Queer as Folk

In the fourth season opener, Brian is deeply in debt and faces giving up the lifestyle to which he's grown accustomed; Michael and Hunter return to Pittsburgh to face the custody hearing; Emmett visits Ted in rehab.

Season 4. Brian decides to start his own ad agency; Ted struggles to re-enter life after rehab; Emmett and Michael discover their "inner faerie;" Justin encourages a friend to fight back against his bashers.

Season 4. Brian warns Justin about his involvement with Cody and the Pink Posse; Ted continues to push his friends away as he begins a new job; Vic and Rodney decide to move in together.

Season 4. Brian turns to Ted for help with his new agency; Justin and Cody take the Pink Posse to a violent level; a social worker's visit with Michael and Ben doesn't quite go as planned.

Season 4. Ted accepts Brian's offer of a job; Cody takes Justin to the firing range; Melanie lends her support to the custody case after Ted helps her see what's important.

Season 4. Michael and Justin receive an offer to turn 'Rage' into a live-action feature film; Ted delivers his letter of amends to Emmett; Debbie and Vic get into a heated argument that will change their lives; Brian receives shocking news.

Season 4. Brian is diagnosed with testicular cancer; Ted falls back into old habits; Debbie tries to make up for the awful things she said to Vic before his death.

Season 4. Justin discovers the truth about Brian's phony trip to Ibiza; Michael and Justin meet with a Hollywood producer about 'Rage;' Debbie has a heart-to-heart with Horvath.

Season 4. Justin discovers why Brian has thrown him out; can Michael and Ben's relationship survive Michael's Hollywood windfall and Ben's manuscript rejection?; a pro football player makes a play for Emmett.

Season 4. Brian deals with the effects of his surgery; a former student of Ben's causes a rift between Ben and Michael; Lindsay struggles with her attraction to Sam.

Season 4. Brian goes head-to-head with the fund-raiser hired by the Center; Hunter leads Ben and Michael to believe he might be hustling again.

Season 4. Brian decides to participate in the Liberty Ride; Drew asks Emmett back; Hunter reveals to Callie that he's HIV positive; Melanie and Lindsay discuss the future.

Season 4. Emmett supports Ted by signing up for the Liberty Ride; Justin is invited to Hollywood to help pitch "Rage" to the studios; Lindsay goes to Brian for advice about Mel.

Season 4. Michael and Ben have trouble crossing into the U.S. as a married couple; Ted and Emmett get lost in the woods on the way to a 12-step meeting, while Brian takes a nasty fall and breaks his collarbone; 'Rage' is given the green light.