Episode III - No not Star Wars - Queer as Folk!

Note: For those in Canada, episode two of Queer as Folk airs tomorrow. You are week behind, so if you don’t want to be spoiled for what comes for you next week, don’t continue to read. You’ve been warned.

Lindsay, Mel, and Michael fight for custody, and it gets dirty. Debbie retires. Brian raises Babylon like the Phoenix from the ashes. Emmett? Not queer enough? Oh my! All this and more from this third episode of the last season of Queer as Folk.

The lesbians and Michael all hire attorneys in order to help further each of their cases. In most cases you would think Melanie would be the one to go in for the kill. She is the lawyer after all. However, it in a surprise twist of events, it is Lindsay that lets loose her venom, and holds nothing back when Brian hires her attorney to protect her interests. She tells the lawyer everything. Everything being Michael’s HIV+ lover, his drug use, his romps at Babylon. Melanie gets it too with mentions of her having troubles while pregnant due to her overworking, and yes even her previous affair prior to their commitment is brought up. In my opinion, Lindsay being shown as out for her interests at all costs ruined her character just a bit in my eyes. Yes, there is fighting for her child, but she has never been one to bare her claws before. This is a surprise character change, and I’m not sure how it will play out during the rest of this season.

Moving on to Debbie. She has worked at the Liberty Diner for twenty-five years, and because her now live-in boyfriend wants her to spend more time with him, she decides to retire. She finds and hires a replacement, and by the end of the episode, there is a party to be had. The replacement she has hired is none other than Rosie O’Donnell, who plays Loretta Pye. A woman thrown out by her husband following a kiss caught between Loretta and another woman. Under the tutelage of Debbie, Loretta looks to be just the replacement for the diner. I think Rosie is a wonderful addition to the cast, and I’ll be waiting to see what she will do in future episodes.

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