Da Vinci's Inquest (TV Series) It's Backwards Day (2001) User Reviews

I just watched a masterpiece. Much better than most of the episodes in season 3.

[lukebernstein3 · 10/10 · 7 October 2020]

This episode is perfect. It starts with Da Vinci and guest charector Zach McNab investigating a traffic accident. Da Vinci and McNab don't like each other. So there is always tension between them. This is a long continuous scene, so you really get into it. Rather then jumping from one thing to another like many of the episodes in season 3, so you feel like you can't focus on anything. This episode solves that. It's almost like fans must have been complaining. And Chris haddock listened and actually directed this episode himself, was actually involved in it. I think the change to the shows format might have had something to do with new producers. Or possibly Ian Tracey wanting more spotlight. The problem with that is you have two stories, sometimes three, that don't connect, the charectors involved in each one don't interact, and so Da Vinci is only in half or even less of the episode. Anyway, it switches to a long scene with Mick and Leo investigating a shooting of a store owner. Then it turns out da vinci is right around the block and everything is connected. The shooting and the traffic accident. So the second half of the episode there is a lot of interaction between Da Vinci, Mick and Leo. The most they have interacted the entire season, and that's really sad, since the season is almost over. It shows that ultimately there was a problem with this season. It ends with a really good scene with Da Vinci risking his life to talk to a junkie who wants to kill himself, and was involved in the shooting. The lighting and music they chose for this ending was perfect. And this is possibly the best episode I've seen of the show. Ironiclly this episode is in a season that hasn't been the greatest. So I'm assuming Chris Haddock new that and that's why we finally get this episode toward the end of the season.