He advises Ted to swerve away from Blake at every chance he gets. And Emmett is no help: to Emmett, Blake is only his addiction.
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When Ted’s wallet goes missing, he blames Blake, believing that a drug user must also necessarily be a thief. The only problem with the relationship is that everyone in it is judging Blake. Ted teaches Blake about La Traviata, an opera about a sick sex worker, which becomes a metaphor for their own relationship. Ted allows Blake, who is staying “with friends” after he was kicked out of his house, to stay with him in his home. Ted stays with him at the hospital, even after Blake didn’t stick around when he overdosed. What follows is Ted trying to fit Blake into his life. When he goes searching for him in the “back room,” he finds Blake passed out on the floor after using too much crystal. Ted sees Blake out at Babylon and is triggered by the sight of him. Much of their friendly banter in the club revolves around judging the others in the bar, but in this week’s batch of episodes, several members of the group interact with people who they might consider those other gays, which forces them to examine their own convictions.įirst up, you have Ted, who spends most of these few episodes trying to kindle a relationship with Blake Wyzecki, who we saw earlier this season when Blake tried to get Ted to use GHB, which ended with Ted in a coma. Queer as Folk defines itself through the tastes of its four protagonists: Brian the lothario, Justin the twink, Ted the cautious, Emmett the fabulous and Michael the nerdy. They do whatever it is you definitely don’t do. No doubt you’ve heard about them, the Other Gays.
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You are invited to follow along on Netflix, where all five seasons are currently streaming. In this week’s “Rewatch,” staff writer Mathew Rodriguez revisits episodes sixteen through eighteen of Season One. As such, INTO is embarking on a rewatch of the entire series, all five seasons and 83 episodes. But the stories it wants to tell often have a lot to say about gay life in 2018. Its depiction of gay life among a group of Pittsburgh friends is intriguing, problematic, heartwarming, cringe-inducing and often corny. Queer as Folk premiered almost two decades ago on Showtime.