Due South: "Dr. Longball"

"Dr. Longball" (DS 4.1)
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Favorite quote:
RAY: Hey, y'know what they call third base?
FRASER: The hot plate?
RAY: No, the hot corner. You know why they call it that?
FRASER: I've no idea.
RAY: Well neither do I, but it does not sound good.
[Ray turns to go]
FRASER: Ray!
[Ray turns and Fraser throws him his glove. He drops it.]
FRASER: Oh dear.

It's taken me almost two years to get from the end of Season 3 to the beginning of Season 4. I apologize. Partly, this long hiatus has been due to excessively exciting health problems; partly it's been due to the fact that Season 4 is my favorite season, and it's a lot harder to analyze something you love than it is to analyze something you like a lot. And, you know, once I finish writing up the thirteen episodes of Season 4, we're done. There is no more Due South.

So fair warning: my love for Season 4 is unreasonable. I don't love every episode equally, but two of my three favorite Due South episodes are Season 4 ("The Ladies' Man" and "Say Amen"--the third of my favorite episodes, for anyone who's curious, is "A Hawk and a Handsaw"), and in general, really, I love Season 4 more than is good for me.

And a reminder: this is an Equal Love For Rays zone. If you want to talk about how much you hate Ray Kowalski, please do it somewhere else.

Okay. On with the show!

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