Cheap Due South: Season 1 (4pc) (Dig) (DVD) (George Mendeluk, Jim Kaufman, Timothy Bond, Gilbert M. Shilton, Joseph L. Scanlan, George Bloomfield, Jon Cassar, Malcolm Cross, Lyndon Chubbuck, Richard J. Lewis) Price

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Customer Reviews of Due South: Season 1 (4pc) (Dig)

Fabulous TV Series
I'm so glad I learned about this Television Series. I never caught it when it was on the air, but I'm loving the first season of episodes. I like unique shows that combine comedy, drama and quirky characters (like Northern Exposure, Gilmore Girls and Monk). Due South fits very well into this category. It's a cop show (complete with car chases.) It has wonderful characters you instantly like. The themes about friendship are strong. And the comedy is deadpan and hilarious. The set-up for the show is that a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ends up working in Chicago as the unofficial partner of a Chicago Detective. The Canadian is perfect: polite, proper, sweet, gorgeous, brilliant, loyal, proficient and ever-so-serious. The Chicago cop is cynical, bumbling, uncool, intuitive, and a loyal friend. They're the perfect pair, and it's the dynamic between the two of them that makes for great comedy. I highly recommend it anyone looking for a new show that's well written, well directed, well acted & well filmed.

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Viewable on Region 2 DVD players
Although this item is listed as a R1 DVD it does appear to play on standard (i.e. not multiregion) R2 players & computers which is excellent news for UK fans. <
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>The re-designed package is very nice & the general video/audio quality seem fine. <
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>I didnt know that this US release was transferred from VHS masters but I'm suprised that the Canadian ones are superior... <
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>The reviews for the original releases at Amazon.ca: (Season1.ASIN B00006RG6Y. & Season2.ASIN B00008IHE6) are consistantly about the terrible video quality & bad case design. <
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>Very glad to see this series at a reasonable price & finally with the Pilot Episode in the correct place (!).

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I was so happy to finally see this on DVD!
I was very excited to come across Season 1 at my local Borders Books and Music. I was a late fan, having only seen a few episodes when it was released to syndication, then just as quickly yanked from the air waves. I could finally catch up on what I missed. <
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>Having now seen the first three seasons I would say this is the best of the three (though we are not blessed with any episodes written by Paul Gross, this time out). The relationship, and frustrations, between Fraser and Vecchio can sometimes boarder on hilarious as they learn to adapt to each other. On the other extreme, such as the two part, end of the season <
>episodes: "Victoria's Secret", you get to witness the tenderness Vecchio feels towards Fraser. His friendship and feelings of guilt help Fraser through one of the worst trials of his life and sets up the great opening episode of season 2. The secondary relationships between Fraser and his wolf, Diefenbaker, Vecchio's younger sister (who has a HUGE crush on Fraser), "Huey & Duey", Fraser and his ghost-father, Robert Fraser, just add to the greatness of this show (you may even grow to love Vecchio's car as much as he does!). <
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>Like many, I was pleased with the cheapier US price, rather then the more expensive international version. However, my only complaint, like so many others, my DVD's do stall or skip from time to time. I have no problem with the transfer, keeping in mind it has been a decade since the show was last aired, and only on occasion do you catch the low quality.I have read the international versions have the same stalling/skipping/scratched DVD problems as these versions. <
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>Don't let the manufacture mess ups stop you from buying these box sets though, the little hic-ups are no big deal in the larger scheme of things. I love having this great show in my DVD collection! <
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