Due South

- Season 2

(1997)

Taking some R&R to rebuild Fraser's cabin, Fraser and Vecchio find themselves in dire straits when an escaped convict masquerades as their pilot, crashing them in the Canadian wilderness. Their misfortune grows when Fraser reveals the crash has left him blind.

Ray is furious after being declared legally dead, and goes to withdraw his savings from his local bank. Fraser and Ray then get caught up in a robbery, which leads to them ending up being trapped in the vault, with only a matter of time before the air runs out.

Ray is thrown in jail for contempt of court, prompting Fraser to get himself arrested in order to protect ray and a fellow inmate.

Fraser is forced to protect the man who killed his father from a group of gun smugglers, causing Fraser's emotions and his oath to do his duty to conflict.

Fraser and Ray attempt to track down a pair of pickpockets who stole an address book, that leads to everyone from the police to politicians to come after them in a cat and mouse chase with possibly deadly consequences.

A pair of ancient Canadian aboriginal masks are stolen from a museum by thieves in the night. Fraser must find the masks and return them intact, with the help - or hindrance - of an old friend from up north.

Ray encounters his old arch-enemy, Frank Zuko, at a party. After both sides instigate a brawl, Ray is suspended and ordered to make amends with Zuko - until a car bomb meant for Ray kills one of his friends.

Fraser takes matters into his own hands when an unethical real estate developer tries to illegally evict him and his neighbours.

Fraser and Ray are assigned to the security detail for a NAFTA summit, which is being eyed by a mysterious, cunning assassin. However, a botched training exercise and a security lapse lead the Feds to believe that Fraser has lost his edge.

Ray and Benton once again encounter Ian MacDonald, the compulsive liar, this time a free man and claiming a woman he loved and proposed to, has been abducted by aliens.

After trying to prevent an accident, Fraser is sued for millions by a down-on-his-luck egg farmer, but Ray discovers the farmer's ulterior motive - to pay off immense gambling debts. Meanwhile, Ray and Francesca clash over a lottery ticket.

Fraser goes undercover as a woman at a girls' school after Ray's ex-girlfriend comes to him for help. Ray, meanwhile, worries that he turned his ex into a nun.

Ray arrests a young basketball player for a gang-related shooting, but Fraser doubts the player's guilt. Relying on aural memory, they piece together the shooting and begin to suspect that the young man is trying to protect someone else.

Subversive terrorists hijack a train carrying the RCMP Musical Ride on an exhibition tour; while the FBI dithers about, Fraser, Inspector Thatcher, and Buck Frobisher work against the hijackers from the inside.

While Ray is lamenting a run of bad luck, he and Fraser meet an exotic dancer whose alcoholic boyfriend talks in his sleep - about his criminal activities.

A man Vecchio investigated for murder years ago but was unable to prove it but was convicted for another crime, has just been released from prison. And he claims that the evidence that was used to convict him was planted. Vecchio denies it. Fraser looks into it and notices some inconsistencies. Vecchio tries to catch him breaking the law but instead Vecchio is the one who gets in trouble. Later a lot of Vecchio's old friends get threats and Vecchio knows he's the one doing it but can't prove it.

Randall Bolt, the man who hijacked the Mountie train in the episode "All the Queen's Horses," is about to be brought to trial. But his brother, Francis, who was the man conceived the hijacking, has plans of his own. First Francis grabs Fraser and Vecchio, then he brings them to court with bombs strapped to them. When the Bolts make their demands, Fraser realizes something is not quite right. The brothers talk about a schedule that doesn't jive with their demands. When they leave, Bolt arms the bombs and Fraser and Vecchio have to figure out which wire, of the red, ...

When Fraser and Vecchio come across a kidnapping, they try to stop it. But they get away and run Fraser down with their vehicle. Vecchio hopes that Fraser remembers the license plate but he has amnesia. So Vecchio tries to jog his memory by telling him all he can about him.