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Due South: Season 03
Running Time: 60 min.
Although the tongue-in-cheek cop show Due South was canceled by CBS at the end of its second season, the series remained a fixture of Canada's CTV network for two additional years. It was also kept alive in certain American markets through the magic of off-network syndication. As season three begins, Canadian mountie Benton Fraser (Paul Gross) returns from an above-the-border vacation to his new stamping grounds in Chicago, only to discover that his apartment has been torched and his best friend (and sometimes) partner, Chicago police detective Ray Vecchio, has disappeared (series co-star David Marciano had left the show to bargain for a starring series of his own). It soon develops that he has gone deep undercover on behalf of the A.T.F., posing as mob functionary Armando Logustini. To cover up Ray's absence, Detective Stanley Kowlaski (Callum Keith Rennie) has been assigned to impersonate Vecchio and to work as Benton's new partner whenever the mountie is inclined to assist in a local investigation. And just like his predecessor, whose life was occasionally complicated by an ex-wife, Stanley Kowalski is saddled with a former spouse of his own, an assistant states attorney named -- you guessed it -- Stella Kowalksi (played by Melissa DeMarco). As for Ray's loudmouthed sister Francesca (Ramona Milano), she has chosen to remain close to her "beloved" Benton Fraser by hiring on as the 27th precinct's new civilian aide, replacing Elaine Besbriss (Catherine Bruhier), who has joined the police force as a full-fledged officer (but not for long: having opted to move from Toronto to L.A., actress Bruhlier would leave the series three episodes into its third season). Back on the job are Benton's two superiors, Chicago police lieutenant Welsh (Beau Starr) (newly promoted from Captain), and Inspector Margaret Thatcher (Camilla Scott), the constable's boss at the Canadian Consulate. As for Frasier's rival detective Jack Huey (Tony Craig), who in partnership with Det. Louie Gardino had been known as one of the "Duck Boys," he has now latched onto a new partner, Det. Thomas Dewey (Tom Melissis), keeping his Disneyesque nickname intact. (In case you haven't caught on, Huey has gone from Louie to Dewey!) Also added to the cast this season is the 27th precinct's new medical examiner and resident opera buff, (Mort Gustafson). The 13 episodes of Due South's third season were filmed at the same time as the 13 installments of the series' fourth season. Though telecast over a two-year period in Canada, these two seasons were combined into one for American syndication. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Due South: Season 03 Cast and Crew:
 Paul Gross - (Constable Benton Fraser) |
 Callum Keith Rennie - (Det. Stanley Kowalski (alias Det. Ray Vecchio)) |
| Ramona Milano - (Francesca Vecchio) |
Production Credits:
Paul Gross (Executive Producer)
R.B. Carney (Executive Producer)
Due South: Season 03 Episodes:
Due South: Call of the Wild, Part 1
Due South: Call of the Wild, Part 2
Due South: Burning Down the House
Due South: Eclipse
Due South: I Coulda Been a Defendant
Due South: Strange Bedfellows
Due South: Mountie and Soul
Due South: Bounty Hunter
Due South: Seeing Is Believing
Due South: Spy vs. Spy
Due South: Dead Guy Running
Due South: Perfect Strangers
Due South: Asylum
Due South: Mountie on the Bounty Part 1
Due South: Mountie on the Bounty Part 2
Due South: Dr. Longball
Due South: Easy Money
Due South: A Likely Story
Due South: Odds
Due South: The Ladies Man
Due South: Mojo Rising
Due South: Mountie Sings the Blues
Due South: Good for the Soul
Due South: Dead Men Don't Throw Rice
Due South: Say Amen
Due South: Hunting Season
Due South: Call of the Wild Part 1
Due South: Call of the Wild Part 2
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