Angels in America - Season 1

Angels in America - Season 1

Season 1

Millennium Approaches (Episodes 1-3): It is 1985 and AIDS is causing mass death in USA. In Manhattan, Prior Walter tells Louis, his lover, that he has AIDS; Louis, unable to handle it, leaves him. Joe Pitt, a Mormon and Republican attorney, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn toward a job at the US Department of Justice. Both Pitt and Cohn are in the closet: Pitt out of shame and religious turmoil, Cohn to preserve his power and image. Pitt's wife Harper is strung out on Valium, hallucinating constantly and longs to escape from her sexless marriage. An angel with ulterior motives commands Prior to become a prophet. Perestroika (Episodes 4-6): Prior is helped in his decision by Joe's mother, Hannah, and Belize, a close friend and drag queen. Joe leaves his wife and goes to live with Louis, but it does not work out because of ideological differences. Roy is diagnosed with AIDS and dying, while haunted by the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg.
Network
Episodes6
DatesDec 7, 2003 - Dec 14, 2003

Episodes

Millennium Approaches: Chapter One - Bad News
Season 1Episode 160 min

Millennium Approaches: Chapter One - Bad News

A powerful lawyer receives difficult news from his doctor; a Mormon couple adjusts to life in New York City; a scion of a wealthy family copes with an illness.

Dec 7, 2003
Millennium Approaches: Chapter Two - In Vitro
Season 1Episode 260 min

Millennium Approaches: Chapter Two - In Vitro

A man struggles with his partner's illness; a distraught Mormon housewife copes with her husband's strange behavior.

Dec 7, 2003
Millennium Approaches: Chapter Three - The Messenger
Season 1Episode 360 min

Millennium Approaches: Chapter Three - The Messenger

A Mormon couple reach a crossroads in their marriage; a lawyer encounters a face from his past; a patient is warned of an impending arrival.

Dec 7, 2003
Perestroika: Chapter Four - Stop Moving!
Season 1Episode 460 min

Perestroika: Chapter Four - Stop Moving!

Prior is confused by his fantastic encounter with an angel; Joe feels liberated by a new relationship; Roy Cohn is hospitalized as his condition worsens.

Dec 14, 2003
Perestroika: Chapter Five - Beyond Nelly
Season 1Episode 560 min

Perestroika: Chapter Five - Beyond Nelly

Roy pulls strings to obtain an extremely rare prescription; Louis is overcome with guilt for leaving his lover; Hannah befriends Prior in his time of need.

Dec 14, 2003
Perestroika: Chapter Six - Heaven, I'm in Heaven
Season 1Episode 660 min

Perestroika: Chapter Six - Heaven, I'm in Heaven

Belize seizes an opportunity to help others in need; Harper makes a decision about her future; Prior fights for his life at the gates of heaven.

Dec 14, 2003

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