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Queer as Folk (2000)

Drama · Romance

Brash humor and genuine emotion make up this original series revolving around the lives, loves, ambitions, careers and friendships of a group of gay men and women living on Liberty Avenue in contemporary Pittsburgh, PA. The show offers an unapologetic look at modern, urban gay and lesbian lives while addressing the most critical health and political issues affecting the community. Sometimes racy, sometimes sensitive and always straight to the heart.

IMDb rating
8.5 (24,042 votes)
Seasons
5
Streaming (US)
fuboTV · Paramount+ · Philo · Pluto TV
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (2000)

8.46 avg 22 episodes 8.5 → 9.3 49 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
Ep 1: 8.5 · 630 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 248 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 390 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 361 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 363 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 348 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 350 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 357 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 340 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 333 votesEp 11: 8.8 · 334 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 308 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 304 votesEp 14: 8.5 · 311 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 302 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 297 votesEp 17: 8.3 · 303 votesEp 18: 8.4 · 287 votesEp 19: 8.4 · 303 votesEp 20: 8.7 · 344 votesEp 21: 8.4 · 294 votesEp 22: 9.3 · 522 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Premiere8.5630
2Queer, There and Everywhere8.1248
3No Bris, No Shirt, No Service8.3390
4Ted's Not Dead8.3361
5Now Approaching... The Line8.4363
6The Art of Desperation8.4348
7Smells Like Codependence8.6350
8Babylon Boomerang8.6357
9Daddy Dearest (Sonny Boy)8.5340
10Queens of the Road8.4333
11Surprise!8.8334
12Move It or Lose It8.3308
13Very Stupid People8.2304
14A Change of Heart8.5311
15The Ties That Bind8.4302
16French Fried8.3297
17Solution (How TLFKAM Got Her Name Back)8.3303
18Surprise Kill8.4287
19Good Grief!8.4303
20The King of Babylon8.7344
21Running to Stand Still8.4294
22Full Circle9.3522

Season 2 (2002)

8.30 avg 20 episodes 8.7 → 8.3 47 min avg

Ep 1: 8.7 · 321 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 296 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 261 votesEp 4: 8.9 · 315 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 263 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 276 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 246 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 260 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 248 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 246 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 258 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 245 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 241 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 243 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 241 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 251 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 237 votesEp 18: 8.2 · 241 votesEp 19: 8.2 · 238 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 259 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Home Is Where the Ass Is8.7321
2All Better Now8.5296
3Hypocrisy: Don't Do It8.2261
4Pride8.9315
5...Wherever That Dream May Lead You8.5263
6Mixed Blessings8.6276
7The Leper (Hath the Babe Not Eyes?)8.4246
8Love for Sale8.1260
9Accentuate the Positive8.3248
10Priorities, Please! (Beat the Time)8.3246
11The Wedding8.3258
12One Degree of Brian Kinney8.0245
13It's Because I'm Gay, Right?8.1241
14The Dangers of Sex and Drugs8.3243
15Rage Against This Machine8.2241
16You Say It's Your Birthday! I Couldn't Care Less!8.0251
17You Can Leda Girl to Pussy8.0237
18Sick, Sick, Sick8.2241
19Bowling for Equality8.2238
20Out with a Whimper8.3259

Season 3 (2003)

8.17 avg 14 episodes 8.2 → 9.0 47 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
Ep 1: 8.2 · 249 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 230 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 241 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 240 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 248 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 258 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 264 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 273 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 237 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 237 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 266 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 235 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 252 votesEp 14: 9.0 · 307 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Mad Dog Kinney8.2249
2House Full of Children8.0230
3Doctors of Dickology7.9241
4Brat-Sitting8.2240
5There's Nothing Noble About Being Poor7.9248
6One Ring to Rule Them All7.7258
7Stop Hurting Us8.0264
8Hunt(Er) for Love8.3273
9Big Fucking Mouth8.2237
10Uncle Ben8.2237
11Poster May Lead to the Truth8.3266
12Drugs, Sex and Lies8.3235
13Tweaked-Out, Fucked-Out Crystal Queen8.2252
14The Election9.0307

Season 4 (2004)

8.20 avg 14 episodes 8.5 → 8.5 51 min avg

Ep 1: 8.5 · 267 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 245 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 218 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 214 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 215 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 227 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 238 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 216 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 220 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 225 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 242 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 246 votesEp 13: 8.4 · 224 votesEp 14: 8.5 · 243 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Just a Little Help8.5267
2Stand Up for Ourselves7.9245
3Starting a Whole New Life7.9218
4Escalating Violence8.0214
5How Far You Can Go8.1215
6Death in the Family8.4227
7Preponderance of Death8.4238
8Two Kinds of Lies8.1216
9Have Some Balls8.2220
10The Snake in Paradise8.2225
11Gay or Straight? That's the Question8.1242
12Irritation and Separation8.1246
13Proposal of Two Kinds8.4224
14Liberty Ride8.5243

Season 5 (2005)

8.36 avg 13 episodes 8.0 → 8.9 49 min avg

  • Slow burn
Ep 1: 8.0 · 239 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 223 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 214 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 241 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 250 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 242 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 228 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 232 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 252 votesEp 10: 9.4 · 399 votesEp 11: 8.8 · 288 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 263 votesEp 13: 8.9 · 360 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Move and Leave8.0239
2Back in Business7.9223
3Fags Are No Different Than People8.1214
4Hard Decisions8.1241
5Excluding and Abstemiousness7.9250
6Bored Out of Ya Fucking Mind8.0242
7Hope Against Hope8.3228
8Honest to Yourself8.2232
9Anything in Common8.5252
10I Love You9.4399
11Fuckin' Revenge8.8288
12Mr. Right (Never Broke a Promise)8.6263
13We Will Survive!8.9360

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