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annundrielFinished Due South.
There's a part of me that almost can't believe they ended it the way they did. And I mean that in a good way. In an excellent way. Because I loved it, the whole series and the ending and all of it. Except for maybe what happened with Turnbull, though that probably turned out okay. And the Frannie thing was...odd. Which is saying something for a show like DS.
"Call of the Wild, Pts. 1 & 2"
There were a bunch of little things that I loved, and most of them come from the second part, since that's freshest in my mind.
- Ray! Ray Vecchio! As soon as the back of his head showed up, I was flailing. Oh, I missed him. I think...I like Kowalski more, but that in no way changes the fact that I love Vecchio, too.
It's sort of like Fraser beaming at the both of them in the hotel room, so happy that they're both there and oblivious in his happiness to the fact that they're not precisely getting along.
- MacGyver Mountie. And all of the many uses for Ray's gum. And Fraser's face when he intercepts the transmission. Oh, Paul Gross.
- Ray's "Dolphin Boy."
- Fraser using "turtles" as a distraction once again.
- Ray covered in snow after being thrown out of the plane while Fraser is absolutely pristine.
- Ray in the swing. Heh. And the both of them down the crevasse.
- Basically any part with Ray and Fraser.
To name a few. But there are three parts that stood out for me in particular, not counting the fact that Fraser and Ray literally rode of into the sunset together. That being the part I'm still kind of marveling over because, oh boy, does that leave things open for fangirls such as myself. And I have been benefiting from the fanfiction, you better believe it.
- This conversation between RayK and Thatcher kind of killed me. RayK's woobie-ness kind of kills me a lot.
- And later, the conversation between Ray and Fraser at their first camp:
What I love about these two scenes is that you can see that Ray's lost. He doesn't know where he stands anymore if you take Fraser and his partnership with Fraser out of the equation. I think it's clear from what he's said in other episodes that he really was looking for a clean start, a new beginning. Going undercover, he got to have that. And instead of being defined by Stella, his relationship with her, and the incident in the bank when they were kids, he begins to define himself by Fraser and their partnership. And while he doesn't necessarily see himself the way Fraser sees him, I think that being partners with Fraser makes it easier for him to continue being the guy with however many citations to his name.
Because no matter how many times Ray denies it, he is a good cop and he keeps doing good work to keep people safe.
Small digression, but there's a part in "Eclipse" where Fraser tells Ray, right after listing his citations for bravery, "You're a good policeman, Ray. And I would be proud to call you my partner...and my friend." Ray asks him, "What was that last part?" Fraser repeats, "Friend." And then Ray goes on to ask him for money, which Fraser refuses. But it just now reminded me of this part in "Asylum":
Both times it's Fraser's use of the word "friend" that Ray wants confirmed, like he's not used to hearing it. Which just makes me sigh and go, "Oh, Ray" a lot.
- Finally,
It's all about Ray's face here. And Fraser's, to a lesser extent. It's so clear from Ray's face that he does not want his partnership with Fraser to be over. He's looking for some hope that this isn't it. But Thatcher interrupts before he can find out what Fraser's getting at. Kind of like the other scene between the two of them around a campfire in this episode, the conversation is interrupted - first by Ray falling asleep, then by Thatcher - before anyone can really get anything out of it.
And I do want to know what Fraser was getting at there. I mean, I can imagine where it was going, but that's not quite the same. I know he was reassuring Ray that they'd always be partners no matter what, but I feel as though there was something further going on there. And I think that primarily has to do with Ray's response that he's not sure what Fraser's saying. At least I think that's where he was going with that. And once again, it's an instance of Fraser offering friendship, partnership, and Ray needing to make sure he's really hearing what he's hearing. The man definitely has self-esteem issues under the bravado.
I feel like there's more I want to say and that what I've already said could be more clear, but my fingers are now freezing and I have to get ready to go to town.
There's a part of me that almost can't believe they ended it the way they did. And I mean that in a good way. In an excellent way. Because I loved it, the whole series and the ending and all of it. Except for maybe what happened with Turnbull, though that probably turned out okay. And the Frannie thing was...odd. Which is saying something for a show like DS.
"Call of the Wild, Pts. 1 & 2"
There were a bunch of little things that I loved, and most of them come from the second part, since that's freshest in my mind.
- Ray! Ray Vecchio! As soon as the back of his head showed up, I was flailing. Oh, I missed him. I think...I like Kowalski more, but that in no way changes the fact that I love Vecchio, too.
It's sort of like Fraser beaming at the both of them in the hotel room, so happy that they're both there and oblivious in his happiness to the fact that they're not precisely getting along.
- MacGyver Mountie. And all of the many uses for Ray's gum. And Fraser's face when he intercepts the transmission. Oh, Paul Gross.
- Ray's "Dolphin Boy."
- Fraser using "turtles" as a distraction once again.
- Ray covered in snow after being thrown out of the plane while Fraser is absolutely pristine.
- Ray in the swing. Heh. And the both of them down the crevasse.
- Basically any part with Ray and Fraser.
To name a few. But there are three parts that stood out for me in particular, not counting the fact that Fraser and Ray literally rode of into the sunset together. That being the part I'm still kind of marveling over because, oh boy, does that leave things open for fangirls such as myself. And I have been benefiting from the fanfiction, you better believe it.
- This conversation between RayK and Thatcher kind of killed me. RayK's woobie-ness kind of kills me a lot.
RAY: You ever feel like you don't know who you are? Like if you weren't around somebody, or that someone wasn't around you, then you wouldn't be you, or at least not the you that you think. You ever think like that?
THATCHER: Never.
RAY: Me either.
- And later, the conversation between Ray and Fraser at their first camp:
RAY: Fraser do you ever get the feeling that you're you know, lost?
FRASER: No, a quick look to the stars or the sun, you can always find your location.
RAY: No I don't mean where you are, I mean who you are.
FRASER: Oh, when I first came to Chicago I felt as though I was from another planet.
RAY: Which you are.
FRASER: Which I have come to accept. Everything was unknown and at times frightening. And I felt as though I was an explorer, an urban explorer.
RAY: Urban Explorer.
FRASER: I remember one time we were on a stakeout and I was trying to explain the sense of other worldliness to the detectives, and I was telling the story of Sir John Franklin who set out to discover the North West Passage. But I realized as I was telling the story that they'd fall into - (Fraser notices that Ray has fallen asleep)
What I love about these two scenes is that you can see that Ray's lost. He doesn't know where he stands anymore if you take Fraser and his partnership with Fraser out of the equation. I think it's clear from what he's said in other episodes that he really was looking for a clean start, a new beginning. Going undercover, he got to have that. And instead of being defined by Stella, his relationship with her, and the incident in the bank when they were kids, he begins to define himself by Fraser and their partnership. And while he doesn't necessarily see himself the way Fraser sees him, I think that being partners with Fraser makes it easier for him to continue being the guy with however many citations to his name.
Because no matter how many times Ray denies it, he is a good cop and he keeps doing good work to keep people safe.
Small digression, but there's a part in "Eclipse" where Fraser tells Ray, right after listing his citations for bravery, "You're a good policeman, Ray. And I would be proud to call you my partner...and my friend." Ray asks him, "What was that last part?" Fraser repeats, "Friend." And then Ray goes on to ask him for money, which Fraser refuses. But it just now reminded me of this part in "Asylum":
FRASER: You didn't shoot that man.
RAY: How do you know? How do you know? How can you be so sure?
FRASER: Because I know you. You're my partner. And you're my friend.
RAY: ...Was that hard to say?
FRASER: Not in the least.
Both times it's Fraser's use of the word "friend" that Ray wants confirmed, like he's not used to hearing it. Which just makes me sigh and go, "Oh, Ray" a lot.
- Finally,
RAY: So if we live through this err we get back to Chicago I guess you'll partner up with Vecchio. That's ok 'cause he's err a good guy you worked with him for a while.
FRASER: You know Ray, my father and Buck Frobisher were partners for more than 20 years. Their territory was thousands of miles sometimes they wouldn't see each other for months. No matter how far apart they were they always knew that they were partners.
RAY: I'm not sure if you're -
It's all about Ray's face here. And Fraser's, to a lesser extent. It's so clear from Ray's face that he does not want his partnership with Fraser to be over. He's looking for some hope that this isn't it. But Thatcher interrupts before he can find out what Fraser's getting at. Kind of like the other scene between the two of them around a campfire in this episode, the conversation is interrupted - first by Ray falling asleep, then by Thatcher - before anyone can really get anything out of it.
And I do want to know what Fraser was getting at there. I mean, I can imagine where it was going, but that's not quite the same. I know he was reassuring Ray that they'd always be partners no matter what, but I feel as though there was something further going on there. And I think that primarily has to do with Ray's response that he's not sure what Fraser's saying. At least I think that's where he was going with that. And once again, it's an instance of Fraser offering friendship, partnership, and Ray needing to make sure he's really hearing what he's hearing. The man definitely has self-esteem issues under the bravado.
I feel like there's more I want to say and that what I've already said could be more clear, but my fingers are now freezing and I have to get ready to go to town.
