AfterElton.com - "Queer as Folk" Episode 5.07

Queer As Folk recap: Season Five, Episode Seven
(original air date 26 June 2005).

THIS WEEK'S QAF FAQ:

Why are they dragging out the Lindsay/Melanie thing?
It's easier than writing an actual storyline for them.
Is that really it for Justin and Brian?
I have a feeling that'll never be it.
What did Deb's T-shirt say?
"Give 'em an inch, they want all ten." Or twelve. I couldn't quite see.

Babylon — I should be tired of seeing Brian glide through the room in slo-mo, but I'm not. But other people are: as Brian sidles across the dance floor, he hears others talking about Hot Guy, especially Hot Guy's "beautiful cock."

Hot Guy sees Brian; their eyes meet, and Hot Guy sort of smirks and rolls his eyes. Make him pay for that, Brian! In a completely non-sexual way. Yeah, right.

The empty nest — Ben is sitting in Hunter's room, moping. I know it's hard to tell — because he always has a mopey face — but I think he's pretty sad this time.

Ben and Michael wonder what they could have done to keep Hunter with them, but they know he was determined to go. I know what you could have done: you could have stopped chewing the scenery for one frickin' minute. Oh, let me correct that: you don't always overact. Sometimes you underact.

Operatic — Ted is still fucking that guy — the one he was supposedly going to get revenge on. He seems to be enjoying it; so much so that he's playing Bizet in the background. My my.

The gym — Emmett can't believe Ted hasn't gone through with the revenge plan. But Ted is enjoying the "delicious"-ness of it all. Brian is on Ted's side for a change: the more fucking, the better.

Emmett: "I say screw your courage to the sticking place."
Brian: "Better yet: just screw."

Lindsay's apartment — Lindsay's mom is appalled by Lindsay's living situation. She convinces Lindsay to move back in with her parents so that Gus can get to know his grandparents and Lindsay can get her life back together. Oh boy.

The diner — Emmett is grousing about his producer again; he says that they can all call him a "homoineffectual" now. Never, Em!

Mel points out that it could get worse: a "citizens' action group" has gotten a proposition on the state ballot, hoping to "dissolve a wide range of contracts between same-sex couples."

Deb: "Goddamn right-wing fucks!"

Amen.

The comic shop — Michael and Justin are talking about the scary proposition, and how it would undo Ben and Michael's domestic bliss. If Brian were here, he'd make a pun about "propositions," but he's not, so the scene is just boring.

Viable options — Lindsay is telling Mel about her plan to move back to her childhood home. Melanie scoffs a lot, as only she can, and points out that Lindsay's family basically disowned Linds for being gay.

Lindsay: "It is possible for people to change."
Melanie: "People, yes. Your parents, no."

Can I get another amen?

Lindsay thinks she owes it to her parents to at least consider their offer, since they seem to be willing to admit they were wrong, and learn from their mistakes. Are you talking about your parents, or yourself? Mel's thinking the same thing. So she sighs — for once she doesn't snap back, so I sigh too, in relief.

Still operatic — I can't really begin to describe all of the positions that Ted and T(r)oy are exploring, because some of them defy gravity. This time the music is Ride of the Valkyries, which cracks me up.

In his post-coital state, Ted imagines Emmett and Brian playing angel and devil again — to fuck or not to fuck, that is the question. Ted's going with the former.

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