| 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 |
Season
One
1994/1995
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....
008
"CHICAGO HOLIDAY - PART TWO"
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.
012
"HAWK AND A HANDSAW"
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.
017
"THE DEAL"
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...
022
"LETTING GO"
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.
Season
Two
1996
Posing as a pilot, a convict finds his freedom by jumping from a small plane leaving Fraser and Ray to crash deep in the wilderness. Blinded on impact, Fraser must rely on his remaining senses and Ray, his greenhorn partner, as they track the escaped prisoner and find their way back to civilization.
Struggling through the forest the two realize they have gone in circles but an elusive trail suggests that their killer is lurking close by.
Meanwhile night draws near and, to Ray's consternation, Fraser's condition deteriorates. Fraser's head wound has escalated into a serious concussion -- resulting in a high fever, dehydration, and an odd compulsion to call his partner "Steve." As usual in these situations, the ghosts of Ray and Fraser's dead fathers appear to add to their troubles. Each advises his son to save himself and ditch his partner for their own good. But then what are fathers for?
As time and water run out, it soon becomes clear that the hunters may be the hunted, and ultimately survival is left to the fittest. The escaped convict catches up with his injured prey and accosts them with gunfire. Ray, without aid of his normal arsenal of modern weapons, is forced to defend himself and Fraser with only a makeshift Intuit weapon -- a bola -- which, beginners luck, misses it's mark but creates a rockslide that leaves their convict fixtured permanently in the permafrost.
Ray, having saved his partner's life despite fear
and self-doubt, now considers himself a conqueror of the wilderness. He
rafts himself, Fraser and Diefenbaker downriver and home-free. Now if they
can just make it over that waterfall...
024
"VAULT"
When a computer glitch pronounces Ray dead even the bank won't cash his checks. With Fraser in tow the two visit the bank in order to straighten out the situation. But the familiar face of one of the bank's cleaning staff tips off Fraser that more than just a computer has been corrupted. The cleaners stage a hold up and without hesitancy Fraser pulls Ray with him into the bank vault and shuts the door in an attempt to protect the bank's money.
Their initial plans foiled, the robbers endeavor to drill through the thick metal door protecting the vault. Their agenda now includes disposing of everything in the vault, including it's two captives. In order to save the money and catch the crooks by surprise, Fraser breaks off a sprinkler head and the vault quickly begins to fill with water.
Meanwhile, on the outside, Ray's sister Francesca has become a hostage. Her well-intentioned attempts to slow down the thieves progress may well include drowning her brother and his partner in the process.
Not only do Ray and Fraser feel the pressure of the water rising, but the pressure of coming to terms with what might be their final assignment together.
With seconds to go, Francesca's ploy is discovered and the vault door blows. The tidal wave of water floods the bank and makes a clean sweep of the criminals.
Fraser meets his new boss, Inspector Meg Thatcher,
who, apart from being damned attractive, seems intent on getting him fired.
025
"WITNESS"
An open and shut case turns sour when Ray is accused of forcing a woman to provide false testimony against Kruger, an old rival awaiting bail on a murder charge. Tempers flare and Ray lands himself in jail on a contempt of court charge that leaves him vulnerable to every con he's ever thrown the book at.
Fraser smells something amiss and learns that a jailbird conspiracy might be threatening Eddie, the witness's husband. With Eddie, Kruger, and now Ray all behind the same bars, Fraser has no choice but to pursue the case from the inside.
Sacrificing personal beliefs for the bigger picture, Fraser enlists the assistance of Detectives Huey and Gardino to teach him how to commit a crime -- such as stealing a box of Milk Duds. It is no easy task, but Fraser does eventually manage to get himself arrested and finally succeeds in landing behind bars.
Fraser befriends the jail inmates as their library monitor with his personalized reading suggestions. He attempts to protect his partner while gaining the confidence of a threatened Eddie, who is biding the 24 hours until his parole.
In an environment far from law and order, Kruger and his men turn the prison population against the two cops in custody and corner their helpless prey. But a lumbering cellmate saves the day, Ray, and Fraser, having learned from Fraser that even in prison a man can behave with decency toward his fellow man.
His time up, Eddie is set free and Ray and Fraser, exonerated, return to the streets.
Ray and Fraser once again cross swords with States
Attorney Louise St. Laurent. Louise still suspects Ray and Fraser of being
dirty cops due to the escape of Fraser's dark lady, Victoria, in last season's
"Victoria's
Secret". Ray, however, decides to turn Louise's interest in him to
his advantage, trying to prove that even a prosecutor can fall for his
Italian charm.
026
"BIRD IN THE HAND"
The tables turn when Fraser must protect Gerrard, the man who murdered his own father. Expected to appear on trial as a witness, Gerrard is the focal point of some elusive killers determined to see him dead rather than testify.
Concerned in the serving of justice over personal revenge, Fraser harbors Gerrard and refuses to release him to the federal agents. In the face of threats of obstruction of justice, Fraser guarantees that he will deliver Gerrard personally for his trail date. But his good intentions are marred when rogue agents get to Gerrard and attempt to silence him permanently.
Fraser denies his personal history and saves Gerrard's
life in an affront against his own feelings and the ghost of his dead father
who eggs on his son to execute something other than legal justice.
027
"THE PROMISE"
In a downtown theater district, a high class call girl is murdered for an address book which contain the names of her high profile clientele -- a document she has been using for blackmail. Andy, a young street urchin accidentally pickpockets the book from the murderer and takes off with it, not realizing this has made her, and her pickpocket brother, the killer's next targets.
Fraser, meanwhile is dropping off his new boss, the attractive but prickly Inspector Meg Thatcher, for an evening at the theater. Andy manages to steal Thatcher's brooch, a family heirloom, and the ensuing chase leaves an empty handed Fraser questioning a dead end alley which on further inspection harbors a labyrinthine maze of underground tunnels.
When the murderer, a Senator's handler, almost kills Andy in his attempt to retrieve the book, both her brother Sid and Fraser are alerted to the fact that something larger is at hand. Untrusting of people, the siblings refuse any help offered to them until Andy is taken hostage.
In return for the brooch, Fraser and Ray devise a plan for Sid to entrap the murderer. Sid is caught in the process but the ensuing chase is quickly ended when Fraser appears from the underground labyrinth. Fraser returns the brooch to the sergeant but Sid and Andy have once again disappeared into the underground city that is their home.
The tension between Fraser and Thatcher heats up
and she decides that it may prove more interesting to keep this cleft-chin
hero around than fire him.
028
"THE MASK"
The French and Canadian cultural representatives expresses their chagrin about the loss and ask that Fraser keep them well informed on the progress of the case. Eric, a native leader and an old friend of Fraser's, is also anxious for the safe return of this piece of his people's history. He believes that this crime may have been perpetrated by a young native boy, David, from his village. Eric also wants Fraser to find the masks and hand them over to their rightful owners, the Tsimshian people -- not the governments who stole them a century ago. Concerned for the safety of David, several of his relatives arrive from the north, and set up their home away from home in Fraser's apartment, including a traditional sweat lodge.
Fraser, Ray and Eric's search for David and his accomplice lead them to a hotel, where they discover the Masks. Fraser believes they found the masks too easily, and speculates that they are in fact forgeries. The museum curator claims they are the genuine article, but Fraser is not satisfied, and continues his investigation. Ray takes Fraser to visit a local art-forger, and they arrive to find a dead body, and the French Representative fleeing the scene, but no sign of the masks.
When the French Representative uses her diplomatic immunity, and her gun didn't match the killer's, she walks away. Fraser is certain that the masks are forgeries. In a showdown at the museum with the thieves, the two sets of masks become mixed up, and eventually one set goes missing and we are left to wonder -- did they end up with their rightful owner?
Meanwhile, Ray has managed a date with his professional
rival, States Attorney Louise St. Laurent, and can't decide where to take
her.
029
"JULIET IS BLEEDING"
But there is more at stake here than just Irene; Frank's crime family lieutenant, Michael, is intent on taking control of the family business and finds an opportunity to frame Frank for murder by staging a hit on Ray. Tragically, the hit goes wrong and instead results in the death of Ray's friend and fellow officer, Detective Louis "Louey" Gardino.
Vengeance becomes the order of the day as Ray, Detective Jack Huey (Gardino's partner) and their police buddies decide to take down Frank Zuko once and for all -- with or without due process of law. Fraser alone refuses to be influenced by emotion. Investigating the facts of the case, he believes Zuko to be innocent of Gardino's killing and sets out to prove it, placing himself between the cops and Zuko's soldiers in an effort to uphold justice.
Left to sort out the web of intrigue without Ray's support, Fraser discovers that the evidence trail that conveniently ties Zuko to Louey's killing has been manufactured by Michael. Of course his proof is Fraser-like, involving Mountie clues that Ray in his grief over the potential loss of Irene and guilt over Louey's death, refuses to give credence to.
Michael's palace coup is about to pay off when Ray confronts Frank in a jealous clash over Irene. Ray, fearing for Irene's life at her brother's crazed hands, tries to forcibly remove Irene from the mansion. A gun battle breaks out. But when the smoke clears it isn't Ray or Frank left dead on the floor. A stray bullet has taken the one person both men held most dear -- Irene.
Irene's death leaves both men bereft. Ray as a witness
knows he has enough to put Frank away, but in Irene's memory he honors
her wish not to let revenge destroy him or her brother and lets his enemy
walk away.
030
"ONE GOOD MAN aka 'Thank You Kindly, Mr. Capra'"
Fraser is determined to fight the eviction and rallies the tenants to stage a picket line. He enlists the help of a brash reporter, MacKenzie King but it only serves to fuel Taylor into retaliation. Violence breaks out at the tenement and the frightened dwellers begin to desert their homes.
Feeling responsible for the plight of his neighbors, Fraser questions his own motives. In a final attempt to save their tenement, Fraser finds himself at the podium in City Council Chambers. In a filibuster reminiscent of "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington", Fraser fights for his belief that one good man can make a difference.
*** Special thanks go out to Heather, for going out
of her way to help me to be able to see this episode after my evil CBS
affiliate pre-empted the show with an info-mercial.
031
"THE EDGE"
Fraser finds himself singled out and taunted by the mysterious assassin who appears to outwit Fraser at every turn. His tracking skills are put to the test when he realizes that the man he is hunting is possessed of survival skills learned from years in the jungle having been forgotten and abandoned by the US military. Dodging hand-made landmines and wire traps at every turn, and after several perceived miscalculations, Fraser begins to fear that he is losing his touch.
His fears are realized when young Secret Service
agents relegate him to hand writing name tags for the conference's opening
night dinner party. As the evening gets underway, the assassin makes his
move and it is up to Ray and Anita to consolidate their forces, put aside
their differences, and truly work together to protect the lives of their
respective diplomats. Fraser alone must bring down the assassin, as only
he has been able to get inside the mind of a man whose struggle to survive
has driven him to the need to kill.
032
"STARMAN"
Upon arriving in the somewhat off the wall town of Rosewell, Illinois, Fraser and Ray head to the motel where Audrey was supposedly abducted. But there is no sign of an abduction in Ian's motel room, and when Ray discover that Ian has known Audrey for only forty minutes, is sure Ian's making the whole thing up. But evidence at the motel convinces Fraser that Audrey exists and he pushes ahead in his investigation.
The ensuing search for Audrey leads them to the military base where she is rumored to work, but the base's unfriendly Colonel and his staff deny knowing an Audrey McKenna. Fraser recognizes that the base is covering something up when he notices a file bearing Audrey's name on the Colonel's desk. Before he can continue to investigate, Ian breaks into the Colonel's office and has them all promptly thrown off the base.
Ray, convinced that no woman would want anything
to do with Ian, deduces that Audrey just didn't want to see him, and that
there is nothing extra-terrestrial going on. Ian, heartbroken, takes off
for the base again in his bus determined to find out the truth. Fraser
rushes to his aid, hoping onto the back of the bus, riding the rocket on
its top through the base's fence and across the tarmac hotly pursued by
helicopters. When they break into top secret Hangar 57, Fraser and Ray
finally get their questions answered and Ian gets the answer to his interrupted
question: "Will you.?"
033
"WE ARE THE EGGMEN"
The next day, Fraser discovers that he, the RCMP and Canada itself, are being sued by Lyndon Buxley, the rescued farmer, and mysteriously, last night's road hazard seems never to have existed.
Fraser approaches Buxley to straighten things out and finds that the man who is threatening to ruin his life and career with the lawsuit is himself in trouble. Buxley, an artist of chicken breeding, has created a superior tasting egg which is also low in cholesterol. The competition wants his farm, methods and formula and are using the leverage of his gambling debts to get them. In clearing himself of the allegations in the lawsuit, Fraser helps Buxley, is trapped in a sweltering incubator with Inspector Thatcher, and battles strong arm farmers wielding guns with, well . . . eggs.
In a parallel story Ray buys lottery tickets for
himself and his sister Francesca and wins. Francesca thinks she is due
half the money since they each put in equal amounts. Ray thinks he should
get it all since the ticket that won was, he says, bought with his dollar.
034
"SOME LIKE IT RED"
Things go smoothly until Ray's undercover teacher doesn't show, but Fraser comes to the rescue in a dress.
In searching for Celine, an antique gun, once belonging to Elliot Ness, provides Ray the only clue in the mystery. At the school, Fraser becomes Ms. Fraser in an attempt to uncover Celine's whereabouts from the other students. Ms. Fraser the new art teacher narrowly escapes detection by the school's bad girls, and befriends Celine's troubled roommate Melissa.
At the school dance, the attractive Ms. Fraser dances with the male teacher from the boy's school who fancies himself the re-incarnation of an early Travolta. While investigating the many secrets of the corridors and tunnels of a girl's school, Fraser helps Melissa overcome her shyness with boys, finds the missing girl, and makes a discovery that even Al Capone would not have dreamed of.
Tidbit information: Uncle Lorenzo (Rummy Bishop) has been on DS twice before; once as a salesman spritzing Fraser's boots in "Free Willie" (uncredited) and as Mr. Rubens in "Eye for an Eye."
The situation is complicated when Fraser, in search of his lost boots, uncovers a clue convincing him that Tyree is not responsible for the shooting. Yet, Tyree insists that he is guilty. Fraser posts bail for him, and even convinces Ray that the man he arrested is innocent. Despite Tyree's claim to guilt, Ray defends the offender at his trial acting contrary to his role as arresting police officer.
Tyree, along with his buddy Reggie, are talented basketball players about to play in their big game. They hope to get picked by the college recruiters. Playing college ball, they believe, is the only ticket out of their neighborhood. This is the game that they have invested all their hopes for the future on. They also anticipate a visit from Tyree's hero, Isiah Thomas.
As Ray and Fraser try to find the real shooter and
keep Tyree out of prison and in the big basketball game they run afoul
of the neighborhood leader and drug dealer, Lou, who doesn't appreciate
a Mountie investigating in his territory making their investigation more
difficult.
036
"ALL THE QUEEN'S HORSES"
As Thatcher and Fraser struggle to save their fellow Mounties, their suppressed desires for each other mount, resulting in a frantic kiss on the roof of the runaway train as it heads for....well, a tunnel.
The situation becomes even more dire when Fraser and Thatcher are captured by the terrorists and Frobisher is left to save the day alone. Well, almost alone. Fraser's ghostly father, Fraser Sr., takes this opportunity to re-acquaint himself with his old friend Buck Frobisher. As Fraser is forced to read the terrorists' demands for ransom money, Frobisher and Fraser Sr. set out to stop the train.
Soon notified of the ransom demand, Ray and the FBI attempt to stage a rescue from the outside while Frobisher and Fraser Sr. try to learn the fine points of train engineering only to find out that the train has already been tampered with. The terrorists have no intention of stopping the train. They're planning to kill everyone on board.
Finally, some quick footwork from Thatcher buys Fraser
and her their freedom and, joining forces with Frobisher, they succeed
in waking the Mounties and stopping the train. As the terrorists attempt
to escape across the open fields, they find themselves facing the whole
Musical Ride charging them, battle lances at the ready and a thirst for
justice burning in their eyes.
037
"THE DUEL"
The next day the Assistant States Attorney from the parole hearing steps into her shower and is scared out of her mind when something grabs her shoulder. It turns out to be a frozen turkey. Ray, out with Fraser, is called to her apartment. Inside the turkey giblets package is a small toy bus, with the writing on the front -- Line 28.
Fraser and Ray rush to the Line 28 bus. It is a runaway. They manage to stop the bus, but the toy bus turns out to be only the first in a series of taunting clues to disasters-in-progress which force Fraser and Ray to scramble to each scene in the nick of time. Carver is adamant that he is innocent of the crime for which he went to prison and that Ray framed him. As information about the old case comes to light, it indeed starts to appear that Carver may well have been framed.
Meanwhile Carver's targets circle ever closer to
Ray -- former co-workers, then his family, finally Fraser. With each hair-raising
encounter, Ray increasingly has to doubt his ability to succeed in a battle
of wits with such a clever opponent. At the same time the authorities are
increasingly finding Ray's actions in the old arrest suspect. Finally,
Fraser is threatened and Ray is all alone when he has to try outsmart the
diabolically cunning Carver.
038
"RED, WHITE, OR BLUE"
Vern and Gabe, posing as Fraser and Ray, kidnap our heroes just as Randal Bolt's trial is set to begin. Randal's family takes the courtroom hostage -- strapping bombs to Fraser, Ray, the judge and the jury. The FBI readies to meet Bolt's demands for a helicopter for their escape while S.W.A.T. Teams await instruction.
Fraser and Ray are trapped in the courthouse strapped to a bomb set to go off if their combined heart rates exceed 200 beats per minute. Trying to remain calm, they must diffuse the bomb, choosing between the red, white or blue wires of the detonator, save the hostages, the Justice Building, thirty million in bonds and put Bolt back behind bars.
Season
Three
1997/1998
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.
063
"Call Of The Wild", Part 1
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.
064
"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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