History YMMV / DueSouth

** [[Series/{{CSINY}} NYPD Detective Stella Bonasera]] is a bank robber! (Or Dr.Hansen from 'Providence').

* MagnificentBastard: you just have to stand in awe to [[spoiler: Victoria's]] plan: committing theft and murder while managing to leave no trace and frame Fraser and Ray for the whole thing

** [[Series/{{CSINY}} NYPD Detective Stella Bonasera]] is a bank robber! (Or Dr.Hansen from 'Providence').
* PairTheSpares: Ray Vecchio and [[spoiler: Stella Kowalski]] in the series finale.

* CompleteMonster: [[TerroristsWithoutACause Francis Bolt]] is a criminal mastermind and precision expert. In season 2's ''[[Recap/DueSouthS2E14AllTheQueensHorses All the Queen's Horses]]'', he has his brother [[WesternTerrorists Randal]] hijack a train carrying some Mounties to a horse show in the US. Under his brother's direction, Randal demands a ransom, but plans to crash the train into another train carrying spent fuel rods, nuking Chicago in the process. After his brother is captured, Francis himself appears in the episode ''[[Recap/DueSouthS2E17RedWhiteOrBlue Red, White or Blue]]''. Francis devises a plan to free his brother, working with his cousins, capturing Benton Fraser and Ray Vecchio in the process. Francis takes over the court his brother was being tried in, kidnaps the judge and jury, rigs them with explosives and uses them as hostages. Francis leaves Fraser and Vecchio in the court strapped to bombs that will explode if their heart rate gets too high. Francis is also using this rescue operation as a cover for a different crime, [[{{Greed}} stealing some bonds]] that will be used as evidence in a different case. Francis and Randal knock out their cousins, hoping they will die in the explosion, so they would not have to share the bonds with them.

** Paul Gross, who in this movie played the UpToEleven ideal version of a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman, would later star in a MadeForTV movie called ''Murder Most Likely'', BasedOnATrueStory about a [[DirtyCop crooked Mountie]] who may or may not have murdered his wife.

* DieForOurShip / ShipToShipCombat: A byproduct of the Ray Wars. These arguments can get ugly.

* CreatorsPet: Ray Kowalski, who's compared more favorably to Ray Vecchio by having a better service record with the Chicago PD, and commendations. The actor was also picked for the role by the producer. Became a FandomPet to those who see him as a better cop than Vecchio, more attractive than Vecchio, and a better friend to Fraser than Vecchio.

* DieForOurShip / ShipToShipCombat: A byproduct of the Ray Wars. These arguments can get ugly, [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment and let's leave it at that]].

* PairTheSpares: Ray Vecchio and [[spoiler: Stella Kowalski]]in the series finale, because Ray is considered to be HollywoodHomely and so not good enough for Fraser.

* DieForOurShip / ShipToShipCombat: A byproduct of the Ray Wars. These arguments can get ugly, [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment and let's leave it at that]].

* FridgeLogic: Fraser doesn't carry bullets in his gun because he doesn't have a gun permit. [[YouFailLawForever Wouldn't that mean he can't carry a]] ''[[YouFailLawForever gun]]'' [[YouFailLawForever at all in Chicago?]]

** [[Series/{{CSINY}} NYPD Detective Stella Bonasera]] is a bank robber! (Or Dr.Hansen from 'Providence').

* HilariousInHindsight Paul Gross, who in this movie played the UpToEleven ideal version of a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman, would later star in a MadeForTV movie called ''Murder Most Likely'', BasedOnATrueStory about a [[DirtyCop crooked Mountie]] who may or may not have murdered his wife.

** [[Series/{{CSINY}} NYPD Detective Stella Bonasera]] is a bank robber! (Or Dr.Hansen from 'Providence').
* ShipToShipCombat: Again, one phrase: '''"the Ray Wars."'''

* Fanon: So popular, especially among Fraser/Kowalski shippers, that they think it's canon. Especially when used to discredit Fraser's and Ray Vecchio's strong friendship.