Fraser is assigned to escort a Canadian trade diplomat's daughter for the evening, a relatively easy task until she decides that she wants a little bit of adventure. Meanwhile, Ray is involved with locating a slain mobster's contact list. Little do either of the boys realize that their separate assignments will eventually merge.

Detailed Overview

An apparently mundane Consulate assignment escalates into a wild ride for Fraser. Christina Nichols, the sixteen year old daughter of a Canadian diplomat, is placed in his charge for the evening and chooses that night to wildly break free from her repressive lifestyle. From bizarre after-hours clubs and a police raid to a tourist bus and a foreigner looking for Graceland, Fraser tries desperately to keep up with the debutante turned hell-raiser.

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.

Music

BUTTERFLY WINGS
Machines of Loving Grace, "Concentration"
Attic Records Ltd.
ACD-1386
Played loudly at 'leather' bar as Fraser searches for Christina.

NEON BLUE *
Holly Cole, "Yesterday & Today"
(not currently available on CD)
At formal ball; sung in person by the Holly Cole Trio.

* - This song is part of the First due South Soundtrack.

Interesting Trivia

• Deborah Rennard (Medical Examiner Esther Pearson) appears in later season 1 episodes. She is also the wife of due South's creator, Paul Haggis.
• Beth Amos, the hotel maid in this episode, shows up later in the season as a housekeeper in the episode "An Invitation to Romance."
• Kevin Rushton is back in this episode playing the cabbie who Fraser hires to follow Christina.

Original Broadcast Information

• Canada / United States: November 10, 1994

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