Fraser finds the big city can corrupt when an old friend from the North, Quinn, witnesses a jewelry store robbery and 'helps himself' to the missing loot, thus putting himself in danger from one of the crooks.

Detailed Overview

Fraser's boyhood mentor, Quinn, comes to Chicago to stop the construction of a hydroelectric dam that will destroy his northern town. Quinn has been a major influence in Fraser's life. He taught Fraser tracking and other wilderness skills and guided the development of his strong moral code. But although Quinn is legendary in the North, it seems that his skills are useless in the big city. The president of the Chicago Power Company refuses to even speak to him.

When Fraser and Quinn encounter a jewelry store robbery-in-progress, they spring into action. Quinn catches one of the robbers, but he's already stashed the jewels. A confrontation with the second robber leaves Fraser dangling from the roof of the building. Quinn rescues Fraser, triggering a flashback. Quinn had saved Fraser's life once before, when Fraser was twelve and had run away from home to go on his first caribou hunt.

Welsh is under pressure to solve this latest in a string of jewelry store robberies. The robbers, dubbed "the laughing bandits," are drawing a lot of media attention. Francesca, who is enjoying the limelight, starts to see new possibilities for her role in law enforcement. In the midst of this commotion, Kelly, the robber who got away, boldly walks into the police station posing as a lawyer. His partner gives him the jewels' location.

Quinn knows he needs cash to fight big business. He figures out where the jewels are hidden and impulsively "borrows" them, accidentally leaving a clue that Fraser later discovers. In an attempt to understand Quinn's motivation, Fraser asks him for help in tracking the jewel thief. As they work together, Fraser tries to prompt Quinn's conscience by drawing upon a series of flashbacks to their early years in the North. Just as Quinn decides to give up the jewels, Kelly takes Fraser and Quinn hostage. Stan locates the kidnapper's hideout, then disobeys orders to make a daring rescue.

Music

All Original Music

Interesting Trivia

• Because the actor who portrays Quinn is Native American, the name Quinn is possibly a tongue-in-cheek play on the Bob Dylan song, Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn), made famous back in the 1970's.
• Gordon Tootoosis is familiar to many Canadian viewers as a principal cast member of the 'other' Mountie TV Show, North of 60.
• We get to meet Stan's parents. Stan and his father didn't get along for a number of years due to Stan's choice of career.
• Fraser's grandparents (on dad's side) are named George and Martha -- as in Washington??
• Blooper: Fraser's left hand is stepped on, yet Quinn tends to the right hand.

Original Broadcast Information

• Australia: May 27, 1998
• Canada: September 30, 1998
• South Africa: May 27, 1998
• Sweden:
• Switzerland: May 10, 1998
• United Kingdom:
• United States: Week of February 23-March 1, 1998

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