Da Vinci's Inquest/Cheap Aftershave

Cheap Aftershave
Season 4, Episode 4
Airdate	October 28, 2001
Written by	Frank Borg & Alan Di Fiore & Chris Haddock
Directed by	Alan Simmonds
← 4x03 Banging on the Wall	4x05 → Ugly Quick
Da Vinci's Inquest — Season Four

Cheap Aftershave is the fourth episode of the fourth season of Da Vinci's Inquest, and the forty-third episode overall.

Starring: Nicholas Campbell (Dominic Da Vinci), Suleka Mathew (Dr. Sunita "Sunny" Ramen), Gerard Plunkett (Chief Coroner Bob Kelly), 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: Deanna Milligan (Josie Hutchens), Patti Allan (Warden), Fred Ewanuick (Raymond Ford), Alex Diakun (Chick Savoy), Sarah Strange (Helen), Michelle Goh (Jun Wong), Crystal Lowe (Sylvia), Emily Perkins (Sue Lewis), Dan Joffre (Emilio Hildalgo), Peter Williams (Morris Winston), Samuel Vincent (Immigration Adjudicator), Gina Chiarelli (Gina Otaviani)

Co-Starring: Terry Chen (William Chen), Natalie Au (Liu), Esther Purvis-Smith (Neighbour), Belinda Metz (Carla), Guy Jellis (Uniform)

Plot Overview

When an imprisoned refugee dies while on a hunger strike, Dominic persists for an inquest despite the issues he will have to wade through.

Meanwhile, Mick and Leo continue their investigation into the double shooting, not knowing that it will take an unexpected turn.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• The dig site was apparently crashed by possible kids. It leads the discovery of a metal box. Sunny believes the shape of the teeth leads the bones to have possibly been First Nations or Asian, the latter which would fit with the time and location.

• Mick and Leo shift their focus from the admirer with the teddy bears once Chick discovers two different guns were used in the shootings. The stripper's roommate mentions someone might have broken into their apartment. Investigating, they discover Josie was on the scene. Mick and Leo bring this information to Kurtz. Despite their preference to play up Josie's flirtation with Mick, she wants them to get her gun and question her.

• Mick and Leo catch Josie outside her home. She asks if they can talk inside. When they agree, she takes the opportunity to make a run for it into her home. Mick sees her getting a gun and after hearing a shot, blindly returns fire. They soon see Josie is dead.

Characters

• Leo makes an unscheduled visit to the dance studio and finds Carla dancing with another man, which catches him by surprise. Mick thinks he got jealous and Leo admits, to his confusion, about projecting feelings unto her.

Trivia

The Show

• This is one of the rare times Tim McCauley's theme music is not played over the closing credits. Instead is a piece composed by George Blondheim entitled "Mick and Josie".