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Question: A year ago I wrote you complaining about Queer as Folk. I do think the show has improved this season, and last Sunday's episode had this absolutely resounding scene. It had nothing to do with the bombing of the gay nightclub, or Brian finally telling Justin he loved him. It was a very early scene where the gang were hanging up their anti-proposition signs and having to listen to a parade of people on bullhorns yelling about protecting children and stopping the homosexual agenda. And the look on our heroes' faces? It wasn't the self-righteous indignation that QAF thrives on sometimes. It was just a look of hurt — almost confusion — that totally hit the nail of today's gay experience on the head, as least for me: the fact that you simply cannot comprehend why another human being thinks you are so awful and is so against you. QAF has always had this habit of preaching to the choir, but I think this was the most honest scene that show has ever done. — Tim

Matt Roush: And then they had to resort to melodrama with the club bombing. Because I'm away for a few weeks and out of my usual viewing patterns, I'm a bit behind on QAF's final season, so I haven't seen this episode. But it's good to remember, as the show is about to finish its run, that at its best (infrequent as that has been in the last few seasons), Queer as Folk humanized gay characters in a way TV had never seen before. I only wish the show had remained more true to its initial premise of the gays next door, who lived and thrived and worked (and yes, had sex) in and around a straight world. By heightening and contriving the drama, and as a result insulating the characters in a gay bubble, it lost an element that could have made this a profoundly more important series. Still, I'm hopeful it will go out with some dignity.

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