A decidedly gay lens focuses on Season 1 episode 5 of the US Original Queer As Folk series that aired on Showtime from 2000 - 2005.

Episode 5: Now Approaching... The Line 

Michael fends off the romantic interest of a female coworker who doesn't know he's gay and instead dates a handsome chiropractor, while Brian is propositioned by a potentially lucrative client of his firm.

Additional topics covered in this episode include:

• "Italian Tutor"
• Counting pills
• Counting shoe boxes
• #karenjokes
• standing therapist
• religion vs homosexuality
• cleo awards
• KISS
• Nasty Trick
• Dr. Cameron / Chris Potter
• Heartland
• erections during a massage
• Ben Gay
• Metamucil
• Michael's ridiculous outfit
• Elpheba (or why green lighting is not flattering on any but...)