"Queer as Folk"
Episode #5.12 (2005)

Director:

John Fawcett

Writers:

Ron Cowen (story) &
Daniel Lipman (story) ...

TV Series:

"Queer as Folk" (2000)

Original Air Date:

31 July 2005 (Season 5, Episode 12)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Brian proposes marriage to Justin; Mel and Lindsay want to to escape sexual preference discrimination: in Toronto; Emmett catches Drew with another; Ted thinks to have found Mr. Right.

Plot Keywords:

Dancing | Sex Scene | Gay Sex | Male Rear Nudity | Underwear

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Horace Abel	...	Iron Man #1
Harris Allan	...	James 'Hunter' Montgomery
Ben Bass	...	Tad
Matt Battaglia	...	Drew Boyd
Tim Dutaud	...	Iron Man #2
Jefferson Guzman	...	Dizzy Queen
Kegan Hoover	...	Gus
Logan Hoover	...	Gus
Peter MacNeill	...	Detective Carl Horvath
Ian Matthews	...	Jake
Sherry Miller	...	Jennifer Taylor
Csongor Szilagyi	...	Hot Popper
Jeff Teravainen	...	Ken
Sean Justin Timmins	...	Bartender

Annoying but still great

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Episode 512 "There's only so far you can bend before you break." ~Michael

I have to say that this episode truly annoyed me. It wasn't that it was bad or anything, but some aspects seemed to be thrown out of nowhere just for the sake of the show ending. Where did Tad come from, and why does Justin's artwork all of a sudden come back into the picture? I suppose the show makes many things emerge without explanations, but I just don't think enough happened in this episode. I just know that there is absolutely no way the finale is going to tie up all the loose ends and leave me satisfied. I loved every Brian and Justin scene, and it was amazing to see them back together again. I also loved the subtle use of quotes from the first couple of scenes, and the relationship with Emmett and Drew is most interesting. Justin dancing with his mother was cute and felt much-needed. I just can't seem to recall Justin spending much time with his mother since season one. I highly doubt Brian's parents or Justin's father will be brought up again in the finale, but I really wish that they would be. I'd prefer all loose ends to be tied up. Despite annoying me, this episode wasn't really bad by any means. I loved the Brian/Justin sex at the beginning of the episode, and Emmett and Drew's final moments almost bring tears to your eyes.