| Regular Cast: | |
|---|---|
| Paul Gross | Constable Benton Fraser |
| David Marciano | Detective Raimond Vecchio (season 1 & 2) |
| Callum Keith Rennie | Detective Stanley Kowalski (season 3) |
| Draco | 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 |
After the exciting pursuit of a criminal through the wilds of the Northwest Territories, Constable Benton Fraser returns to Chicago just in time to see his apartment building go up in flames. Ray Vecchio had called to warn Fraser he might not be at the train station to meet him, but Fraser can't find him anywhere. Ray seems to have vanished. A mysterious new detective, Stanley Kowalski, is working Vecchio's desk at the Chicago PD.
Before Fraser can figure out what's happened to Ray, he receives an anonymous tip that the Vecchio family home is the next target of the arsonist. Fraser and Kowalski speed to the burning house, where Fraser risks his life to rescue Francesca, Tony and the goldfish from a fiery death. Perfume bottle fragments found in the rubble at both sites lead them to an artist turned "performance arsonist" who holds a deep grudge against Fraser and Vecchio for cutting his career short. The artist is incarcerated in a hospital for the criminally insane, but a "disciple" could be carrying on his work.
Fraser, fearing the recently relocated Canadian Consulate is the next target, bursts in on a consultation session between Inspector Thatcher and her well-muscled interior designer. Kowalski notices the arsonist outside the consulate, apparently waiting to observe her handiwork. She takes off before he and Fraser can apprehend her. During the high-speed pursuit, they realise that they are the real targets: the car has been rigged to go up in flames. In a spectacularly blazing sequence, Fraser and Kowalski work together to extricate themselves and bring the criminal to justice.
Fraser is finally let in on a high-echelon secret:
Vecchio has gone into deep undercover in the mob and can't be reached.
Meanwhile, he and Kowalski will be working together; this could be the
beginning of a beautiful...? Well you get the idea.
040
"Eclipse"
Assistant States Attorney Braudauer, an old rival of Lieutenant Welsh's, is delighted when a prisoner who's up for early release fingers Ray Vecchio and, by extension, the entire Detective Division at District 27 on corruption charges. The charges could easily be cleared up, if only Kowalski could be found to stand in for Ray Vecchio, but he seems to have disappeared. As time is running out, Welsh calls upon Fraser to locate Kowalski and bring him into the station.
Fraser tracks Kowalski to a cemetery where he's staked-out in a crypt. His life has been haunted by the specter of a bank robber, Marcus Ellery--who terrified and humiliated him during a robbery Ray witnessed as a teenager. Today Kowalski is planning a little exorcism. Marcus Ellery's mother is being buried, and when he shows up for the funeral, Kowalski intends to be there to greet him. As far as he is concerned, everything else, including corruption charges, must take second place.
But life in the cemetery is not as quiet as one might expect. Fraser and Kowalski foil a smuggling scam and collect an odd assortment of criminals and visitors in the crypt as they await Ellery's arrival.
As the cemetery is darkened by the eclipse, Kowalski
discovers his present is built on his past, both the good and the bad.
041
"I Coulda Been a Defendant"
Fraser and Kowalski witness a man saving a boy from a speeding car. They try to thank him but find he's disappeared. A television reporter who was at the scene persuades Fraser to use his superior Mountie skills to track the man down. Anticipating an upbeat, feel-good story, the reporter and her crew accompany Fraser and Kowalski to the reluctant hero's apartment. But the hero isn't so happy to see them: he flees. Camera crew in tow, Fraser and Kowalski pursue the good Samaritan, but end up arresting him for gun possession.
At the station they discover they've made a big mistake. The man is Bruce Spender, a protected federal witness who planned and executed an armoured robbery. He turned state's evidence on his accomplices, and the federal marshals faked his death. For Fraser and Kowalski it just gets worse. Bruce's older brother is Kevin Spencer, an ambitious Justice Department official. When Kevin shows up to take charge of the situation, it's obvious that he's always looked after his younger brother, who adores him.
Once Bruce's arrest is broadcast, his cover is blown
and his life is at risk from his former accomplices. Kevin plans to move
Bruce out-of-state, but a gunman has other plans. Fraser and Kowalski rescue
Bruce and hide him in a safe house. Fraser suspects that the situation
may be more complicated than it first seemed. The gunman had inside information.
It looks like Kevin is involved in the crime. Fraser wins Bruce's trust
and encourages him to confront his brother. The confrontation leads to
a shoot-out in which the criminals outnumber Fraser, Kowalski and Welsh.
Just when it seems that they can't win, Elaine's entire Police Academy
graduating class comes charging over the hill to their assistance.
Under the pretence of enforcing laws against "lascivious" acts in public, Kowalski spies on his ex-wife Stella's date with her new boyfriend: the handsome and rich alderman Frank Orsini. While on "surveillance," Fraser spots an armed man in an alley. Kowalski saves Stella and Orsini from the shooter. Orsini is impressed and requests that Fraser and Kowalski be assigned as his round-the-clock bodyguards until the would-be assassin is apprehended. They must accompany him everywhere: to his office, to committee meetings and on his dates with Stella. This is torture for Kowalski. He still dreams that he and Stella will get together again some day.
Orsini is supporting a controversial downtown development that will displace thousands of people. After a confrontation at the groundbreaking ceremony, Fraser and Kowalski suspect that the death threats are linked to the project. The protesters, however, claim that the threats are creating bad publicity for their cause. Meanwhile Stella is prosecuting a friend's ex-husband for spousal abuse. The ex-husband harasses Stella at the courthouse, but fortunately Fraser and Kowalski show up with Orsini and protect her.
Spending time together causes things to heat up between Kowalski and Stella. When Orsini takes Stella for a romantic dinner cruise on the lake, Kowalski steps in and asks her to dance. They may be divorced but the passion is still there. Fraser, who keeps his mind on work, notices something odd about a bottle of champagne at Orsini's table. He tosses it harmlessly into the lake, avoiding what might otherwise have been a deadly explosion.
Back at the consulate, Fraser thinks he's hearing
the sounds of hammers and saws. To his surprise, it turns out to be Fraser
Sr. constructing an office off a broom closet. Just when Fraser and Kowalski
think they've solved the case, a clue from the detonation device leads
to another suspect. Fraser and Kowalski must outwit the bomber in order
to save Stella's life.
Just moments before the dedication of a gift from Canada - an Inuit Inuksuk - a rash of criminal activity breaks out at the shopping mall. Fraser races off in pursuit of a purse-snatcher, and when her returns discovers that Thatcher, Kowalski and Welsh have witnessed a murder. The dead man, Mike Bennett, is suspected of having mob ties. They arrest two suspects, a young man and woman, but soon discover they cannot agree on what happened or who actually committed the murder.
The witnesses recreate the incident for Fraser, each projecting more than a little of their own emotions onto the scene. Each story contains elements of the truth. Welsh thinks the two suspects conspired to kill Bennett as part of a mob hit. Thatcher and Kowalski agree that matters of the heart motivated the murder, they just don't agree on who killed Bennett.
The suspects add to the confusion, first confessing,
then blaming each other. Fraser must draw upon his skills to piece out
which parts of each story are pertinent, and finally uses hypnosis to find
a surprising clue that reveals the murderer.
The Chicago police have all come down with the "blue flu," an illegal strike action that's tying up the whole city. Fraser is trying to "help" with police work, and Kowalski is trying to keep him out of trouble, when into the station walks Janet Morse, a bounty hunter with three kids and some big guns. She's on the trail of Bradley Torrance, a bail jumper from Montana. Fraser is drawn in, helping with the investigation, babysitting and even putting the family up at the consulate. Janet's skills are very impressive-- she can kick down doors, handle a gun and elicit information from reluctant witnesses. As she and Fraser reminisce about the joys of wilderness living, a romantic attraction develops.
Despite his pro-strike sentiments, Kowalski also becomes involved in the case when it turns out that the bail jumper may have been involved in a bigger crime. Janet is not the only one on Bradley's trail. There's a posse of unusual bounty hunters from Montana, plus some contract killers.
Fraser and Kowalski discover that Bradley left Montana with a rather large chunk of mob money. He's on the run from both sides of the law. When they find Bradley, Janet reveals that he's her deadbeat husband. It looks like game over: Bradley is surrounded by competing bounty hunters, the police and his wife. But then the mob hit men drive by spraying bullets and Bradley is on the run again.
Fraser, Kowalski and Janet team up, trying to get
to Bradley before the hit men find him. In an exciting chase sequence,
Fraser finds that his RCMP riding skills can be very useful in Chicago.
Kowalski "coulda been a contender" but he quit boxing when he married Stella. Now he's coaching boxing in a community-policing program. Kowalski's protege, Levon, an "ex-gang" member is up against Deron, a kid from a rival gang. Deron has been trained by the legendary Franko Devlin. Devlin trained some of the best fighters, but unfortunately lost them when they hit the big time.
Members of both gangs turn out for the big fight. It looks like Levon is overmatched, but then he gets in a few good punches and Deron goes down and is taken to the hospital in a coma. Deron's brother Jamal and his gang, the Rollin' 22s swear vengeance. Fraser and Kowalski offer protection, but Levon disappears. When Jamal's body turns up in a back alley, beaten to death by someone who knew how to box, things look bad for Levon. Fraser finds a clue that leads him to suspect that Deron's coma may be linked to steroid usage. Jamal's killing could be a cover up. This would clear Levon, but Fraser has no proof.
Fraser and Kowalski visit the Rollin' 22s headquarters in an attempt to persuade their leader Denny Edwards to call off his gang. The 22s are not convinced. They track Levon down but fortunately Fraser and Kowalski aren't far behind. They save Levon from the gang, but then Kowalski has to arrest his former protégé on suspicion of murder.
Emotionally battered, Kowalski goes to the gym to
blow off steam and ends up taking a physical battering as well. When Deron
awakens from his coma, Fraser and Kowalski confront him with the evidence
concerning steroids. He confirms Fraser's suspicions and gives them a clue
that leads back to the boxing club. A rooftop chase leads to a surprise
landing in a boxing ring and an impromptu match between Kowalski and the
killer. This time Kowalski is the victor.
Fraser's friend Albert Hanrahan plays chess in the park, receives taxi signals on the metal plate in his head, and waits for the day he will be "activated" in the service of his country. Then, one day, he intercepts a secret message. Kowalski saves Hanrahan from a mysterious assailant, but the attacker dies. Using some unorthodox northern post-mortem techniques, Fraser discovers that the man bit down on a cyanide-capped tooth. Fraser and Dief track Hanrahan to his girlfriend Ruth's apartment and discover a clue: a ticket to the ballet.
At the ballet Fraser is seated next to Nada, a mysterious woman who was clearly expecting someone else. Gunmen in pursuit, Fraser takes to the stage, is swirled into the ballet, swept up by a flying horse onto a catwalk and escapes into a back alley. In the alley he's rescued by Pike, a man who claims to be part of a top secret government organisation, so secret that even they don't know what they do. Fraser learns that when the Soviet Union broke up, ex-members of the KGB formed two private enterprise operations, which have become deadly competitors.
Fraser and Kowalski hide Ruth and Hanrahan for their
own safety, while they try to sort out who's who in the world of smuggling
and espionage. The case seems to involve the sale of Russian-made arms,
but who are the buyers and who are the sellers? And is Nautilus--the infamous
Russian spy who can stay in deep undercover for years at a time--trying
to intercept the shipment?
Stanley Kowalski's meeting with gang boss Andreas Volpe turns out to be a setup that leaves Volpe dead and Kowalski unconscious, holding the murder weapon. Kowalski has no idea what happened and flees the scene pursued by a trigger-happy police officer who refuses to believe he's a cop. He immediately heads for the Canadian consulate where Fraser quickly assesses the situation and places him under arrest for his own protection.
Assistant States Attorney Damon Cahill is campaigning for the States Attorney's job with a strong anti-police corruption platform. He wants to make an example of Kowalski. While his office goes through the red tape of extraditing Kowalski, Fraser searches for the real murderer. The trail leads Fraser through a motley collection of underworld figures, including a mob boss whose hobby is painting dog portraits.
Meanwhile, at the consulate, Constable Turnbull attempts to show Kowalski some Canadian hospitality. Things don't work out so well -- the toilet isn't working; Turnbull is prepared to fight to defend the honour of curling, and Dief blocks Kowalski's attempts to escape.
Surrounded by suspects, Fraser sets a bold trap that
snares the real murderer in a showdown at the consulate.
048
"Perfect Strangers"
Kowalski's long-time informant Sonny Dunlap is killed in what appears to be a fight over money. Before Fraser and Kowalski can finish their investigation, they're called to Toronto on a case that could have international implications. A flight attendant, Chantal Bowman, has been murdered in Toronto, but the RCMP believe the killer was from Chicago. The strange thing is Chantal's pin was found in Sonny's hand.
Kowalski sheds his guns, ammo and knives at airport security and heads to Toronto with Fraser for a briefing at RCMP headquarters. Canada spooks Kowalski: it's so clean and the people are so polite. It's like an entire nation of Frasers. And what is it with all these languages?
Back in Chicago, Kowalski discovers that Sonny was blackmailing Chad Percy, a sports broadcaster, for crimes he committed in the past. It's a perfect motive for murder, but Chad was in Buffalo when the murder took place. Fraser locates Chantal's married lover, but he has a perfect alibi as well: he was in Chicago when Chantal was murdered in Toronto. Things heat up when Chantal's father, General Bowman descends upon Chicago seeking revenge for his daughter's death.
Meanwhile Fraser has other worries. Inspector Thatcher is developing maternal yearnings and he's afraid she may want him to be part of the "process." Fraser Sr., delighted at the prospect, digs out Fraser's old sealskin baby clothes.
Fraser and Kowalski discover the cases have a diabolic
link. Now they must find a way to prove it before the General takes justice
into his own hands.
Tensions are running high at the police station. The cops have just arrested Adolph Kuzma, a notorious cop killer. Kowalski had him first, but lost him when Kuzma nearly took off his ear. Kowalski and Fraser are interrogating Stanley Smith, a young car thief, when the cops escort Kuzma through the hallway. Frustrated by the killer's taunts, Kowalski punches into the interrogation room wall and discovers a perfectly preserved dead body. Francesca blurts out that Vecchio killed him. The dead man, Guy Rankin, assaulted Francesca and Vecchio swore revenge. Vecchio brought Guy in on unrelated charges, but the story is he walked on a technicality. Trouble is, it doesn't look like he walked too far.
Fraser, certain of Vecchio's innocence, persuades Kowalski to conceal the body until he can investigate and clear Vecchio. Smith is given a choice: keep quiet and walk or get into deeper trouble. Meanwhile, the Feds show up trying to claim Kuzma for themselves.
Hiding a body at the police station turns out to be quite tricky, especially when Welsh suspects there's something up with the Feds and wants the room to spy on their interrogation next door. Caught up in the excitement of " police work," Stanley agrees to help. Fraser and Francesca disguise the dead guy in Smith's clothes, prop him in a wheelchair and begin a perilous journey to the morgue, dodging police officers and friendly offenders. At the morgue, Fraser and Francesca are forced to hide among the dead bodies as Mort, the opera singing coroner happily goes about his work.
The two cases converge in a gun battle between a
suspect, the Feds and the police in the station corridor. When the smoke
clears, Kuzma is holding the dead guy hostage.
Fraser and Kowalski are thinking of calling it quits. They've both been offered transfers, and, besides, they haven't been communicating well lately. But when Billy Butler, a sailor with a knife stuck in his back, dies in front of them muttering the words "treasure chest," they decide to work on one last case together.
The case has many mysterious elements. How is the gold bar in Billy's sea chest related to tales of ghost ships on the Great Lakes? Why was Billy reported on the missing list of a freighter that sank last year? And is Vic Hester, another "dead" crewmember responsible for Billy's murder? With no time to wait for authorisation, Fraser and Kowalski follow Vic north to work undercover on a freighter.
Kowalski's investigation leaves him unconscious and handcuffed below decks. Then a "ghost ship" appears and opens fire. The captain evacuates the crew, but Fraser stays behind to find Kowalski. Fraser frees Kowalski just as the ship starts to go down. They're trapped below decks on a sinking Great Lakes freighter.
To be continued....
Fraser and Kowalski are trapped below decks on a slowly sinking Great Lakes freighter. As they swim through water-filled corridors, trying to find an escape route, Fraser spots some tanks of compressed gas. They strap on the tanks and shoot up the ship's funnel, through the water and into blue sky. As they splash down, in the distance they see the "ghost ship" that sunk the freighter.
Back in Chicago everyone is searching for Fraser and Kowalski. The gold bar found in the murder victim's sea chest came from a notorious heist: the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank was robbed of one hundred million in gold bullion and six guards were killed. Kowalski reaches the station with the ship's co-ordinates just before his cell phone goes dead, but Thatcher and Welsh mistake them for a partial phone number.
Fraser and Kowalski infiltrate the "ghost ship," which turns out to be salvaging gold bullion from the getaway plane that crashed in the lake. It's also carrying toxic waste. When they're finished, the criminals intend to blow up the ship, incidentally polluting the area.
Thatcher realises that the numbers are co-ordinates. With the assistance of an eccentric Mountie named Sergeant Sam and a replica of the HMS Bounty, Thatcher, Welsh and Turnbull sail to the rescue. In a grand finale, the Bounty's crew takes on the crew of the ghost ship in a swashbuckling battle.
Fraser and Ray decide they're working well together.
They won't be needing those transfers after all.
Crime was never a big problem in Willison. Until now. The sawmill has been torched, the department store has been robbed, and now the town's baseball team, the Willison Hawkeyes, has become the target of sabotage. When Mayor Winston Cohoon threatens to take Sheriff Wilson Welsh's badge, the Sheriff decides it's time to call in the experts: his brother Lieutenant Harding Welsh of the Chicago Police Force and Constable Benton Fraser. The "experts" quickly assess the situation and decide to bring in an undercover detective, Stan Kowalski, who will pose as ballplayer Ace Leary.
The brothers' reunion sparks old sibling rivalries. Sheriff Welsh wants help, but he thinks Harding's big city methods are too tough for small town life. In order to work together, the brothers must find a way to reconcile their differences. Meanwhile, there's a lot more happening in Willison than anyone expected. Emotions are running high. The team's manager, Huck Bogart, is two wins away from the minor league record and is not about to let anything stand in his way. A rivalry between top players Cosentino and Olsen is threatening to erupt into violence. Team owner, Olivia Murtagh, is experiencing financial difficulties trying to keep the team afloat and bookkeeper Hector Proulx seems to be placing a lot of calls to a bookie in Chicago. Even Woody, the team's mascot, seems to have his secrets.
Fraser, Welsh and Kowalski realise they may be dealing
with more than one perpetrator. They solve the robbery of the team's payroll,
but the major saboteur is still on the loose. Finally a clue leads them
to small town corruption and someone with a strong motive to destroy the
baseball team. Fraser exposes the criminal in an exciting sequence that
involves a spectacular fireworks display. At the same time, Kowalski lives
the fantasy: he hits the winning home run.
053
"Easy Money"
Fraser's boyhood mentor, Quinn, comes to Chicago to try to stop the construction of a hydroelectric dam that will destroy his northern town. Quinn has been a major influence in Fraser's life. He taught Fraser tracking and other wilderness skills, and guided the development of his strong moral code. But although Quinn is legendary in the north, it seems that his skills are useless in the big city. The President of the Chicago Power Company refuses to even speak to him.
When Fraser and Quinn encounter a jewellery store robbery-in-progress, they spring into action. Quinn catches one of the robbers, but he's already stashed the jewels. A confrontation with the second robber leaves Fraser dangling from the roof of the building. Quinn rescues Fraser, triggering a flashback. Quinn saved Fraser's life once before, when Fraser was twelve and had run away from home to go on his first caribou hunt.
Welsh is under pressure to solve this latest in a string of jewellery store robberies. The robbers, dubbed "the laughing bandits" are drawing a lot of media attention. Francesca, who is enjoying the limelight, starts to see new possibilities for her role in law enforcement. In the midst of this commotion, Kelly, the robber who got away, boldly walks into the police station posing as a lawyer. His partner gives him the jewels' location.
Quinn knows he needs cash to fight big business.
He figures out where the jewels are hidden and impulsively "borrows" them,
accidentally leaving a clue that Fraser later discovers. In an attempt
to understand Quinn's motivation, Fraser asks him for help in tracking
the jewel thief. As they work together, Fraser tries to prompt Quinn's
conscience by drawing upon a series of flashbacks to their early years
in the north. Just as Quinn decides to give up the jewels, Kelly takes
Fraser and Quinn hostage. Kowalski locates the kidnapper's hideout, then
disobeys orders to make a daring rescue.
054
"Likely Story"
Yearning for the wilderness, Fraser camps out in a Chicago park where he makes new friends, including Mr. Tucci, a pretzel vendor. When Mr. Tucci is gunned down, Fraser promises to look after his dying friend's wife. Kowalski is smitten by Luanne, Mrs. Tucci's attractive personal attendant. When Fraser camps out in the Tucci's backyard to guard Mrs. Tucci, Kowalski camps out to keep an eye on Fraser.
It turns out that Mr. Tucci, the simple pretzel vendor, was actually a millionaire. He willed his entire estate to his long-lost son Franco Jr. At a funeral well attended by members of the Chicago mob, Franco Jr. reappears. Despite his attraction to Luanne, Kowalski begins to suspect that she may be involved in the murder.
A professional hitman tries to shoot Frankie but Fraser saves his life. The hitman, Nervous Nellie, thought he killed Frankie years ago in Phoenix. It was a mob hit. If the mob finds out Frankie is alive, Nellie could be dead. Fraser talks Nellie into turning himself over to the Chicago police. Meanwhile, before Mr. Tucci died, someone in the Tucci household hired a private investigator to search for the lost son. Now the investigator seems to have disappeared.
Fraser and Kowalski are confronted with several mysteries:
Is Frankie really Mrs. Tucci's long lost son? Is Luanne involved in the
murder? How did a pretzel vendor become a millionaire? Kowalski fears following
his heart may cloud his judgement. But if Luanne is innocent, he could
be missing out on the love of a lifetime.
055
"Odds"
The Chicago PD is cracking down on gambling. With Kowalski as their man on the inside, they stake out a big money poker game. Unfortunately, they aren't quite prepared for a masked man who blasts a hole through the wall and takes off with the pot. The robber, Joey, gets away but the police arrest a professional poker player: the beautiful and legendary Denny Scarpa. To Fraser's surprise, Dief falls in love with Ante, Denny's poodle. The Feds turn up and offer Denny a deal. She's scheduled to play a grudge match against Farah, a fugitive on their ten most-wanted list. If she helps them capture Farah, they'll drop the charges against her.
When Joey turns up at Denny's apartment, Fraser is worried that Joey may be trying to eliminate her as a witness. Fraser takes Denny to the consulate for protection. Kowalski warns him not to fall in love with Denny: she's a dangerous woman with a mysterious past. On condition that he be allowed into the game with Farah, Fraser hands Denny over to the Feds. The cops try to teach Fraser to play poker, but they're frustrated by his natural honesty. They think he's bluffing and he wins every pot.
On the big night, the Feds and the Chicago PD set
up a surveillance room next door to the game. Just before the game begins,
Fraser learns Farah killed Denny's brother. As he watches on the monitor,
Kowalski realises that Joey is at the table. Farah's not the most dangerous
man in the game after all. Kowalski bursts in, creating mayhem. Fraser
pursues Denny onto a ledge, and as they balance there, with the city below
them, Fraser must make a difficult decision.
056
"The Ladies' Man"
Years ago, Ray's first case made sensational headlines. The rookie cop arrested Beth Botrelle for murdering her husband, a Chicago Police Detective. In just two days, Beth will be executed, and Ray's conscience is bothering him. It's just a little thing, but he screwed up in the evidence gathering that night. He tells Fraser he knows she's guilty: Beth was in the shower washing off her husband's blood when he arrested her. Still, he'd feel more comfortable if there were no loose ends.
At the murder scene Ray picked up a blood-soaked piece of paper and put it in his pocket, corrupting the chain of evidence. Ray never read it. After the arrest, he turned it over to a senior officer, Detective Ben Franklin, who said he'd take care of it. Franklin put it in a numbered evidence bag. When it didn't come up in court, Ray assumed it was unimportant. Now he'd like to know what it was. If he knew, maybe he'd feel better. At the evidence lock-up, Fraser and Ray find the bag, but it's definitely not the same piece of paper. Someone's covering something up.
No one wants the case reopened. The woman was convicted of killing a cop. She deserves to die. End of story. Except for that one piece of paper nagging at Ray's conscience. States Attorney Robert Bedford, who worked with Botrelle on a crime commission, warns them off the case. He's running for Governor and he doesn't want them drawing any political heat.
Fraser and Ray discover Detective Botrelle was a
corrupt police officer. Would the missing paper reveal the corruption?
Would it implicate others? Beth Botrelle may be as innocent as she's claimed
all along. With the clock ticking, Fraser and Ray race to solve the mystery
surrounding the murder and prevent the execution of an innocent woman.
56
"Mojo Rising"
Fraser and Ray rescue a stranger who's running from two gunmen. While the cops and the gunmen are in a standoff, the man steals Ray's car and escapes. The gunmen turn out to be federal agents from the Bureau of Naturalization and Immigration. They want Gerome Laferette on a charge of attempted murder. Ray wants to find Gerome to get his car back. Gerome is a respected member of the Haitian immigrant community and a priest in the Vodun religion. He's always co-operated with the Feds, then, for seemingly no reason, he led them into a trap which they barely escaped.
Fraser and Ray begin an investigation that takes them into the heart of the voodoo community in Chicago. No one wants to co-operate with the police, but Fraser finds a clue that leads them to a secret "nine night" voodoo ceremony, where they capture Gerome. Dief is completely taken with Gerome and refuses to leave his side. Shortly after his arrest, Gerome is found dead in the lock-up and his body is taken to the morgue. Then things get really strange: his body disappears. Dief is also missing. Fraser suspects Gerome used drugs or meditation techniques to suppress his vital signs. Others suspect he's become a zombie.
Mama Lolla, a voodoo practitioner, curses the police station, and all sorts of things start to go wrong. Accidents increase, the electrical system short circuits and light bulbs burst all over the building. Deciding to fight back, Francesca does a little research and collects some anti-curse paraphernalia. When Welsh tries to throw out her voodoo book, he knocks over a candle, starting a fire that triggers the sprinkler system.
Fraser and Ray visit Gerome's wife and realize his
daughter is missing. Someone has kidnapped Gerome's daughter to gain a
hold over him. Fraser wins Mama Lolla's trust, and she introduces him to
the drumming and chanting of voodoo ceremonies. Fraser and Ray discover
that an unscrupulous sweatshop owner is using voodoo to exploit illegal
immigrants. Finding Gerome and rescuing his daughter becomes a combination
of police work and a struggle between good and bad magic.
57
"Mountie Sings The Blues"
Canadian-born country music star Tracy Jenkins creates quite a stir in Chicago when she arrives to fulfill her dream of playing at the famous Music Hall. When she receives a death threat from an anonymous fan, Tracy's manager George, decides to call in the Mounties for extra protection. Tracy thinks the threats are harmless, but George is worried. Fraser and Ray arrange to have a police officer act as a decoy at the Music Hall entrance. When the decoy is shot, Tracy realises she's in serious trouble.
Thatcher is dismayed when Fraser offers Tracy sanctuary at the consulate. She doesn't want the consulate turned into a media circus. Turnbull, on the other hand, is overjoyed. He's a big Tracy fan. Dief is also totally smitten. Fraser is disconcerted to find that he's attracted to Tracy as well. Although she's rich and famous, she stills yearns for the simple life she knew in northern Canada. When Tracy records a track at the renowned Checkmate studios, she persuades Fraser to perform back-up lyrics.
The investigation leads Fraser and Ray to Carver Dunn, an obsessed fan, but there's not enough evidence to hold him. Huey and Duey are assigned to watch Carver, but while they're busy writing a song, Carver slips away. When Tracy's bodyguard Earl is killed, a videotape places Carver at the crime scene.
Meanwhile, back at the station, Turnbull tries to persuade Francesca that country music is the heartfelt poetry of the people. His eloquence temporarily captures her heart. When Carver is unexpectedly cleared, Fraser and Ray must look for another suspect. Fraser discovers that Tracy's soon-to-be ex-husband Dwight and her long-time manager George both have motives for murder. In the grand finale, Tracy decides to go ahead with her performance at the Music Hall, even though her life is still in danger. Fraser and Ray race to find the killer before it's too late.
Feeling homesick, Fraser decides to do a little ice fishing, but to his surprise his only catch is a dead body. A clue in the corpse's belongings leads Fraser and Kowalski to another dead body. Running from an attack by criminals with grenade launchers, Fraser recognises the ringleader: Holloway Muldoon. The strange thing is Muldoon was supposed to have died years ago. Fraser Sr. tracked him to an ice field where Muldoon fell into a crevice.
Both bodies turn out to be ATF informants who were acting as brokers in an arms deal. The RCMP also has a stake in the case: three Mounties in the north were killed intercepting a shipment of nerve gas. The dealers are smuggling weapons through the Yukon to a buyer in Chicago. Fraser and Kowalski follow a suspect to a hotel room. When he answers the door, Fraser is shocked to discover that it's the original Ray Vecchio. With their informants dead, the ATF called in the FBI, who brought in Vecchio in his undercover role as a mob figure. Fraser and Kowalski have just interrupted a meeting between Vecchio, his mob associates and Muldoon. Quick thinking on Ray's part buys him a few more hours undercover. Then it's back to being Ray Vecchio.
There's a rumour that Muldoon is about to pull off a huge arms sale. No one knows who's buying or what Muldoon is selling. Thatcher, Fraser, Kowalski and the Chicago PD accompany Vecchio to his scheduled meeting with Muldoon, but federal agents show up and disrupt the operation. The police pursue Muldoon and his henchmen to an amusement park, where Fraser and Thatcher are trapped on a Ferris wheel with a canister of gas that's rigged to explode. When they successfully disarm the device, Muldoon takes aim at Fraser. The Vecchio steps in and takes the bullet and is rushed to the hospital.
Fraser and Kowalski pursue Muldoon to an airstrip.
As the show ends, Fraser and Kowalski are clinging to the fuselage of a
plane that's just leaving the runway.
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"Call Of The Wild", Part 2
As Part I ended, Fraser and Kowalski had pursued arms dealer Holloway Muldoon to an airfield, arriving just in time to cling to the fuselage of the departing plane. As Part II begins, they haul themselves on board, only to face armed henchmen. Fraser and Kowalski escape their bonds and jump -- without parachutes -- into the deep snow covering the wilderness below. Encouraged by Fraser Sr., they climb sheer rock faces, toboggan down mountains, fall into an ice crevasse and finally meet up with Thatcher, Turnbull and Dief who have joined the legendary Buck Frobisher and his northern detachment.
Back in Chicago, Welsh discovers the arms buyer is Cyrus Bolt, the mad militia leader. The police learn that Bolt is taking possession of a large, mysterious shipment at Diamond Rock in the Yukon.
Fraser sends Dief off with a note requesting backup as the small detachment of Mounties bravely sets out to confront the gang of heavily armed villains. As the Mounties and criminals exchange fire on the frozen bay, they hear a cracking beneath the ice. Then a nuclear sub surfaces. The Mounties use the sub for cover. Just as they're running out of ammunition, a transport flies overhead and twenty Paramounties in red coats parachute through the sky.
Muldoon roars off on his ski-doo. Fraser pursues him on horseback. In a dramatic finale, Fraser captures Muldoon and helps Fraser Sr. right a wrong from the past.
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