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Queer as Folk - episode 8
episode 1.8
UK 1999
produced by Nicola Shindler, Russell T. Davies (co) for Red Production/Channel 4
directed by Sarah Harding
starring Aidan Gillen, Craig Kelly, Charlie Hunnam, Carla Henry, Denise Black, Peter O'Brien, Andy Devine, Esther Hall, Saira Todd, Jonathon Natynczyk, John Brobbey, Caroline Pegg, Antony Cotton, Alison Burrows, Paul Copley, Juley McCann, Ben Maguire
written by Russell T. Davies
TV-series Queer as Folk, K9
review by Mike Haberfelner
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While Stuart (Aidan Gillen) & Lisa (Saira Todd) succeed to break up Romey's
(Esther Hall) - her girlfriend & the mother of his child - fake marriage
with immigrant Vince (John Brobbey), who even tries to beat up an immigration
officer, Stuart still feels down on his luck, while his best mate Vince
(Craig Kelly), the loser-type, has a well-going relationship with Cameron
(Peter O'Brien) & won't speak a word with Stuart anymore (see episode
7). Even Stuart's pick-up lines seem to fail him these days, & he
even oprefers to spending the evening with Nathan (Charlie Hunnam), his
15-year-old one-night-stand that wouldn't go away, whom he hardly
notices otherwise, to being alone. Only thanks to some (benign) scheming on
Nathan's part (that curiously enough involves a full scale model of robot dog K9)
do the 2 former mates reconcile, & Stuart almost tells Vince about his real
feelings (at least as good as he can) ... & somehow, Vince realizes he has
to break up with Cameron, who is having too much control over him. The end has
Stuart & Vince wildly dancing in a gay club ... & Nathan ? He moves
back in with his parents (Caroline O'Neill, Paul Copley), but it's not long
before his dad spoils everything with a homophobic remark, & Nathan decides
to run away again, this time to London, & he takes Donna (Carla Henry), his
best friend from school who's secretly in love with him, along for the ride ... A
nice conclusion to the first season of Queer as Folks, which
overall was a quite entertaining & well-played series that at times could
be wickedly funny.
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