Da Vinci's Inquest/Little Sister (2)

Little Sister (2)
Season 1, Episode 2
Airdate	October 14, 1998
Written by	Chris Haddock
Directed by	Anne Wheeler
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Da Vinci's Inquest — Season One

Little Sister (2) is the second episode of the first season of Da Vinci's Inquest.

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

Guest Starring: Kelly Rowan (Dr. Michaela Vera), Eric Peterson (Charlie Josephs), Duncan Fraser (Staff Sgt. Regan), Jewel Staite (Gabriella Da Vinci), Alex Diakun (Chick Savoy), Sarah Strange (Helen), Sarah-Jane Redmond (Gloria), Akiko Ann Morison (Sonya Don), Byron Chief-Moon (Goose Flowers), Warren T. Takeuchi (Wayne)

Co-Starring: Pamela MacDonald (Norma), Katharine Isabelle (Audrey), Gerard Plunkett (Bob Kelley), Steve Bacic (Uniform #3), Nicole Robert (Marcie)

Plot Overview

Dominic pushes at the string of dead prostitutes for a connection, but when clues lead to a suspect, he gets pushed out for Homicide. Leo, however, believes he is also being shut out for missing evidence that could have caught the killer years ago.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Charlie Josephs dumps a woman, but she survives.

• Roxanne's brother, Goose, shows up looking for his sister and learns she's been killed.

• It's discovered that because the vaginal tearing was postmortem, the killer's intent in killing the women is because he's a necrophiliac.

• Kosmo discovers that Leo had interviewed a man eight years ago man who woke up next to a dead woman. The man was Charlie Josephs and police decide to pursue him a a suspect and put him under surveillance.

Characters

• Gloria thinks she might have been picked up by Leo as a client.

• Dominic sleeps with Michaela Vera. Gabriella shows up as his place and later lies to her mother to cover it for her him, but Dominic doesn't her lying to protect him.

• Regan pairs Kosmo and Mick, which leads Leo to think he's being led as a scapegoat if Josephs is the murderer and Leo didn't catch him back when he interviewed him.

Trivia

The Show

• This episode marks the first appearance of Staff Sergeant Regan, as well as Detective Angela Kosmo.

• This also marks the first appearance of Bob Kelly. While the closing credits spell his name with an extra 'e', it appears onscreen in later episodes where it is spelled differently.

Quotes

• Dominic: Okay, here's rule number one, all right? Before you call the coroner's service, you gotta have yourself a body. If they're still alive, what do you do? You call an ambulance. Okay?

Uniform #3: She wasn't breathing. She had no pulse.

Dominic: Half the people in the city haven't got a pulse, that doesn't mean they're dead.

• Leo: Everybody's looking for a pattern. Shit. It's random. Take a look out the freaking window. It's chaotic. That's the pattern - there's no pattern. "What's in the woods today that I can kill?" That's all. The guy is a hunter; they're the game. God forbid it's your day to get bagged.

Dominic: Okay then, but when you're out on the street, you might warn to warn the wildlife.

• Gabriella: (to her parents) God, all you two do all day long is look at dead people. You're paranoid!