Episode Title: 1×22 – Full Circle
Originally Aired: June 24, 2001
Written By: Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman
Directed By: Alex Chapple

Summary: Brian is trying to deal with his age. He is finally convinced to make an appearance at Justin’s prom. They share an amazing dance together and are the center of the event. As Brian is about to leave and Justin is returning to the prom on cloud nine, Chris Hobbs takes a baseball bat to Justin’s head as Brian watches. Michael is trying to decide if he should or shouldn’t go to Portland. He has to leave his whole life behind and David is making all of the arrangements. Just as he is heading towards the plane, he receives a call from Brian about Justin.

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Quotes

Brian: Why do you always have to ruin everything?
Michael: Ruin? I’m saving you! Just like Toby Harper saved Captain Astro in issue 231 of Astro Comics when Captain Astro thought that he lost all of his super powers.
Brian: God, you are so pathetic.
Michael: No. You are! Don’t you see that you still have your powers? All of your powers. And you always will. Whether you’re 18, or you’re 30, or you’re 50, or you’re 100. You will always be young and you will always be beautiful. You’re Brian Kinney for fuck’s sake!

Brian: To go out in a blaze of glory. Like Cobain, James Dean… Hendrix. They’re all legends. They’ll always be young, and they will always be beautiful.
Michael: And they will always be dead.
Brian: Life’s not worth living, if you don’t take risks!

Trivia

- This episode influenced a real life situation in which a gay teen wanted to bring his boyfriend to his prom, but the school would not allow homosexual activity to happen at the prom. As a result, the students were going to give him and his boyfriend their own prom, and many students were gonna go to his instead of the real thing, but that changed when the courts overruled the school’s decision and he was allowed to bring his boyfriend to the prom.