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The Best Episodes of Due South Season 1

Every episode of Due South Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Due South Season 1!

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Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Due South Season 1 Episode 1 - Free Willie
    7.9/10(191 votes)

    #1 - Free Willie

    S1:E1

    Fraser convinces Ray to help him save a young purse snatcher named Willie from the thugs that are after him.

    Director:George Bloomfield
    Writers:Paul Haggis, Kathy Slevin

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  2. Due South Season 1 Episode 2 - Diefenbaker's Day Off
    7.9/10(175 votes)

    #2 - Diefenbaker's Day Off

    S1:E2

    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

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  3. Due South Season 1 Episode 3 - Manhunt
    8.1/10(185 votes)

    #3 - Manhunt

    S1:E3

    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

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  4. Due South Season 1 Episode 4 - They Eat Horses, Don't They?
    7.6/10(159 votes)

    #4 - They Eat Horses, Don't They?

    S1:E4

    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

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  5. Due South Season 1 Episode 5 - Pizzas and Promises
    7.6/10(147 votes)

    #5 - Pizzas and Promises

    S1:E5

    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

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  6. Due South Season 1 Episode 6 - Chinatown
    7.6/10(148 votes)

    #6 - Chinatown

    S1:E6

    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

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  7. Due South Season 1 Episode 7 - Chicago Holiday (1)
    8.1/10(182 votes)

    #7 - Chicago Holiday (1)

    S1:E7

    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.

    Directors:Paul Lynch, Jeffrey Lynch
    Writers:Jeff F. King, Paul Haggis

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  8. Due South Season 1 Episode 8 - Chicago Holiday (2)
    8.0/10(176 votes)

    #8 - Chicago Holiday (2)

    S1:E8

    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
    Writers:Jeff F. King, Paul Haggis

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  9. Due South Season 1 Episode 9 - A Cop, a Mountie, and a Baby
    7.4/10(164 votes)

    #9 - A Cop, a Mountie, and a Baby

    S1:E9

    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

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  10. Due South Season 1 Episode 10 - The Gift of the Wheelman
    8.0/10(183 votes)

    #10 - The Gift of the Wheelman

    S1:E10

    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

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  11. Due South Season 1 Episode 11 - You Must Remember This
    7.7/10(138 votes)

    #11 - You Must Remember This

    S1:E11

    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

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  12. Due South Season 1 Episode 12 - A Hawk and a Handsaw
    8.1/10(161 votes)

    #12 - A Hawk and a Handsaw

    S1:E12

    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

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  13. Due South Season 1 Episode 13 - An Eye for an Eye
    7.8/10(138 votes)

    #13 - An Eye for an Eye

    S1:E13

    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

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  14. Due South Season 1 Episode 14 - The Man Who Knew Too Little
    8.3/10(153 votes)

    #14 - The Man Who Knew Too Little

    S1:E14

    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

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  15. Due South Season 1 Episode 15 - The Wild Bunch
    7.7/10(128 votes)

    #15 - The Wild Bunch

    S1:E15

    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
    Writers:Jeff F. King, Kathy Slevin

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  16. Due South Season 1 Episode 16 - The Blue Line
    7.8/10(130 votes)

    #16 - The Blue Line

    S1:E16

    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

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  17. Due South Season 1 Episode 17 - The Deal
    8.3/10(159 votes)

    #17 - The Deal

    S1:E17

    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

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  18. Due South Season 1 Episode 18 - An Invitation to Romance
    7.7/10(147 votes)

    #18 - An Invitation to Romance

    S1:E18

    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
    Writers:Paul Haggis, Deborah Rennard

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  19. Due South Season 1 Episode 19 - Heaven and Earth
    7.5/10(135 votes)

    #19 - Heaven and Earth

    S1:E19

    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
    Writers:Larry Lalonde, Philip Bedard

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  20. Due South Season 1 Episode 20 - Victoria's Secret (1)
    8.7/10(216 votes)

    #20 - Victoria's Secret (1)

    S1:E20

    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
    Writers:David Shore, Paul Haggis

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  21. Due South Season 1 Episode 21 - Victoria's Secret (2)
    9.0/10(214 votes)

    #21 - Victoria's Secret (2)

    S1:E21

    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
    Writers:David Shore, Paul Haggis

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  22. Due South Season 1 Episode 22 - Letting Go
    8.4/10(151 votes)

    #22 - Letting Go

    S1:E22

    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
    Writers:Jeff F. King, Kathy Slevin

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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 191 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".