Due South (Pilot Full Episode 1994)

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IMDB (Series Info) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108756/


Wikipedia (Series Info) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_South


IMDB (Episodes Guide) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108756/episodes/


Due South Playlist (Full Episodes) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...UwxlLKucQQ1LPE


Due South is a Canadian crime comedy drama television series created by Paul Haggis, and produced by Alliance Communications from its premiere on April 26, 1994, to its conclusion after four seasons on March 14, 1999. The series starred Paul Gross, David Marciano, Gordon Pinsent, Beau Starr, Catherine Bruhier, Camilla Scott, Ramona Milano, and Callum Keith Rennie.

The premise of the series centers on the exploits of Benton Fraser, an officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) who travels south to Chicago to initially solve the murder of his father, Sergeant Robert Fraser. However, during his investigation he inadvertently stumbles upon a scheme by several corrupt members of the RCMP that results in the shutdown of a new dam and the loss of many jobs, resulting in him being permanently stationed as a liaison officer in the Canadian consulate, which is depicted as a stand-alone building rather than as the 24th floor of Two Prudential Plaza. During his time in Chicago, Fraser works alongside Raymond Vecchio - a tough, streetwise cop - in solving a series of cases around the city and occasionally across the border in Canada. After the second season, Fraser is forced to work alongside a second partner, Stanley Raymond Kowalski, who poses as Vecchio after he leaves to assist in an undercover operation. Both are aided at times by the RCMP officer's companion, a deaf white wolf.

Fraser often differs in his manners, including his politeness and honesty, and his methods of solving crimes, but is determined and dogged in pursuing and bringing down suspects, including his ability to predict where they might attempt to escape. Alongside his partner in the Chicago Police Department, Fraser is accompanied at times by a deaf lip-reading half-wolf named Diefenbaker, whom he adopted after they saved his life. After the first episode, Fraser finds himself visited by the ghost of his father Robert, whom only he can see, often providing mixed advice on his cases - with Robert appearing at random, infrequent moments up until the third series. The ghost then appears more frequently, only within the wardrobe of his son's office at the consulate; anyone else who tries to follow merely finds Fraser.

The show's format mixed between elements of a police drama, and comedy derived between the stereotypical differences between Canadian and American culture at the time. It also included elements of fantasy derived from Gross' character being visited upon by the memory of his father who often provides mixed advice on certain situations. The series itself was mostly filmed in Toronto, and was assisted with financing on later seasons by the BBC, which aired episodes on British television.


Cast

• Paul Gross as Constable Benton Fraser
• David Marciano as Detective Raymond Vecchio
• Beau Starr as Lieutenant Harding Welsh
• Catherine Bruhier as Elaine Besbriss (Season 1-3)
• Daniel Kash as Detective Louis Gardino (Season 1-2)
• Tony Craig as Detective Jack Huey
• Gordon Pinsent as Sgt. Robert "Bob" Fraser
• Ramona Milano as Francesca Vecchio
• Camilla Scott as Inspector Meg Thatcher (Season 2-4)
• Callum Keith Rennie as Detective Stanley Raymond Kowalski (Season 3-4)
• Tom Melissis as Detective Thomas E. Dewey (Season 3-4)

Video Description: After the murder of his father in the Yukon, Fraser, a RCMP constable, follows the killer's tracks all the way to Chicago where he meets Ray, a Chicago PD detective. Together they continue their search for the truth and justice.

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IMDB (Episode Info) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0567037/




Video Description: A juvenile purse snatcher stopped by Ben turns out to be the key in a bank robbery investigation. Ben and Ray take it upon themselves to solve it, putting the boy's life and Ray's job in jeopardy.

[MichaelKeith]

A good show that I really enjoyed watching.