Da Vinci's Inquest/Ass Covering Day

Ass Covering Day
Season 5, Episode 2
Airdate	November 3, 2002
Written by	Alan Di Fiore, Chris Haddock, Frank Borg
Directed by	George Mihalka
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Da Vinci's Inquest — Season Five

Ass Covering Day is the second episode of the fifth season of Da Vinci's Inquest, and the fifty-fourth episode overall.

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

Also Appearing: Colin Cunningham (Detective Brian Curtis), Gabe Khouth (Glen "Shorty" Paul), Laurie Murdoch (Sam Cooney), Emily Perkins (Sue Lewis), Camille Sullivan (Detective Suki Taylor)

Co-Starring: Lee Jay Bamberry (Roy LaBoucane), Peter Abrams (Gregory Randolph), Leanne Adachi (Uniform #1), Enid-Raye Adams (Laura Maitland), Joey Aresco (Larry), Melanie Blackwell (Leila), B.J. Harrison (Nurse #2), Kirsten Williamson (Uniform #2), Cameron Labine (Uniform #3), John Prowse (Tom Clarke), Emilio Salituro (Ian), Beatrice Zeilinger (Marcie Greig), Peter New (Paramedic #1), Amanda O'Leary (Nurse #1)

Plot Overview

Dominic tries to determine how a man came to be crushed by a parking garage door.

Mick and Leo investigate the death of a John in a neighbourhood watch area.

Kurtz asks Kosmo to look into her neighbour's suspicion concerning the death of a university professor's wife.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Kurtz's neighbour is suspicious about the death of the wife of the university professor she works for and requests Kosmo look into it. She learns from the investigating officer that no autopsy was done because there was nothing suspicious. However, her neighbour later tells her that it wasn't his affair was it was that she learned the wife was afraid of heights despite having fallen off a mountain. Kosmo decides to talk to the husband.

• Sue identifies Curtis to Kosmo and reveals she did coke with him.

• Dominic learns Kelley signed off on the relocation the bodies buried at the cemetery of the Ravenhood mental institution. Dominic does his best to warn Kelley, but accepts the potential fallout.

Characters

• Leo learns the health care facility he has Lana in will closing down by the end of the month.

• Mick and Sunny's relationship is now strictly professional, which he admits should have been that way from the beginning.

Trivia

The Show

• This episode marks the last appearance of Detective Roy LaBoucane.