Da Vinci's Inquest/Too Late for Mr. Early

Too Late for Mr. Early
Season 4, Episode 1
Airdate	September 30, 2001
Written by	Frank Borg & Alan Di Fiore & Chris Haddock
Directed by	Stephen Surjik
← 3x13 I'm an Anomaly and an Anachronism, but I'm Not Alone	4x02 → Oppenheimer Park
Da Vinci's Inquest — Season Four

Too Late for Mr. Early is the first episode of the fourth season of Da Vinci's Inquest, and the fortieth episode overall.

Nicholas Campbell (Dominic Da Vinci), Suleka Mathew (Dr. Sunita "Sunny" Ramen), Gerard Plunkett (Chief Coroner Bob Kelly), Sarah-Jane Redmond (Sergeant Sheila Kurtz) (credit only), Donnelly Rhodes (Detective Leo Shannon), Venus Terzo (Detective Angela Kosmo), Ian Tracey (Detective Mick Leary), Gwynyth Walsh (Dr. Patricia Da Vinci)

Guest Starring: Gina Chiarelli (Gina Otaviani), Sarah Strange (Helen), Ken Camroux (John Seaton), Peter Williams (Morris Winston), Lee Jay Bamberry (Detective Roy LaBoucane), Dan Joffre (Emilio Hildalgo), Patrick Gallagher (Halfway House Supervisor), Gerry South (Eugene Mason), Michael Roberds (Robbie)

Holly Ferguson (Sally), Tanya Reid (Ramona), John Payne (Park Maintenance), Michael Sunczyk (Foreman), Sean Allan (Owner), Celeste Whittaker (Woman), Ronnie Way (Miller), Peter Shinkoda (Uniform #1), Anthony Garbas (Hotel Clerk), Rod Wolfe (Maintenance Man)

Plot Overview

An ex-convict found hanged in the woods appears to be a simple suicide, but a few stories floating around say differently.

Kosmo takes a look into an unsolved case concerning missing prostitutes.

Human bones are found at a construction site while Patricia starts a part-time teaching job at a university.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Kosmo begins investigating the missing prostitutes.

• Sunny is called to a construction site after skeleton remains are unearthed.

• A missing native prostitute by the name of Queenie is found of a supposed overdose. Kosmo requests an autopsy, but it's unlikely to happen unless the drug screen shows the cause of death as other than an OD.

Characters

• Patricia beings lecturing part-time at a university.

• Dominic's relationship with Gabriella's piano teacher, Suzanne Reilly, has gone sour and is trying to avoid her.

Referbacks

• In her lecture, Patricia talks about Charlie Josephs and his victims.

Quotes

• Patricia: As a pathologist, when we present our findings, cause of death can be determined in three ways: it's natural, it's suicide, or it's homicide. But there is a fourth way under which all of these deaths can and do occur, and that is genocide.

• Helen: Your piano teacher is on line one.

Dominic: No, I'm not here.

Helen: You want me to lie for you?

Dominic: That's what I pay you for.

• Dominic: Can you help me find another piano teacher?

Helen: Not until you tell me what happened to this one.

Dominic: Oh, you know, it was... I guess we should have stuck to music.