Due South (TV Series)

A Hawk and a Handsaw (1995)

Michael Riley: Walter Sparks

Quotes 

• Constable Benton Fraser : Well, I'm a Mountie.

  Walter Sparks : A Mountie? You don't look like a Mountie.

  Constable Benton Fraser : Well, you know the red uniform? It's really mostly for special occasions, although they seem to insist that I wear my...

  Walter Sparks : I bet you always get your man, then.

  Constable Benton Fraser : Actually, that's a popular misconception. It really isn't our motto. It was invented by the writer of an early black-and-white movie. Our actual motto is 'Maintain the Right', which admittedly may not be as...

  Det. Ray Vecchio : Benny!

  Constable Benton Fraser : Uhh, yes. We do often get our man.

• Constable Benton Fraser : You know my mother died when I was very young. I don't remember a lot about that time except, except my father's beard. I don't remember him crying or talking about her. I just woke up one morning and noticed he had a beard. And it kept getting longer and longer and he got thinner and he stopped going to work. My mother died... and my father stopped living. And then one morning, I woke up and there was a breakfast waiting for me at the table. Oatmeal and... sliced banana. And he was clean-shaven. And he was crying.

  Walter Sparks : Well your dad was a very strong man.

  Constable Benton Fraser : He just woke up and the wind was from the south. And he found he still knew the difference between a hawk and a handsaw.