown
Directed by	Chris Haddock
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Da Vinci's Inquest — Season Seven

A Delicate Bloodbath is the eleventh episode of the seventh season of Da Vinci's Inquest, and the eighty-ninth episode overall.

Starring: Nicholas Campbell (Dominic Da Vinci), Gerard Plunkett (Chief Coroner Bob Kelly), Ian Tracey (Detective Mick Leary), Kim Hawthorne (Detective Rose Williams), Sarah-Jane Redmond (Sergeant Sheila Kurtz), Donnelly Rhodes (Detective Leo Shannon), Venus Terzo (Detective Angela Kosmo), Alex Diakun (Chick Savoy), Sarah Strange (Helen)

Also Appearing: Colin Cunningham (Detective Brian Curtis), John Cassini (Dino Rosario), Brian Markinson (Police Chief Bill Jacobs), Alisen Down (Dr. Maria Donato), Emily Perkins (Sue Lewis), Kandyse McClure (Marla), Camille Sullivan (Detective Suki Taylor), Dhirendra (Sanjay Gohill), Fred Keating (Jack Pierce), Khaira Ledeyo (Isabel Sandonovo)

Co-Starring: Patrick Gallagher (Joe Finn), Bill Dow (Mayor Russ Hathaway), Viv Leacock (Simms), Keegan Connor Tracy (Jackie), Cedric De Souza (Ted Fellows), Brett Delaney (Man), Jana Mitsoula (Woman), Elena Murzello (Tenant #1), Arlin Rivas (Tenant #2), Iris Cooks (Anna), Tamara Clark (Waitress), Craig Veroni (Constable #1), Dee Jay Jackson (Lou), Bill Marchant (Don), Allison Graham (Wendy), Denise Galik (Abby Hathaway), Ray Galletti (Constable #3), Bonnie Panych (Corrections Officer), Daniel McKellar (Blake), Elias Toufexis (Archibald), Mark Redsky (Customer), Renae Morriseau (Diane), Oracle Arrand (Clerk), Nic Amoroso (Costa), Duane Howard (Patron)

Plot Overview

Dominic gets backing to help persuade him to run in the Mayor's place.

Rose and Curtis investigate the death of a drug counsellor, a key witness in the Sue Lewis case.

With a lead gone, Mick continues to try and uncover his friend's murder by approaching the DEA agent.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Immigration Enforcement raided Anna's house and later showed up at the Hathaway's. She stays with Leo's to keep her hidden.

• Council is set to push Russ, leaving Deputy Mayor Simkins as the interim. Pierce approaches Dominic to run against her. Kelly arranges dinner with Isabelle and Sanjay to help persuade him to run. They agree to sandbag Simkins, but he has no plan to run in their party. However, he needs a party backing and Ted Fellows tries to convince him to run in Pierce's party.

• Don is found to have shot himself. Under his head are four blood-soaked papers. Chick later comes to Rose that two of the papers are missing with nothing interesting in the remaining two.

• Mick befriends Simms and has sets up a double date with Suki and Marla.

• Sue meets someone in prison who is actually an undercover officer. She helps Sue score.

• Dino gets the constables to lay off the bar and sics them on the safe injection site.

• Kurtz dismisses Elaine's claim and drops Kosmo down to Robbery.

Trivia

The Show

• Last appearance of Marla.

Quotes

• Simms: You guys are Homicide. You got, like, what, five murders a year here?

Mick: Yeah, well, we'd have a few more, but bad guys can never get enough guns.