Due South - Victoria's Secret: Parts 1 & 2 [VHS]: Paul Gross, David Marciano, Gordon Pinsent, Melina Kanakaredes, Shay Duffin, Paul Haggis: Amazon.co.uk: Video

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5.0 out of 5 stars An urban fairy tale, 9 Mar 2003

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This review is from: Due South - Victoria's Secret: Parts 1 & 2 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This double episode is one of those programmes that make you believe the whole series up to this point served to set up this story.
Its all about the apparently flawless Constable Fraser trying to make up for his one apparent mistake, the arresting of the one woman he ever loved and how his mixture of devotion and desperation leads to him compromising the career of himself and his friend Ray.
Of course, at the heart of any great film or TV show are great performances with the ever impressive Paul Gross and David Marciano and the whole cast taking their opportunity to shine, especially Gordon Pinsent as the ghost of Fraser's father.
But it all comes down to a great story that is told superbly. Every time I watch this I see another theme or another speech that gives a greater explanation of what happens later on.
The best thing about this, and the show as a whole, is the great balance of drama and humour. The scene where they play pool in a room barely big enough to fit the table is great, but the humour doesn't detract from the drama and the great tragedy at the heart of the story.
This is powerful stuff and the final scene is just gut wrenching and magical. The score is superb (listen out for the wonderful piano version of Sarah McLaughlin's Possession) and is another quality piece to an exemplary puzzle. The more I watch it the more I get out of it, its almost like the Usual Suspects in the way it evolves every time you see it. A superb episode of a superb series. If you like Due South then get this now. If you've never seen it before then try and find re-runs or rent out or borrow some videos of previous episodes just so you can fully appreciate how good this is. It is rare that TV is this great.

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4.0 out of 5 stars For Due South fans - an absolute treat., 15 Dec 2001

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This review is from: Due South - Victoria's Secret: Parts 1 & 2 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Due South is a Canadian made TV series, following the adventures of an extremely strait-laced Mountie and a deaf wolf from the far North of Canada, on the tough streets of Chicago with his quirky American police partner.
Due South, like most cult status programmes, is hated (or misunderstood?) by most people and worshipped by its die-hard fans.
This double-episode feature is probably Due South at its best. It brings together the action, gentle comedy, well-laid out plot and earnst morality of the programme, while bringing about some new and revealing insights into the characters of Fraser and Ray.
The filming techniques are superior to that of most television, and a more like those used in cinema, giving the picture a higly-polished look.
The soundtrack is made up of original music, which is very good, and borrowed folk-pop, which is awful.
The plot follows Fraser's supposed out-of-character affair with old flame Victoria, who has just been released from prison. There is, of course, the tension between his passionate love and his strict sense of morality. We see a new side to Ray in his protective defence of Fraser.
The narrative moves at the correct speed with a fairly good balance of action and emotional-based scenes.
For Due South fans, this is an absolute treat as it is very different from all other episodes, but still faithful to the character of the series. For everyone else -???

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5.0 out of 5 stars Due South At Its Best, 11 Feb 2004

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This review is from: Due South - Victoria's Secret: Parts 1 & 2 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'm a Due South fan, so rating it from that respect, and these are simply the two very best episodes of Due South - full stop, no question about it. Humour, drama, characterisation and that little bit of something else are all brought together as Fraser is reunited with a woman from his past. Victoria was a ruthless criminal whom he was tracking across the Yukon; they fell in love with each other, when trapped together in a dense blizzard, stranded miles away from anywhere, but Fraser still gave her in to the police. He's regretted it ever since, and never forgotten her (fans will realise that Fraser's mentioning of a woman in past episode You Must Remember This is Victoria) and is caught in a whirlwind romance when he finds her again. Everything the good-natured Mountie is known for goes out the window, and he's just this average bloke - skipping work, missing a friends pool evening. Sadly, alas, it can't last. Fraser soon discovers that Victoria has never forgiven him for his betrayal, which makes for the high-drama second part with a devestating ending which will make sure viewers see the next episode, "Letting Go". A lot of the soundtrack is supplied by Sarah McLachlan; unfortunatly, this isn't reflected on the Due South album, so make sure you buy Sarah's album "Fumbling Towards Ecstacy" which contains the tracks Plenty, Fear and Fumbling Towards Ecstacy. Blended in with the drama - particually the piano version of Possession, as Fraser reflects on his past - makes moving viewing. I can't recommend Victoria's Secret enough for fans; if you're new to Due South, then it's wise to see a couple of past episodes first, to get the feel of the characters (particuarly Fraser and Ray) and how different they become as Victoria returns. But this is high quality TV comedy-drama - certainly a gem of my video collection.

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