Still Queer as Folk

A critical review and analysis of Showtime's Queer as Folk presented by two bitchy and sometimes jaded gay guys. Listen in as we take apart the stories, screenplays, characters and aspects of the show that haven't aged well. Nothing is off limits, be it music, costumes, sets, or acting. We're huge fans of the show, but you would probably never know it after listening to Still Queer as Folk. All five seasons are covered, recorded between 2018-2021. Check out the Still Queer as Folk UK podcast for our take on the original.

UK-2.3 UK Versus US Wrap Up Show 04/23/2021

UK-2.3 UK Versus US Wrap Up Show We've reached the end! Every single episode of the original UK Queer as Folk and the US version of the show are in the bag. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/18815762

UK-2.2 Into the Fire 04/09/2021

UK-2.2 Into the Fire Stuart is sick of Manchester and decides to move to London, causing Vince to consider his own life, and what he really wants out of his relationship with Stuart. Nathan continues to be tormented at school, but ends up owning the teacher. Stuart blows up Alexander’s mother’s car. And Hazel rushes to get Vince out of the store when she finds out that Stuart is moving to London. In the event, Stuart and Vince really do get together and reappear together in Arizona. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/18629936

UK-2.1 Out of the Closet 03/26/2021

UK-2.1 Out of the Closet Nathan is back from London and living with his now divorced mother. Janice Maloney is now cool with Nathan’s sexuality and they even share laughs over Nathan’s campy boyfriend Daz. Stuart and Vince start a threesome, but instead of cutting out the middleman, Vince cuts himself out leaving the trick to Stuart. Later, at Vince’s sister’s wedding, they agree to share a hotel room with the intent of consummating their 16 year fascination with each other. Once again, Vince pulls the plug on it though. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/18461036

UK-1.8 Punchline 03/12/2021

UK-1.8 Punchline Stuart demolishes a Jeep store after the salesman makes homophobic remarks to him. Lance and Romey’s fake marriage falls apart after Nathan sent incriminating evidence to the Home Office. Nathan rescues Stuart from a drinking binge and makes off with the K9 robot dog that Stuart gave Vince for his birthday. After placing it on Vince’s mini and a make up lunch takes place. Nathan calls out Christian Hobbs in public, and then moves back home for a few hours before running off to London with Donna. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/18276356

UK-1.7 Thirty 02/26/2021

UK-1.7 Thirty Vince turns 30 and Stuart throws a birthday party for him, apparently without much help from Cameron, who gives Vince a car for his birthday. Not to be outdone, Stuart gives Vince a much more adored Dr Who K-9 robot. Stuart realizes that he’s holding Vince back from being happy with Cameron, and orchestrates an unforgivable act by inviting Rosalie to Vince’s birthday party and then outing him, knowing that this will at least temporarily drive Vince away from him. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/18096788

UK-1.6 Meet the Parents 02/12/2021

UK-1.6 Meet the Parents Vince and Cameron's relationship starts to show cracks as Stuart’s hold on Vince becomes more and more obvious to Cameron. Stuart is forced to confront his own parents about their pending divorce while his own role as a parent is brought into question when Romey announces that she is marrying Lance in order for him to secure a visa. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/17920622

UK-1.5 The Date 01/29/2021

UK-1.5 The Date Hazel begins to think that Nathan is taking advantage of her when he stays out all night. Vince lands himself a date with sexy Australian accountant Cameron Roberts, and winds up short one cell phone, but up one hot tongue kiss. Stuart gets a visit from his sister Marie who asks him to babysit her two sons, but instead takes out his closeted client, Martin Brooks, where he runs into Nathan and later Vince and Cameron. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/17733248

UK-1.4 D.I.S.C.O. 01/15/2021

UK-1.4 D.I.S.C.O. Traveling north for Phil’s funeral, Vince delivers an amusing reading at the service and meets a delightful accountant named Cameron. Back in Manchester, Nathan hooks up with Christian Hobbs and then Stuart much to Vince's consternation. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/17555069

UK-1.3 A Night Out 01/01/2021

UK-1.3 A Night Out We're making select episodes of Still Queer as Folk UK available in our US show feed. Hope you like these encore episodes of Still Queer as Folk! Nathan continues his quest for Stuart and trails him to a series of bars on Canal Street, only to find that Stuart has orchestrated a threesome with the hottest two guys in Babylon. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/17374940

UK-1.2 Stuart Alan Jones 12/18/2020

UK-1.2 Stuart Alan Jones Nathan is still glowing from his all night fuckfest with Stuart Alan Jones and sets off for Canal Street in search of him. Things are going well enough for the teenager until he stalks Stuart to his flat only to find him about to test out a chap named Goodfuck (or Collin, as we find out). Vince is set up with one of his employees after they mistakenly think that he’s straight. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/17210432

UK-1.1 Thursday 12/04/2020

UK-1.1 Thursday On a night out clubbing, Stuart picks up 15-year-old Nathan on the street, and Vince is stalked home by a muscle daddy that turns out to be…just a daddy. Stuart and Nathan are naked in bed when they get the call that Stuart’s lesbian friend Lisa has given birth to their child. Stuart and Vince drop young Nathan off at school and we’re given some foreshadowing that the random one night stand has several more nights left in it. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/16947803

5.13 We Will Survive! 11/20/2020

5.13 We Will Survive! Michael speaks at an anti-Prop-14 press conference, but deviates away from his prepared speech when Debbie and bunch of people we’ve never seen before show up. Ted’s new BF Tad get a bit obsessive and freaks out everyone in sight. Brian and Justin call off their wedding, and Justin leaves for New York. Melanie and Lindsay also hit the road and pack up their Subaru for the drive to their new home in Toronto. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/16676621

5.12 Mr Right (Never Broke and Promise) 11/06/2020

5.12 Mr Right (Never Broke and Promise) Brian and Justin keep barreling towards marriage even as Justin’s career as a painter awaits him in New York. Melanie and Lindsay ask for Brian and Michael’s blessing to take their children out of the country, with Michael agreeing, but Brian disagreeing. Drew and Emmett break up after Emmett realizes that Drew needs to fuck around for a while before he will be capable of having a relationship. We meet Ted’s new boyfriend Tad, who immediately starts calling the shots in the relationship. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/16439639

5.11 F-ing Revenge 10/23/2020

5.11 F-ing Revenge Everyone comes to terms with the bombing and what it means to their lives, in very different ways. Brian makes an improbable swing to marriage with Justin, Ben attacks proposition 14 supports, and Drew Boyd speaks at the vigil. Melanie and Lindsay consider a new future for themselves and their children that doesn’t include Pittsburgh or any of their long term friends and fathers and Ted continues to blame himself for Michael’s injuries and seeks out a form of punishment in a bathhouse. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/16375304

5.10 I Love You 10/09/2020

5.10 I Love You The lives of every character are rocked by anti-proposition 14 sentiment that culminates in a Babylon fundraiser being targeted with a bomb. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/16301840

5.09 Anything in Common 09/25/2020

5.09 Anything in Common Brian and Michael continue to quarrel over Michael’s new life, ending in Michael calling it quits and moving on from Brian. Ben and Michael come to terms with what it means to publicly fight against Proposition 14. We meet Jennifer Taylor’s new boyfriend, a hunky science teacher named Tuck who whisks her away on a motorcycle. Ted’s search for a husband leads him to a Jewish mixer where he meets a hot as fuck urologist who discovers that Ted isn’t Jewish. Drew Boyd comes out on live TV! /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/16136390

5.08 Honest to Yourself 09/11/2020

5.08 Honest to Yourself Brian’s midlife crisis reaches a head when he wins his bet with Brandon, but opts not to collect his reward. Drew Boyd is outed in a tabloid and turns to Emmett for advice. Ben continues to stress over Hunter’s departure and clashes with Michael as he begins giving away Hunter’s possessions. Lindsay and Melanie begin their home-separation with mixed results, and Justin confronts his father over his supporting the anti-gay initiative Proposition 14 and ends up being arrested. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/15954806

5.07 Hope Against Hope 08/28/2020

5.07 Hope Against Hope Justin dumps Brian and moves in with Ben and Michael, much to the consternation of Brian. After banning Random Hot Guy Brandon from Babylon, Brian launches a contest with him to top the ten hottest guys in Pittsburgh. Ben is still depressed over Hunter running away from home, and it took Homer and Achilles to snap him out of it and join Michael in protest of Proposition 14. Lindsay decides to move in with her parents, which doesn’t last when they try to set her up with a hunky guy at the dinner table. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/15734633

5.06 Bored Outta Ya Fing Mind 08/14/2020

5.06 Bored Outta Ya Fing Mind A newcomer on the scene appears and challenges Brian’s dominance of Liberty Avenue by rejecting him! Justin continues to yearn for a relationship with Brian that is more like Ben and Michael’s. Hunter’s struggle with his classmates knowing that he’s HIV positive and he runs away from home. Emmett goes a bit too far as Queer Guy and scandalously shows off underwear on live television. Ted starts a revenge game with the guy that pity-fucked him two years ago at Pride. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/15500828

5.05 Excluding and Abstemiousness 07/31/2020

5.05 Excluding and Abstemiousness The fight over baby JR intensifies causing Melanie, Lindsay, Michael and Ben to confront the situation at the hospital. Lindsay and Michael are withdrawing from the three way custody agreement. Hunter’s troubles at school continue. Loretta’s awkward injection into Queer as Folk comes to an end after Debbie at long last tells her that she’s straight and not interested in her. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/15388097

5.04 Hard Decisions 07/17/2020

5.04 Hard Decisions Threeway custody begins with Lindsay, Melanie and Michael splitting baby JR three ways. Brian tries to lure Michael out of suburbia and back to Babylon by throwing a super heroes themed night at Babylon. In a story ripped from the headlines, HIV positive Hunter bashes his head at his swim meet and Callie’s parents cause chaos by screaming out that he has AIDS. Debbie begins her life of leisure after retiring from the diner. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/15225731

5.03 Fags Are No Different Than People 07/03/2020

5.03 Fags Are No Different Than People A three way of a different kind happens when Michael, Melanie and Lindsay collide in a custody hearing with Lindsay’s lawyer destroying Melanie and and Michael’s character. This results in a judgement of three-way custody of baby JR. At Carl’s urging, Debbie retires from the diner leaving Rosie O’Donnell in her place. Emmett’s Queer Guy segment on the local news doesn’t quite go as planned but after spreading his legs at the social gym, he relights his gay flame on the next episode. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/15016961

5.02 Back in Business 06/19/2020

5.02 Back in Business A tug of war breaks out over JR when Michael hires a lawyer to gain joint custody of the infant. In the background, Lindsay starts to consider her own parental rights and asks Brian to get Michael to back off. Justin returns from Hollywood and mysteriously tells everyone except Brian how much he hated it, and how he was glad to be back in Pittsburg. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/14878613

5.01 Move and Leave 06/05/2020

5.01 Move and Leave Michael takes it upon himself to throw a ten year anniversary surprise party for Melanie and Lindsay who proceed to air all of their dirty laundry in front of 25 guests. Ben and Michael decide that it’s time to leave Liberty Avenue and buy a house of their own next to two other gay couples with children. Justin is still in Hollywood, but Brian cancels his trip to see him for reasons that we can’t quite figure out. It ends up not mattering because the studio pulls the plug on Rage. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/14611175

4.XX Season 4 Recap and Trivia 05/29/2020

4.XX Season 4 Recap and Trivia In a special episode, we recap the massive story arcs of season four and Patrick challenges Matt to a game of Queer as Folk Trivia! /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/14581088

4.14 Liberty Ride 05/22/2020

4.14 Liberty Ride High drama ensues when Brian shows off on his bicycle, rides into the ditch and breaks his collarbone. With Michael’s help, Brian crosses the finish line in a blizzard to find the gang covered in snow waiting for them. Having survived cancer, Brian vows to make changes to his live which include buying the naming rights to the Liberty House hospice and naming it after Uncle Vic, plus asking Justin to move back in with him. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/14521094

4.13 Proposal of Two Kinds 05/15/2020

4.13 Proposal of Two Kinds Melanie and Lindsay reach a breaking point and decide that they will split up after the baby is born. Brian continues his late night workouts and is discovered by Justin’s detective work. Having to choose between Rage being made into a movie and going on the Liberty Ride with Brian, Justin chooses fame and fortune. Carl proposes to Debbie and Ben proposes to Michael. After a quick wedding in Toronto, Ben, Michael and the rest of gay Pittsburg kick of the Liberty Ride. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/14427695

4.12 Irritation and Separation 05/08/2020

4.12 Irritation and Separation Melanie and Lindsay struggle to stay together in the aftermath of Lindsay hooking up with Sam Aurbach. Hunter and Callie have sex for the first time but when Callie’s parent’s find out, they appear at the Bruckner-Novotny apartment for a showdown. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/14332961

4.11 Gay or Straight? That is the Question 05/01/2020

4.11 Gay or Straight? That is the Question Lindsay says farewell to Sam Auerbach causing a rift with Melanie who snooped on them from a second story window. Debbie goes on offense in trying to woo Carl back and stalks him to the Policeman’s ball. When that doesn’t work, she takes him to a football game. After being strong-armed by smarmy professional fund raiser Jeffrey Pendergrass, Brian takes it upon himself to rid Pittsburgh of him, causing the Liberty Ride fundraiser to crash and burn. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/14220494

4.10 The Snake in Paradise 04/24/2020

4.10 The Snake in Paradise Drew Boyd proves to be quite the top with Emmett in a string of seedy motel hookups and no amount of Justin’s chicken soup can help Brian's ED so Justin enlists Michael for help. Brian's confrontation with his mother restores his secret powers. Ben has a troubling encounter with a bug chaser and Lindsay and Sam's relationship is disturbingly consummated. /episode/index/show/sqaf/id/14136554

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