Due South (1994–1999)

David Marciano: Detective Ray Vecchio

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• Fraser : She shot my hat, Ray.

  Ray Vecchio : [incredulous that this matters]  She shot you in the hat?

  Fraser : [very serious]  I can feel air coming in through the hole.

  Ray Vecchio : [serious]  She shot you in the hat.

  Fraser : How does it look?

  Ray Vecchio : Doesn't look good.

  Fraser : We'll have to go home and get my other one.

  Ray Vecchio : We can do that, Fraser.

  Fraser : Thanks, Ray.

• Ray Vecchio : Does the word "incarcerate" mean anything to you?

  Fraser : Well it's from the Medieval Latin, "incarcerata..."

  Ray Vecchio : Medieval Latin? You let a perp go and you're giving me Medieval Latin?

  Fraser : Actually, "perpetrator" is also Latin, from "perpetrare..."

  Ray Vecchio : Shut up, ok? Just shut up.

• Fraser : [Ray is driving]  You really should be setting an example, Ray, I mean, you stand for the rule of law and...

  [Ray turns a corner without indicating] 

  Fraser : There! You just did it again.

  Ray Vecchio : Did What?

  Fraser : You know perfectly well what.

  Ray Vecchio : No, I don't.

  Fraser : You just made a turn without indicating.

  Ray Vecchio : I wouldn't do that.

  Fraser : You just did.

  Ray Vecchio : You're seeing things.

  Fraser : I'm not seeing things, Ray. You made a left hand turn at that intersection and you didn't use your...

  [Ray turns another corner without indicating] 

  Fraser : There! You just did it again.

  Ray Vecchio : Did what?

  Fraser : You know, perhaps I'm reading too much into matters but it would appear you're doing this on purpose.

  Ray Vecchio : Ah, really annoys you, doesn't it?

• Ray Vecchio : So you're me.

  Ray Kowalski : And you're not you.

  Ray Vecchio : That's a good one. Unlike the clothes.

  Ray Kowalski : Something wrong with them?

  Ray Vecchio : Well, nothing if you're a ... bag lady. You see, I had a rep. I was a slick dresser.

  Ray Kowalski : Oh yeah, like a style pig, you mean.

• Fraser : Yes, officially it is off the record but I thought you'd be concerned.

  Ray Vecchio : I never get unofficially concerned.

• Ray Vecchio : [to Diefenbaker]  What is the most unglamorous, unromantic place you could possibly take a woman?

  [a garbage truck drives past and Diefenbaker gives chase] 

  Ray Vecchio : Oh, come on! A garbage truck? Not even Fraser's that... Hold on Benny!

  [Ray runs after the truck] 

• Ray Vecchio : [to his father's ghost]  Don't you have things to do in hell or wherever you are?

• Ray Vecchio : Please tell me this doesn't involve sub-zero temperatures or Inuit legend.

  Fraser : No, it does not.

  Ray Vecchio : Of course it does. It always does.

• Ray Vecchio : How do I get out of this town?

  Woman behind counter : Left at the corner.

  Ray Vecchio : Well, I don't have a car.

  Woman behind counter : Then you have a problem.

  Ray Vecchio : You have no idea. Is there a car rental agency?

  Woman behind counter : Apollo 13 rentals.

  Ray Vecchio : How about a bus?

  Woman behind counter : Last one went through an hour ago.

  Ray Vecchio : Does the space shuttle fly over any time soon?

  Woman behind counter : Ask Bob.

  Ray Vecchio : I'd rather gouge my eyes out with a dull spoon.

  [the woman offers Ray a plastic spoon] 

  Ray Vecchio : No, no, it's just an expression.

• Fraser : Grace loves the opera but she can't afford to sit close.

  Ray Vecchio : Yeah, but she's deaf.

  Fraser : Well, that doesn't mean she can't enjoy good music.

  Ray Vecchio : Really? Oh, I thought it did.

• Ray Vecchio : He's got so many politicians in his pocket he walks with a limp.

• Ray Vecchio : [voice over from sewer]  This is a swill pit. You brought me into a swill pit.

  Fraser : [voice over from sewer]  No, it's not a swill pit, Ray. First of all, swill entails a more pungent odour and a pit is generally a circular indentation with only one entrance from the top. This however fits the definition of a tunnel. A long, straight...

  Ray Vecchio : [thud] 

  [voice over from sewer] 

  Ray Vecchio : Ow!

  Fraser : [voice over from sewer]  Correction, a long, meandering tunnel.

• Ray Vecchio : I'm guessing you two don't meet a lot of celebrities.

  Fraser : Well, we were once inspected by the assistant of the deputy commissioner of the RCMP once.

• Ray Vecchio : 16,000 fans screaming in unified hatred against one man and you think you heard what one of them said?

  Fraser : No, I think I saw what one of them said.

  Ray Vecchio : Like that's easier.

• Ray Vecchio : The gunman sir, he was wearing a cashmere jacket and he was driving a black Cadillac. These are kind of expensive things for a two-bit hood, would you not say so, sir?

  Harding Welsh : Detective, I'm surprised you haven't picked up on the little-known fact about thieves - they usually don't pay for things.

• Ray Vecchio : Did I mention it was my day off?

  Fraser : Several times.

• Fraser : I'll just be a minute.

  Ray Vecchio : All right, I'm counting down. 1... 2... 3... 4...

  Fraser : Technically, that's counting up.

  Ray Vecchio : Get the hell outta here! 9... 10...

• Ray Vecchio : Well, I'll be.

  Fraser : Be what, Ray?

• Fraser : I'm sure if the situation were reversed, you'd do exactly the same for me.

  Ray Vecchio : Not in a million years.

• Ray Vecchio : You know, Benny, I'm really glad you're back, but er, do you mind shutting up?