List of Due South episodes (Season 1)

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The television series' Due South first season was shown in 1994-1995. Originally CBS intended to produce a stand-alone TV movie. However, when ratings of the movie were pretty good, they decided to start the production of a full television series.

Contents 1 Episode list 2 Detailed info 2.1 Pilot 2.1.1 Synopsis 2.1.2 Music 2.1.3 Trivia 2.2 Free Willie 2.2.1 Synopsis 2.2.2 Music 2.2.3 Trivia 2.3 Diefenbaker's Day Off 2.3.1 Synopsis 2.3.2 Music 2.3.3 Trivia 2.4 Manhunt 2.4.1 Synopsis 2.4.2 Music 2.4.3 Trivia 2.5 They Eat Horses, Don't They? 2.5.1 Synopsis 2.5.2 Music 2.5.3 Trivia 2.6 Pizzas and Promises 2.6.1 Synopsis 2.6.2 Music 2.6.3 Trivia 2.7 Chinatown 2.7.1 Synopsis 2.7.2 Music 2.7.3 Trivia 2.8 Chicago Holiday, Part 1 2.8.1 Synopsis 2.8.2 Music 2.8.3 Trivia 2.9 Chicago Holiday, Part 2 2.10 A Cop, a Mountie and a Baby 2.10.1 Synopsis 2.10.2 Music 2.11 The Gift of the Wheelman 2.11.1 Synopsis 2.11.2 Music 2.11.3 Trivia 2.12 You Must Remember This 2.12.1 Synopsis 2.12.2 Music 2.13 A Hawk and a Handsaw 2.13.1 Synopsis 2.13.2 Music 2.14 An Eye For an Eye 2.14.1 Synopsis 2.14.2 Music 2.15 The Man Who Knew Too Little 2.15.1 Synopsis 2.15.2 Music 2.15.3 Trivia 2.16 The Wild Bunch 2.16.1 Synopsis 2.17 The Blue Line 2.17.1 Synopsis 2.18 The Deal 2.18.1 Synopsis 2.19 An Invitation to Romance 2.19.1 Synopsis 2.19.2 Music 2.20 Victoria's Secret, Part 1 2.20.1 Synopsis 2.20.2 Music 2.21 Victoria's Secret, Part 2 2.21.1 Music 2.21.2 Trivia 2.22 Heaven and Earth 2.22.1 Synopsis 2.22.2 Music 2.23 Letting Go 2.23.1 Synopsis 2.23.2 Music 3 See also 4 Source 5 External links

[edit] Episode list

List of episodes in the order of airing.

1. Pilot
2. Free Willie
3. Diefenbaker's Day Off
4. Manhunt
5. They Eat Horses, Don't They
6. Pizzas and Promises
7. Chinatown
8. Chicago Holiday, Part 1
9. Chicago Holiday, Part 2
10. A Cop, a Mountie and a Baby
11. The Gift of the Wheelman
12. You Must Remember This
13. A Hawk and a Handsaw
14. An Eye For an Eye
15. The Man Who Knew Too Little
16. The Wild Bunch
17. The Blue Line
18. The Deal
19. An Invitation to Romance
20. Victoria's Secret, Part 1
21. Victoria's Secret, Part 2
22. Heaven and Earth
23. Letting Go

[edit] Detailed info

[edit] Pilot

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writer	Director
1	#100	Canada / United States: April 26, 1994	Paul Haggis	Fred Gerber

[edit] Synopsis

When a Canadian Mountie is killed, his son (Paul Gross) travels to Chicago to investigate the matter. He will discover a cover-up and solve what happened to his father. The police officer Ray Vecchio (David Marciano) is involved in the search.

[edit] Music

• "From a Million Miles" by Single Gun Theory
• "Superman's Song" by Crash Test Dummies

[edit] Trivia

• The pilot movie's length was 92 minutes.

[edit] Free Willie

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writers	Director
2	#101	Canada/USA: September 22, 1994	Kathy Slevin, Paul Haggis	George Bloomfield

[edit] Synopsis

Constable Fraser (Paul Gross) begins his new life in Chicago by moving into an apartment, and immediately apprehends a purse snatcher who is in possession of a gun used in a robbery.

[edit] Music

• "It's All Over" by The Headstones

[edit] Trivia

• The episode title is a reference to the 1993 whale movie "Free Willy".

[edit] Diefenbaker's Day Off

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writer	Director
3	#102	Canada/USA: September 29, 1994	Kathy Slevin	Joe Scanlan

[edit] Synopsis

Fraser helps a little girl in his building whose father may be involved in an insurance scam, that is being investigated by a reporter.

[edit] Music

• "American Woman" by The Guess Who

[edit] Trivia

• The episode title is a reference to the 1986 teen movie, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off".

[edit] Manhunt

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writer	Director
4	#103	Canada/USA: October 6, 1994	Paul Haggis	Paul Lynch

[edit] Synopsis

Sergeant Buck Frobisher, Fraser Sr.'s best friend on the force, is on the run from an escaped felon, whom he helped put away. Geiger will stop at nothing to kill him, now Fraser and Ray must help Buck to hunt down the killer and bring him to justice once again.

[edit] Music

All original music

[edit] Trivia

• Leslie Nielsen reappears a couple of more times in the episodes "All the Queen's Horses" and "Call of the Wild" playing his role of Buck Frobisher.

[edit] They Eat Horses, Don't They?

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writer	Director
5	#104	Canada/USA: October 13, 1994	Stephen Neigher	Tim Bond

[edit] Synopsis

Ray and Fraser visit a supermarket, where all isn't what it seems. Several cases of food poisoning, and Fraser's keen nose, leads him to believe that the ground beef may contain other meat than just cow meat.

[edit] Music

• "Uphill Battle" by Sarah McLachlan

[edit] Trivia

• Teri Polo has appeared with Paul Gross before. She played Robin Hand in the 1993 skiing adventure movie "Aspen Extreme."

[edit] Pizzas and Promises

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writer	Director
6	#105	Canada/USA: October 20, 1994	David Shore	George Bloomfield

[edit] Synopsis

When Ray tries to scam a pizza company out of paying for his freshly ordered pizza, the recently parolled delivery boy's new car is stolen. This leads to Ray and Fraser going under cover as used car salesmen to expose the owners' scam.

[edit] Music

All original music

[edit] Trivia

• The infamous license plate RCW 139 shows up on this episode on Lenny's car before it is stolen.

[edit] Chinatown

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writer	Director
7	#106	Canada: October 26, 1994/USA: November 3, 1994	David Cole	Lyndon Chubbuck

[edit] Synopsis

Fraser and Ray go for a meal in Chinatown, when Fraser overhears a kidnapping. The person kidnapped is the restaurant owners son, and the kidnapper is the local gang-lord. Things heat up when the FBI get involved in the case.

[edit] Music

• "Prospero's Speech" by Loreena McKennitt

[edit] Trivia

• FBI Agents Ford and Deeter also appear in the episodes "Heaven and Earth," "All the Queen's Horses," and "Red, White, or Blue".

[edit] Chicago Holiday, Part 1

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writers	Director
8	#107	Canada/USA: November 10, 1994	Jeff King, Paul Haggis	Paul Lynch

[edit] Synopsis

Fraser's next task is to escort a Canadian Diplomat's daughter to a ball, meanwhile, Ray is trying to track down a murdered mobster's contact list. Little do they know, their tasks will soon merge.

[edit] Music

• "Butterfly Wings" by Machines of Loving Grace

[edit] Trivia

• Deborah Rennard (Medical Examiner Esther Pearson), is writer Paul Haggis' wife.

[edit] Chicago Holiday, Part 2

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writers	Director
9	#108	Canada/USA: November 17, 1994	Jeff King, Paul Haggis	Lyndon Chubbuck

[edit] A Cop, a Mountie and a Baby

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writers	Director
10	#109	Canada/USA: December 1, 1994	Peter Colley, Kathy Slevin	Steve DiMarco

[edit] Synopsis

Ray and Fraser find a baby abandoned in the backseat of Ray's car. They start tracking down its parents.

[edit] Music

• "Fear" by Sarah McLachlan
• "Worlds Away" by The Northern Pikes

[edit] The Gift of the Wheelman

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writer	Director
11	#110	Canada/USA: December 15, 1994	Paul Haggis	Gerry Ciccoritti

[edit] Synopsis

A gang of Santa Clauses hold up a bank, but the one person who saw one of the burglars unmasked is refusing o co-operate.

[edit] Music

• "Steaming" by Sarah McLachlan
• "Henry Martin" and "Rumboldt" by Figgy Duff

[edit] Trivia

• This is the first episode that Ray's and Fraser Sr.'s ghosts appear in the show.

[edit] You Must Remember This

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writer	Director
12	#111	Canada/USA: January 5, 1995	Peter Lefcourt	David Warry-Smith

[edit] Synopsis

Ray falls in love with a woman who saved his life, but later he realises that the woman is an arms dealer.

[edit] Music

• "Why'd You lie?" by Colin James

[edit] A Hawk and a Handsaw

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writers	Director
13	#112	Canada/USA: January 19, 1995	David Shore, Paul Haggis	David Shore

[edit] Synopsis

Fraser gets himself admitted to a psychiatric hospital to investigate the death of a patient.

[edit] Music

• "Aqua Tuta" by Kashtin

[edit] An Eye For an Eye

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writers	Director
14	#113	Canada/USA: February 2, 1995	Carla Kettner, Kathy Slevin, Jeff King	Steve DiMarco

[edit] Synopsis

A neighborhood watch group of senior citizens formed by Fraser, starts to take their duties to seriously.

[edit] Music

• "Bone of contention" by Spirit of The West
• "Stain" by Salvador Dream
• "Push" by Moist

[edit] The Man Who Knew Too Little

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writer	Director
15	#114	Canada/USA: February 9, 1995	Frank Siracusa	George Bloomfield

[edit] Synopsis

Fraser and Ray are escorting a witness across the border to Canada.

[edit] Music

• "Such is the situation" by The Sidemen

[edit] Trivia

• Dean McDermott plays one of the bad guys. He will play Constable Turnbull in later seasons.

[edit] The Wild Bunch

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writers	Director
16	#115	Canada/USA: February 16, 1995	Kathy Slevin, Jeff King	Richard Lewis

[edit] Synopsis

Diefenbaker begins acting strangely and Fraser thinks that he may be reverting back to his wild ways.

[edit] The Blue Line

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writer	Director
17	#116	Canada/USA: March 8, 1995	David Shore	George Bloomfield

[edit] Synopsis

Fraser's childhood friend, now a famous hockey player, receives death threats. Fraser agrees to protect the sports star.

[edit] The Deal

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writer	Director
18	#117	Canada/USA: March 30, 1995	Peter Lefcourt	George Mendeluk

[edit] Synopsis

A mafia boss and former schoolmate of Ray's insists that the police investigate the robbery of a church poor-box.

[edit] An Invitation to Romance

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writers	Director
19	#118	Canada/USA: April 6, 1995	Deborah Rennard, Paul Haggis	George Bloomfield

[edit] Synopsis

Fraser's delivery of a party invitation turns dangerous when the receiver's jealous boyfriend turns on him.

[edit] Music

• "Sleeping Beauty waltz" by The Emperor Quartet

[edit] Victoria's Secret, Part 1

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writers	Director
20	#120	Canada:May 11, 1995/USA: June 2, 1995	Paul Haggis, David Shore	Paul Haggis

[edit] Synopsis

A woman from Fraser's past comes to Chicago, but does she have ulterior motives?

[edit] Music

• "Possession" by Sarah McLachlan
• "O God, my God" by The Baha'i Chorale

[edit] Victoria's Secret, Part 2

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writers	Director
21	#121	Canada:May 11, 1995/USA: June 2, 1995	Paul Haggis, David Shore	Paul Haggis

[edit] Music

• "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" by Sarah McLachlan

[edit] Trivia

Paul Haggis plays the man who closes the door to the adult store behind Fraser.

[edit] Heaven and Earth

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writers	Director
22	#119	Canada:May 25, 1995/USA: June 16, 1995	Phil Bedard, Larry Lalonde	David Warry-Smith

[edit] Synopsis

A homeless man who sees visions may be Ray and Fraser's only link to finding a missing girl.

[edit] Music

• "At the hundredth meridian" by The Tragically Hip

[edit] Letting Go

#	Production code	First broadcast	Writers	Director
23	#122	Canada:June 1, 1995/USA: June 9, 1995	Jeff King, Kathy Slevin	George Bloomfield

[edit] Synopsis

After being shot, Fraser is in hospital investigating a blackmail scheme (an homage to Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window).

[edit] Music

• "Plenty" by Sarah McLachlan

[edit] See also

• List of Due South episodes (Season 2)
• List of Due South episodes (Season 3)
• List of Due South episodes (Season 4)

[edit] Source

• William & Elyse's due South Episode Guide

[edit] External links

• Due South (pilot movie) at the Internet Movie Database
• Due South (1994-1996) at the Internet Movie Database

	Due South
	Canadian Consulate
Constable Benton Fraser | Diefenbaker
Inspector Margaret Thatcher | Constable Renfield Turnbull | Sergeant Bob Fraser
	27th Precinct, Chicago PD
Detective Ray Vecchio | Detective Stanley "Ray Vecchio" Kowalski
Lt Harding Welsh | Detective Jack Huey | Detective Thomas E Dewey | Detective Louis Gardino | Elaine Besbriss | Francesca Vecchio
Due South Episodes
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