Due South - S00E01 - Pilot
Original Air Date: April 26, 1994
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Storyline
When his father, Sergeant Robert Fraser of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is murdered under mysterious circumstances in the remote Yukon wilderness, Constable Benton Fraser becomes determined to uncover the truth. Fraser, an exceptionally principled and soft-spoken Mountie with an almost superhuman sense of observation, believes his father was targeted because he uncovered a smuggling operation along the northern border.
Frustrated by the lack of support from his own superiors and convinced the case reaches beyond Canadian jurisdiction, Fraser requests assignment to the Canadian Consulate in Chicago, the last place his father was investigating. His unusual request is approved, and Fraser arrives in Chicago with only his Stetson, his impeccable manners, and Diefenbaker, his deaf half-wolf companion who saved his life years earlier.
Once in Chicago, Fraser quickly becomes an outsider — a polite, honest, and rigidly moral Mountie surrounded by urban cynicism. He crosses paths with Detective Ray Vecchio, a fast-talking, street-smart Chicago cop who is initially irritated by Fraser’s presence and behavior. But when Fraser inadvertently disrupts a major case Ray is working on, the two are forced to work together.
As Fraser digs deeper into his father’s death, he uncovers a web of corruption that reaches far into both the RCMP and Chicago law enforcement. Despite warnings to stop — and despite being a foreign officer technically forbidden to perform police work in the United States — Fraser continues his investigation, driven by a deep sense of justice and devotion to his father’s memory.
Over the course of the story, Fraser and Vecchio develop a begrudging respect that slowly grows into an unlikely partnership. Fraser’s relentless honesty and unique skills help expose the men responsible for Robert Fraser’s murder, while Vecchio’s street knowledge keeps Fraser alive in a city very different from the Yukon tundra.
The case resolved, Fraser’s superiors expect him to return home — but his actions have left enough diplomatic tension that it’s “politically convenient” for everyone if he remains assigned to Chicago indefinitely. And so begins Fraser’s long-term posting at the Canadian Consulate, setting the stage for the series’ ongoing adventures and the remarkable partnership between a Mountie who never lies and a cop who never stops talking. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Cast
Paul GROSS as Constable Benton Fraser
David MARCIANO as Detective Ray Vecchio
Wendel MELDRUM as Leann Brighton
Page FLETCHER as Frank Drake
Ken POGUE as Gerard
Kaye BALLARD as Mrs Vecchio
Gordon PINSENT as Robert Fraser Sr.
Jim MILLINGTON as Underhill
Victor ERTMANIS as Supt. Meers
Michael J. REYNOLDS as Senior Official
Eric SCHWEIG as Inuit Hunter
Kimbrly ANGE as RCMP Officer 1
Jennifer PARSONS as RCMP Officer 2
Johnathon WITTAKER as RCMP SGT.
Steve MOREL as RCMP Officer 3
Scot DENTOR as RCMP Officer 4
Nigel HAMER as RCMP Officer 5
Barry KENNEDY as Bert Jenkins
Philip WILLIAMS as Herb LANTRELL
Keith DINICOL as Coroner
Jack NICHOLSEN as Airport Hustler
Gene MACK as Chicago Desk Sgt.
Simon LUGASSY as Prisoner
Dan LETT as Dr. Weingarten
Paulina GILLIS as Maria
Ramona MILANO as Francesca
Vito REZZA as Tony
Elizabeth BERMAN as Mrs. Drake
Joseph ZIEGLER as Inspector Moffat
Sandi STAHLBRAND as TV Reporter
Farzad SADRIAN as Cabby
Crew
Directon of Photography by Ron STANNETT, c.s.c
Art Director by Ray LORENZ
Edited by Stephen LAWRENCE
Music Composed by Jack LENZ John McCARTHY & Jay SEMKO
Supervising Producer as Jean DESORMEAUX
Produced by Jeff KING
Writer by Paul HAGGIS
Director by Fred Gerber
Executive Producer Paul HAGGIS
Songs
From a Millon Miles
Written by Jacqui Hunt, Kath Power, Pete Rivett-Carnac
Performed by Single GUN THEORY
Superman's Song
Written by Brad Roberts
Performed by Crash Test DUMMIES
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Episode Trailer
Episode Promo
TV Guide / Print Promo
Behind the Scenes
Script (1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9)
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