due South
Season 4 Background Information

General Information

Not much changes in the due South universe during this season. Everything pretty much remains the same way it did during season 3.

Main Characters

• Constable Benton Fraser: The years in Chicago are still having an effect on the Mountie. Although he is still very trusting and believes the best in people, his attitude and actions seem to suggest that he is becoming used to the way things are done in the city.
• Detective Stanley Kowalski (Ray Vecchio): Fraser's partner. Stanley was brought in to pretend that he is 'Detective Ray Vecchio' while the real detective is deep undercover with the mob. Basically a good cop, Stanley has his own set of issues to work out during the season. He and Fraser finally begin to work well together as partners.
• Diefenbaker: Fraser's deaf wolf (1/2 wolf actually) and companion. The wolf is still fiercely loyal to the Mountie and still seems to suffer from selective deafness.
• Detective Jack Huey: Jack remains much more level headed this season. He and his partner, Detective Thomas Dewey, begin to really click as a team.
• Detective Thomas Dewey: Jack's partner. Dewey is pretty outspoken and a competent cop, even if he smells bad according to Jack.
• Lieutenant Harding Welsh: The Detective's superior officer, Welsh oversees all actions for the Violent Crimes division of District 27. He is a tough but fair boss.
• Inspector Margaret Thatcher: The superior officer at the Canadian Consulate. Thatcher continues to be a tough boss for the Mounties, but her character is drastically softened from the way it was during season 2. The romantic tension between her and Fraser also seems to have disappeared, although it does pop up rarely.
• Fraser Sr.: Fraser's father appears again as a ghost during this season to offer his son advice. This time however, he decides that he needs an office to catch up with his work, so he builds one in Fraser's closet at the Consulate.
• Francesca Vecchio: Ray Vecchio's loud and outspoken sister. She continues her role as the Civilian Aide at the 27th Precinct. She becomes fairly active in the cases that go on around her much to the detective's delight.

Memorable Supporting Characters

• Detective Raymond Vecchio: Ray Vecchio returns for the final two episodes of the series, "Call of the Wild."
• Constable Renfield Turnbull: Fraser's help at the Consulate. Turbull appears more often this season, but he is still a bumbling klutz.
• Stella Kowalski: Stanley Kowalski's ex-wife and an Assistant States Attorney. She still harbors feelings for Stan (and vice versa), but she has a no nonsense approach to work.
• Mort Gustafson: The Medical Examiner for the 27th Precinct. Mort likes opera and takes great delight in his work down in the morgue.

Locations

All locations for this season (except for stock Chicago footage) are located in Toronto, Canada. The show was filmed in Canada because of the cheaper rates of producing a television series. For a partial list of Filming Locations, please see: http://home.hiwaay.net/~warydbom/duesouth/location.htm.

• Canadian Consulate: The Consulate finally remains the same for a season.
• District 27th Precinct: The Precinct finally remains the same for a season.

Awards

For a list of awards that due South won for this season, please see: http://home.hiwaay.net/~warydbom/duesouth/awards.htm

Interesting Trivia

• This season was filmed in the same session as season 3 which is why things generally remain the same between the two seasons.

Crew

Director of Photography - Malcolm Cross
Production Designer - Sandra Kybartas
Editor - Tom Joerin
Music - Jay Semko, Jack Lenz
Creative Producer - George Bloomfield
Executive Story Consultant - David Cole
Supervising Producer - Peter Bray
Producer - Frank Siracusa
Co-Executive Producer - R.B. Carney
Executive Producer - Paul Gross
Creative Consultant - John Krizanc
Executive Consultant - Jeff King
Story Editor - Julie Lacey
Stunts - Ken Quinn & Alison Reid
Diefenbaker - Trained by Rick Parker, Canadian Wranglers