| Regular Cast: | |
|---|---|
| Paul Gross | Constable Benton Fraser |
| David Marciano | Detective Raimond Vecchio (season 1 & 2) |
| Callum Keith Rennie | Detective Stanley Kowalski (season 3) |
| Lincoln | Diefenbaker |
| Additional Cast: | |
| Beau Starr | Lt. Welsh |
| Tony Craig | Det. Jack Huey |
| Daniel Kash | Det. Lewis Gardino |
| Catherine Bruhier | Civilian Aide Elaine Besbriss |
| Ramona Milano | Francesca Vecchio |
| Gordon Pinsett | Robert Fraser |
| Melina Kanakaredes | Victoria Metcalfe |
| Camilla Scott | Chief Liason Officer Margaret Thatcher |
| Lee Purcell | States Attorney Louise St. Laurent |
| Deborah Rennard | Medical Examiner Esther Pearson |
| Sherry Miller | Commander Sherry O'Neill |
| Dean McDermott | Constable Turnbull |
| David Calderisi | Ray's Father |
| Rino Romano | Ian MacDonald |
| Production Personnel: | |
| Paul Haggis | Creator/Executive Consultant |
| Kathy Slevin | Executive Producer |
| Jeff King | Executive Producer |
| Jay Semko | Music / Original Score |
When the investigation attracts the attention of
the guilty parties, Willie is targeted for removal. In an unorthodox chase
through the streets of Chicago, involving speeding vehicles, a snarling
wolf, and Fraser and Ray at the reins of a horse-drawn carriage, our heroes
must rescue Willie and bring the criminals to justice.
002
"DIEFENBAKER'S DAY OFF"
Fraser and Ray's investigation takes them undercover, in the world of boxing -- but never is Fraser so out of his element as when he's taken on a date by Mackenzie King, a beautiful female investigative reporter, who mistakenly believes that Fraser is in on the scam.
When Charlie's bosses get wind of Fraser and Ray's investigation, they decide that it's time for Charlie to have an accident -- a fatal one. Fraser must keep him alive, both to break a murderous fraud ring, and to give Charlie's daughter the key to a better life: a father she can look up to.
In the meantime Diefenbaker has his own brush with
the law. Defying Fraser's instructions to remain in their apartment until
Fraser can somehow obtain him a "wolf" license, he sets out to discover
Chicago on his own. Unfortunately, it isn't long before the local dog catcher
is hot on his trail.
003
"MANHUNT"
Fraser tracks the aging Mountie to a fleabag hotel on the Southside. The Frobisher he finds is not the legend he remembers, but a broken man. Fraser discovers the reason for this -- the arch-villain, Harold Geiger, that Frobisher arrested three decades ago has broken out of prison, and has sworn vengeance on Frobisher -- and for the first time in his life, Frobisher is scared. Frobisher believes that he's old, tired, and not the man he used to be. And he is deeply ashamed of his cowardice.
Fraser convinces his boyhood idol that he can't hide
from his own fears, that the price of shame is too high. His spirit rekindled,
Frobisher joins Fraser on the manhunt for the deadly villain who has come
to Chicago to hunt him down. Now Fraser just has to keep this legend's
legend alive long enough to reach retirement. And Ray has to contend with
two Mounties riding hell-bent-for-leather down Michigan Ave in their dress
reds.
004
"THEY EAT HORSES, DON'T THEY?"
Further Investigation reveals a small epidemic of
food poisonings in the Chicago area. Convinced that these illnesses are
linked to this bogus beef, Fraser drags Ray along intent on discovering
it's source. Tracking beef backwards, from market to the meat packing plant,
to the slaughterhouse, they gradually discover that a criminal element
has been rounding up wild and discarded horses from surrounding states
and trucking them to Chicago for slaughter and distribution. Consequently
consumers are not only eating an animal they didn't intend, but meat which
hasn't been properly inspected. In the course of their pursuit, Fraser
and Ray find themselves held prisoner in a frigid meat locker and are forced
to take advantage of Fraser's Inuit skills and wrap themselves in animal
carcasses in order to retain their body heat and survive.
005
"PIZZAS AND PROMISES"
Ray and Fraser go undercover as used car salesmen in order to solve the mystery of the stolen car ring. In the course of their investigation, they must contend with a sleazy salesman, his libidinous wife, Fraser's futile attempts at lying and Ray being trapped in the trunk of a car destined for the bottom of Lake Michigan.
And worst of all, the first car thief Fraser manages
to apprehend is Lenny who, unfortunately, had his own ideas about how to
get his car back. Now, unless Ray and Fraser can prove their suspicions,
Lenny is destined to go to prison for trying to steal his own car.
006
"CHINATOWN"
Henry Lee is terrified for his son's safety and sees
no alternative but to bend to the ganglord's wishes. Fraser, however, advises
him to "trust in the law." A fine and noble concept -- until two power
hungry FBI agents force their way onto the case and "trusting in the law"
threatens to cost Henry Lee his son's life.
007
"CHICAGO HOLIDAY - PART ONE"
Unfortunately, Fraser isn't the only one trying to keep pace with Christina. She's also being tailed by the very man that Ray and half of Chicago's finest are desperately trying to track down. What Christina, Fraser and Ray don't realise is that in the course of her adventures Christina has picked up something of desperate importance to this crimelord -- something he's already shown a willingness to kill for.
To Be Continued....
As she innocently seeks fun and adventure in the
Chicago night, Fraser and Ray must find her, keep her alive and help her
learn that growing up isn't just about growing older. A task which takes
Fraser back to a wild after hours club as well as tobogganing down an escalator
and plummeting down a garbage chute.
009
"A COP, A MOUNTIE AND A BABY"
The father has found himself deeply in debt to some
very unsavoury types. With no other assets, dad has chosen to "sell" his
baby -- to allow the boy to be adopted in exchange for enough money to
pay off his debt. Fraser attempts to convince the father of the greater
value of the love of a child. However, Diefenbaker takes a more proactive
approach to the problem and won't let the child out of his sight. But what
choice does the father have -- give up his son or give up his life.
010
"THE GIFT OF THE WHEELMAN"
Further investigation by Fraser and Ray leads them to discover that the father has double-crossed his partners -- a double-cross he can't possibly pull off and live. Fraser must determine the man's plan and stop him before he and his co-conspirators go up in a giant fireball, taking Fraser and Ray with them. In order to do this, Fraser must make the wheelman understand the most valuable gift a father can give to his son -- an example of how to be a man.
Meanwhile, Detectives Huey and Gardino are continuing
their investigation by hauling down to the precinct every department store
Santa in town.
011
"YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS"
When the man's car is recovered, the trunk is found to contain a huge stock of illegal automatic weapons. The police department springs into action, establishing a 24 hour a day stakeout of the man's apartment. But Ray is shocked when the first person to enter the place is his mystery woman. And when she easily beats the hell out of two cops, Ray realises that the woman of his dreams is an arms dealer.
After an unbelievably bold daylight robbery of a
National Guard Armoury, in which things go from bad to worse for Ray as
the love of his life tries to kill him, Fraser and Ray triangulate the
woman's cell phone like they'd track a caribou. The search leads them to
a farmhouse where a kiss and a bottle over the head leads to a car chase
through horse paths and ravines. Finally, Ray and the arms dealers face
off in a little game of chicken: a forty ton army truck vs. Ray's 1972
Buick Riviera. All of which culminates in a lesson for Ray -- when it comes
to love, nothing is ever as it seems to be.
But Fraser persists in his belief that someone was out on that ledge. And when a naked corpse is pulled from the river, Fraser is convinced that the corpse is the person whom John Doe saw on the ledge. Fraser goes to the hospital and tells them a little bit of the truth about himself -- a Mountie in Chicago with a lip reading wolf. As he anticipated, he is promptly admitted as a psychiatric patient. While locked up, the patients tell Fraser frightening stories of a mysterious blue room where patients are taken and die.
But when he and Ray get too close to uncovering the
truth, they're both placed in straight-jackets, thrown in a sealed padded
cell and targeted for the "blue room" themselves. In a few hours, they
will receive a lethal injection, the evidence will be destroyed and all
will be lost, unless they can escape and draw upon the help of the other
patients.
013
"AN EYE FOR AN EYE"
Ray finds his troubles doubled: not only must he find a mugger who seems to be able to blend into the background at will but he must also track down the vigilante. When Fraser cleverly deduces who is behind the muggings, Ray must turn for help to Herb Colling, a long time local resident and the only one capable of identifying the mugger. Ray is surprised when Herb refuses to identify the suspect, but this only confirms Fraser's suspicions: Herb is the vigilante and he has his own brand of justice in mind.
Herb sets a trap for the mugger that night in the local park. Fraser and Ray must find Herb before he can commit his final act of vengeance; both to save the mugger and to save Herb from becoming what he hates most.
Meanwhile, Diefenbaker has trouble of his own. With
Fraser preoccupied with the criminal investigation, Diefenbaker has been
virtually adopted by one of the women at the senior's centre whose only
fault appears to be a compulsion to knit. The poor wolf desperately hopes
that Fraser can solve the crime before he is forced to wear crocheted booties
on all four paws.
014
"THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO LITTLE"
Unfortunately Ian MacDonald's uncanny ability to cause trouble renders only one route possible -- Ray's car. So Ray, Fraser, Diefenbaker and Ian hit the road for what Ray feels confident will be an easy run. But it seems that a certain trio from north of the border are not too anxious to have Ian tell the truth. Like all Canadians, they're polite, well groomed and respectful. But unlike most Canadians, these three are killers.
When our heroes narrowly avoid being killed in a wild shoot out at a roadside diner, they take to the back roads to avoid their pursuers. But things turn from bad to worse as Ray's car becomes stuck in the mud and Fraser and Ray free it only to have it stolen by Ian. Covered in mud and freezing in the middle of nowhere, Fraser and Ray must deduce where Ian would have gone and get there before the bad guy's do. Regrettably, the bad guys have two advantages over Fraser and Ray: firstly, they have attached a tracking device to Ray's car and secondly, they don't have to hitch- hike.
When Fraser and Ray do track Ian down just moments
before the bad guys arrive, a show-down ensues; one which can only be resolved
by the sacrifice of Ray's beloved car. Only in this way can they bring
Ian back to Canada to face the surprising truth.
015
"THE WILD BUNCH"
In spite of Diefenbaker's latest escapades with the Wild Bunch, a pack of stray mutts who are wreaking havoc in the neighbourhood, Fraser entrusts him into the hands of young Willie (the reformed pickpocket from our first episode.) Willie proves something of a pushover, and Diefenbaker escapes his supervision for a romantic rendezvous with Maggie, an attractive husky. Maggie is captured by Officer Benedict, a crooked dog catcher who is lining his pockets by selling neighbourhood dogs to research labs. Diefenbaker can't help but lose control and bite Benedict. Diefenbaker is "arrested" and sentenced to be euthanized.
Despite Willie and Ray's insistence, Fraser refuses to use any means other than those prescribed by the law to free Diefenbaker. He takes to the streets, desperately searching for clues to the wolf's unusual actions. Fraser learns that his neighbours believe Diefenbaker to be the leader of the Wild Bunch. He also learns that Diefenbaker is blamed for the recent disappearance of several area pets, including Maggie. The only conclusion Fraser can draw is that his beloved Diefenbaker has returned to his wild state. Willie, determined to save Diefenbaker, sets out to free him from wolf prison and release him into the wilds of Canada. Fearing for Willie's safety, Fraser sets off after them -- fully prepared to destroy Diefenbaker himself rather than leave it in the hands of the authorities.
As Fraser deals with what looks like the certain
loss of his wolf, Ray deals with his own personal loss - his beloved Buick
Riviera. The tragedy becomes even more demoralising when Ray is forced
to drive a motorpool junker.
016
"THE BLUE LINE"
Diefenbaker's determination to get an autograph from hockey star Mark Smithbauer lands Fraser and Ray right in the middle of a liquor store shoot out. Ray, along with Huey and Gardino, is ready to dismiss the hold-up as just another garden variety robbery. Smithbauer and his lovely P.R. woman feel differently. They insist that the robbery was a cover for an attempt on Mark's life. In spite of the fact that his childhood hockey buddy doesn't even deign to remember him, Fraser realises that Smithbauer is indeed in jeopardy. Threatening fan mail lends credence to the theory, and Fraser agrees to help protect the hockey star.
As Fraser and Ray track down the source of the fan
mail, Fraser discovers that fame has changed Mark Smithbauer. A man who
once loved the game now only loves what the game can give him: money. Just
as Fraser and Ray take the deranged fan into custody, they discover that
there's someone far more dangerous out to get Smithbauer. It turns out
that he has not only disappointed his fans, but also a bookie, Broda, who
paid Smithbauer to throw a game. Broda and his murderous thugs corner Fraser
and Smithbauer outside Chicago Memorial Arena. Fraser and Smithbauer's
lives hang in the balance as Broda and his boys pursue them in a wild skates
vs. cars chase through the icy streets of Chicago.
When the poor-box from Ray's neighbourhood church is robbed, Frank Zuko demands that the police bring the culprit to justice. Ray grew up with Zuko, who's grown from a schoolyard bully into a dangerous mafia boss, and knows that Zuko rules the neighbourhood just as he ruled the schoolyard: with fear. Still, the law's the law, and Fraser and Ray have no choice but to go after the poor- box thief. They track down and arrest Joey Paducci, a destitute shoemaker who was forced out of business by Zuko's strong- arm tactics.
Fraser realises that Zuko has been using them, forcing the cops to find Joey so that his goons can move in and exact Zuko's pound of flesh from the hapless young shoemaker. Fraser and Ray's attempt to sneak Joey out of town goes wrong when one of Zuko's informants tells him that Joey is boarding a bus at the local package depot. A hair-raising chase over and through the buses ends up in the depot warehouse. Fraser saves Joey, but is beaten to within an inch of his life by Zuko's goons.
Ray realises that Zuko won't rest until his personal army of thugs has nailed Joey. Spurred on by the schoolyard memory of standing back when Zuko pummeled one of his friends, Ray decides that the only way to end Zuko's reign of terror is by facing up to it. Ray confronts Zuko one on one, risking his own life to make a deal for Joey's safety.
Meanwhile, Fraser has to face up to an entirely different
brand of fear, when Ray's sister Francesca, decides it's time she and Fraser
had sex.
018
"AN INVITATION TO ROMANCE"
When the envelope accidentally winds up in the hands of a rather exasperating woman, Fraser must follow her from City Hall to a Bridal Shop to a Honeymoon Hotel, all in hopes of recovering the missing missive. Oddly, the woman's betrothed fails to see the innocent explanation for why Fraser would be in a motel room with his fiancée, or worse yet, why he would be hiding under her wedding dress -- while she was wearing it. After a shoot out at the motel, Fraser and the bride to be, gown and all, must jump to safety into a garbage truck. However it seems to be merely a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire as the jealous boy friend hauls them to the city dump for disposal.
However, when Fraser doesn't return to work by the
time expected, Ray springs into action -- covering for Fraser as the Consulate
doorman. But when Fraser's tardiness finally becomes suspicious, Ray and
Diefenbaker track Fraser to the City Dump where, after some discussion,
and even more gunplay, the groom decides that he is ready to forgive and
forget. Unfortunately, his conciliatory mood is shattered by the news that
his fiancée may be in love with somebody else -- a man in a red
uniform.
019
"HEAVEN AND EARTH"
When a homeless man with information about the kidnapping runs from the police station, Fraser and Ray must track him down; a difficult task without a name or an address and having seen the man only once. But luckily, Fraser didn't just see the man, he also detected the scent of chili powder. A search of the local soup kitchens culminates in the detention of a very unwilling witness.
Garret claims to have had "visions" connected to the kidnapping. Unfortunately, the visions have given him enough information to make him the number one suspect but not enough to solve the case. A gruelling interrogation by the FBI is only slightly alleviated by the arrival of a ransom note. The note demands a million dollars or the girl will be dead by morning.
When the FBI stake out of the money drop goes awry
and the kidnapper is killed in a fiery blast, Ray and Fraser are left with
little choice. Either Garret was the kidnapper's partner or he's just a
man with a special gift. Either way, Garret, along with Diefenbaker's nose,
are the kidnapping victim's only chance at survival.
020
& 021 "VICTORIA'S SECRET"
Fraser, Ray and Diefenbaker get caught in the middle of a dangerous cat and mouse game between two bank robbers. At stake: the half million dollars never recovered from an eight year old bank heist. Somebody is going to take the money and somebody is going to take the fall. And it looks like it's going to be Fraser and Ray going down.
Fraser is haunted by a the image of Victoria, a woman from his past; a woman he believes he wronged; a woman he fell in love with but was duty bound to arrest. His nightmare dissolves when she arrives in Chicago and old flames are rekindled. Unfortunately, the two of them learn all too quickly how hard it is to run from your past. Jolly, Victoria's old partner, has followed her to Chicago believing that she has the half million dollars which was never recovered from a bank robbery the two of them staged many years earlier. He's intent on doing whatever it takes to get "his" money back. But the first one paying the price is Diefenbaker, getting shot defending Fraser's own apartment.
Fraser and Ray track Jolly, only to discover that he's one step ahead of them and is closing in on Victoria. After a knife fight set against the back drop of a downtown zoo, Fraser manages to save Victoria, allowing Jolly to get away. But Jolly's escape is short lived; he is shot dead moments later.
Fraser believes that Victoria killed Jolly in self defence. But nobody saw the killing and Victoria seems to have disappeared without a trace. To make matters worse, the money Fraser and Ray have recently been spending came from the eight year old bank robbery. None of the evidence points to Victoria committing the crime in self defence; it all points to Fraser committing the crime in cold blood. And to put the final nail in Fraser and Ray's coffin, it seems that Victoria died two months ago.
But the woman from Fraser's past still needs one more thing from him...
Fraser is not only trying to recover from his physical
wounds, but also his more permanent emotional wounds. He is still torn
over his great love for Victoria, in spite of all she has done to hurt
him. While Fraser tries to get over Victoria, Ray is dealing with his own
pain, and the near loss of his best friend.
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