"Queer as Folk" Episode #4.8 (2004)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Bruce McDonald

Writers:

Del Shores (teleplay)
Ron Cowen (story) ...

TV Series:

"Queer as Folk" (2000)

Original Air Date:

6 June 2004 (Season 4, Episode 8)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Brian continues to keep his illness to himself; Debbie tries to re-connect with Horvath; Justin and Michael hear a pitch from a Hollywood producer about 'Rage'.

Plot Keywords:

Nudity | Male Nudity | Male Model | Shower Scene | White Briefs

Cast

Michelle Clunie	...	Melanie Marcus
Robert Gant	...	Professor Ben Bruckner
Thea Gill	...	Lindsay Peterson
Gale Harold	...	Brian Kinney
Randy Harrison	...	Justin Taylor
Scott Lowell	...	Ted Schmidt
Peter Paige	...	Emmett Honeycutt
Hal Sparks	...	Michael Novotny
Sharon Gless	...	Debbie Novotny
Jack Wetherall	...	Vic Grassi
Peter MacNeill	...	Detective Carl Horvath
Robin Thomas	...	Sam Auerbach
Harris Allan	...	James 'Hunter' Montgomery
Mike Shara	...	Brett Keller
Stephanie Moore	...	Cynthia

"Fiercely Realistic" is a gross understatement

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Episode 408 "I feel like I've died and gone to homo heaven." ~Brian

This show has done the impossible. Throughout every season, it has thus far remained absolutely perfect and doesn't have hardly any faults whatsoever. With the passing of Vic and Brian getting testicular cancer, it's almost as if we're being transported to another dimension of perfection. This episode made me cry hysterically, not just because of the absolutely note-perfect acting, but because the dialogue and the script was so flawlessly written. It's painfully obvious why this show was called 'fiercely realistic' from the get-go. I liked how Horvath was brought back into the picture, and the speech he gave to Debbie had me crying my eyes out. It was so heartfelt and so very moving. Michael tells Brian that he and Justin know about Brian's cancer, and the results are quite terrifying. Michael tells Brian that he never wants to lose him, and that entire scene is just so entirely amazing. The ending, in which Brian finally explodes on Justin, is shocking and fitting, and even the smaller scenes (such as the director meeting and the whole Rage thing) were perfect. One of the best of season four so far, and one of the best of the entire series.