"Due South" (1997) TV series 1997-1999

Creator:

Paul Haggis

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

14 September 1997 (Canada)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

The spin-off picks up shortly after the original left off. Fraser returns to Chicago, to find a blond has assumed Ray Vecchio's identity...

Plot Keywords:

Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Mounted Police Officer | Chicago Illinois | Police Officer

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Paul Gross	...	Constable Benton Fraser / ... (26 episodes, 1997-1999)
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Det. Stanley Raymond Kowalski (26 episodes, 1997-1999)
Beau Starr	...	Harding Welsh / ... (19 episodes, 1997-1999)
Ramona Milano	...	Francesca Vecchio / ... (18 episodes, 1997-1999)
Gordon Pinsent	...	Robert Fraser / ... (18 episodes, 1997-1999)
Camilla Scott	...	Margaret Thatcher / ... (18 episodes, 1997-1999)
Tony Craig	...	Jack Huey / ... (18 episodes, 1997-1999)
Tom Melissis	...	Thomas E. Dewey / ... (18 episodes, 1997-1999)
Draco	...	Diefenbaker (16 episodes, 1997-1999)
Dean McDermott	...	Constable Turnbull / ... (13 episodes, 1997-1999)

Also Known As:

Un tandem de choc (Canada: French title)

Runtime:

60 min | 60 min (26 episodes)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Canmore, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Alliance Communications Corporation

Trivia:

Catherine Bruhier moved to Los Angeles after "Due South" (1994) was cancelled and was pursuing a career there. She only appears in three "Due South" (1997) episodes until her character, Elaine, graduates from the police academy.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Fraser throws the knife at the dart board in "Seeing is Believing." Yet when they switch back to him, he's still got it in his hand and quickly hides it behind his back.

Quotes:

Benton Fraser: Have you seen Ray?
Francesca: Yeah, he said he was going some place to think. Whatever mythical place that might be.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Royal Canadian Air Farce: (1997-12-31)" (1997)

An Excellent Show

Due South was an excellent show regardless of who the co-star of the great Constable Benton Fraser was. I watched this show religiously on CBS and I was very angry when they took it off the air.

Benton Fraser comes to Chicago on the trails of a killer, he decides to stay as a consulate to America for the Canadians. Ray Vecchio was his first side kick that accompanied him for a few seasons. His dead father also talked to him, Ray's sister was in love with him also. Stanley Raymond Kowalski joined him as a replacement for Vecchio. He did just as good!

I did not understand why CBS decided to ax this show. Well, I guess some executives were smoking crack.

If you look at the state of television today and compare it to a few years back, you'll understand. They just don't make entertaining shows like this anymore. You might be able to catch it in reruns in the U.S. Paul Gross is a director now, he directed and starred in the film, Men with Brooms.