Due South

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In this popular series that ran from 1994 to 1996, Benton Fraser comes to Chicago in an attempt to find out who killed his father. After solving the murder, he decides to stick around and work for the local Canadian consulate. He has made friends with a local detective, Ray Vecchio, whose sister, Francesca, has a... more »

In this popular series that ran from 1994 to 1996, Benton Fraser comes to Chicago in an attempt to find out who killed his father. After solving the murder, he decides to stick around and work for the local Canadian consulate. He has made friends with a local detective, Ray Vecchio, whose sister, Francesca, has a major crush on him. Although Vecchio is often confused by Benton's strange way of doing things and Benton is often confused by how things are done south of the border, the two get along famously, having an incredible on-screen chemistry.

Due South was originally a made-for-TV movie on CBS, with location shots done in Chicago, but most shots were in Toronto. After the end of the 1994 - 1995 season, CBS dropped the show, and CTV had to secure outside funding to finish off the year, even though CBS did order more episodes as a mid-season replacement in 1995 - 1996. The show was cancelled in 1996 due to low ratings, with the final episode airing in Canada in May of 1996.

A year later, they resurrected some of the cast and crew to create the 1997 - 1999 spin-off. While many of the cast from the original show returned, they were unable to secure David Marciano to continue his role as Ray Vecchio. The ratings never lived up to the producers hopes, and the spin-off was cancelled after 26 episodes.

There is often confusion as to whether the 26 episodes with Callum Keith Rennie is part of the original series with David Marciano, because the two series were combined and presented together in the United States as one series with three seasons.

See Due South (1997-1999).
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  janey_27 Last online 1 day, 11 hrs ago
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• Favourite Quotes

  What's your favourite quote from due south? Mine's: Fraser Sr.: Hello, son. Fraser: Hello Dad, how are you? Fraser S...more »

  What's your favourite quote from due south? Mine's: Fraser Sr.: Hello, son. Fraser: Hello Dad, how are you? Fraser Sr.: I'm dead, son. Other than that do you mean? Fraser: No, that's what I was asking. Fraser Sr.: Well, that's good. Never be ashamed to ask a stupid question, son. and... Dawn Charest: Has anyone ever told you, you have phenomenal bone structure? Fraser: Yes, a starving Inuit. oo oo and... Harding Welsh: I have to ask you this, don't you have a job of your own? Fraser: Oh, yes sir, but I had the early shift this morning. Harding Welsh: And you have nothing better to do with your life than hang around here and help us solve crimes? Fraser: No, sir. oh yeah and... Fraser: There is nothing more frustrating than playing hide and seek with a deaf wolf. Ok maybe I would put the whole scripts in here if I could but those are my faves from the eps I've seen so far... up to Victoria's secret. So what's your fave quotes?less «

  Rachel981 Last online Dec 2, 2008
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• There is a chance of a reunion show.

  I was listening to the commentary on the 4th season set and Paul Gross said that they left it open ended so they could come ...more »

  I was listening to the commentary on the 4th season set and Paul Gross said that they left it open ended so they could come back for a tv movie of the week and if they did come back it would probably be about the hand of Frankiln Richard. So there is still hope of a reunion show. I really hope they do it. Also on a side note he said the last two episodes were going to be about Victoria but the actress wasn't available. Plus his commentary took place in 2005, so that means he still is thinking about a tv movie.less «

  meleeunbeatable Last online May 15, 2008
  45 comments, last one Feb 8, 2009 + Add Comment

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  9.5 Superb

  I truly loved this series. hide « show »

  A cop show, yes, but there the similarities ended. It was in turn hilarious, touching, dramatic, and quirky...and it came together in one sweet ride!
  Paul Gross is mega-talented and he can simply walk into a room better than most of us mere mortals!
  Created by Paul Haggis before the creative world truly knew his genius, his presence ensured the show would be genius as well.
  Paul Gross' and David Marciano's characters played off each other brilliantly, and the recurring roles by Gordon Pinsent as Fraser's dead father, and Leslie Nielsen as dead father's best friend, were to die for. Forgive the pun!
  There aren't too many shows I can think of that I would watch if they came back, but this one is worth a M.o.t.W. at least...surely??!!

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  sandbur Added Apr 8, 2009 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  The best show, Paul Gross is unbelievable. hide « show »

  I love Paul Gross as 'the Mounty', which my family and I call him now. This show is a shear classic, Benton Fraser is lovable, questionable(about his sanity)and truly a great and original character. The writers created a chemistry that is hard to repeat between Fraser and both of the Ray's. On the topic of Ray, I didn't think I would like the third and fourth season of Due South because they changed Ray. When I saw the episodes, I immediately fell in love with him. He was a very good replacement. I wish they would do one more TV movie of Due South, I miss it, but I will have to make due with Paul Gross' Paschendale.

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  samantha0123 Added Oct 13, 2008 All my reviews
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  9 Superb

  Pure cheese, but I love it. hide « show »

  Feel good - yes
  Cheese - yes
  Cute wolf - yes
  Cute Mounty - Definatly yes
  Nice friendship between Ray and Brenton - yes
  Ok so it fills all my requirments. I love this show, I have since I was a child and I think I always will, that was proven to me when my sister bought the boxset and it turns out it is just as good now as when I was younger. I know it is totally unbelievable, but it holds to that charm and belief that there is a nice good looking guy out there who will always choose to do what is right, and will always have faith in people - the fact that he has an ace friend in Ray and the cutest deaf wolf ever just add to the charm, and I find myself asking what is so wrong about trusting in that belief every once in a while? Plus this show has a kick ass theme song which is a bonus. Just the perfect pick me up after a stress filled day.

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  Bizbeth88 Added Aug 31, 2008 All my reviews
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  8.5 Great

  Thank you kindly. hide « show »

  Sometimes a show can be too quirky, too cute, for its own good. "Due South" certainly had the potential for that on paper (a Mountie and his wolf come to Chicago, where he partners with a Chicago cop and gets advice from the ghost of his father), but fortunately it doesn't succumb. Throughout its all-too brief run on CBS, "Due South" was a friendly, entertaining series and one that still holds up today.
  
  So is "Due South" a cop show? I think it's fair to say that it is a buddy-cop show, but it's also a family drama and a comedy. It isn't easy to peg down, and even within those genres there are variations on themes. For a "cop show," it's usually non-violent, but that doesn't mean the stories aren't engaging. Indeed, two of the minds behind the show and several scripts are Academy Award winner Paul Haggis ("Crash," "Million Dollar Baby") and David Shore (creator of "House"). The result? "Due South" is a genuinely funny, exciting series...something that is a rarity in today's procedural-driven lineup.
  
  Paul Gross is Constable Benton Fraser, as close to Dudley Do-Right as the real world is likely to see. Helping him navigate the streets of Chicago is Ray Vecchio (David Marciano), a streetwise, smart a** cop whose reputation in the precinct is not necessarily helped by his new partner. Together, they work cases of murders, car thefts, robberies, gang tensions, terrorists, going undercover in a prison, and posing in drag at an all-girls' school.
  
  To be fair, I have not seen Seasons 3 and 4 (or "Due South 2") when David Marciano was replaced by a new actor as a "new" Ray. I can't imagine these episodes are as good, since Gross and Marciano had such good chemistry together, and since Ray and his family/relationship struggles were always a part of the show. I would like to check them out at some point to see how they stack up next to the original run.

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  jamoon2006 Added Nov 2, 2007 All my reviews
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  9.6 Superb

  This show could so easily be terrible, but is has such heart. It will win you over with it's sincerity. hide « show »

  I love Due South. It is one of my comfort shows, and is as good as chicken noodle soup when I'm in a bad mood, or even in a good one.
  
  Due South is playful, and whatever can be said about the production values, you love it because the fun they had making it is infectious. Due South has more heart than any show I have ever watched, an in between the hilarious and the heartbreaking, Due South tells a fascinating urban legend. Frasier's tall tale, legend status is balanced nicely by the down to earth, purely urban energy or both the Rays.
  
  And the Rays, they deserve a book, but since I'm not that prolific a writer a paragraph will have to do. Ray V is slick and sweet, and there's something homey about his, let's say average, looks. Ray K is slick and sweet as well, but also has a vulnerability that shines through him like his hair under the Aqua-Net.
  
  I honestly don't think there is a paragraph big enough to encompass my love for Fraser, Stetson and everything. Frasier is dopey, but with a subtle sharpness that hides itself well. Frasier has all the appearances of a fully functioning, and happy man, but the show makes no bones about playing up his sheer loneliness. For all his affections, and affectations, Frasier is a frightened, lost Canadian lamb in the big, terrifying forest of urban Chicago. But Frasier finds his place, if not himself, and that is worth the journey.

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  jwall2024 Added Aug 20, 2007 All my reviews