Da Vinci's Inquest/At First It Was Funny

At First It Was Funny
Season 5, Episode 5
Airdate	December 1, 2002
Written by	Chris Haddock & Frank Borg & Alan Di Fiore
Directed by	George Mihalka
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Da Vinci's Inquest — Season Five

At First It Was Funny is the fifth episode of the fifth season of Da Vinci's Inquest, and the fifty-seventh episode overall.

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

Also Appearing: Emily Perkins (Sue Lewis), Camille Sullivan (Detective Suki Taylor), Colin Cunningham (Detective Brian Curtis), Stephen E. Miller (Detective Zack McNab)

Co-Starring: Nathaniel Deveaux (Morris Steadman), Marc Baur (Steven Maynard), Scott Heindl (Tommy), Fred Keating (Jack Pierce), Stefany Mathias (Brenda Eberhart), Deanna Milligan (Josie), Tanya Reid (Ramona), Kate Robbins (Landlady), Yee Jee Tso (Joe Tang), Thomas B. DeSchutter (Uniform #2), Warren Takeuchi (Wayne), Sergio Garcia (Uniform #1)

Plot Overview

Dominic and Zack work to figure out how a man was dragged to his death.

Leo and a clearly disoriented Mick chase a lead into the two native robbers.

Kosmo continues looking into Danny Zinn's death by trying to find his girlfriend.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• The dealer Kosmo is investigating is identified as Danny Zinn and is said to be associated with the East Indians. Kosmo tries to arrange a talk with Suki's informant. She manages to get Curtis to arrange a meet-up with him present. She later gets info from Sue and when she shows up at her place, she finds she's gone.

• Dominic confronts Steadman for talking with Moorehouse and passing him off as a councillor. He warns him that he could become a suspect if he continues to insert him into the investigation and assures him that the original fire is being re-investigated.

• Dominic gets Rose to arrange a talk with Brenda Eberhart and he learns she's been with him in numerous places and makes it clear he's worried about being seen with her would mean for him. Talking later with Jack Pierce himself and learns he's the only prostitute he's been seeing and he's not had to pay. Seeing it as a relationship, he urges Jack to break up with her, but Jack is against it.

• Mick and Leo find the guy who sold the guns to the two native robbers and learn their names are Carl and Robbin.

Characters

• Mick is throwing up when Leo shows up and later sees Josie Hutchens. When their lead makes a run for it, Mick gets aggressive and Leo insists he take the rest of the day off.

• Leo mentions to Mick that he's considering getting a dog.

Referbacks

• Dominic talks with Ramona again for the first time since "It's Backwards Day" and apologises for trying to pick her up just before he learned she was Zack's daughter.

Quotes

• Jack Pierce: I'm in a relationship with her.

Dominic: Jack. Jack, take a look at yourself, all right? She's 20. You trying to tell me that she's gonna fall for you? What are you smoking?

Jack Pierce: Maybe I offer her something she never had.

Dominic: Well, I think she's had other 50-year-olds, Jack.

Jack Pierce: Up yours.

Dominic: And one more thing, okay? If you've been lying to me about any of this and then tonight you get a sudden attack of the guilt and wanna go hanging yourself from some bridge as penance for your sins, alright - please don't. Because I don't want to see you again tonight.

Jack Pierce: I'll be sure to do it on somebody else's shift.

Dominic: I'd appreciate that.