due South has ghosts. And magic snow.
but are they random episode elements or an essential part of the show? (edited for clarity)
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Vortex - Jan 08, 2007 6:01:13 am PST #5040 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Dana - Jan 08, 2007 6:03:08 am PST #5041 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
His father shows up pretty damn often, and in later seasons, lives in a closet in Fraser's office.
ETA: And is dead at the time.
Vortex - Jan 08, 2007 6:17:26 am PST #5042 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
ETA: And is dead at the time.
thanks for the clarification. I was thinking "okay, his father visits, so?"
Theodosia - Jan 08, 2007 6:34:53 am PST #5043 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Plus there is a fat streak of magic realism in the show, in general. Even if it weren't grandfathered in, it would still end up being vociferously argued in.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 08, 2007 6:41:33 am PST #5044 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Note that Frobisher could also see the elder Fraser's posthumous appearances, so they weren't just a hallucination of Benton's.
My favorite thing about the magic snow was that none of it stuck to Fraser after that fall from an airplane in the finale. He was just standing undusted atop the snowbank when Ray K finally dug himself out of his impact crater.
P.M. Marc - Jan 08, 2007 6:49:49 am PST #5045 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Plus there is a fat streak of magic realism in the show, in general. Even if it weren't grandfathered in, it would still end up being vociferously argued in.
Yeah. Pretty much what they said. Various things that we'd count as fantasy are SOP reality in dS. Ghosts, spirits, magical snow, lip reading wolves...
esse - Jan 08, 2007 6:59:32 am PST #5046 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
...implausibly amusing secondary characters, a team of Mountie cadets re-building and manning a life-size working replica of the HMS Bounty, Russian nuclear subs, FRASER'S MOM BEING HIS GIRLFRIEND IN ANOTHER SHOW.
Seriously. BBC4 had a due South marathon the Saturday after Christmas, and I was watching "Call of the Wild" and flailing, and at the end, Fraser's mom is Ellen from Slings & Arrows. Boy was that disconcerting.
brenda m - Jan 08, 2007 7:00:33 am PST #5047 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
FRASER'S MOM BEING HIS GIRLFRIEND IN ANOTHER SHOW.
And played by his wife, to boot.
Vonnie K - Jan 08, 2007 7:02:22 am PST #5048 of 10001
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Fraser's mom is Ellen from Slings & Arrows. Boy was that disconcerting.
Hahaha. I haven't watched past S2 of dS yet, but Ellen from S&A was played by Paul Gross's wife, Martha Burns. I can't decide if that casting is slightly ooky or weirdly charming. I'm leaning toward the latter.
esse - Jan 08, 2007 8:31:39 am PST #5049 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Yeah, that's new information to me. I just thought Canada was really small.
In other news, have ya'll seen this piece of awesomeness: [link] Fans doing a live-action fourth season of Star Trek, with absolutely stunning graphics (seriously! I was gap-jawed at how good they were!), fully re-created, life-size sets, and just general awesome all around. Of course, the acting leaves something to be desired, but then again, you have to give the fanboys credit.