# List of Queer as Folk episodes

Queer as Folk is a drama television series. An American–Canadian co-production. The series ran between December 2000 and August 2005 and was produced for Showtime and Showcase by Cowlip Productions, Tony Jonas Productions, Temple Street Productions and Showtime Networks in association with Crowe Entertainment. It was developed and written by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, who were the showrunners, and also the executive producers along with Tony Jonas, former President of Warner Bros. Television.
The series was based on the British series created by Russell T Davies. Although it was set in Pittsburgh, PA, much of the series was actually shot in Toronto and employed various Canadian directors known for their independent film work (including Bruce McDonald, David Wellington, Kelly Makin, John Greyson, Jeremy Podeswa and Michael DeCarlo) as well as Australian director Russell Mulcahy, who directed the pilot episode. Additional writers in the later seasons included Michael MacLennan, Efrem Seeger, Brad Fraser, Del Shores, and Shawn Postoff.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | Rating | Viewers (millions) |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | Rating | Viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 22 | 22 | December 3, 2000 (2000-12-03) | May 20, 2001 (2001-05-20) | 0.86 | 1.362 |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | January 6, 2002 (2002-01-06) | June 16, 2002 (2002-06-16) | 0.79 | 1.244 |
| 3 | 14 | 14 | March 2, 2003 (2003-03-02) | June 22, 2003 (2003-06-22) | 0.71 | 1.086 |
| 4 | 14 | 14 | April 18, 2004 (2004-04-18) | July 18, 2004 (2004-07-18) | 0.34 | 0.504 |
| 5 | 13 | 13 | May 22, 2005 (2005-05-22) | August 7, 2005 (2005-08-07) | 0.30 | 0.440 |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2000–01)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 1 | 1 | "Premiere" | Russell Mulcahy | Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman | December 3, 2000 (2000-12-03) (United States) January 22, 2001 (2001-01-22) (Canada) | 101 |
| 2 | 2 | "Queer, There and Everywhere" | Russell Mulcahy | Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman | December 3, 2000 (2000-12-03) (United States) January 22, 2001 (2001-01-22) (Canada) | 102 |
| 3 | 3 | "No Bris, No Shirt, No Service" | Russell Mulcahy | Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman | December 10, 2000 (2000-12-10) (United States) January 22, 2001 (2001-01-22) (Canada) | 103 |
| 4 | 4 | "Ted's Not Dead" | Kevin Inch | Richard Kramer | December 17, 2000 (2000-12-17) (United States) January 29, 2001 (2001-01-29) (Canada) | 104 |
| 5 | 5 | "Now Approaching... The Line" | Kari Skogland | Jason Schafer | January 7, 2001 (2001-01-07) (United States) February 2, 2001 (2001-02-02) (Canada) | 105 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Art of Desperation" | Kari Skogland | Jonathan Tolins | January 21, 2001 (2001-01-21) (United States) February 12, 2001 (2001-02-12) (Canada) | 106 |
| 7 | 7 | "Smells Like Codependence" | David Wellington | Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman | January 28, 2001 (2001-01-28) (United States) February 19, 2001 (2001-02-19) (Canada) | 107 |
| 8 | 8 | "Babylon Boomerang" | Steve DiMarco | Richard Kramer | February 4, 2001 (2001-02-04) (United States) February 26, 2001 (2001-02-26) (Canada) | 108 |
| 9 | 9 | "Daddy Dearest (Sonny Boy)" | John Greyson | Jason Schafer & Jonathan Tolins | February 11, 2001 (2001-02-11) (United States) March 5, 2001 (2001-03-05) (Canada) | 109 |
| 10 | 10 | "Queens of the Road" | John L'Ecuyer | Doug Guinan | February 18, 2001 (2001-02-18) (United States) March 12, 2001 (2001-03-12) (Canada) | 110 |
| 11 | 11 | "Surprise!" | Michael DeCarlo | Jason Schafer & Jonathan Tolins | February 25, 2001 (2001-02-25) (United States) March 19, 2001 (2001-03-19) (Canada) | 111 |
| 12 | 12 | "Move It or Lose It" | John Greyson | Richard Kramer, Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman | March 4, 2001 (2001-03-04) (United States) March 26, 2001 (2001-03-26) (Canada) | 112 |
| 13 | 13 | "Very Stupid People" | Ron Oliver | Drew Z. Greenberg | March 11, 2001 (2001-03-11) (United States) April 2, 2001 (2001-04-02) (Canada) | 113 |
| 14 | 14 | "A Change of Heart" | Michael DeCarlo | Doug Guinan | March 18, 2001 (2001-03-18) (United States) April 9, 2001 (2001-04-09) (Canada) | 114 |
| 15 | 15 | "The Ties That Bind" | Alex Chapple | Garth Wingfield | April 1, 2001 (2001-04-01) (United States) April 16, 2001 (2001-04-16) (Canada) | 115 |
| 16 | 16 | "French Fried" | Jeremy Podeswa | Jason Schafer | April 8, 2001 (2001-04-08) (United States) April 23, 2001 (2001-04-23) (Canada) | 116 |
| 17 | 17 | "Solution (How TLFKAM Got Her Name Back)" | Michael DeCarlo | Jonathan Tolins | April 15, 2001 (2001-04-15) (United States) April 30, 2001 (2001-04-30) (Canada) | 117 |
| 18 | 18 | "Surprise Kill" | Russell Mulcahy | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman, Jason Schafer & Jonathan Tolins | April 22, 2001 (2001-04-22) (United States) May 7, 2001 (2001-05-07) (Canada) | 118 |
| 19 | 19 | "Good Grief!" | David Wellington | Garth Wingfield | April 29, 2001 (2001-04-29) (United States) May 14, 2001 (2001-05-14) (Canada) | 119 |
| 20 | 20 | "The King of Babylon" | Russell Mulcahy | Jason Schafer & Jonathan Tolins | May 6, 2001 (2001-05-06) (United States) May 7, 2001 (2001-05-07) (Canada) | 120 |
| 21 | 21 | "Running to Stand Still" | Michael DeCarlo | Garth Wingfield | May 13, 2001 (2001-05-13) (United States) May 14, 2001 (2001-05-14) (Canada) | 121 |
| 22 | 22 | "Full Circle" | Alex Chapple | Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman | May 20, 2001 (2001-05-20) (United States) May 21, 2001 (2001-05-21) (Canada) | 122 |

### Season 2 (2002)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 23 | 1 | "Home is Where the Ass Is" | Alex Chapple | Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman | January 6, 2002 (2002-01-06) (United States) January 21, 2002 (2002-01-21) (Canada) | 201 |
| 24 | 2 | "All Better Now" | John Greyson | Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman | January 13, 2002 (2002-01-13) (United States) January 28, 2002 (2002-01-28) (Canada) | 202 |
| 25 | 3 | "Hypocrisy: Don't Do It" | Michael DeCarlo | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Karen Walton | January 20, 2002 (2002-01-20) (United States) February 4, 2002 (2002-02-04) (Canada) | 203 |
| 26 | 4 | "Pride" | Kevin Inch | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Michael MacLennan | January 27, 2002 (2002-01-27) (United States) February 11, 2002 (2002-02-11) (Canada) | 204 |
| 27 | 5 | "...Wherever That Dream May Lead You" | David Wellington | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Efrem Seeger | February 3, 2002 (2002-02-03) (United States) February 18, 2002 (2002-02-18) (Canada) | 205 |
| 28 | 6 | "Mixed Blessings" | Bruce McDonald | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman, Matt Pyken & Michael Berns | February 10, 2002 (2002-02-10) (United States) February 25, 2002 (2002-02-25) (Canada) | 206 |
| 29 | 7 | "The Leper (Hath the Babe Not Eyes?)" | Michael DeCarlo | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Blair Fell | February 17, 2002 (2002-02-17) (United States) March 4, 2002 (2002-03-04) (Canada) | 207 |
| 30 | 8 | "Love for Sale" | Alex Chapple | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Michael MacLennan | March 3, 2002 (2002-03-03) (United States) March 11, 2002 (2002-03-11) (Canada) | 208 |
| 31 | 9 | "Accentuate the Positive" | Bruce McDonald | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Efrem Seeger | March 10, 2002 (2002-03-10) (United States) March 18, 2002 (2002-03-18) (Canada) | 209 |
| 32 | 10 | "Priorities, Please! (Beat the Time)" | Michael DeCarlo | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman, Matt Pyken & Michael Berns | March 17, 2002 (2002-03-17) (United States) March 25, 2002 (2002-03-25) (Canada) | 210 |
| 33 | 11 | "The Wedding" | Kevin Inch | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Karen Walton | March 31, 2002 (2002-03-31) (United States) April 1, 2002 (2002-04-01) (Canada) | 211 |
| 34 | 12 | "One Degree of Brian Kinney" | Thom Best | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Michael MacLennan | April 7, 2002 (2002-04-07) (United States) April 8, 2002 (2002-04-08) (Canada) | 212 |
| 35 | 13 | "It's Because I'm Gay, Right?" | John Greyson | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Efrem Seeger | April 14, 2002 (2002-04-14) (United States) April 15, 2002 (2002-04-15) (Canada) | 213 |
| 36 | 14 | "The Dangers of Sex and Drugs" | John Fawcett | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman, Matt Pyken & Michael Berns | April 28, 2002 (2002-04-28) (United States) April 29, 2002 (2002-04-29) (Canada) | 214 |
| 37 | 15 | "Rage Against This Machine" | Jeremy Podeswa | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Karen Walton | May 5, 2002 (2002-05-05) (United States) May 6, 2002 (2002-05-06) (Canada) | 215 |
| 38 | 16 | "You Say it's Your Birthday! I Couldn't Care Less!" | Bruce McDonald | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Michael MacLennan | May 12, 2002 (2002-05-12) (United States) May 13, 2002 (2002-05-13) (Canada) | 216 |
| 39 | 17 | "You Can Leda Girl to Pussy" | David Wellington | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Efrem Seeger | May 26, 2002 (2002-05-26) (United States) May 27, 2002 (2002-05-27) (Canada) | 217 |
| 40 | 18 | "Sick, Sick, Sick" | Alex Chapple | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman, Matt Pyken & Michael Berns | June 2, 2002 (2002-06-02) (United States) June 3, 2002 (2002-06-03) (Canada) | 218 |
| 41 | 19 | "Bowling for Equality" | Michael DeCarlo | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman, Efrem Seeger, Michael MacLennan, Matt Pyken & Michael Berns | June 9, 2002 (2002-06-09) (United States) June 10, 2002 (2002-06-10) (Canada) | 219 |
| 42 | 20 | "Out With a Whimper" | David Wellington | Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman | June 16, 2002 (2002-06-16) (United States) June 17, 2002 (2002-06-17) (Canada) | 220 |

### Season 3 (2003)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 43 | 1 | "Mad Dog Kinney" | Jeremy Podeswa | Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman | March 2, 2003 (2003-03-02) (United States) April 7, 2003 (2003-04-07) (Canada) | 301 |
| 44 | 2 | "House Full of Children" | Bruce McDonald | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Michael MacLennan | March 9, 2003 (2003-03-09) (United States) April 14, 2003 (2003-04-14) (Canada) | 302 |
| 45 | 3 | "Doctors of Dickology" | Laurie Lynd | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Efrem Seeger | March 16, 2003 (2003-03-16) (United States) April 21, 2003 (2003-04-21) (Canada) | 303 |
| 46 | 4 | "Brat-Sitting" | Kari Skogland | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Del Shores | March 30, 2003 (2003-03-30) (United States) April 28, 2003 (2003-04-28) (Canada) | 304 |
| 47 | 5 | "There's Nothing Noble about Being Poor" | Kelly Makin | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Shawn Postoff | April 6, 2003 (2003-04-06) (United States) May 5, 2003 (2003-05-05) (Canada) | 305 |
| 48 | 6 | "One Ring to Rule Them All" | Bruce McDonald | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman, & Brad Fraser | April 13, 2003 (2003-04-13) (United States) May 12, 2003 (2003-05-12) (Canada) | 306 |
| 49 | 7 | "Stop Hurting Us" | Kevin Inch | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Michael MacLennan | April 20, 2003 (2003-04-20) (United States) May 19, 2003 (2003-05-19) (Canada) | 307 |
| 50 | 8 | "Hunt(er) For Love" | Bruce McDonald | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Efrem Seeger | April 27, 2003 (2003-04-27) (United States) May 26, 2003 (2003-05-26) (Canada) | 308 |
| 51 | 9 | "Big Fucking Mouth" | Kelly Makin | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Del Shores | May 11, 2003 (2003-05-11) (United States) June 2, 2003 (2003-06-02) (Canada) | 309 |
| 52 | 10 | "Uncle Ben" | Kevin Inch | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Shawn Postoff | May 18, 2003 (2003-05-18) (United States) June 9, 2003 (2003-06-09) (Canada) | 310 |
| 53 | 11 | "Poster May Lead to the Truth" | Chris Grismer | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Brad Fraser | May 25, 2003 (2003-05-25) (United States) June 16, 2003 (2003-06-16) (Canada) | 311 |
| 54 | 12 | "Drugs, Sex and Lies" | David Wellington | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Michael MacLennan | June 8, 2003 (2003-06-08) (United States) June 23, 2003 (2003-06-23) (Canada) | 312 |
| 55 | 13 | "Tweaked-Out, Fucked-Out Crystal Queen" | Alex Chapple | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Efrem Seeger | June 15, 2003 (2003-06-15) (United States) June 30, 2003 (2003-06-30) (Canada) | 313 |
| 56 | 14 | "The Election" | Kelly Makin | Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman | June 22, 2003 (2003-06-22) (United States) July 7, 2003 (2003-07-07) (Canada) | 314 |

### Season 4 (2004)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 57 | 1 | "Just a Little Help" | Kelly Makin | Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman | April 18, 2004 (2004-04-18) (United States) April 19, 2004 (2004-04-19) (Canada) | 401 |
| 58 | 2 | "Stand Up for Ourselves" | Jeremy Podeswa | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Michael MacLennan | April 25, 2004 (2004-04-25) (United States) April 26, 2004 (2004-04-26) (Canada) | 402 |
| 59 | 3 | "Starting a Whole New Life" | Chris Grismer | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Brad Fraser | May 2, 2004 (2004-05-02) (United States) May 3, 2004 (2004-05-03) (Canada) | 403 |
| 60 | 4 | "Escalating Violence" | Kevin Inch | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Del Shores | May 9, 2004 (2004-05-09) (United States) May 10, 2004 (2004-05-10) (Canada) | 404 |
| 61 | 5 | "How Far You Can Go" | Kelly Makin | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Shawn Postoff | May 16, 2004 (2004-05-16) (United States) May 17, 2004 (2004-05-17) (Canada) | 405 |
| 62 | 6 | "Death in the Family" | Bruce McDonald | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Michael MacLennan | May 23, 2004 (2004-05-23) (United States) May 24, 2004 (2004-05-24) (Canada) | 406 |
| 63 | 7 | "Preponderance of Death" | Alex Chapple | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Brad Fraser | May 30, 2004 (2004-05-30) (United States) May 31, 2004 (2004-05-31) (Canada) | 407 |
| 64 | 8 | "Two Kinds of Lies" | Bruce McDonald | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Del Shores | June 6, 2004 (2004-06-06) (United States) June 7, 2004 (2004-06-07) (Canada) | 408 |
| 65 | 9 | "Have Some Balls" | Kevin Inch | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Shawn Postoff | June 13, 2004 (2004-06-13) (United States) June 14, 2004 (2004-06-14) (Canada) | 409 |
| 66 | 10 | "The Snake in Paradise" | John Fawcett | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Michael MacLennan | June 20, 2004 (2004-06-20) (United States) June 21, 2004 (2004-06-21) (Canada) | 410 |
| 67 | 11 | "Gay or Straight? That's the Question" | Thom Best | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Del Shores | June 27, 2004 (2004-06-27) (United States) June 28, 2004 (2004-06-28) (Canada) | 411 |
| 68 | 12 | "Irritation and Separation" | Kelly Makin | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Brad Fraser | July 4, 2004 (2004-07-04) (United States) July 5, 2004 (2004-07-05) (Canada) | 412 |
| 69 | 13 | "Proposal of Two Kinds" | Michael DeCarlo | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Shawn Postoff | July 11, 2004 (2004-07-11) (United States) July 12, 2004 (2004-07-12) (Canada) | 413 |
| 70 | 14 | "Liberty Ride" | Kelly Makin | Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman | July 18, 2004 (2004-07-18) (United States) July 19, 2004 (2004-07-19) (Canada) | 414 |

### Season 5 (2005)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 71 | 1 | "Move and Leave" | Kelly Makin | Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman | May 22, 2005 (2005-05-22) (United States) May 23, 2005 (2005-05-23) (Canada) | 501 |
| 72 | 2 | "Back in Business" | Michael DeCarlo | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Del Shores | May 22, 2005 (2005-05-22) (United States) May 30, 2005 (2005-05-30) (Canada) | 502 |
| 73 | 3 | "Fags are No Different than People" | Michael DeCarlo | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Brad Fraser | May 29, 2005 (2005-05-29) (United States) June 6, 2005 (2005-06-06) (Canada) | 503 |
| 74 | 4 | "Hard Decisions" | Kelly Makin | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Michael MacLennan | June 5, 2005 (2005-06-05) (United States) June 13, 2005 (2005-06-13) (Canada) | 504 |
| 75 | 5 | "Excluding and Abstemiousness" | Chris Grismer | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Shawn Postoff | June 12, 2005 (2005-06-12) (United States) June 20, 2005 (2005-06-20) (Canada) | 505 |
| 76 | 6 | "Bored Out of Ya Fucking Mind" | Alex Chapple | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Del Shores | June 19, 2005 (2005-06-19) (United States) June 27, 2005 (2005-06-27) (Canada) | 506 |
| 77 | 7 | "Hope Against Hope" | Thom Best | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Shawn Postoff | June 26, 2005 (2005-06-26) (United States) July 4, 2005 (2005-07-04) (Canada) | 507 |
| 78 | 8 | "Honest to Yourself" | Kevin Inch | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Michael MacLennan | July 3, 2005 (2005-07-03) (United States) July 11, 2005 (2005-07-11) (Canada) | 508 |
| 79 | 9 | "Anything in Common" | David Wellington | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Brad Fraser | July 10, 2005 (2005-07-10) (United States) July 18, 2005 (2005-07-18) (Canada) | 509 |
| 80 | 10 | "I Love You" | Kelly Makin | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Del Shores | July 17, 2005 (2005-07-17) (United States) July 25, 2005 (2005-07-25) (Canada) | 510 |
| 81 | 11 | "Fuckin' Revenge" | David Wellington | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Brad Fraser | July 24, 2005 (2005-07-24) (United States) August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01) (Canada) | 511 |
| 82 | 12 | "Mr. Right (Never Broke a Promise)" | John Fawcett | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman & Michael MacLennan | July 31, 2005 (2005-07-31) (United States) August 8, 2005 (2005-08-08) (Canada) | 512 |
| 83 | 13 | "We Will Survive!" | Kelly Makin | Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman | August 7, 2005 (2005-08-07) (United States) August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15) (Canada) | 513 |