Queer as Folk (UK) season 1 That's What Friends Are For - Metacritic

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TV-MA
Channel 4
Apr 6, 1999
31 m

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Channel 4
Apr 6, 1999
31 m

Summary Stuart Jones (Aidan Gillen) has got it all. He's rich, drop-dead gorgeous and always the centre of attention. He can be forgiven the arrogance because he's pretty close to perfection. His best mate Vince Tyler (Craig Kelly) is funny, adorable and definitely a babe but, unlike his friend, has zero confidence in himself. Since time began, ...

Directed By: Sarah Harding

Written By: Russell T. Davies

TV-MA
Channel 4
Apr 6, 1999
31 m

TV-MA
Channel 4
Apr 6, 1999
31 m

Queer as Folk (UK)

S1 • Episode 7

That's What Friends Are For

Air Date: Apr 6, 1999

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Summary Stuart Jones (Aidan Gillen) has got it all. He's rich, drop-dead gorgeous and always the centre of attention. He can be forgiven the arrogance because he's pretty close to perfection. His best mate Vince Tyler (Craig Kelly) is funny, adorable and definitely a babe but, unlike his friend, has zero confidence in himself. Since time began, ...

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Episode 1 • Feb 23, 1999 • 31 m

Meeting People is Easy

On a night out clubbing, Stuart picks up 15-year-old Nathan on the street, and Vince picks up someone he wishes he didn't. The night is interrupted by a significant phone call.

Episode 2 • Mar 2, 1999 • 31 m

Unfinished Business

With new-found confidence Nathan comes out to his best friend and pursues Stuart. Stuart wants no attachments. Vince is still in the closet at work and receives awkward romantic attention.

Episode 3 • Mar 9, 1999 • 33 m

It Happened One Night

Vince and Stuart's camp friend Alexander returns from a holiday with his non-English-speaking Japanese lover. Nathan takes his best friend Donna out to the gay clubs. Everyone wants to pick up someone new, but Nathan only wants Stuart.

Episode 4 • Mar 16, 1999 • 34 m

Death and Remembrance

Stuart and Vince attend Phil's funeral. Nathan pursues a classmate and then runs off when his mother asks him about being gay.

Episode 5 • Mar 23, 1999 • 31 m

Constant Craving

Vince reluctantly goes on a date with the Australian guy he met at the funeral. Nathan moves in with Hazel to avoid his mother. Stuart lets his sister down to entertain a client for work.

Episode 6 • Mar 30, 1999 • 32 m

Married... with Children

Vince and Cameron are dating, but observant Cameron is starting to figure out the strange dynamic between Vince and Stuart. Stuart is exasperated by his parents' games. Nathan is being a brat.

Episode 7 • Apr 6, 1999 • 31 m

That's What Friends Are For

Stewart and Cameron throw a "surprise" party for Vince's birthday during which Stewart and Cameron's rivalry escalates. Stewart has a nasty surprise to ruin the night. The marriage of convenience is also threatening to cause drama.

Episode 8 • Apr 13, 1999 • 34 m

Crimes of the Heart

The fake marriage situation explodes. Vince reconsiders what he really wants. Nathan tries returning home.

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