A character in Due South
Played by David Marciano
Due South · 157 quotes
Tied for 1st most-quoted character in Due South: in 112 of its 157 quotes
Most scenes with: Benton Fraser (79), Ian (4), Welsh (3)
I thought they sent you back up to the Yukon.
Well, they did, sir. And then they sent be back here again. I'm afraid I'm not at all that well liked up there, sir.
By, "up there", you mean...
Pretty much all of Canada, sir.
Hmm. The wolf isn't involved in this is it?
RayOnly peripherally, sir.
Are you willing to take responsibility for him?
Ray VecchioPersonally? You see that's the problem, sir, in that, you know, I date a lot, and--
Huey and Louis get him.
Good call, Lieutenant.
I'll take responsibility, sir.
You want him?
RayIt's a Mountie thing, sir. Two more points and he gets to go camping.
Ray VecchioHe is in on it.
Yes.
RayDon't ask me how I know, but I know. How do you know?
Same way you do.
RayI guessed.
Oh.
RayWhat do you mean, "Oh" How do you know? You stick a wet finger in the air and you decide he was a thief?
No, no. From that all I can tell is they have a malfunction in the ventilating system. [to a repairman] Pardon me, you have a broken cooling vent in Suite B [to Ray] It's of no importance, Ray.
You know, Ray, when I was a young man, my father told me one thing to always remember about thieves. Well, actually, he told me two things, but I've forgotten the other one. Anyway, the important one is, that despite the adage, you will rarely find honor among thieves.
Ray VecchioYou can't remember the other one?
It was something about tying a wallet to your underwear. I was very young at the time. Anyway, the point is, if they took the money during the robbery then Hamlin would have to trust them to give him his share.
Don't move, Boy Scout. Back right off.
You alright, Ray?
Ray VecchioI'm well, Fraser, and you?
[to Fraser] Dead in your tracks! Right there. Take out the gun and drop it on the floor.
RayDon't do it, Fraser. Take the shot.
I'm afraid I'm not carrying a gun.
Drop the gun.
I honestly don't have one.
Ray[about Fraser] Sharp shooter first class. Can take the head off a pin.
He's right about that.
Ray[to Morgan] Drop it or he takes you out.
I would if I had a gun, Ray.
Show me the gun!
Well we'd have to go back to my office. I do have this knife.
RayOh, that's good Benny. Threaten her with your camping utensils.
She shot my hat, Ray.
Ray VecchioShe shot you in the hat?
I can feel air coming in through the hole.
RayShe shot you in the hat, alright.
How does it look?
RayDoesn't look good.
We'll have to go home and get my other one.
RayWe can do that, Fraser.
Thanks, Ray.
Ray Vecchio...All I'm saying is, in the future, it's a good idea that you don't suggest somebody shoot me.
Well I didn't want to, Ray, but it was necessary in order to enrage her.
RayYou wanted to enrage the person that had a gun to my neck. That was your strategy?
I knew that if I kept at it, eventually I'd draw her fire and you'd get your shot. And I knew you'd trust me.
RayBut I didn't.
Yes you did.
RayNo, I didn't.
Yes. You did.
RayNo. I didn't.
Well of course you did. Maybe you just weren't fully aware of it.
RayI was very aware of my feelings toward you, Fraser.
Well if you didn't know what I was planning, then why'd you follow along?
RayI wasn't playing along, I was begging for my life!
Oh. Oh well, uh, my mistake.
RayMistake?! You coulda got me killed!
Well no, I'd never allow that - you're my friend. You're my best friend, I'd have to say.
RayI am? [pause] Hey! Exactly how many "best friends" have you had?
Ray VecchioElaine you should have seen me. So I land on this conveyor belt and this guy, he jumps on my back, and then suddenly--
Fraser saves you.
Ray'[pause] No, no. I flipped the guy off, but then he grabs a crowbar, right? And he swings it at my--
Fraser grabs it.
Ray[frustrated] No. I duck and then out of nowhere--
Fraser appears.
Ray[evil grin] Did you know that he pins his wallet to his underwear?
Cool.
Well, actually, I was very young and the underwear was rather long and I... [Fraser turns from Elaine and looks for Ray] Ray?
Okay.
All right, you come over, feed and water him twice a day, and I'll take him out when I get home at night. Deal?
Deal.
It's twenty-five dollars a week, as long as you stay in school. [Fraser gives him Canadian money]
Wait a minute. That, uh...
I know, I know. I'm sorry. Ray, would you mind?
Ray VecchioHere, take the wallet. Just give me an allowance.
Ray VecchioYou can't keep doing this, you know.
What's that?
RayRomping through the streets of Chicago, rescuing widows and orphans as you may.
It's just one kid, Ray.
RayYou're not in a small town anymore. You can't rescue everyone you meet.
No, I understand.
Hey Fraser, thanks for the boots!
Glad they fit, Gerome!
[Ray is sitting at a bar watching a game on TV]
Ray[his cell phone rings] Ma, I can't talk I'm on a stakeout.
Uh, Ray?
RayBenny! Benny, you gotta get down here right away. The Bears are finally kicking some butt!
Ray VecchioOkay, I'm on the edge of my seat. What's this huge moral dilemma you're carrying on your shoulders?
I've given my word to a girl.
RayFraser, you do not have to marry every girl that you meet.
Oh no, it's...she's a very young girl.
RayWell, then, you do have a problem.
Ray Vecchio[about a man involved in an insurance scam] So what's the dilemma? We bust him.
Then I'd be breaking my word to the little girl.
RayAnd this gives you a problem.
Yes.
RayOh.
And if I don't turn him in, then I'm withholding evidence of a crime.
RayVery good, Benny. You can go to the head of the class.
So I've given it some thought and I've come up with the only...only logical solution: you have to arrest me.
RayFor what?
I can't tell you that.
RayWell, then I'm not gonna arrest you.
But you have to.
RayWell, I'm not.
You have to!
RayOh, I'm not!
You have to!
Ray VecchioOkay, so how do you know the guy who paid Charlie's a fighter?
His wrists. They were completely hairless, indicating he wears gloves that are tied tightly in a constant use.
RaySo we're tracking a guy with hairless wrists.
Also, the second knuckle of each hand is slightly lower than the others. His jaw clicked slightly when he spoke, indicating a fractured mandible. And his eyes had shifted downward and laterally in their sockets, cause, no doubt, by repeated blows to the zygomatic arch.
RayOkay, that I'll buy. But how'd you know he worked out in this gym?
It was written on his t-shirt.
RayYou couldn't have said that in the first place? You had to go through the hairless wrists and the fractured mandibles?!
I'm sorry, Ray.
RayAw, man!
[The trainer is taking care of Fraser's first boxing opponent, Fraser is tending to his second opponent, and Ray has a bag of ice to his face]
Ow!
Sorry.
Your old man taught you how to box like that?
My grandmother, actually. Although I'm beginning to suspect that the book she used was somewhat outdated.
[Later]
Ray Vecchio[hands ice pack to first Boxer] You're probably going to need this more than me. [to Fraser] Your grandmother?!
Yes.
RayYou think I can get a copy of that book?
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