Quite honestly, Due South: Dead Guy Running didn’t capture and maintain my interest very much. The story dealt with the past case of the real Ray Vecchio, a case in which he almost lost his badge. When one of the guys from that situation shows up and …

In the opening segment of Due South: Perfect Strangers, as the action begins, Royal Canadian Mountie, Constable Benton Fraser lands on top of Diefenbaker, his wolf dog, who milks every inch of his paw’s injury. Fraser thinks maybe he hasn’t been paying enough attention to the wolf. …

Due South: Asylum starts out intriguingly with the fake Ray calling Fraser at the Canadian Consulate and saying that something’s come up and he won’t be able to come over later. The next thing we know, there’s a shooting going on and fake Ray takes off running, throwing …

Due South: Spy vs. Spy was a fairly decent episode of this final season of the adventure drama. It had some interesting and clever elements to it, as well as some small comedy that worked for the bizarreness of the story. Basically, the caper surrounds a secret organization …

Due South: Mountie and Soul doesn’t begin promisingly for me. I don’t like boxing, and the story begins with Fraser, the Vecchio replacement, and Francesca at a boxing ring. Too much of these stories are being focused on this newcomer, Callum Keith Rennie, as the Vecchio replacement …

A woman bounty hunter arrives at the Chicago Police Department right as a case of blue flu is beginning to go around. Janet Morse is after her man, bringing with her three children. She has an instant attraction to Canadian Mountie Benton Fraser (Paul Gross), and the …

Due South: Seeing Is Believing is somewhat interesting. It takes the concept that a thing can happen in front of ten people, and all ten people will see it differently. That’s the story that plays out here. Right before a gift from Canada to America is …

Due South just isn’t holding my interest in its third season, or first season, depending upon how you look at it, incarnation. Strange Bedfellows is the episode being discussed for this review, but I never really got into it. There’s a lot of soap opera elements here …

After watching Due South: I Coulda Been a Defendant, I find that I really do miss the real Ray Vecchio, as played by David Marciano. I’m not enjoying the fake Ray Vecchio at all, as played by Callum Keith Rennie. I just don’t even like the idea …

The pretense continues in Due South with the new guy pretending to be Ray Vecchio and Benton Fraser throwing him a party because it’s the real Ray’s birthday and the real Ray always had a party. The episode is called Eclipse.
Due South: Eclipse gives us the backstory and …

The pilot for Diff’rent Strokes is called Movin’ In and focuses on a rich businessman who takes in two boys. The boys were the sons of his housekeeper, who had recently died. Before passing, she asks him to take care of her sons, and he promises her …

In this second episode of the classic British Sitcom Red Dwarf, Dave Lister (Craig Charles) and his holographic and not so chum, Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie) find themselves experiencing some strange occurences on the lost in deep space and drifting mining ship Red Dwarf. Suddenly the crew is experiencing …

In the pilot episode of Red Dwarf we are introduced to the characters of David Lister (Craig Charles) and Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie). Lister and Rimmer work on the deep space mining ship known as Red Dwarf. However, their positions on the ship are very low. When we first …

Due South was canceled after two seasons, but it returned a year later for another season. With the renewed season came some changes, including that Constable Benton Fraser’s apartment building burns down which means he has to relocate.
The biggest change concerns Detective Ray Vecchio (David Marciano), who calls …

The final episode of the second season of Due South was called Flashback, for the simple reason that it reviewed the show’s history. While chasing diamond thieves, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Benton Fraser gets hit by a car and loses his memory. In a bit of …

The Red, White, or Blue episode from the second season of Due South begins with Benton Fraser and Ray Vecchio having a bit of a tiff stemming from all the publicity that Fraser is getting from helping to prevent the disaster that was the subject of the prior episode …

Due South: The Duel is another instance of Detective Ray Vecchio dealing with old friends, or rather, in this case an old partner and some menacing force that has a beef with him. Someone is challenging him to prevent all kinds of danger, such as an out of …

Season two of Due South rolled on with Body Language, a show that begins with Constable Benton Fraser returning a stuffed rabbit to a woman in a taxi after seeing it fall out by accident. He ends up seeing the woman dance at an exotic nightclub, and the …

Paul Gross helped write the story of Due South: All the Queen’s Horses from season two. His Benton Fraser, Canadian Mountie, character is in Canada, joining a slew of other Mounties and their trusted steeds on a public relations tour. Also present is Inspector Meg Thatcher. …

From season two of Due South comes White Men Can’t Jump to Conclusions, which has Constable Benton Fraser believing in a youth who has been set up by his friends to take the fall for a shooting. They mystery begins with simple sounds, the sounds of gunfire that …

Rino Romano, who had been so much fun in the season one entry of Due South called The Man Who Knew Too Little, returns again as the same character, Ian MacDonald. Apparently, Ian had a happy ending after all, something we weren’t a hundred percent about at the …

Due South: Some Like It Red has a site that really astounds me — Constable Benton Fraser in women’s clothing. He goes undercover in a girls’ school run by nuns in order to try and get some information about a missing girl.
Michele Scarabelli guest stars as Sister Anne, …

I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here is finally over with and the king of the jungle has been crowned. Some of these episodes were interesting and others were quite boring. One thing that I was happy about was that Janice Dickinson was ousted by …

The seventh week of Celebrity Apprentice - UK was fairly interesting. I think it was probably more fun for those who actually live in the UK, though. The reason for this is that the task for the week had the teams attempting to negotiate with various notable …

This second season episode of Due South focuses more on Detective Ray Vecchio (David Marciano), with Canadian Mountie Benton Fraser (Paul Gross) somewhat secondary. It revolves around more old friends of Ray’s that are on the wrong side of the right and wrong tracks.
One part of the storyline …

One of the things I really like about Due South: Mask is the Indian culture and lore that comprises a big part of the story. I’m always taken with the legends and such that are part of the very rich Indian heritage. This show is full of …

Apparently, Fraser’s driving is no longer questionable as in the opening scene of Due South: The Promise, he’s driving Inspector Meg Thatcher to an event. The long and short of it is that her broach is stolen by a street urchin. The young girl who stole it …

Due South: Bird in the Hand is an interesting show for the second season of this action/adventure drama about a Canadian Mountie working in Chicago. The villainous Mountie that our hero, Benton Fraser, sent to jail for murdering Fraser Sr. has escaped. Apparently, his reason for going …

Constable Benton Fraser has been fired, only there is paperwork to be processed, so he’s still on duty. This is from the new boss, played by Camilla Scott. Her character’s name is Inspector Meg Thatcher. She’s not terribly thrilled by Fraser. The funny thing is …

The second season of Due South begins with an episode entitled North. The name is appropriate since the main characters of Benton Fraser and Ray Vecchio are headed north to Canada where they are going to rebuild Fraser’s father’s cabin that burned down at the end of season …

The action in Due South: One Good Man is mostly personal for Royal Canadian Mountie Benton Fraser. He lives in a poor area of Chicago and is trying to improve the living conditions of his run-down building. In doing so, he gets the attention of a developer, …

Due South: The Edge is about a theft that occurs inside the Consulate. The problem for Benton Fraser is that he actually saw the culprit, but didn’t come away with any information other than that the man spent a lot of time outside (based on what his hands …

This episode of Due South opens with a funny bit, picking up where they left off in the last show. I laughed out loud then, and I did just now, too. Due South: Starman has Benton Fraser and Diefenbacker running some tracking drills. Their exchange is …

It took me a very long time to watch the popular American television series “Ally McBeal” since I didn’t have cable television for years, and then when my parents finally got cable television and I was either too busy to watch it when it was on, or I could …

Due South: Heaven and Earth brings the psychic realm into focus after a man has a confusing dream about a medallion, a young woman, and a Canadian Mountie.
There’s more in this episode about Ray Vecchio’s sister, Francesca. In fact, I must apologize because I believe I accidentally wrote …

Due South: Letting Go is the final episode of this series for the first season, and it continues to resolve the events of Victoria’s Secret, Part 1 and Part 2. The good news is that Diefenbacker is all well now and staying with Fraser as he recovers. …

Melina Kanakaredes continues her role as Victoria Metcalf, ex-felon and current lover of Mountie Benton Fraser in Due South: Victoria’s Secret: Part 2. In this conclusion, the secret comes out, and it’s a whopper. Pay attention, though, or you might miss the reveal and end up lost.
One …

Things are changing on Due South. This two-parter, Victoria’s Secret, has a different opening. I don’t know yet if that was just for this episode, or if it’s a transition for more things. One thing that definitely is altering, though, is the presentation of the …

What we learn in the opening scene of Due South: An Invitation to Romance is that Ray Vecchio’s sister, Francesca, has made her move on Royal Canadian Mountie Benton Fraser. At the end of the last episode, she showed up at the very last moment of the show. …

Due South: The Deal focuses a bit more on series regular David Marciano as Detective Ray Vecchio. In the episode, he comes across an old friend, who really isn’t a friend per se. The other man is a mobster, and even as a child, he was an …

Hockey is the center theme in Due South: The Blue Line. I’m not a hockey fan, but people in cold, icy climates like Chicago and Canada love it, so here we are. The setup for the show is a bit different, though, and I like that. …

My dogs give Due South: The Wild Bunch eight paws up. They were fascinated by it, especially my oldest dog. She was up by the TV screen for most of the hour. She loves to watch Diefenbacker, the wolf dog, and Dief was the star of …

An intriguing little episode from the first season of Due South is called The Man Who Knew Too Little. I like the plot about a witness to a crime who at first admits he saw what happened and can identify the villains. In reality, though, while he …

In Due South: An Eye for An Eye, elderly people are being murdered and it’s up to Fraser and Vecchio to find out why and whodunit. There are a couple of nice twists to this plot that keeps the story fresh. Overall, though, it’s not really one …

Due South: Hawk and Handsaw from season one of this somewhat unique drama has Royal Canadian Mountie Benton Fraser (Paul Gross) pretending to be insane and entering a mental institution where he suspects things aren’t right. It has some nice moments, like when Fraser talks about when his …

An actress I always enjoy watching is Susan Gibney. She has a compelling aura surrounding her and makes for a commanding presence on screen. She’s also quite captivating and beautiful. I point all of this out because in a number of the shows she’s been in …

In Due South: The Gift of the Wheelman, it’s the Christmas season, and Benton and Ray are out doing their shopping when a bank robbery occurs nearby. The hold up is done by men dressed in Santa Claus suits, and as they make their getaway, one trips and …

Due South: A Cop, a Mountie, and a Baby was a fairly entertaining show, though like the two shows that preceded it, there was an awful lot of music. I don’t know if the writers for this show were having issues or what, but some of these …

Like the beginning of this tale, Due South: Chicago Holiday: Part 2 has about enough dialog in it to fill a half-hour show, if that. It relies heavily on music and the visual aspect of following a matchbook all across the town. The matchbook has a list …

Due South: Chicago Holiday: Part 1 was the first of three somewhat strange episodes of this series in my opinion. This two-parter probably has enough dialog for a solid thirty-minute show. What is included instead is a lot of music, and odd music at that, while the …