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Scientists create a genetic clone of a serial killer in order to help catch the killer, teaming up with two cops.

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.

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.

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.

During a drunken evening, Leary loses his gun. Shannon does whatever he can to help his partner find the weapon, but only Leary knows what he did. As Leary frantically retraces his steps from the previous evening, Shannon begins a bond with Williams over a personal matter. The two decide to follow up on the tail of the Walkers, Vern who is still camping in the bushes. They stumble upon Rob and Kerry, the tail ending in tragic consequences. In the murders of Danny Zinn and Carla, Taylor, after viewing the dead body of her informant and friend Carla on the autopsy table, vows to assist Kosmo on the case in whatever way she can. However, Taylor's partner, Curtis, seems to be pushing her into a corner on the investigation, inferring partly that she was a reason Carla was killed. In the Moorehouse house fire, Chick uncovers some evidence leading to the arrest of Moorehouse for this fire. Da Vinci informs the Westerbrooks of this news, they who want further answers on their daughter's death in light of what seems to be the cause of this fire. Also with this investigation, Steadman hires a forensic specialist to review his daughter's death. With the Ravenwood Cemetery issue, all the co-mingled bodies end up being walk aways. Da Vinci receives eyewitness testimony of abuse and possible killing of patients during the 1970's. Da Vinci uses this information to implicate the cemetery grounds keeper, Ken Folkstone, this before Da Vinci learns of the unreliability of the witness. Laura Maitland becomes more of a nuisance to Kurtz, Maitland whose objective seems to be more than just protection from a stalker. And at the end of a long day, Leary finally decides to talk to Josie's sister, Annie.

Within an abandoned car parked in a loading zone in a back alley across the street from the police station, Laura Maitland's dead body is found inside the trunk. Although the cause of her death may have been by the hands of her alleged stalker, certain evidence points to the death being self-induced: she may have placed herself in a tenuous position in the likelihood that she would be found before dying. Under Curtis' blackmail, Pierce publicly does not endorse the concept of a red light district, which causes Da Vinci to go on a tirade against Pierce. Despite their previous bad history, Brenda implies that she's going to help Da Vinci find out why Pierce had a change of heart. Kelly offers his support by not publicly endorsing the concept since it would allow Da Vinci the full resources of the office in dealing with the issue. Meanwhile, Da Vinci and Kosmo investigate what looks to be a murder-suicide of an infant by its mother, the mother found by a distraught old boyfriend. Kosmo and Sue make amends. Two suspects are picked up in the gas station robberies. Da Vinci has news for the Shoeshine about his friend, Lamont. And Da Vinci and his mother mark the third anniversary of his father's death.

As Da Vinci attends the Police Chief appointment black tie dinner with Maria (the dinner which is populated with many of his professional foes such as Jacobs, Sgt. Klotchko, Mayor Hathaway, and Richard Norton), others in his professional circle are on the job. Lou attends to the death of a woman named Allison Freeman, who was found in her car. The contents of the trunk of her car have some personal connection to Da Vinci. Lou eventually discovers why she might have that material, and Da Vinci tries to find out the precise nature of her interest in him. With Chick's help, Leary tries to get as much information about the transmitter on Will's boat without whomever is doing the surveillance finding out that Leary is aware of the transmitter's existence. Leary adds some surveillance equipment of his own. The dinner is not a total waste for Da Vinci as he learns that his red light district proposal has the interest of the federal government. With Internal's investigation, the police pick up Sue, who has incriminating evidence in her room. Brian officially adds his falsified information into the investigation. With the hit and run case, Da Vinci learns conclusively that the Mayor was not where he said he was that evening. And Shannon has a less than pleasant chat with Kurtz about the incident with Klotchko. He believes that this meeting is the first step in his unwanted early retirement.

Eleven year-old Nelson Kauf is found dead, hanging off the roller coaster. He is known to police as he continually called them regarding domestic problems at home. These were all deemed by the police to be nuisance calls. He was also cited by others for mischief. Da Vinci learns that Nelson was on antidepressants, the prescribing doctor - Dr. Ludlow - who has a history of over-prescription. Da Vinci is about to sign off that Nelson's medication dosage and his death have no relationship, until he learns more about the earlier death of Nelson's father, also with a history of depression and suicide attempts and whose doctor was also Dr. Ludlow. Meanwhile, Kurtz is pressuring Kosmo for results from the surveillance on Alex and Sarah regarding the body found under the concrete floor in one of Alex's houses. Kosmo turns up the heat on both Alex and Sarah. Kosmo is playing both husband and wife off each other, a tactic she openly plays to Sarah. As such, Sarah is feeling backed into a corner, and she turns to Danny for advice. The tactic pays off. With the investigation into the tubal ligations of the young aboriginal women, Patricia decides to question the operating doctor, Dr. Wyman, but she is too late to ever get any useful information from the doctor.

With the gas station robbery, Williams tracks down the names of the suspects, Rob Walker and Kerry Walker, father and son. Along with Leary and Shannon, Williams locates Rob's brother, Vern, and decides to see if he can shed any light on his brother's whereabouts. Upon questioning, they learn that Vern is a crack user and Rob, down from the family home in Ocean Falls, came to the city to bring Vern home to get away from the drugs. Other than that, Vern says Rob is a model citizen. Leary and Shannon decide to tail Vern, who sails up Indian Arm to a self-made camp in the bushes. With the Ravenhood cemetery issue, Da Vinci discovers the identity of one of the co-mingled bodies. He was a "walk away" in the mid-1970s who, according to the headstone, would have been buried on the day he was listed as missing. Da Vinci decides to look into all walk aways from that era to see if they match the other two co-mingled bodies found thus far. With Danny Zinn's murder, Kosmo notices some similarities with another drug dealer murder five months previous. But without Carla who is still missing, Kosmo's trail goes cold. However, Carla is found, a little too late. And Da Vinci has another chat with Brenda Eberhart about her relationship with Jack Pierce. Da Vinci is more straightforward with her this time. Their chat has a few unintended consequences.

Da Vinci is involved in a vehicular hit and run traffic accident, the other vehicle doing the running. Da Vinci ends up with a gash on his head. There were two eyewitnesses, each with a different viewpoint of who caused the accident. Despite this bad start to his day, Da Vinci goes to work. His first case is that of Nick McLeod, who was found hanging in a new unoccupied house for sale. He is the realtor. He looks to have been squatting in the house. They later learn he was separated from his wife. But the unusual aspect of his death is that there is no physical way he could have hung himself with what evidence is at the scene. But they also find evidence of others who looked like they had been partying at the house. They later find Shawn Finch - one of the partiers - who tells them what he saw. Shannon and Williams investigate the death of Glen Bardsley, whose body is spotted underneath fallen leaves at the bottom of a ravine in a wooded area. Their investigation takes them to Bardsley's daughter and wife, the latter who is in a coma in an extended care facility. But Nina, one of the care nurses, knows more about what happened to Bardsley than she lets on. Meanwhile, Da Vinci has a run in with Police Constable Charlie Klotchko, Da Vinci not understanding what problem Klotchko has with him. Lenny Baker withdraws his candidacy for the Chief of Police job, McNab thinking that Da Vinci blabbed to someone about Baker's secret problem. Bell sets up his relationship with Rick Prentice in hopes of getting to Curtis. And Leary continues to live out of his truck parked down by the beach.

Constable Walker is feeling guilty about her role in Roy Cardinale's death, which she expresses to some fellow constables. Believing he did nothing wrong, Constable Rosario, her partner and the one who actually beat Roy, vows that he will make sure that she doesn't break the code amongst partners. Unbeknownst to the constables, Chief Jacobs and Kurtz are not going to press for a charge of homicide against whomever caused the beating. All those working this investigation are perturbed by this information. As a result, Da Vinci decides to get involved. Sensing that she really was a bystander in the beating, Kosmo offers some friendly advice to Walker. With the Chinese freighter mutiny, Phil Rosen, handling the immigration file of many of the crew, discovers the reason behind the mutiny which involves others Da Vinci was unaware of with his initial visit on the freighter. With Internal's investigation, Finn has his first interview with Kosmo, who innocently believes that the investigation is concerning Brian. With new investigations, Da Vinci attends to a well dressed dead body with no identification hanging with a noose around his neck off the Burrard Street Bridge. Something doesn't sit right with Da Vinci so he calls in Homicide to investigate. Kosmo and Leary discover his identity and a connection to Da Vinci's favorite lawyer, Richard Norton. Lou, Shannon and Williams investigate the finding of a mummified newborn found in a dumpster. Other debris in the dumpster lead the detectives to an elderly woman named Donna Phillips and her ex-husband, who may be able able to explain what happened. In other goings-on, Da Vinci feels that he is being frozen out of the Mayor's office and speculates about why the Mayor was previously so enthusiastic about his candidacy for Chief of Police. Da Vinci and Kelly have a philosophical argument over the role of the Coroner's office. And Helen has another draft of her book ready for Da Vinci to read.

Two suspicious fires are investigated. The first is a car fire which killed the car's occupant. And the second is on the exterior of Kosmo's house, the fire which took place while she was at home. Evidence indicates the two were set by the same person. Sue is rushed to hospital on a possible OD. As with all of Curtis' cases, the murder charges against Sue are going to be stayed of which she is unaware, leading to her taking an extraordinary measure while in the hospital. In preparation for the announcement of his candidacy for mayor, Da Vinci brings his team together to discuss his platform, including the controversial issues of expanding the number of safe injection sites and creating a red light district. However some leaked news indicates that there is a mole in Da Vinci's team working in part for his political foe and possible mayoral candidate, the acting mayor Joyce Simkins. Da Vinci uses this mole for his own purposes. He also learns he has an ally in the opposing camp. Leary accuses Simms of knowing and covering up that Tuan was behind Summers' death. Chick and Carter monitor Tuan's movement, thinking he is being aided by Simms to flee to the States while Leary tries to secure an arrest warrant to nab him before he flees. Leary receives pressure from Jacobs and Klotchko to do something he doesn't want to do in this case. What Leary decides to do is based on where he sees his professional future. And the perpetrator of a slew of bank robberies is found dead, the perpetrator well-known to those in the Police Department.

Da Vinci investigates the death of three people in three separate incidents. The first is a homeless woman commonly known as the pigeon lady, her dead body found on a church's steps where she could usually be found feeding the pigeons. Da Vinci is concerned that the church's newly implemented nighttime closed door policy may have exacerbated the death. Beyond determining the cause of death, Maria finds among the pigeon lady's possessions an interesting news article which may provide a clue as to why she was at that specific church. The second is a sixteen year old woman named Alice Fellows. Although she was high on ecstasy which could have contributed to the incident, she was killed in a hit and run. What little information the authorities have is the offending vehicle is a silver Mercedes for which they have a partial license plate. Later, McNab gets a positive identification of the vehicle and its high profile owner, who claims the car was stolen. The third is a charged money launderer named Michael Zang, who purportedly shot himself in the office of his lawyer, Richard Norton. Because Da Vinci believes that Norton isn't telling the entire truth about the death, Da Vinci calls in Homicide to apply a little pressure on Norton. Zang's wife Vera, who is called in to provide testimony, has other things on her mind. With Da Vinci preoccupied with these cases, Lou takes his first case as a coroner. It is of an aboriginal youth named Roy Cardinale, whose dead body is found by the railroad tracks. He was seemingly killed by a train running over him, but there is evidence that he was severely beaten before his death. Beyond physical evidence at the site, Kosmo and Leary, who lead this investigation, learn a bit more about Roy from Constable Carter, who tells a story of a relatively harmless and well liked petty criminal but who was well known to all those in the police department on patrol. On other business, Suki tells Kosmo and Leary of an incident at Brian's storage garage. Their investigation of him has stalled otherwise. On more personal matters, Kosmo tells Leary about someone that is interested in him. That and a request by Carter are some of the first steps for Leary to a more stable existence. And Da Vinci ultimately gets the news about whether he got the Chief of Police job.

The boyfriend of one of Taylor's informants is washed ashore Burrard Inlet, dead, after what looks to be a drug deal gone bad. However, the informant says that a dirty cop is involved, which Taylor has no reason to doubt. Kosmo suspects she knows who the cop is, which she has yet to divulge. She asks Kurtz to stay on this "cop chasing" case, which Kurtz cautions. Leary, Shannon and Williams investigate a gas station robbery, which resulted in the death of the clerk. There have been a string of gas station robberies, this one being the first involving a death. Viewing the surveillance video, Williams does recognize the still unknown perpetrators as those that have committed the other robberies. Shannon doesn't appreciate William's involvement as he thinks she's muscling in on their territory. Shannon is correct in that Williams lets Kurtz know that she'd like to be considered for promotion to Homicide. In the ongoing investigation of the Moorehouse house fire, Moorehouse's former in-laws, Richard and Barbara Westerbrook, ask Da Vinci to reopen the investigation in their daughter's death. Apparently they have new information from a witness about the case. And as they dig deeper into the current investigation, red flags are raised about the suspicious nature of the latest fire. Elsewhere, Councillor Jack Pierce has been seen entering a known drug house where prostitutes work. This information does not bode well for Da Vinci, since Pierce is the only political ally on Council working for prostitutes' rights and a Red Light Zone, an issue near to Da Vinci's heart.

With Williams away on another case in Seattle, Shannon is temporarily partnered with Donna. They are working on a case of a gunshot dead body washed ashore by the port, his face covered with a seven tentacled octopus. They discover he is Lawrence Brownfield, an American journalist. He apparently was working on a story about the drug trade and drug smuggling in and out of Vancouver. Shannon and Donna piece together the story and if it was somebody on the drug side of things who was not too happy about the story who killed him. Kosmo and Leary start their investigation on Rick Prentice's death, knowing in their hearts that Curtis is the murderer. Curtis threatens Sue to pin the murder on either her or Councilor Pierce. Sue, scared of Curtis, obliges by agreeing to plant a knife, the murder weapon, in Pierce's car. However Sue has other ideas of what to do with the knife. Despite these maneuverings, Curtis is feeling the pressure and is on the verge of a total meltdown. Kosmo and Leary don't yet have a solid case against Curtis but stumble across a stash of possible evidence in a garage Curtis is renting and in which he is storing many of his secret possessions. Pierce is also feeling the pressure as a suspect in Prentice's murder and his subsequent break up with Brenda. Da Vinci offers Pierce some emotional support before Pierce does something drastic. And in the lead up to the Chief of Police interviews, Da Vinci solicits advice and get conflicting information. Phil Rosen suggests he tread lightly around controversial issues, whereas the Mayor and Claire just tell him to "be himself". Da Vinci has a run-in with his primary rival, Sgt. Bill Jacobs, about the underhanded tactics he's used in the drive for the job. But after the interviews, it's up the the Police Board to decide between their two vastly different leading candidates.

In the Police Department, there are some assignment changes. Suki has moved into the Robbery Division. Curtis is now partnered with Marla, an old colleague of Suki's from the police academy. Suki sees Marla as just a female version of Curtis. Williams has been promoted to Homicide, where she's partnered with Shannon. And Kosmo and Leary are now partnered. This change may do Leary some good as he, who still deeply affected by Josie's shooting death, has given away all his home possessions and has started living out of his truck parked on the beach. Kosmo, Leary and Suki investigate a robbery/homicide - in an attempted robbery, a man assaults and rapes the elderly homeowner, and entering the basement suite with a grow-op, the man gets electrocuted in what looks like a booby-trapped operation. The authorities follow his known associates for more information. Da Vinci investigates the latest in a long string of suspicious deaths among the elderly shut-in population, who all attended the same church. Their collective deaths cannot be just coincidence. Elsewhere, Darcy Charles is working at the needle exchange. The police raid the exchange and in the process, Charles is assaulted, her glasses broken. Da Vinci not only counsels Charles on what she should do, but he also takes the matter up with the Mayor. A few days later, Charles dies, Da Vinci speculating from injuries suffered at the raid. Meanwhile, Curtis continues his blackmail of Pierce. Sunny will soon be taking a sabbatical from the Coroner's Office. And the Mayor makes a suggestion to Da Vinci, which Da Vinci seriously considers despite the outward impossibility: a run at the Chief of Police job.

In his new role as Chief of Police, Bill Jacobs requests a meeting with Da Vinci to discuss his concept of a red light district. Da Vinci is surprised by the request. With continuing investigations, Kosmo and Leary speak to Roy Cardinale's friend, John Dunne. After seeing John speak to the detectives, Constable Dino Rosario has his own chat with John. After checking out some information provided by John, Kosmo and Leary believe that something in his story concerning Roy's whereabouts the evening of his death isn't sitting right. McNab informs the Mayor that his car was indeed involved in a hit and run death. The Mayor seems more interested in retrieving his cell phone from the car, reported stolen that night, than he is about the death. As McNab checks out two of the numbers from that cell phone's records from that evening, he uncovers some unusual information concerning the Mayor's car's whereabouts that evening. Brian manages to have Councillor Pierce's car pulled over, but no knife is found in his possession. Perturbed that his frame on Pierce didn't yet work, Brian plots with Marla to watch over Sue, who was supposed to plant the knife in the car. Brian also uses another tact averting himself from Rick's death by speaking to Detective Joe Finn in Internal about the investigation. And while Shannon is off on personal leave, Williams continues the investigation into the purported self-inflicted shooting death of Michael Zang. In a new investigation, Da Vinci and Lou attend to the death of man who looks to have fallen from a rooftop. They determine the probable cause of the fall when they see some wiring on the roof. They however learn that there is more than meets the eye when they speak to the deceased's neighbors. On personal fronts, Kosmo thinks about buying a house. And Shannon learns that his building has a new no pet policy, meaning he will have to move or get rid of Lucky.