Da Vinci's Inquest/Birds Have Been at Her

Birds Have Been at Her
Season 4, Episode 6
Airdate	November 11, 2001
Written by	Frank Borg & Alan Di Fiore & Chris Haddock
Directed by	Mairzee Almas
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Da Vinci's Inquest — Season Four

Birds Have Been at Her is the sixth episode of the fourth season of Da Vinci's Inquest, and the forty-fifth episode overall.

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

Guest Starring: Hrothgar Mathews (Warren Sykes), Elisabeth Rosen (Project Life Counsellor), Richard Hendery (Mr. Bailey), Sarah Strange (Helen), Alex Diakun (Chick Savoy), Peter Williams (Morris Winston), Lee Jay Bamberry (Detective Roy LaBoucane), Jenn Griffin (Rae), Emily Perkins (Sue Lewis), Dan Joffre (Emilio Hildalgo)

Damon Johnson (Ian), Dee Jay Jackson (Lou), Dalias Blake (Officer Tom), Derek Lowe (Walt), Brian Drummond (Coast Guard Bill), Louis Chirillo (Manager), Christine Lippa (Doris), Kevan Ohtsji (Uniform)

Plot Overview

Kurtz assigns Mick and Leo to a case of a missing pregnant woman while Dominic probes into why a woman who had recently given birth would have reason to kill herself.

Patricia makes sure the prostitute nicknamed "Queenie" had no family so that she can proceed with an autopsy for her university class.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• No one claims Queenie, seemingly clearing Patrica to use her in her class. After making sure she can't find any living family, Dominic finally releases the body to her.

• Kosmo talks to the prostitute Rae who says she saw Queenie again, getting into a fight with a guy who wanted her to recruit more girls.

• Newspaper is found at the dig site that could help date the remains.

Characters

• Mick believes that in the aftermath of the shooting, he and Leo are on Kurtz's "shit list" and she later offers Detective LaBoucane to help them, which they pass on.

Referbacks

• In an effort to get Mick to open up, Leo confesses to him that he pointed out Charlie Josephs to the brother of one of his victims and therefore partly responsible for his murder.

Trivia

The Show

• Hrothgar Mathews makes his third appearance on the show as the third of four different characters.

Quotes

• Dominic: You know, how does she do it? What is going on here? How does someone just give birth and then they go out and kill themselves and not even leave a note?

Sunny: I have no idea.

Dominic: What's the kid supposed to do later on in life? What kind of a burden is that to lug around with you? You know what I think we should do? We should print out forms. That's what we should do. Print out forms, fill in the blanks, "I killed myself because..." That'd make it much easier on those of us who are left behind alive.