Davies’ groundbreaking gay drama from the turn of the millennium, and fans of the original will spot the occasional Easter egg or pick up on echoes of certain characters or plot points.
Stephen Dunn’s Queer as Folk is billed as a “reimagining” of Russell T.
And its refusal to define their lives through that tragedy feels like a gift, not only to the characters but also to an audience who has heard far too many news stories just like this one, or maybe even brushed up against some similar horror themselves.Ĭast: Devin Way, Fin Argus, Jesse James Keitel, CG, Johnny Sibilly, Ryan O'Connell But for the most part, the series allows its characters to be every bit as messy or silly or sexy or serious after the shooting as they were before. Sure, here and there are painful excavations of trauma or equally tear-jerking moments of defiant joy. Yet despite the heavy premise, the series as a whole is surprisingly light on its feet. Most of our main characters are among them, and for the rest of the eight-episode season, they’ll grapple with their lingering guilt and grief, with the unthinkable ways their lives changed that night, with the holes it left in the center of their community.
Midway through the first episode, an unnamed shooter enters a New Orleans gay club called Babylon and opens fire on the crowd of partiers. The catalyzing event in Peacock’s new Queer as Folk is a horrific act of violence.
