Due South

Basic Premise
Due South is a Canadian television police
comedy-drama from the 1990s. It was created
by Paul Haggis and produced by Alliance
Communications. The show first aired in 1994,
and ran until 1999. It followed the adventures
of fictional Royal Canadian Mounted Police
officer Constable Benton Fraser and his wolf companion, Diefenbaker, who find
themselves living and working in Chicago. Fraser's methods, usually more sensitive and
understanding than is typical for police work, gave the series a reputation for well
rounded characters.

Main Characters

• Constable Benton Fraser: Paul Gross

• Detective Raymond Vecchio: David Marciano
• Diefenbaker: (played by a different dog in the pilot)
• Sgt. Bob Fraser: Gordon Pinsent

(all of the following can be answered in point form)

1) Describe Fraser's character. __________________________________________

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2) How is Fraser's character as a mountie who "always catches his man" established
early on in the show? ____________________________________________________
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3) What are some of the stereotypes about Americans that we hear early on in the show
while Fraser is talking to the pilot? __________________________________________
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4) Why does Fraser go to Chicago? _________________________________________

5) When Fraser goes to Chicago how do we know that he doesn't fit in? (list at least
three things) __________________________________________________________
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6) When Fraser is at the Consulate office, the chief liaison officer talks about how
Americans view Canadians. How do they view us according to him? ____________
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7) What makes Fraser and Vecchio such an unlikely pairing? _____________________

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8) What's so weird about Fraser's dog, Diefenbaker? (at least 2 things)

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9) Provide an example of how Fraser manages to be a good cop in spite of the fact that
he has absolutely no street smarts.
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10) What are some of the codes you see in this show? (three examples) ____________
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11) Give one example of how music is used to develop character. _________________
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12) Fill in these quotations

Mama Vecchio: He's very nice. So___________.
Ray Vecchio: He's Canadian, Ma.
Mama Vecchio: Oh I though he was ___________ or something.

13) Why was Fraser's dad killed? ___________________________________________

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15) Why is it difficult for Fraser to reveal the truth about the dam? _________________
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16) What happens to Gerard? _____________________________________________

17) What's funny about the guy who comes up to Fraser at the end of the show with the
$100 bill? _____________________________________________________________
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