Huzzah, hooray, and glory be! I have finally made it to the end of Season One of Queer As Folk! From the depths of dullness that was the previous episode, the first season finale pulls itself up a long, long ascent for an absolutely brilliant final eight minutes or so.

( Season One, Episode Twenty-Two )

Took me a while to get around to doing this one. Partially it's that it's a bit harder to find the episodes to watch from England. But the larger part is that this episode is just so goshdarn dull that I kept putting it off. There are a couple of plot threads going on here, but none of them are very interesting. Either they're minor incidents ( Read more... )

Closing in on the end of the first season! Today's offering is another one of the set piece episodes, which is something the show does well. But it's also one of the Morality Theme episodes, which is something the show doesn't do well. Music, fun, excitement, and a cast of dumbasses running around in it. What's not to love?

( Season One, Episode Twenty )

Three plots for this one. One that was good, one that was slight but oddly touching at the end, and one that . . . well, in all honesty, you'd have a more entertaining time dining on tinfoil with Cthulhu than watching what Daphne and Justin get up to.

( Season One, Episode Nineteen )

Oh, my God, it has been way too long since I did one of these! Seriously, I did the entirety of Sherlock in the intervening time. But fortunately, while Sherlock is still on hiatus, Queer As Folk is still there for me, in all its soapy glory.

( Season One, Episode Eighteen )

I knew remembering to post once a day was going to be harder than I thought. Anyway. May I have the next question, please?

( Favorite female character on a male-driven show )

Quick, while LJ is up . . . here's the next episode of Queer As Folk. This one has a set piece, which pleases me, because early QaF set pieces are generally things of beauty and joys to behold, and this one holds up the tradition brilliantly. Our three main topics today are: Marxism, Mom Judo, and Moral Dilemmas. Also Misogyny, but that's just ( Read more... )

The theme of today's episode is French. Not just "French," but "Frrrrrrrrrrrencccchhh," with Maurice Chevalier accent. Lindsay is off in la-la-land, Michael makes a deal with the devil, and Justin's flat-footed attempts to right a wrong ignite a long fuse.

( Season One, Episode Sixteen )

Hooray! We've come to an episode that is not only one of my favorites of Season One, but is also one of my favorites of the entire show. True, it beats you over the head with its theme, but it sets up a couple of important upcoming plot points, and provides some intense character moments for Ted and David. We also get to meet one of the show's ( Read more... )

In which two of our ongoing plotlines vanish -- poof! -- into thin air ( Read more... )