5.08 Honest to Yourself

Episode 8 of the Still Queer as Folk podcast, hosted by Slightly Unbalanced, titled "5.08 Honest to Yourself" was published on September 11, 2020 and runs 58 minutes.

September 11, 2020 ·58m · Still Queer as Folk

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Brian's midlife crisis reaches a head when he wins his bet with Brandon, but opts not to collect his reward. Drew Boyd is outed in a tabloid and turns to Emmett for advice. When the paparazzi track him down, he hides out in Emmett's bedroom.

Ben continues to stress over Hunter's departure and clashes with Michael as he begins giving away Hunter's possessions. Lindsay and Melanie begin their home-separation with mixed results, and Justin confronts his father over his supporting the anti-gay initiative Proposition 14 and ends up being arrested.

It first aired in the US on July 3rd, 2005 and was written by Michael MacLennan, his 13th of 14 episodes. He would later go on to write two episodes of Peter Paige's show, The Fosters.

"Honest to Yourself" was directed by Kevin Inch, his 8th of 8 episodes. He directed one of our favorite episodes, of course from Season 1, "Ted's not Dead"

Check out Still Queer as Folk US, Still Queer as Folk UK and our other great shows at slightlyunbalanced.com

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