Due South was a really good show especially considering it was a Canadian show and a lot of Canadian shows (even though I am a proud patriotic Canadian I have to admit this, even though it hurts) a lot of Canadian shows suck.I wish Due South was still on TV it is on in reruns but more episodes / new episodes would be great, it had real good acting writing and production value over all it just looked and feeled like a really good show.Maybe one of the best Canadian shows ever made here and I hope they bring it back for movies etc.

The last two series of due south were for the most part filmed without the original Ray (David Marciano), instead we had a ridiculous and unbelievable story about Stanley kowalski (callum Keith Rennie)replacing him while he was undercover. This was made worse by the new "Ray" being in contact with his, (Stanley's) ex wife, and often blowing his cover to random strangers (season 1 episode 2 eclipse).Having said all this I did find some of the episodes quite good "mountie on the bounty" was funny and enjoyable as was "dr longball".But I did miss the original Ray and somehow Fraser seemed more normal around the the quirky Stanley kowalski.only 5 out of 10 for this.

I'm sorry to say this, but I feel that seasons 3 and 4 were not up to the same quality of the 2 earlier seasons. I'm fortunate in that ITV 3 have spent the last 6 months showing the seasons back to back(and again for good measure). I must admit that while I recall liking Due South back when it originally aired, I seemed to have remembered the show perhaps through rose tinted glasses. Now that I have had the opportunity to watch the show in it's entirety, I can see a marked difference after the loss of the David Marciano. Don't get me wrong, Rennie brought a new dynamic to the show but the very qualities that originally drew me were lost. Season 3's highlight was the popular Mounty on the Bounty but by series 4 the show had morphed into a parody of itself. I'm not suggesting that every episode had to be as dark and intense as Victoria's Secret, but it seemed to get progressively sillier and at times it was almost embarrassing to watch. Already part way through season 3 I'm fed up of hearing the stale "I came to Chicago on the trail....", it was funny a couple of times but virtually every episode?!....Nooooooo! Rennie and Paul Gross worked well off each other and I can't fault him as an actor or his portrayal of the character. It just seems that the scripts suffered, the story lines per se however did not falter as can be seen by the final episodes COTW. It would be nice if they could gather the cast together and do a one-off 10 years later special. Still, I live in hope!

Due South was one of the great TV shows, successfully able to blend comedy and drama, to produce a serious, yet witty show. The acting is of very good quality, with Paul Gross and David Marciano able to depict the "best friend" type relationship in a very real way.The show, as far as I am concerned, did take a bit of a dive when Marciano left, however it was still an enjoyable show to watch and I feel that it was a pity that it was only given 4 seasons. It deserved a few more.