Queer As Folk Season 1 Episode 11 Suprise!
Added 2023-04-04 12:36:28 +0000 UTC
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I also think that Brian is very much a “first/forever crush” to Michael. Like Debbie kinda explains, it seems like Brian was the center of all of Michael’s “firsts”. His first time getting drunk, possibly first sexual experience, probably first other gay friend, the first troublemaker in his life.
Ophelia
2023-04-06 22:30:24 +0000 UTCYes!
Jessie Dobbie Reactions
2023-04-06 20:20:55 +0000 UTCI think you're right, It does feel weird to say Brian thinks of him as a brother, but I really think he does too! If he ever lost that special bond with Michael and Deb he would have no one to call family and I think that's more important to him than sleeping and exploring with Michael, which actually says something deeply emotional about Brian.
Jessie Dobbie Reactions
2023-04-06 20:20:33 +0000 UTCI love that to because she is the motherly figure that Brian needs in his life.
Jessie Dobbie Reactions
2023-04-06 20:16:42 +0000 UTCI def feel now that Brian is more so in love with the way Michael sees him than actually being in love with Michael.
Jessie Dobbie Reactions
2023-04-06 20:14:33 +0000 UTCYeah I agree, the more episodes I watch the more I don't think Brian and Michael would make a good couple and aside from that I think Brian just loves the way Michael sees him.
Jessie Dobbie Reactions
2023-04-06 20:12:48 +0000 UTCThe writers themselves have called them brothers which is a little odd when you think about how Michael sees him but I think that is what they are at their core so that’s why Brian so desperately clings to him. He doesn’t have a real family of his own, that’s what Michael and Debbie are to him.
Lisa
2023-04-04 21:44:52 +0000 UTCHaha you killed me with "someone else going to New York today". I've always loved how David is just "the Doctor". Like the other comments said, I really don't think Brian thinks of Michael in a romantic way at all. Michael is his best friend, a family member. I think about the relationship between Debbie and Brian as well with that. Debbie is more this mother than his own mother is. It feels weird to say Michael is like a brother, but I think truly that is how Brian sees him. Family, not a lover or romantic interest.
Ophelia
2023-04-04 21:10:23 +0000 UTCAlso any time we get Brian and Debbie scenes, I’m in. Some of my favorite scenes in the whole series. Their dynamic is one of the best.
Lisa
2023-04-04 20:42:41 +0000 UTCMaybe I just love mess but I love this episode. I love when Brian makes big spectacles. And yeah in his eyes, it may have been cruel but he did it for Michael and it was successful. I don’t think a conversation would have been enough. Because everyone including Michael already knows it’s not going to happen and I just don’t see a conversation helping him accept it. It’s like Ted tells him in this episode, they think they are so unworthy of love that they fall in love with someone they can never have and will never love them back. It’s a combination of a fantasy and self sabotage. Brian needed to make Michael hate him so he would give up and leave him. I agree with Beny that I don’t think it’s romantic on Brian’s end for a number of reasons that I can’t fully discuss but I do love when people have different interpretations of things especially because so many of Brian’s relationships have blurred boundaries that most relationships on tv don’t so they’re fun to dissect. Oh Emmett! Anytime we get a vulnerable Emmett my heart breaks. He’s so good hearted it hurts when he’s hurting. The doctor really could have left that on the message. It was cruel to make him wait.
Lisa
2023-04-04 20:24:08 +0000 UTCBrian´s method was definitely cruel. And he shouldn´t have done it. But I´m kinda happy Tracy isn´t being lead on anymore! Of course she got hurt, but Michael should have been honest a long time ago. And Brian was kinda successful, he pushed Michael to David, but he could have done it in a more kind way. But in his mind he had to push him away hard, or Michael would just come running back eventually. It´s crazy, but that´s how Brian operates. I actually don´t think Brian has feelings for Michael. Atleast not romantic feelings. It´s a strong friendship. But I don´t think Brian even considers Michael as something more ever. He likes the attention, because he needs it, but he isn´t reciprocating it in the same way Michael does. Michael is Brian´s safety net, and the person who is always there when Brian needs him and feels vulnerable. And that´s why he keeps entertaining Michael´s hopes sometimes, to make sure he doesn´t leave him behind. But that´s all, I think? Obviously he cares about Michael, but he just never shot his hopes down and allowed him to move on from that crush.
Beny
2023-04-04 16:40:04 +0000 UTC
