Due South (TV Series)

Gift of the Wheelman (1994)

Gordon Pinsent: Robert 'Bob' Fraser Sr.

Quotes 

• Fraser Sr. : [Fraser continues to read his father's journal, hearing Fraser Sr.'s voice while reading]  "Sam Dalton made only one mistake: He planned everything but how he was going to spend the money. Before he hit Whitehorse he left a trail of twenties that took me right to his door."

  [Fraser Sr.'s mittened hand reaches from the back seat to point at the journal] 

  Fraser Sr. : But Sam's case was nothing like this.

  Constable Benton Fraser : No, I know, but what I can't seem to find is -

  [stops and looks in the back seat where his father's ghost is sitting] 

  Fraser Sr. : Hello, son.

  Constable Benton Fraser : [warily]  Hello, Dad. How are you?

  Fraser Sr. : I'm dead, son. Other than that, do you mean?

  Constable Benton Fraser : No, that's what I was asking.

  Fraser Sr. : Oh, that's good. Never be ashamed to ask a stupid question, son. I taught you that, didn't I?

  Constable Benton Fraser : Not specifically, no.

  Fraser Sr. : Well, no time like the present.

• Fraser Sr. : So fill me in on the case.

  Constable Benton Fraser : [staring at his father's ghost]  The case.

  Fraser Sr. : The case. The case you're working on. Something about it bothers you.

  Constable Benton Fraser : Well, in a nutshell: There was a bank robbery today, now we've identified the perpetrators, but the wheelman, that's the driver in Chicago parlance, double-crossed his partners. Now what we can't seem to figure- is there any insanity in our family?

  Fraser Sr. : No, not that I'm aware of.

  Constable Benton Fraser : Good.

  Fraser Sr. : Well, there was your Uncle Tiberius who died wrapped in cabbage leaves, but we assumed that was a freak accident.

• Constable Benton Fraser : [of his father]  Next he'll be trying to show me how to start a fire. You know, Ray, I've got half a mind just to tell him to pack up, move out.

  Ray Vecchio : Of your mind.

  Constable Benton Fraser : Yes.

  Fraser Sr. : [from the back seat]  Hello, son!

  Constable Benton Fraser : [mumbling]  Oh, God, he's back.

  Fraser Sr. : What's that?

  Constable Benton Fraser : Uhhh, I said, glad you're back, Dad!

  [to Ray] 

  Constable Benton Fraser : Not a word, all right?

  Ray Vecchio : Hey, no problem, Benny.

• Fraser Sr. : [Benton Fraser and Ray Vecchio are pinned down by gunfire]  What you need, son, if you don't mind me saying, is a good solid plan.

  [Benton Fraser picks up a rock] 

  Fraser Sr. : Or you can just throw a rock.

  Constable Benton Fraser : Fire your entire clip on three!

  Fraser Sr. : But then he'll be out of bullets.

  Ray Vecchio : Then I'll be out of bullets!

  Constable Benton Fraser : I heard both of you!

  Ray Vecchio : Is there an entire conversation going on here that I'm totally unaware of?

  Constable Benton Fraser : Yes. One... two... three!

  [Ray comes up shooting, Fraser hurls the rock and beans Cameron in the head; Jimmy and Cameron retreat] 

  Fraser Sr. : At least you found the villains, son. There's something to be said for that.

  Constable Benton Fraser : Thank you.

  Ray Vecchio : [giving Fraser a puzzled look]  Any time.

• Fraser Sr. : [as Porter arrives to pick Del up]  That's him!

  Constable Benton Fraser : Who?

  Ray Vecchio : What?

  Constable Benton Fraser : There!

  Ray Vecchio : Where?

  [Porter roars away with Del] 

  Ray Vecchio : Right in front of the police station? Now that is cheek!

  [takes off in hot pursuit] 

• Fraser : Is there any insanity in our family?

  Fraser Sr. : No, not that I'm aware of.

  Fraser : Good.

  Fraser Sr. : Well, there was your uncle Tiberius that died wrapped in cabbage leaves, but we assumed that was a freak accident.