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A Vancouver cop turned coroner searches for truth and justice with the help of his friends.

Laura Elliott's quiet life in the wilderness of Desolation Sound is shattered when her old friend, Elizabeth, comes to visit. Laura learns that her husband has been having an affair with Elizabeth, and soon after, Elizabeth's car is found at the bottom of a cliff. As the police investigate, life changes for everyone involved.

Leary and Shannon investigate a home invasion double homicide. While in his basement, George Brooks heard his wife screaming upstairs. Getting to her, Brooks found an intruder who killed her and the intruder who Brooks subsequently killed. The intruder is identified as a homeless man who did odd jobs around the neighbourhood and who had self-professed mental health issues. Something about Brooks' story doesn't sit right with Shannon, who looks for evidence to corroborate his gut feeling. Elsewhere, Da Vinci is dealing with two longer term cases. One is the moving of the cemetery associated with Ravenhood Hospital. When the moving process discovers multiple bodies in a few caskets, Da Vinci wants to deem the cemetery a criminal investigation site. Kelly totally disagrees with Da Vinci's assessment. And Fleming and Da Vinci can finally speak to a still severely burned but awake Glen Moorehouse about the fire at his house that killed his wife and children. Meanwhile, Kosmo continues to probe Jim Schulte regarding his wife's hiking death in Switzerland, this a favour to Kurtz's neighbour, Laura Maitland. Maitland seems to have more problems in her life than just wanting answers regarding Schulte.

Da Vinci and Fire Marshal Sid Fleming investigate a massive house fire which claimed the lives of two children and their mother. The sole survivor of the fire is the father/husband of the deceased, Glen Moorehouse, he who suffered severe burns. The troubling aspect is that Moorehouse is a survivor of another remarkably similar house fire five years earlier, where his first wife and their children died. Tragic coincidence or...? Equally troubling for Da Vinci is that Morris Steadman is on the scene, still grieving and still angry. Elsewhere, Leary and Shannon are working on the kidnapping case of Alice Meisner, whose father, Ed Meisner, is a wealthy lumber magnate. Alice and Ed have somewhat of a strained relationship due to her drug use, but Ed never denied her anything. The ransom drop, monitored undercover by Leary and Shannon, doesn't go according to plan. Even before locating Alice's car which provides some evidence of the kidnappers, the authorities suspect that Alice herself may be part of staging her own kidnapping. Ultimately, "a big whiff of a real bad smell" lead the authorities to Alice. Meanwhile, Rose Williams makes it known that she'd like to be promoted to Homicide, which doesn't sit well with Shannon. And Sue tells Kosmo of a new "business relationship of convenience" she has with a dirty vice cop named Brian - whose badge she stole - who has an equally dirty narc cop friend named Joe. Kosmo wants this information under wraps until she investigates.

Da Vinci calls for Vancouver to establish a red light district following the death of a high-priced escort and with the continuing mystery of the 28 missing prostitutes, all presumed dead.

Da Vinci calls for Vancouver to establish a red light district following the death of a high-priced escort and with the continuing mystery of the 28 missing prostitutes, all presumed dead.

Shannon continues his cooperative relationship with Anna de la Costa - the Mayor's housekeeper - who is being pursued by immigration officials. Da Vinci learns from Pierce that Council is contemplating pushing the Mayor out of office, leaving conservative Deputy Mayor Joyce Simkins as the leading candidate to replace him. However, Pierce thinks that his left leaning party would have a chance of winning the next election with Da Vinci as the mayoral candidate, an idea Da Vinci thinks ludicrous. But Da Vinci, with Kelly's assistance, plays both sides when he speaks further to Sandonovo and Gohill about the federal government's view of who and what they would like to see in City Hall. Also ludicrous in Da Vinci's mind is the City's new anti-panhandling by-law, but that doesn't stop him from being a victim of a panhandler. Williams and Curtis attend to a death they think is a suicide. The victim is known to Curtis. A mystery occurs in that investigation when important evidence goes missing. Sue's new friend in detention, Wendy Hopkins, shows her true colors when she has a visitor. "Bad cop" Marla checks in with Leary regarding the Will Summers case. Leary finally confronts Rob Simms with the DEA, who was the one who put Will under surveillance. Kurtz and Kosmo have a discussion about Kosmo's professional future. And Shannon shares with Da Vinci who and what he saw in the hotel's surveillance cameras.

Sue stumbles into Rick Prentice's apartment and finds him dead. Totally freaked, she runs out, but the next day informs the authorities. During the investigation, Homicide - which includes Kosmo, Leary, Shannon and Williams - freeze Curtis out, who tries to get in on the premise that Rick was his informant. In reality, the Homicide detectives all know in their hearts that Curtis killed Rick. With Rick's murder, Councilor Pierce finally decides to talk to Homicide about being blackmailed by Curtis, and admittedly asking Curtis if he could make Rick just "go away". Kosmo and Leary ask Pierce if he is willing to assist in wearing a wire in his next meeting with Curtis. Curtis finally gets his in in the investigation when he catches up with Sue. He admits to her that he can and will make either her or Pierce take the fall for Rick's death. As such, a scared Sue agrees to cooperate with Curtis. Elsewhere, Da Vinci investigates a series of drug overdose deaths. It looks like there's some bad dope out on the street. He needs to find the supplier and get the dope off the street. The Mayor, having found some more money, gets closer to helping Da Vinci open the safe injection site. And Willa Edwards finds another witness for Da Vinci in the Darcy Charles beating, albeit a witness with a self-admitted bad history of his own.

The Coroner's Office and Homicide investigate the finding of dead body - Robert Magus - buried in the yard of a private home. Beyond the fact that the body was obviously buried, the initial findings do not seem to indicate foul play. When a second body is found on site, the investigation points to the previous owner of the home, Viola McKnight, who ran a bordering house for pensioners there and where Magus was living when it is assumed he dies. An elderly woman, Viola, with her mentally challenged adult son Bert, has run a series of boarding houses catering to pensioners with mental issues. She currently is doing so at another site. In reality, Viola, has been taking charge of her tenants' finances, systematically poisoning and burying them, and then committing fraud by taking on that identity and collecting on their personal incomes such as pension checks. With each move, she has taken on that as an assumed name, her current alias being Elizabeth Grass. When the authorities catch up with Viola/Elizabeth, they know that she is guilty, but she plays her caring but doddering little old lady routine to a T. Homicide admits they don't have enough concrete evidence for a conviction. Viola's son, Bert, may be of some assistance, especially after his dog, Plato, is found dead after a tenant feeds him her poisoned food. The balance the authorities face is placing all the guilt on Viola without implicating an obviously innocent Bert.

A charred dead body is found outside the wreckage of a burning car, the body which was bound before the fire. The car is registered to Phil Wilkins, a pool hustler. After uncovering some evidence, Shannon and Leary learn that the body is that of Wilkins, who lived life high but had no money. But the nature of the fire indicates that the perpetrator would have also suffered significant burns. Shannon and Leary suspect either one of his pool colleagues who he stiffed or Bobby, the manager of Wilkins' local pool hall as Wilkins was having a clandestine affair with Bobby's wife, Jessica. Part of Jessica's story may provide answers as to the death, and whether Shannon and Leary have to divulge the affair to Bobby. Da Vinci investigates the death of a young teen-aged woman, who was found dead inside a shipping truck. Someone was shipping her across the border from Portland to Vancouver, but a delay in transport caused the oxygen supply she was carrying to run out. The trunk's addressee, Darryl Morris, states that he was not expecting a shipment. Later, a second identical trunk addressed to Darryl Morris is found in the bonding warehouse, this time with a dead young teen-aged boy. Da Vinci decides the only way to find out who was actually expecting the trunks is to make the delivery of the now empty trunks and see who picks them up. But it's a discovery by Patricia that provides the strongest clues as to the identities of the two deceased and who was supposed to get them out of the trunks. Back at the coroner's office, Morris Steadman, still grieving over the death of his daughter, asks to review all Da Vinci's files as he still thinks her death was homicide. On some personal fronts, Sunny's car is keyed, with Leary thinking he knows the culprit. And Da Vinci starts what may be a relationship based on a chance encounter out of circumstance.

Da Vinci investigates the death of a young man working for his father's construction company. Shannon and Leary investigate a decomposed body discovered in the back of a stolen truck. Kosmo helps a woman who thinks her husband is an impostor.

In the vicinity of the kiddie stroll, a dead beaten body of a male is found next to a still running car. After doing some canvassing, Leary and Shannon learn that there have been altercations between "spotters" protecting the prostitutes and the neighborhood residents, who have an organized patrol to get the prostitutes and johns out of the area. The deceased was a john, leaving the prime suspects being either neighborhood patrol or spotters. Glen Paul, also known as Shorty, is a spotter who seems to be in the middle of the incident. Da Vinci investigates the death of Brad Greig, whose dead body was found trapped above a garage door of the condominium building he managed. The garage door was inspected only five weeks prior and was deemed then in good working order. Gregory Randolph, a tenant who found Greig, reported that Grieg earlier had an argument with another tenant, Sam Cooney, about the not functioning garage door. Da Vinci thinks Cooney had something to do with Greig's death, this view strengthened after garage door maintenance figures out what happened with the door itself. Da Vinci eventually accuses Cooney, who fights back. Elsewhere, Kurtz asks Kosmo to deal with a pesky neighbor who has reported a suspicious accident involving her professor boss and his wife, the latter who died in a hiking accident in Switzerland. Shannon faces a personal crisis with Lana, who is now in a nursing home. Da Vinci warns Kelly about okaying the moving of the bodies in the cemetery associated with the former Ravenhood Psychiatric Hospital. And Sue identifies the cop who has been using her services and doing drugs with her as Det. Brian Curtis.

Da Vinci, McNab and McNab's daughter Ramona investigate what looks to be a hit and run death. Although they find evidence at the site, they can't conclusively fit the pieces together. It isn't until they find out about the deceased's history in the area and locate the flatbed truck that was seen at the site of the death that they get their necessary answers. Leary and Shannon continue their investigation of the gas station robbery. All they know at this point is that the primary suspects are two aboriginal men. They apprehend Tommy, an arms dealer who they suspect provided the guns used in that homicide. In the continuing saga with Glen Moorehouse, Morris Steadman does whatever he can to find out about the case, which irks Da Vinci. Da Vinci finds out more about Jack Pierce's supposed relationship with a hooker by the name of Brenda Eberhart, who is less than forthright when questioned by Da Vinci. Da Vinci learns directly from Pierce what's going on with Brenda. Kosmo tries to find out more about the girlfriend of the deceased drug dealer found on the waterfront. Kosmo finds out through secondary sources that the drug dealer's name is Danny Zinn, his girlfriend's name is Carla. Taylor is open with Kosmo about not wanting to be implicated in turning over the girlfriend informant, but Curtis does whatever he can to keep Kosmo away from Carla. And Leary seems to be unraveling emotionally, this due to the lingering issues around Josie's shooting.

Three year old Terrence Ellison is found dead by his eight year old sister, Julie, in their backyard from what looks to be a head injury sustained from a fall from the swing. Based on the autopsy, Patricia and Sunny surmise he died from being shaken. On first glance, neither the parents, Ben and Claire, or Julie are capable of committing such a violent act, but the authorities cannot see how it could not have been one of the three that caused the death. Upon a site visit, Family Services is unconcerned about Julie being also physically abused if it was one of the parents. After hearing the news of how Terrence died, Ben is in denial, while Claire questions every move in her childrearing. After Da Vinci takes drastic measures with Julie, the steadfast resolve of the collective Ellison family crumbles when one member admits to what happened. Meanwhile, Shannon and Winston investigate the death of Bobby Symes, who was shot twice in the head. The first leads they have are missed telephone calls on his cell phone from Ed, a photo of his girlfriend Ruby in his wallet, and small amount of dope stashed in his wallet. Both Ed and Ruby don't seem totally forthright in their statements. In fact, both provide misleading and intentionally wrong information. Called on their individual lies by Shannon, both Ed and Ruby tell conflicting stories of what really happened. It isn't until Ruby and Ed get face to face that the truth comes out.

Da Vinci investigates the death of an eight-year-old child. Shannon and Leary investigate the double shooting of a bouncer and a stripper.

A basement suite fire claims the lives of two, Daniel Dupont and his infant son Peter, the house which was owned by Daniel's father who is distraught over the incident. Da Vinci and the fire investigator are about to rule the fire accidental, until Daniel's father offers some information about threatening shoplifters at Daniel's collector LP business and until the investigators find some cigarette butts outside the basement suite's window. Rose Williams, who helped Da Vinci with some robbery information, tries to use this case as a stepping stone into Homicide. Kosmo, in her continuing investigation of Alex Mills, wants to dig up a newly poured concrete floor in one of his abandoned houses, Kosmo thinking that Alex's wife, Sarah, is buried underneath. Some new evidence prematurely stops the excavation at the house, but not before Chick finds a body, however not that of Sarah. Despite finding the body, Kosmo can no longer hold Mills, but convinces Kurtz to allow her to conduct an undercover surveillance operation on Mills. Kosmo is somewhat surprised at Kurtz's choice of the undercover operator. At the archaeological dig site, Sunny discovers more bodies in shipping crates and a separate body with a bullet wound to the head. Chick surmises that the separate body was someone of Chinese descent. The Chinese community becomes involved, wanting to ensure the bodies get a proper burial. On a personal front, Leary and Sunny's relationship seems to be on the skids.

A murder results from the police patrolling of the safe injection site. Despite being demoted to robbery, Kosmo is relieved that the Crown is finally investigating Curtis and Finn. A potential witness to Will's murder comes forward. The mayor makes a decision about his future.

Five year old Alex Woods goes missing, presumably drowned by the log booms in the Fraser River after he supposedly jumped or fell off a pier. The death becomes suspicious when Helen discovers that Alex's mother, Sarah, lost another child five years previous in another outdoor accidental situation. But Da Vinci has to walk a fine line as there is a possibility she is innocent in both deaths. The suspicions continue after they find Alex's body. Both Da Vinci and Kurtz are also concerned that Sarah has yet another infant child at home, and that at least the two youngest were somewhat unwanted pregnancies from the fathers' perspectives. Meanwhile, Dr. Ian Stroud dies in an automobile accident. During the autopsy, Sunny finds that Dr. Stroud was killed by a gunshot wound to the head, the reason it not noticed at the accident scene being that the bullet had exited his body and the shot was clean. The rationale for the shooting becomes clearer when Leary and Shannon discover he performed abortions and was on an anti-abortion hit list. They narrow down the killer after determining the shot was fired at close range. Elsewhere, Fred Turner is suspected of murdering his wife, Susan, based on speculation by a neighbor, Molly Wolnic, who had reported domestic disturbances at the Turners' previously. This time, she heard an argument, saw Fred carry something outside, and since that incident Susan has not been seen despite usually working in her garden. Fred seems like a up-front guy to Kosmo and LaBoucane, the investigators, until they catch him in a few lies, namely about some blood in the kitchen and stories about his missing dog, Ginger. It isn't until Susan's body is discovered that the full story emerges. Meanwhile, Leary learns what Shannon has been doing in his free time.

Da Vinci is front and center when the media learns of the mayor's involvement in the hit-and-run accident. Leary uncovers a possible Russian connection in the murder of his childhood friend. A longshoreman's wife insists her husband was killed by his co-workers.

Leary and Shannon are back at work following Josie's shooting. Leary is still feeling the emotions of the incident, and reflects on his life. Shannon wants to make Leary feel that he is there for him by telling him a dark secret about his past. With work, Kurtz delegates the worst jobs to them, their first case being an abandoned car belonging to Jessica Bailey. Homicide is investigating if only because there is a good deal of blood on the back seat. Jessica is missing despite having her car listed for sale. She is pregnant and soon to give birth. Her bank account has systematically been emptied. She was contemplating giving the baby up for adoption since her boyfriend was not too happy about the pregnancy. Meanwhile, the dead body of Donna Sykes is found in a motor boat run aground on the beach, the death an apparent suicide. Donna's husband, Warren, cannot understand why his wife would commit suicide, especially since she had just given birth to her first baby, a baby that the Sykes had been trying to conceive for quite some time. The cases of Jessica Bailey and Donna Sykes merge into one when Jessica Bailey is found, when Wanda's autopsy provides some interesting findings and when Warren finds some blood stained sheets in his house. Elsewhere, Patricia wants to use the deceased body of Queenie King to do an autopsy for her class, Da Vinci not too happy that Patricia seemed to purposely circumvent him to achieve the necessary approvals. At the archaeological dig, two bystanders seem overly interested at what's going on. And Kosmo continues to foster her relationship with Sue, who uses Kosmo at every turn she can.

Adolescent Byron Mizlowski is found dead on the shores of Burrard Inlet. It looks as if he either jumped or was pushed off the Ironworker's Memorial Bridge. Byron was a bright and responsible child and his parents gave him much leeway. They think that his biological father may have something to do with the death as Byron was physically abused by him in the past. However Patricia discovers in the autopsy that Byron was also sexually abused, as recent as the night of his death. Det. Bobby Marlowe from Sex Crimes thinks this case is linked to his case involving alleged sexual molestation of children by Byron's band teacher, Richard Zeto. Marlowe has a victim, Ryner Paget, who is remembering the sexual molestation incidents after the fact. To appease the territorial issue between Homicide and Sex Crimes, Da Vinci suggests he seize Zeto's property under the Coroner's Act to share between the investigators. After formally talking to Zeto, the authorities have much evidence against him but not enough to convict on any of the supposed charges. Once news spreads within the community of the investigation against Zeto, other evidence surfaces. Tragic consequences occur before the authorities discover who killed Byron. Meanwhile, Leary investigates a blood spattered apartment but no body. And Winston has a hit and run dead body. They don't yet know that they two are related.

An inmate serving a life sentence for killing a police officer forces Da Vinci to interpret a heart stoppage in an ambulance as a death in custody. Mick and Shannon search for the son of a woman who was beaten to death in her apartment. Winston is trapped in an elevator with a corpse. Da Vinci looks for a piano for Gabriella's birthday.

Kosmo and Leary investigate the suspicious behavior of an injured, bloody man at a laundromat, he stating incoherently that "they're all gone". "Michael" ends up dying quickly on them of a head wound from a bullet. Kosmo and Leary now have to find out who Michael was talking about, and if the who's are indeed, as they infer, dead. They do find Michael's house and the gruesome discovery inside. There is however one family member unaccounted for. They think they've found the missing son. Unfortunately for Leary, he can relate to what he sees as the motive for the deaths. Shannon and Williams continue their investigation of the dead body found in the field. He ended up being James Toresi, a well respected stock broker. The autopsy determined that he was tortured - he slowly bled to death from several wounds - and a safety deposit box key was found in his stomach. The contents of the box lead them further in the investigation. The dead body of Deborah Moyer is found in a known shooting gallery. Da Vinci uses this death as yet another piece in the arsenal for his plan for a safe injection site. The Mayor and his assistant Claire continue to court Da Vinci for Chief of Police. Claire warns Da Vinci to clear all old skeletons out of his closet. Da Vinci speaks to one of his competitors, Inspector Bill Jacobs, who Da Vinci sees as the leading candidate. Jacobs tells him that he isn't going to go for the job will back Da Vinci's bid for the job. And Kosmo and Leary find Sue, who they co-opt in their plan to sting Curtis. Sue quickly tells them about Curtis' blackmail of Councillor Pierce and the dope that was planted in Pierce's apartment.

Kosmo and Leary investigate the death of Sarah Peters, her body found in the underground parking lot of her apartment building. They learn from William Chen that Peters was a material witness for the Crown in the homicide case against Roy Willetts. Chen also tells them that Willetts was incarcerated with Peters' estranged brother, Gary. Kosmo later also learns from Sue that someone is selling merchandise purchased with Sarah Peters' credit card. That someone is Dennis Lucas, who Kosmo and Leary pick up. Lucas admits that he knows who killed Sarah, but that the killer was hired by Roy's mother, Tammy. Lucas plea bargains - he'll help Kosmo and Leary trap Tammy into confessing. Meanwhile, Da Vinci and Shannon investigate the death of William Mattucci, who was found dead of stab wounds to the chest. According to his wife, he had a history of attempted suicides; the knife in his hand would indicate he took his own life. By circumstance, Constable Thurman notices blood stains in the bathroom of the Mattucci's downstairs tenant, Lena Whelan. The blood stains end up being more than meets the eye, which Whelan knows as she runs off during the investigation. The authorities find Whelan, who tells a story of domestic problems both in the Mattucci household and her own household which led to Mattucci's accidental death. Elsewhere, Da Vinci speaks to Joan Hanes, a witness in Darcy Charles' assault. Sue continues to assist Kosmo and Leary on the sting against Curtis. And Claire advises Da Vinci on a way to proceed with the safe injection site proposal, however it compromises his want for the Red Light District, at least for the immediate future.

Da Vinci investigates a Chinese boat migrant who dies on a hunger strike while in detention. Shannon and Leary's prime suspect in a double shooting is a possible stalker.