Da Vinci's Inquest/That's Why They Call It a Conspiracy

That's Why They Call It a Conspiracy
Season 7, Episode 5
Airdate	November 9, 2004
Written by	Alan Di Fiore & Chris Haddock
Directed by	Mina Shum
← 7x04 Mr. Ellis Himself Woulda Been Proud	7x06 → You Promised Me a Celebrity
Da Vinci's Inquest — Season Seven

That's Why They Call It a Conspiracy is the fifth episode of the seventh season of Da Vinci's Inquest, and the eighty-third episode overall.

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

Also Appearing: Stephen E. Miller (Detective Zack McNab), John Cassini (Dino Rosario), Colin Cunningham (Detective Brian Curtis), Brian Markinson (Police Chief Bill Jacobs), Kandyse McClure (Marla), Camille Sullivan (Detective Suki Taylor), Joey Aresco (Fireman Dunne), Rob LaBelle (Phil Rosen), Emily Perkins (Sue Lewis)

Patrick Gallagher (Joe Finn), Maya Nadine (Constable #2), Robert Manitopyes (Constable #3), Laurie Brunetti (Carmine), Jennifer Copping (Sasha), Layla Alizada (Gloria), Ken Kramer (Eric Summers), Graham Kosakoski (Monty), Michael Daingerfield (Carton), Darcy Laurie (Murph), Rob Bruner (Noel), Terry Chen (William Chen), Richard Kahan (John Dunne), Elizabeth Thai (Lila), Shahnee Zaver (Agent)

Plot Overview

With Kosmo's help, Mick investigates the death of an old friend whose ship is found to be robbed of the drug he was smuggling.

Dominic comes across a couple of inexplicably changed stories: one from John Dunne, another covering for the mayor.

Internal begins to look at Kosmo's relationship with her informant Sue.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• A fishing boat is found with marijuana smuggled on board that appears to be ripped off. A body if found floating that turns out to be Will Summers, an old friend of Mick's. Mick is suspicious as Will had moved on from the handling process. Brian shows up at the scene after Vice is called. He's turned away, but has Marla talk to Lila, Will's girlfriend. Lila claims Will got a call about a problem with the boat and went to deal with it. Marla finds a stash of money in her apartment and makes a deal to split in half. Brian then points Kosmo and Mick to Lila.

• After Dino talks with John keeping his head down, Dunne's father talks with him and John soon goes to Phil Rosen and takes back his story.

• Monty claims Zack beat the confession out of him and is now claiming he stole the car from outside the mayor's house and the witness has returned to Hong Kong.

• Trent Murphy talks to Finn and gives him the story about Sue wanting Danny dead.

• Jacobs puts Dino and Gloria on a six week suspension with pay.

• Zack gets an early retirement offer. After learning about Leo's offer, they talk with Dominic and Leo explains seeing Norton with the mayor before Jacobs shows up, but before he became chief.

Characters

• Leo gives Lucky away to a constable.

• Kosmo buys the house she's been looking at and begins renovating it.

• Leo gets a phone call notifying him that his wife has passed away.

Quotes

• Dominic: It's just too big, don't you think? It's just too big. It's just too many players. It's... It's too big to even attempt to organise.

Leo: That's why they call it a conspiracy. They get together and they conspire.