So after yesterday's SOUL CRUSHING DEFEAT OMG (*sob*), that even my Tom/Peyton picspam couldn't make better, I put on Due South (CotW, baby) to cheer me up. And it did, because RayK cures all ills.

However, my mother was in the room, which meant that every five minutes I heard, "What's going on? This doesn't make any sense!"

And yeah, part of it was that I was watching the last episode, but most of it was due to the fact that she just couldn't grasp the sort of whimsical way the show plays with, I dunno, physics and actual cop procedure. To much realism interspersed with Fraser listening to a satellite uplink and translating binary into English, or jumping out of planes without a parachute, I guess, so she kept trying to take the show seriously. Also, she couldn't let the whole RayV -> RayK thing go ("But he doesn't even look like him!" Yeah, Ma. We know. It's Due South, just go with it.)

Finally, after her 50th variation on "This is stupid, I don't get it," I resorted to, "Well, Mom, it's Canadian."

WHICH SHE TOTALLY ACCEPTED AS AN EXPLANATION.

Towards the end of the show, she asked me why I liked it so much. I was, like, just wait. And as Fraser and Ray rode off into the sunset, I turned to her and said, "That's why." The beauty of the moment was sadly lost on her.

I <3 Due South!

So, about ten years too late, I've really gotten hooked on Due South. Ah, well, there are benefits to a long established fandom...tons and tons of really awesome fanfic! I've fallen in love with RayK. Don't get me wrong, RayV is great, he has terrific friend-chemistry with Fraser, but man Fraser/RayK is one of those exclusive, can't see 'em with anyone else, obsessive OTPs for me right now.

I updated my del.icio.us page with some Due South recs. Actually, I've updated the entire page with quite a few recs in a bunch of different fandoms...CSI, Star Trek, Supernatural, mostly. So there you go.