Da Vinci's Inquest/Little Sister (1)

Little Sister (1)
Season 1, Episode 1
Airdate	October 7, 1998
Written by	Chris Haddock
Directed by	Anne Wheeler
— N/A	1x02 → Little Sister (2)
Da Vinci's Inquest — Season One

Little Sister (1) is the first episode of the first season of Da Vinci's Inquest.

Nicholas Campbell (Dominic Da Vinci), Sue Mathew (Dr. Sunita "Sunny" Ramen), Donnelly Rhodes (Detective Leo Shannon), Venus Terzo (Detective Angela Kosmo) (credit only), Ian Tracey (Detective Mick Leary), Gwynyth Walsh (Dr. Patricia Da Vinci), Robert Wisden (Chief Coroner Dr. James Flynn)

Guest Starring: Eric Peterson (Charlie Josephs), Jewel Staite (Gabriella Da Vinci), Alex Diakun (Chick Savoy), Sarah Strange (Helen), Peter Williams (Morris Winston), Hrothgar Mathews (Colville), Manami Hara (Colville's Nanny), Akiko Ann Morison (Sonya Don), Warren T. Takeuchi (Wayne)

Tasha Simms (Gillian Woodman), Maria Herrera (Eve), Francesco Alongi (Opera Singing Bartender), Marcus Hondro (Hotel Clerk), Mitchell Kosterman (Uniform #1), Fulvio Cecere (Uniform #2), Nicole Robert (Marcie), Sophie Merasty (Roxanne Flowers)

Plot Overview

Coroner Dominic Da Vinci opens hostility from his ex-wife/pathologist, her new lover/Chief Corner, and detective Leo Shannon when he wants to look back on old cases involving prostitutes who suffered alcohol poisoning that he now suspects maybe the acts of a serial killer.

Meanwhile, new homicide detective Mick Leary investigates the death of an infant's death due to heroin overdose.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• A pattern is noticed concerning native prostitutes with alcohol in their system and being found near or in water.

• Dominic has Mick talk to the detectives involved in the cases of the other dead women. One of the detectives on one of the cases was Leo.

• Mick talks to a cafe owner by the name of Charlie Josephs who claims he hadn't heard from Roxanne Flowers in weeks. He is later seen with a prostitute, giving her excess amounts of alcohol before taking up to a hotel room where he opens a window and begins cleaning prints, but leaves when she appears die in the bathroom and can't get in.

• With Roxanne having used his diner as a mailing address, Charlie Josephs finds a letter addressed to her and tears it up and throws it in the trash.

Characters

• Mick Leary jumped past six guys with seniority to get into Vancouver Homicide Squad after having developed a computer program.

• Patricia is in a romantic relationship with Flynn.

• Dominic has a drinking problem is in some type of rehab programme.

• Leo notices Mick is attracted to Sunny.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• Dominic "sings" "Vesti la giubba" from Ruggero Leoncavallo's 1892 opera Pagliacci.

Goofs

• When Patricia crumbles the note and throws it down on the table, Dominic's right hand can be seen up, open, and empty. But when it cuts to another angle, the note is suddenly in his right hand.

Quotes

• Dominic: My stereo? Somebody stole my stereo? What? Did they take all my records, too?

Gabriella: Nope. Only stuff they thought they could sell for money.

• Dominic: So, Leary, what's gonna take to really insult you, then?

Mick: You can make me stand in the corner and keep my mouth shut like your ex.

Dominic: Great! Well, you know, she's, uh, she's tight, but she's a really good pathologist - a lot better than Miss Sunny here.

Sunny: Up yours.

Dominic: Of course, not as articulate or charming.

• Patricia: This isn't about your job. This is about you being angry and trying to find some way to attack Jim and me.

Dominic: And here it was me, thinking it was about half a dozen women who may have been murdered!