7.9/10181 votes#1 - Free Willie
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1994
Fraser convinces Ray to help him save a young purse snatcher named Willie from the thugs that are after him.
Director: George Bloomfield
Writer: Paul Haggis, Kathy Slevin
7.9/10167 votes#2 - Diefenbaker's Day Off
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1994
Fraser agrees to help six-year-old Lucy, who is worried about all the accidents her father Charlie is having.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: Kathy Slevin
8.1/10174 votes#3 - Manhunt
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1994
Julie Frobisher enlists Fraser's help in finding her father, who has gone missing one week before his retirement.
Director: Paul Lynch
Writer: Paul Haggis
7.5/10151 votes#4 - They Eat Horses, Don't They?
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1994
Fraser realises that the meat in a local market is actually horsemeat and he and Ray discover a number of recent poisonings in the Chicago area.
Director: Timothy Bond
Writer: Stephen Neigher
7.6/10139 votes#5 - Pizzas and Promises
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1994
After Lenny the pizza boy gets his car stolen, Fraser goes undercover as a used car salesmen to take down a ring of car thieves.
Director: George Bloomfield
Writer: David Shore
7.6/10142 votes#6 - Chinatown
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1994
Fraser overhears a crime while in Chinatown and he and Ray learn that the kidnapping was an attempt to stop the Chinese mob from taking over the neighborhood.
Director: Lyndon Chubbuck
Writer: David Cole
8.0/10177 votes#7 - Chicago Holiday (1)
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1994
Fraser agrees to babysit the teenage daughter of a Canadian diplomat while they are in Chicago, but Christina turns out to be harder to handle than he thought.
Director: Paul Lynch, Jeffrey Lynch
Writer: Paul Haggis, Jeff King
7.9/10171 votes#8 - Chicago Holiday (2)
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1994
Fraser chases Christina around Chicago, even ending up in a BDSM nightclub while they try to elude the man who is looking for Christina.
Director: Lyndon Chubbuck
Writer: Paul Haggis, Jeff King
7.4/10157 votes#9 - A Cop, a Mountie, and a Baby
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1994
Fraser convinces Ray to let him track down an abandoned baby's real parents rather than automatically turn the infant over to CPS.
Director: Steve DiMarco
Writer: Kathy Slevin
8.0/10177 votes#10 - The Gift of the Wheelman
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/1994
Fraser realises that the only witness to a bank robbery committed by Santa Clauses is protecting his father and tries to save both the man and his son.
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
Writer: Paul Haggis
7.6/10132 votes#11 - You Must Remember This
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/1995
Ray meets the woman of his dreams after he is the victim of a hit and run but soon realises she's an international arms dealer.
Director: David Warry-Smith
Writer: Peter Lefcourt
8.1/10154 votes#12 - A Hawk and a Handsaw
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/1995
Fraser saves a man from suicide at a local psychiatric hospital and soon realises that his words aren't merely the rantings of a mental patient.
Director: George Bloomfield
Writer: David Shore
7.8/10131 votes#13 - An Eye for an Eye
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/1995
Fraser tries to do a good deed by encouraging senior citizens to stand up for their rights but spurs one elderly man into vigilantism.
Director: Steve DiMarco
Writer: Carla Kettner
8.2/10145 votes#14 - The Man Who Knew Too Little
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/1995
Fraser and Ray try to escort pathological liar Ian MacDonald back to Canada but there's a certain criminal element that is very interested in him not crossing the border.
Director: George Bloomfield
Writer: Frank Siracusa
7.7/10121 votes#15 - The Wild Bunch
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/1995
Diefenbaker is ordered to be exterminated after he bites a dog catcher but Fraser is determined to find out why his gentle wolf bit a human.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Jeff King, Kathy Slevin
7.8/10123 votes#16 - The Blue Line
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/9/1995
Fraser and Ray try to protect his childhood friend Mark, now a famous hockey player, but Fraser is disappointed to learn that it's become all about the money for Mark.
Director: George Bloomfield
Writer: David Shore
8.3/10153 votes#17 - The Deal
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/30/1995
Fraser and Ray investigate the robbery of a church poor-box after mobster Frank Zuko makes some demands to the higher power, but both Ray and Fraser feel for the thief, who was driven out of business by Zuko.
Director: George Mendeluk
Writer: Peter Lefcourt
7.7/10140 votes#18 - An Invitation to Romance
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/6/1995
Fraser is forced to follow a woman all over the city after she gets an envelope that wasn't meant for her which enrages the woman's extremely jealous fiancé.
Director: George Bloomfield
Writer: Paul Haggis, Deborah Rennard
7.6/10130 votes#19 - Heaven and Earth
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/24/1995
Fraser uses his amazing sense of smell to track down Garret, a homeless man believed to have information about the kidnapping of a young woman. Ray worries that Francesca and Fraser slept together.
Director: David Warry-Smith
Writer: Philip Bedard, Larry Lalonde
8.7/10208 votes#20 - Victoria's Secret (1)
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/11/1995
Fraser reunites with Victoria, the only woman he ever loved but was forced to arrest years earlier. Their time is limited, however, as Victoria's old partner is after her, looking for the money he believes she stole from him.
Director: Paul Haggis
Writer: Paul Haggis, David Shore
9.0/10205 votes#21 - Victoria's Secret (2)
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/1995
Fraser ends up in hot water when Jolly ends up dead and Victoria disappears, with Fraser the only suspect in Jolly's murder.
Director: Paul Haggis
Writer: Paul Haggis, David Shore
8.4/10146 votes#22 - Letting Go
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 6/1/1995
Fraser, Ray and Diefenbaker investigate a series of crimes while Fraser is recovering from a gunshot wound. Fraser tries to forget about Victoria.
Director: George Bloomfield
Writer: Jeff King, Kathy Slevin
The Best Episodes of Due South Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Free Willie" is the best rated episode of "Due South" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 181 votes. Directed by George Bloomfield and written by Paul Haggis, Kathy Slevin, it aired on 9/22/1994. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Diefenbaker's Day Off".