The BEST episodes of Due South season 1
Every episode of Due South season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Due South season 1!
Benton Fraser comes to Chicago in an attempt to find out who killed his father. After solving the murder, he decides to stick around and work for the local Canadian consulate. He has made friends with a local detective, Ray Vecchio, whose sister, Francesca, has a major crush on him. Although Vecchio is often confused by Benton's strange way of doing things and Benton is often confused by how things are done south of the border, the two get along famously.
#1 - Heaven and Earth
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/24/1995
Fraser takes an interest in a homeless man who accuses him of kidnapping a young girl.
#2 - The Gift of the Wheelman
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/1994
Fraser and Ray try to help out Del, a witness to a bank robbery, only to learn that he's protecting his father, who they need to convince to show a good front for his impressionable son.
#3 - Victoria's Secret (2)
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/1995
#4 - The Wild Bunch
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/1995
Diefenbaker, straying from the apartment, is impounded.
#5 - They Eat Horses, Don't They?
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1994
When a little boy gets sick from eating meat purchased from a local grocery, Fraser investigates and learns that it's actually horse meat. He begins making the rounds of the auction houses, and not only does he find out who the culprit is, he also finds romance with an attractive horsewoman.
#6 - You Must Remember This
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/1995
Ray finally finds the woman of his dreams only to find out she's an illegal arms dealer.
#7 - The Deal
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/30/1995
Fraser and Ray help a shoemaker terrorized by a mobster.
#8 - Letting Go
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 6/1/1995
Hospitalized Fraser takes interest in an apparent crime. In the aftermath of 'Victoria's Secret', Fraser finds himself hospitalized, recovering from Ray's bullet. The two friends try to get past this bump in their friendship. Meanwhile, Fraser and his physical therapist, Jill Kennedy get drawn into a blackmail and murder case, partially witnessed through Fraser's hospital window.
#9 - An Invitation to Romance
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/6/1995
Fraser lands in hot water with a suspicious fiance.
#10 - An Eye for an Eye
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/1995
A mugging victim turns vigilante after Fraser and Ray teach self-defense to senior citizens.
#11 - A Hawk and a Handsaw
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/1995
Fraser poses as a mental patient to investigate strange occurrences in a mental institution.
#12 - The Blue Line
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/9/1995
Fraser's childhood pal, an egotistic hockey player, is bribed to throw a game.
#13 - Chicago Holiday (2)
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1994
While trying to protect Christina Nichols from not only the killers after her but also herself, Fraser spends some time in a bondage club, and even gets to have a wild ride down an escalator while he tries to teach Christina the value of growing up.
#14 - Victoria's Secret (1)
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/11/1995
When a woman from Fraser's past shows up in Chicago, he is drawn to her again, but not only is she hiding a secret, she's running from another man.
#15 - The Man Who Knew Too Little
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/1995
Fraser and Ray pick up a lonely guy who poses as a fugitive to get companionship.
#16 - Pizzas and Promises
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1994
When a young pizza boy named Lenny has his car stolen, Fraser and Ray go undercover at a used car lot to prove that there is something fishy going on, which works...until Ray finds himself underwater WITH the fish!
#17 - Chinatown
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1994
Fraser and Ray need to protect David Lee, the son of a local Chinese restauranteur, first from a gang of local extortionists, then from two well-meaning yet over-bearing FBI agents.
#18 - Diefenbaker's Day Off
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1994
Lucy Pike asks Fraser to help her father, who seems to be having a lot of accidents lately. Ray and Fraser realise that Charlie injures himself as part of a scam involving personal injury lawsuits. With the help of reporter Mackenzie King, Fraser investigates the world of personal injury lawsuits and boxing, and tries to get a wolf license for Diefenbaker.
#19 - Free Willie
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1994
After a young purse snatcher named Willie sees an armed robbery, Fraser is determined to prove the boy wasn't involved. Ray reluctantly agrees to help Fraser prove the boy's innocence as well as find the true criminals, even though he's risking his own job to do so.
#20 - A Cop, a Mountie and a Baby
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1994
The guys think a baby found in Ray's car was destined for black-market adoption.
#21 - Chicago Holiday (1)
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1994
Fraser is hired to protect Christina Nichols, the daughter of a visiting Canadian diplomat. Christina is determined to get rid of the latest in a long line of chaperones, but she runs into Janice DeLuca in a bathroom, and ends up with something that Eddie Beets wants desperately...and will kill to get.
#22 - Manhunt
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1994
When Buck Frobisher (an old friend of Fraser's father) goes missing a week before his retirement, his daughter Julie asks Fraser to find her father before something happens to him.