I must confess that I only began watching this show in syndication, less than a year ago, and I am hooked. My local station shows one episode per week. I still don't know if the client who shot himself in his lawyer's office really committed suicide or whether Brian the vice cop will get his due, and I am on tender hooks waiting to find out.
The casting is excellent and the acting is phenomenal. Emily Perkins,who plays the street walker/informant makes a meal out of a minor role, but all of the actors play their roles well. And the lead role, Da Vinci, is played to understated perfection. Not a superhero/superstar, as most TV leads tend to be.
But it is the script writing that stands out the most. Some threads begin and end in one episode while others stretch over over longer periods, and yet nothing seems contrived or forced. The fact that the series is Canadien might have something to do with this - are you paying attention Hollywood? If you want glitz and glamor and cheap laughs and stereotypical character development then Da Vinci's Inquest is not for you. But if you like intelligent drama that doesn't insult its audience then I cannot recommend a TV series more than this one.
The casting is excellent and the acting is phenomenal. Emily Perkins,who plays the street walker/informant makes a meal out of a minor role, but all of the actors play their roles well. And the lead role, Da Vinci, is played to understated perfection. Not a superhero/superstar, as most TV leads tend to be.
But it is the script writing that stands out the most. Some threads begin and end in one episode while others stretch over over longer periods, and yet nothing seems contrived or forced. The fact that the series is Canadien might have something to do with this - are you paying attention Hollywood? If you want glitz and glamor and cheap laughs and stereotypical character development then Da Vinci's Inquest is not for you. But if you like intelligent drama that doesn't insult its audience then I cannot recommend a TV series more than this one.