Da Vinci's Inquest/Twenty-Five-Dollar Conversation

Twenty-Five-Dollar Conversation
Season 6, Episode 5
Airdate	December 14, 2003
Written by	Chris Haddock & Alan Di Fiore
Directed by	Richard Martin
← 6x04 Iffy Areas Around the Edges	6x06 → Can Bend, but I Won't Break
Da Vinci's Inquest — Season Six

Twenty-Five-Dollar Conversation is the fifth episode of the sixth season of Da Vinci's Inquest, and the seventieth episode overall.

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

Also Appearing: Alisen Down (Dr. Maria Donato), Fred Keating (Jack Pierce), Emily Perkins (Sue Lewis), Camille Sullivan (Detective Suki Taylor), Colin Cunningham (Detective Brian Curtis)

Co-Starring: Mitchell Kosterman (Uniform #1), Rebecca Robbins (Uniform #2), Dominic Zamprogna (Uniform #3), Keith Martin Gordey (Bill), Gerry MacKay (Carl), James Tsai (Uniform #4), Eva De Viveiros (Uniform #5), Jim K. Chan (Sam), Jaren Brandt Bartlett (Pete), Daniel Bacon (Man Next Door), Todd Sandomirsky (Jimmy), Jade Shaw (Sherry), Diego Diablo Del Mar (Phil), Jennifer Spence (Waitress - Kimmy), Manoj Sood (Bernie), Desiree Zurowski (Matty Tyler), Marsha Regis (Rebecca), David McNally (Kent), Nicola Anderson (Terry), Mylene Dinh-Robic (Odette), Nick Misura (Bartender)

Plot Overview

Dominic seeks out the reason how a kid managed to get run over by a train. In his investigation he gets assistance from Brian Curtis who he soon learns from Mick and Kosmo is blackmailing Jack Pierce.

Rose and Leo investigate a woman found shot in a car, which they learn from Suki was used in a bank robbery.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• While they're investigating a homicide, Suki informs them the car was used in a robbery and that the woman is half of a bank robbing married couple who hit more than two dozens banks in the northwest. When Suki tells them the woman's aunt was arrested for trying to launder their money in the stock market, they sync it up with the murdered stockbroker. This is supported when they find a stungun on the woman, which could have been used on him. They suspect he attempted to rip them off. The husband carjacks a vehicle with a woman inside. They corner him and after letting the woman go, he shoots himself.

• Dominic meets Brian Curtis and soon learns from Kosmo and Mick that he's been blackmailing Pierce. He later confronts Pierce on it and pieces together that this is what led to him backing off his support of the red light district, which he now again shows no interest in supporting.

• Helen finds a witness to the needle exchange beating.

Quotes

• Matty Tyler: You know what? I'm done here. I'm not talking to you anymore.

Dominic: You don't have a choice there. What, do you think you have a choice? You don't wanna talk to me? Fine. I'll have you incarcerated, you'll be downtown, and then you'll still be talking to me.

Matty Tyler: I'm a goddamn grieving mother. Are you gonna arrest a grieving mother?

Dominic: In a second.