I cannot believe Bob would take the money. Due South is in many ways a show in which characters are exactly what they appear to be. Shadows only appear on "good" characters if there's a plot payoff (think about when Fraser does something bad, or dishonest -it's always to right a wrong. His one legal infraction -- the release of Victoria -- eats him up, and he pays for it with a bullet in "Victoria's Secret." Fate is not always kind, but it is fair. Ray V is portrayed as a possibly shady cop in the pilot, but again, it's never for himelf; if he cuts a legal corner (which we really don't ever see proof of) it's to bag the bad guy. Ray K seems to verge on doing those same sorts of things, and I can see him willing to maybe cut his own legal corners or punch a suspect. But both Rays are good guys, and their natures both become significantly more honest once they meet Fraser.
So now we come to Bob. Bob has quirks and weirdness and gaps where normal emotions toward people may be, but he's Fraser's role model. I know - they have a contentious and mutually misunderstanding relationship. But I can't believe that we'd be expected to have Fraser's go to ghost and advisor be a guy who would take a bribe. Some people disappoint Benton Fraser, but we've no real indication that Dad did so, except emotionally.
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Date: 2013-07-24 02:02 am (UTC)So now we come to Bob. Bob has quirks and weirdness and gaps where normal emotions toward people may be, but he's Fraser's role model. I know - they have a contentious and mutually misunderstanding relationship. But I can't believe that we'd be expected to have Fraser's go to ghost and advisor be a guy who would take a bribe. Some people disappoint Benton Fraser, but we've no real indication that Dad did so, except emotionally.