Angels in America
“The messenger has arrived.”
DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
God has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985: the Reagans are in the White House and Death swings the scythe of AIDS. In Manhattan, Prior Walter tells Louis, his lover of four years, he's ill; Louis leaves but as disease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Louis. Joe Pitt, a Mormon Republican attorney, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn toward a job at the Justice Department. Pitt and Cohn are closeted: Pitt, out of shame and religious turmoil; Cohn, to preserve his power and access. Pitt's wife Harper is strung out on Valium, aching to escape a sexless marriage. An angel invites Prior to be a prophet in death.
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God has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985: the Reagans are in the White House and Death swings the scythe of AIDS. In Manhattan, Prior Walter tells Louis, his lover of four years, he's ill; Louis leaves but asvdisease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Louis. Joe Pitt, a Mormon Republican attorney, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn toward a job at the Justice Department. Pitt and Cohn are closeted: Pitt, out of shame and religious turmoil; Cohn, to preserve his power and access. Pitt's wife Harper is strung out on Valium, aching to escape a sexless marriage. An angel invites Prior to be a prophet in death.
1Millennium Approaches: Bad News7 Dec 2003 · 66m · ★ 7.4Prior Walter is diagnosed with AIDS that changes his life and he must deal with such new obstacle. Moreover, his partner abandoned him. He has also increasing hallucinations and Mormon's mother comes to New York in order to save her son's marriage. Meanwhile, Roy Cohn checks into the hospital.
2Millennium Approaches: In Vitro7 Dec 2003 · 55m · ★ 8.0Louis abandons a hospitalized Prior; Joe and Roy confide in each other over drinks. Later, Prior hears voices from his hospital bed while Louis solicits sex from strangers, and Joe makes a drunken confession to his mother.
3Millennium Approaches: The Messenger7 Dec 2003 · 58m · ★ 7.4Prior returns home and is visited by a pair of spectral namesake ancestors who herald the arrival of the messenger; a tussle with Joe leaves Roy with the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg. Later, Joe and Louis hook up in Central Park while Prior meets the angelic messenger.
4Perestroika: Stop Moving!14 Dec 2003 · 57m · ★ 7.6The story continues with Prior finally confronting the visions, Cohn desperately trying to manipulate the system to his benefit - all the while haunted by one of his victims, and Harper attempting to regain control of her life.
5Perestroika: Beyond Nelly14 Dec 2003 · 63m · ★ 6.1Louis arranges a meeting with Prior; Joe visits Roy in the hospital and gets an unwelcome father's blessing; Prior drags Belize to the courthouse for a surprise meeting with the clerk and later strikes up a friendship with Hannah. High on morphine, Roy paints a different picture of heaven.
6Perestroika: Heaven, I'm in Heaven14 Dec 2003 · 76m · ★ 10.0A fight with Joe leaves Louis badly scarred; Roy plays a final practical joke on Ethel; Prior wrestles the Angel and then addresses a review board in Heaven; Harper heads out West; Prior, outliving his diagnosis, pays a visit to his favorite angel and vows to keep living--free of secrets.
Details
- Created by
- Tony Kushner
- First aired
- 7 Dec 2003
- Last aired
- 14 Dec 2003
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- HBO
- Episodes
- 6
- Votes
- 267 on TMDB
Cast
Al PacinoRoy Cohn
Justin KirkPrior Walter / Leatherman in the Park
Ben ShenkmanLouis Ironson / The Angel Oceania
Mary-Louise ParkerHarper Pitt
Meryl StreepHannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia
Jeffrey WrightNorman 'Belize' Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa
Patrick WilsonJoe Pitt
