I fondly recall the engaging Pilot episode when it aired as a two-hour television movie, but it was only toward the end of season one that I was hooked for life, with the two-hour episode, "Victoria's Secret." Victoria's Secret is still in my experience the single best television episode of any series. It made Melina Kanakaredes (Victoria) a star. The haunting use of Sarah McLachlan's music (among others) was then a novel intertwining of musical tone and lyrics with the visual story. The technique is now common place, and it is easy to forget how compelling it was upon first exposure. Due South was that innovative show for me. Victoria's Secret was the very definition of spellbinding.
The buddy combination of Fraser and Vechio (Paul Gross and David Marciano) created characters I suddenly cared about deeply. As a series, the episodes were a bit uneven in tone, but the highs of drama and comedy were superb. The moral at the kernel of each episode tended to be both persuasive and inspired. I liked that the show had a positive moral viewpoint. Due South tended to put life into perspective. There are shows you miss when they are gone, even mourn. Due South was one of those for me.
To Paul Haggis and the rest of the Due South cast and crew, "Thank you, kindly."
The buddy combination of Fraser and Vechio (Paul Gross and David Marciano) created characters I suddenly cared about deeply. As a series, the episodes were a bit uneven in tone, but the highs of drama and comedy were superb. The moral at the kernel of each episode tended to be both persuasive and inspired. I liked that the show had a positive moral viewpoint. Due South tended to put life into perspective. There are shows you miss when they are gone, even mourn. Due South was one of those for me.
To Paul Haggis and the rest of the Due South cast and crew, "Thank you, kindly."