"Queer as Folk"
Episode #2.15 (2002)

Director:

Jeremy Podeswa

Writers:

Karen Walton (teleplay)
Ron Cowen (story) ...

TV Series:

"Queer as Folk" (2000)

Original Air Date:

5 May 2002 (Season 2, Episode 15)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Brian is jealous when Michael and Justin decided to start a comic book; Leda offers to renovate Mel and Lindsay's attic; Emmett is barred from George's funeral. |

Plot Keywords:

Friendship Between Men | Promiscuous Man | Gay Lead Character | Homosexual | Homosexuality

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
Nancy Anne Sakovich	...	Leda (as Nancy Sakovich)
Wally Michaels	...	Jonathan
Patricia Gage	...	Virginia Hammond
Carolyn Scott	...	Lady in Pearls
John Lefebvre	...	Dignitary
Phillip Shepherd	...	Reverend (as Philip Shepherd)

Just perfect...

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

"More than just a comic book. There's nothing as sexual as the act of creation." ~Ben

This episode was simply amazing. I laughed out loud several times, I cried, I was thoroughly entertained… this episode was just perfect. I loved the introduction of the whole 'Rage' comic book idea, and seeing Justin and Michael work together was a new and altogether rewarding experience. Justin and Michael have previously had very few interactions, and I thought that Hal Sparks and Randy Harrison worked very well together. It was also something new altogether to see how angry and jealous Brian was that the two of them were spending so much time together, and Ben's speech about creation being such an intimate experience didn't help matters much. Brian makes for a great superhero, though. Emmett's speech at the end of the episode brought tears to my eyes, even though he didn't get the chance to read it at the place that he originally intended. It was simply appalling that George's wife hated Emmett so much. The plot with Lindsay and Melanie trying to build something and following the instructions of the 'snap' lady was just hilarious. This episode was one of my favorites and full of entertainment.