Da Vinci's Inquest/You Promised Me a Celebrity

You Promised Me a Celebrity
Season 7, Episode 6
Airdate	November 16, 2004
Written by	Alan Di Fiore & Chris Haddock
Directed by	Ian Tracey
← 7x05 That's Why They Call It a Conspiracy	7x07 → First the Seducing Then the Screwing
Da Vinci's Inquest — Season Seven

You Promised Me a Celebrity is the sixth episode of the seventh season of Da Vinci's Inquest, and the eighty-fourth episode overall.

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

Also Appearing: Colin Cunningham (Detective Brian Curtis), Brian Markinson (Police Chief Bill Jacobs), John Cassini (Dino Rosario), Hrothgar Mathews (Sergeant Charlie Klotchko), Stephen E. Miller (Detective Zack McNab), Kandyse McClure (Marla), Camille Sullivan (Detective Suki Taylor), Emily Perkins (Sue Lewis), Joely Collins (Linda Davis), Khaira Ledeyo (Isabel Sandonovo)

Co-Starring: Patrick Gallagher (Joe Finn), Bill Dow (Mayor Russ Hathaway), Vanessa Tomasino (Rita), Brad Dryborough (Bartender), Johnny Cantiveros (Guy), Denise Galik (Abby Hathaway), Ken Kramer (Eric Summers), Michal Suchanek (Doug), Dean Redman (Eddie), Bill Marchant (Don), Carolyn Wong (Constable #1)

Plot Overview

Dominic confronts the Mayor and Chief of Police to sort out their dirty dealings, but makes more progress when he talks to the Mayor's wife.

Brian coerces another "witness" against Sue.

Leo copes with the loss of his wife.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Dominic questions the mayor's wife who didn't see or hear the car, but supports her husband's account. She later shows up outside his place after she and Russ have a fight.

• Zack tells Dominic he gets an anonymous woman who tells him to check the 911 calls coming from Linda Davis's house. Dominic has Helen track them down.

• Dominic confronts Jacobs and suggest he send a stronger message. He also gets Jacobs to confirm the mayor called him the day he got the job to come to a meeting, but doesn't divulge what it was about.

• Dominic asks the mayor about his call to Jacobs after his car was stolen. Hathaway tells him to speak to his lawyer.

• Jacobs tells Klotchko that there must be some dirt on Dominic.

• Brian meets with a male prostitute about being picked up by his drug councillor. He and Marla busts him and Don pleads to make a deal to reveal things from his clients. He agrees to go along with the story about Sue.

• Isabel Sandonovo, a handler for the minister, asks Dominic to dinner to discuss his red light district. He soon realises she's looking for new candidates, but shows no interest in her party.

• Will's father looks around the boat and finds a GPS locator. Mick learns from Suki that Narcotics wasn't watching the boat; it was the RCMP.

Characters

• Leo has had Lana cremated and with Mick, Rose, Kosmo, Chick, and Dominic present, spreads her ashes.

• Klotchko badgers Leo about taking early retirement, leading him to headbutt him.

• Dominic sleeps with Isabel.

• Mick takes Suki out to a boat he's gotten and share a bottle of champagne.

Quotes

• Dominic: Hey, Bill. Bill? How are you? Got a minute?

Jacobs: Hey, Dom.

Klotchko: We're a little pressed for time.

Dominic: I wasn't talking to you. If I was talking to you, I would have said "Hey, asshole." But I didn't, did I?

• Klotchko: Maybe you can enjoy a little time with the little missus or, you know, the girlfriend or maybe --

(Leo headbutts him)

Rose: Leo! What are you doing?

Klotchko: All right, you just bought yourself retirement for sure.

Leo: That it, or do you want some more?

Rose: Leo.

Leo: Someone should have popped you in the schoolyard a long time ago, you little piece of asswipe.

• Klotchko: What's your name? I'm going to want a witness statement.

Rose: Yeah, you got a pencil? I'll spell it out for you. K-I-S-S my ass.