Suddenly, the stuffy, precise yet somehow still sexy Fraser is no more; in his place is a normal guy who doesn't go weird if there is a single speck of dust on his uniform.
In an effort to bring him back, partner Ray Vecchio (David Marciano) reminisces with him about the escapades the two of them have shared.
In the course of reviewing bits and pieces of the entire series, the amnesiac Fraser is shocked to learn that his fusspot real self lives in a slum apartment, owns a deaf lip-reading wolf named Diefenbaker, is so polite he's painful and has enough extraneous information in his head to rival Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
All the while the newly-relaxed Fraser and the mildly-alarmed Ray are still trying to solve the robbery that motivated the Canadian to leap upon a car -- the very car and robbery he now cannot remember.
There is a particularly hilarious scene, done straight-faced, of Fraser and his superior officer, Insp. Meg Thatcher, a woman he always calls "Sir," handcuffed together by criminals. Benton tries to pass a hairpin to Thatcher. Mouth to mouth in a pantomime that reminds us all why this show won so many awards. The hairpin slips and falls down her dress and ... well, surely you don't want to know everything.
By the way, the robbery does get solved after scenes involving thieving ex-husbands, outraged ex-and current wives, and red-hot saunas.
PHOTO: DUE SOUTH ... Paul Gross, left, and David Marciano.