Category: Season 1

Melanie and Lindsay’s wedding is upon us! Mercury is in retrograde and it’s stirring up all sorts of drama for our gang.  With the help of an unlikely wedding coordinator (*cough* Brian Kinney *cough*), Emmett, Ted, Michael, Justin, Vic, and Debbie all rally to pull off a wedding in under twenty-four hours.

To be clear!  Ken is no longer enamored with a certain doctor (FINALLY), and E’Shel is NOT trying to declaw Brian Kinney.  Regarding the tickets, WE SAID WHAT WE SAID!!! But all opinions, including ours, are welcome!

Death makes its way to Liberty Avenue, taking Captain Astro and a nameless person with it.  Michael grieves the loss of his hero; Debbie goes toe to toe with a grouchy and insensitive detective; Brian and Justin have opposing responses to a potential threat; and Lindsay makes a surprising discovery about her late grandmother.  But this episode isn’t all death and danger!  George is GETTING. HIS. LIFE. Thanks to Emmett Honeycutt!

Ted’s attempt to relax and unwind is met with firm opposition.  Michael crosses a court, a karaoke stage, and his mother to get Ben back.  Brian meet’s his mother’s minister on ground that is more soiled than sacred.  He also accidentally outs himself to Joan Kinney!  Let’s just consider this episode to be the one where Ken and E’Shel rant A LOT!

This episode douses the fantasies of members of our gang and leaves them with nothing but sobering reality.   Justin attends a Hetero-Hop and meets a trick who reminds him of a forgotten dream.  Michael searches for what he’d already found but let go because couldn’t cope with everything that came with it.  Emmett’s Prince Charming doesn’t quite fit the profile described in the fairytale.  Brian has to face the fact that catching a hot young twink might be easier than keeping one.  

THIS FREAKING EPISODE of Queer As Folk is so good! Lindsay’s prudish behavior draws a confession out of Melanie.  Ted’s new business, JerkAtWork.net, is up and running, thanks to a friendly favor from Emmett, or should we say Fetch Dixon.  Michael goes to work setting up his shop, and his passion for comics catches the eye of a hot professor.  Hello, Ben Bruckner!! A trip to the grocery store stirs up trouble for Brian and Justin’s….relationship? Situation?  Anyway, it results in two classic QAF scenes, so we are here for it!

Michael MacLennan stops by the diner to dish about Queer As Folk from the writers’ perspecitve.  Our conversation begins with a technical discussion about how the episodes came together, and goes on to cover a few key moments and arcs from Season 2 through Season 4.  This episode does contain SPOILERS so beware! Check out Michael’s recent project, Tiny Pretty Things on Netflix!!

Heeding the words of the King (Elvis, that is), several members of our gang are on a journey to follow their dreams.  In this episode, Ted climbs out of his “black hole of depravity” and decides to pursue a career in the porn industry.  Michael eventually stands up for himself, and follows a life-long obsession into a new adventure.  Justin’s dream appears to be out of his grasp, but a fellow artist and his ‘non-boyfriend’ (??) help him recapture it.   It’s funny, and honest, and emotional, and everything we’ve come to expect from Queer As Folk.

PrideFest comes to Pittsburgh!!  As our gang prepares for the festivities, it’s not all rainbows and roses.  Shame, grief, rejection, weakness, insecurity, and a host of other obstacles threaten to derail the celebrations.  Each member of our gang has to make a choice to be proud.