 Constable Benton's Hat -
The Stetson hat issued to Royal Canadian Mountie Constable Benton
Fraser (Paul Gross) on the drama DUE SOUTH/CBS/SYN/1994-99 seems to
hold a magical life-saving quality. Whenever Benton didn't wear it,
something bad happened to him; and when he did, it saved his life as
in episode "Free Willie" when he was shot in the hat but wasn't
harmed.
On the episode "Victoria's Secret," Benton left the hat on his partner's
green Buick Riviera, and his dog, Diefenbaker got shot. In episodes
"Manhunt" and "The Deal" his hat flies off his head and he
respectively, gets stabbed in the leg and beaten up. And in "They
Shoot Horses, Don't They?" when Fraser and Ray Vecchio (David
Marciano) are trapped in a meat locker, Fraser gives Ray his hat, as
if knowing the hat will act as a talisman to protect Ray from the
cold. They both survived the ordeal. A magical hat? Watch the show
and you decide.
TRIVIA NOTE: When the series DUE SOUTH ended, the
hat and uniform worn by Constable Benton Fraser was donated and
placed on exhibit at Planet Hollywood in Toronto.
See also - "The
Stetson Hat"
and DOGS:
Diefenbaker
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