History Recap / DueSouthS1E0Pilot

* CanadaEh: TheSeries.

Somewhere in the Northwest Territories of [[CanadaEh Canada]], Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Bob Fraser treks through the snowy landscape.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Fraser's EstablishingCharacterMoment. "That's the last time ''he'll'' fish over the limit!" Taken Main/UpToEleven when it's explained that the crook was fishing ''[[StuffBlowingUp using dynamite]]''

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Fraser establishes his {{Determinator}}[=/=]AlwaysGetsHisMan tendencies from the get-go, as he walks into the local RCMP detachment after riding for 300 miles to catch a criminal who was [[UpToEleven using dynamite to catch large amounts of fish]].

* IdiotBall: Gerrard and Drake have several chances to kill Fraser, but fail to do so due to their own botched planning. Drake cocks his shotgun and waits for several seconds right beside the passenger-side door, allowing Fraser to kick it open and disarm him. THe hidden revolver Drake pulls from his ankle holster has no ammo loaded in it, even when he has the opportunity to fire a round point-blank into Fraser's head. Gerrard shoots and kills Drake instead of Fraser, who doesn't realize that Gerrard is an enemy and has no reason not to doubt him at that point in the story.

* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: Bob Fraser. Especially BadAss considering that ''he can't even see his killer''. He knows he is about to be shot when he hears [[ClickHello a hunting rifle's bolt cycling.]]

* ThrowItIn: The end credits feature an unedited shot of Fraser and Diefenbaker walking through snow in the Yukon. When Paul Gross (who plays Fraser) steps into a deep hole and sinks into the snow, he falls backwards in defeat as the camera crew starts laughing.

Somewhere in the northern reaches of [[CanadaEh Canada]], Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Bob Fraser treks through the snowy landscape.

He comes upon a set of suspicious marks and uses his pocket knife to clear away some ice, revealing that a dead caribou is encased in ice. As he continues on, he's stopped in his tracks by the sound of a bolt-action rifle being loaded. Though Bob gives a threat to the unidentified gunman that [[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner killing him will lead other Mounties to hunt him down]], the assailant shoots him and Bob falls down dead in the snow.

Fraser and his loyal half-wolf CanineCompanion, Diefenbaker, take a chartered plane to his father's former detachment. Once there, a staff sergeant named Gerrard tells Fraser that the elder man must have caught a stray bullet and that it was a senseless way to die. Fraser begins an investigation of his own at the death site, and also discovers the dead caribou. He also finds an Inuit man who tells him that the caribou died because they "drank too much" of something, which piques his curiosity.

After speaking with the owner of the charter plane that flew him up, Fraser also discovers that the man had ferried a group of "dentists" from Chicago, Illinois a week earlier, and says that they killed their limit of animals before heading home early. He also delivers one of the caribou corpses to a local coroner and asks him to find out exactly why the animal died. Afterwards, Fraser and other RCMP officers attend Fraser Sr.'s funeral.

At a wake afterwards, Fraser and Gerrard discuss Fraser Sr.'s past. Fraser asks to be transferred to the RCMP Consulate in Chicago so that he can [[AlwaysGetsHisMan track down the killers himself]]. [[{{Foreshadowing}} Despite Gerrard's attempts to dissuade him]], Fraser remains resolute and turns in his badge. Gerrard's superior, Chief Underhill, authorizes the request.

[[StrangeCopInAStrangeLand Fraser boards a passenger flight the following day and flies to Chicago]]. He takes a taxi into town and eventually finds the Chicago Police Department's 27th Precinct office. Inside, a desk sergeant directs him to Detective Ray Vecchio, who is attempting to woo a prospective garment buyer as part of an undercover sting. Fraser [[NiceJobBreakingItHero unintentionally blows the sting]] by referring to Ray as a detective, which causes the other people locked up to glare at him. Afterwards, Ray becomes exasperated when Fraser tells him about the reasons why he came to Chicago, and tells him that the case is in his backlog and he'll get to it when he's ready. Fraser explains that the Mountie who died was his father, leading Ray to realize that he was acting like a jerk.

Ray visits the Consulate later on and finds Fraser standing motionless on guard out. After trying unsuccessfully to move, Ray gives up and explains his developments on the case -- he tells him that he found the address of one of the alleged dentists on the list. After Fraser gets off work, the duo heads to the address, where another dentist gives them a picture and says that one of the individuals was a friend who accompanied them on the trip and didn't do any hunting of his own. Ray recognizes the individual as Frankie Drake, a local hitman who has prior convictions.

The following morning, Ray's supervisor, Captain Walsh, chews the duo out after they attempt to [[NotHelpingYourCase honestly explain what led them to the bar]]. Afterwards, Fraser calls the Canadian coroner he spoke to previously and discovered that the caribou he brought in [[DidNotDieThatWay drowned on dry land]]. As Fraser struggles to make sense of the situation and what he means, he begins poring through his father's journals and finds a mention of how Bob [[DisappearedDad left him when he was only a boy]]. Ray visits him and apologizes for how rash he's been over the last couple of days, and says that he sympathizes with Fraser's situation. He invites him to join him and his family for dinner as a way to make amends.

The duo arrives at the apartment and Ray calls for backup before they head inside. When they arrive at the apartment, they bust the door down and search inside. Fraser accidentally triggers a tripwire and Ray pushes him through a window before an explosion rocks the building. Ray is seriously injured in the aftermath and Fraser is left stunned at the [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone botched investigation]].

In the aftermath, Gerrard and the conspirators plead guilty to several charges and the dam's construction is halted. Chief Underhill tells Fraser that the claim that Fraser Sr. was involved in the cover-up was a lie, and that he never directly benefitted in any way from the project. Underhill tells Fraser that he'll have to remain [[ReassignedToAntarctica stationed in Chicago]] due to his antics.

* ReassignedToAntarctica: by the end of the episode, Fraser is not well-liked by his chain of command, and is permanently assigned to Chicago.
** The alternative was to send him to ''Russia'', but his old boss, who rather liked him, decided to just leave him in Chicago where he had at least made one friend.

->'''RCMP Officer:''' "I talked to the Super at your last job. [[ReassignedToAntarctica He suggested transferring you further north.]]"
->'''Fraser:''' "Well, that would put me in Russia, sir."

Sgt. Bob Fraser, a veteran Mountie, is on assignment in the isolated reaches of northern Canada when he is shot and killed. It is initially ruled a hunting accident--until Sgt. Fraser's son, Constable Benton Fraser, arrives and takes charge of the investigation.

Fraser traces the gunmen to Chicago, and contacts the local law enforcement for help. Sgt. Fraser's case has been assigned to Detective Ray Vecchio, who feels he has more important cases in his workload.

!Tropes
* Main/ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: "That's the last time ''he'll'' fish over the limit!"
** Main/UpToEleven: The crook was fishing ''[[StuffBlowingUp using dynamite]]''
* Main/CanadaEh
* CloudCuckooLander: The desk sergeant at the police station, sharing his concerns about the loyalty of the pigeons. It's not clear if he was just trying to mess with Fraser or if he was really just mildly unhinged.

* DefrostingIceQueen: The other Mountie assigned to the consulate in Chicago is very rude to Fraser when she first meets him, feeling that she has been marginalized because she is a woman, and that Fraser being posted to his position (admittedly due to his own personal connections within the RCMP) prevented her from the opportunity to be promoted into it (to her credit, she realizes how rude she is being and immediately apologizes).
* DirtyCop: It turns out that several RCMP members were being bribed to cover up the damage being caused by the construction of a new dam. [[spoiler: Including Fraser's father.]]
* Main/{{Eagleland}}: Fraser is able to determine that a group of hunters were American because they all wore new boots, rode in a jeep, and carried big guns.

* Main/FingertipDrugAnalysis

* Main/PilotMovie
* Main/ReassignedToAntarctica: by the end of the PilotMovie, Fraser is not well-liked by his chain of command, and is permanently assigned to Chicago.

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->'''RCMP Officer:''' "I talked to the Super at your last job. He suggested transferring you further north."

* Main/{{Eagleland}}

--> ''You'd kill a Mountie? They'll hunt you to the ends of the Earth.''

Sgt. Bob Fraser, a veteran Mountie, is on assignment in the isolated reaches of northern Canada when he is shot and killed. It is initially ruled a hunting accident--until Sgt. Fraser's estranged son, Constable Benton Fraser, arrives and takes charge of the investigation.