Pittsburgh, Love, Gay community, Gay Men, Friendship, Pennsylvania, Gay television programs, Lesbians, Drama, Video recordings for the hearing impaired, Fiction television programs, Lesbian television programs, Romance television programs 

Season five, the final season of the series, continues to follow the journey of a group of gay friends and lovers living in Pittsburgh. Brian buys and revamps the dance club Babylon, Michael embraces domesticity with Ben, Emmett finds success as a TV personality, Ted struggles with body prejudices and Mel and Lindsay find their relationship in trouble. 

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Wide screen, enhanced for 16:9 TVs.

English with optional Spanish soundtrack; closed-captioned.

Based on the British series created by Russell T. Davies.

Originally broadcast by Showtime in 2005.

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Michelle Clunie, Robert Gant, Thea Gill, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison, Scott Lowell, Peter Paige, Hal Sparks, Sharon Gless, John Kapelos, Rosie O'Donnell, Peter MacNeill, Tom McCamus, Roberta Maxwell, Harris Allan, Makyla Smith, Sherry Miller, Matt Battaglia, Cyndi Lauper, Dean Armstrong.

Director of photography, Thom Best (episodes 1-5, 9-12), John Berrie (episodes 6-8) ; editing, Wendy Hallam Martin (episodes 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12), Lisa Grootenboer (episodes 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13).

Disc 1. Episode 1 / directed by Kelly Makin ; written by Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman. Episode 2 / directed by Michael DeCarlo ; teleplay by Del Shores ; written by Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman & Del Shores. Episode 3 / directed by Michael DeCarlo ; teleplay by Brad Fraser ; story by Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman & Brad Fraser -- disc 2. Episode 4 / directed by Kelly Makin ; teleplay by Michael MacLennan ; story by Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman & Michael MacLennan. Episode 5 / directed by Chris Grismer ; teleplay by Shawn Postoff ; story by Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman & Shawn Postoff. Episode 6 / directed by Alex Chapple ; teleplay by Del Shores ; story by Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman & Del Shores -- disc 3. Episode 7 / directed by Thom Best ; teleplay by Shawn Postoff ; story by Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman & Shawn Postoff. Episode 8 / directed by Kevin Inch ; teleplay by Michael MacLennan ; story by Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman & Michael MacLennan. Episode 9 / directed by David Wellington ; teleplay by Brad Fraser ; story by Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman & Brad Fraser -- disc 4. Episode 10 / directed by Kelly Makin ; teleplay by Del Shores ; story by Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman & Del Shores. Episode 11 / directed by David Wellington ; teleplay by Brad Fraser ; story by Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman & Brad Fraser. Episode 12 / directed by John Fawcett ; teleplay by Michael MacLennan ; story by Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman & Michael MacLennan -- disc 5. Episode 13 / directed by Kelly Makin ; written by Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman. Bonus features.

Bonus features: Cyndi Lauper "Shine" music video, Rosie O'Donnell photo montage, Season finale wrap party reel, Season finale extended scenes, Marky Dong, Patrick Antosh fashion extra, a special message from The Trevor Project and Queer as Folk, SHO original, sneak peek of Noah's arc, previews.

Sources used: videodisc container; Internet movie database WWW site, August 15, 2022.