QUEER AS FOLK {U.S. VERSION}: LOVE FOR SALE (TV)
Summary
One in this series about the day-to-day lives of a circle of gay and lesbian friends living in Pittsburgh.
In this episode, Michael hopes to find a new boyfriend after breaking up with Ben. He tries the personal ads, but his messages tend towards dullness. Nevertheless, he resists Debbie's suggestion that Michael visit her matchmaking friend Ida. Justin and his mother stop by Brian's place just as Brian's date of the previous night is leaving. After Justin's mother leaves, Justin and Brian begin to kiss passionately -- while talking about the man with whom Brian just spent the night.
Emmett, now an internet porn star known as "Fetch Dickson," looks over his fan mail and is shocked to find that it contains a gold bracelet from a secret admirer. Ted warns Emmett against the dangers of accepting gifts from strangers, but Emmett can't resist the sparkling trinket. Later, a limousine arrives to take Emmett to a mysterious mansion. With help from his friends, Michael puts together a racy and provocative internet personal ad. He receives a number of responses and sets up a date.
Meanwhile, Emmett comes face to face with his admirer -- George Schickel, the elderly owner of a lucrative pickle company, who much to Emmett's dismay assumes that the younger man is a prostitute. Later that night, George stops at Emmett's apartment to apologize, and the two go out to dinner. With Emmett out of the apartment, Michael and his date become intimate. Reluctantly, Justin attends a college party at the urging of Daphne -- and meets a man with whom he has sex in a nearby bedroom. Michael's date ends in disappointment, and he then decides to visit the matchmaker. Justin rebuffs the man from the party when he approaches him the next day. Justin ends up spending the next night with Brian. This program is closed-captioned.
Details
- NETWORK: Showtime
- DATE: March 3, 2002 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:50:02
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:69094
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Homosexuality (See also: Gays and Lesbians); LGBT Collection
- SERIES RUN: Showtime - TV series, 2000-2005
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Ron Cowen … Executive Producer, Developed by, Developed for American Television by, Writer, Story by
- Daniel Lipman … Executive Producer, Developed by, Developed for American Television by, Writer, Story by
- Tony Jonas … Executive Producer
- Adam Newman … Coordinating Producer
- Sheila Hockin … Producer
- Matt Pyken … Co-Producer
- Michael Berns … Co-Producer
- Michael MacLennan … Co-Producer
- Bill Goddard … Co-Producer
- Efrem Seeger … Consulting Producer
- Alex Chapple … Director
- Michael MacLennan … Writer
- Russell T. Davies … Based on the British Series Created by
- Tom Third … Music by
- Don Pyle … Theme Music by
- Andrew Zealley … Theme Music by
- Michelle Clunie … Cast, Melanie Marcus
- Thea Gill … Cast, Lindsay Peterson
- Gale Harold … Cast, Brian Kinney
- Randy Harrison … Cast, Justin Taylor
- Scott Lowell … Cast, Ted Schmidt
- Peter Paige … Cast, Emmett Honeycutt
- Hal Sparks … Cast, Michael Novotny
- Sharon Gless … Cast, Debbie Novotny
- Robert Gant … Cast, Ben Bruckner
- Sherry Miller … Cast, Jennifer Taylor
- Makyla Smith … Cast, Daphne Chanders
- Bruce Gray … Cast, George Schickel
- Avery Saltzman … Cast, Ida Pearlstein
- Sandy Jobin-Bevans … Cast, Adam
- Jonathan Payne … Cast, Eric
- Darryl Pring … Cast, Barry
- James Arnold … Cast, Marcus
- Ivan Sherry … Cast, Ed
- John Alcorn … Cast, Pianist/Singer
- Michael Kremko … Cast, Gorgeous Guy
- Oscar Paul Trepannier … Cast, Hot Trick
- Paul Del La Rosa … Cast, Chauffeur
- Sean Orr … Cast, Butler