Angels in America

Angels in America

The messenger has arrived.

Ended First aired 07/Dec/2003 United States English 1 season(s) 6 episode(s)
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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Season 1 · Limited Series
6 episode(s) · Air date: 07/Dec/2003
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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.

Season Overview

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.

S1E6
Perestroika: Heaven, I'm in Heaven
Air date: 14/Dec/2003 · Runtime: 76 min
Summary

A 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.

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A 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.

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S1E5
Perestroika: Beyond Nelly
Air date: 14/Dec/2003 · Runtime: 63 min
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Louis 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.

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Louis 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.

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S1E4
Perestroika: Stop Moving!
Air date: 14/Dec/2003 · Runtime: 57 min
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The 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.

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The 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.

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S1E3
Millennium Approaches: The Messenger
Air date: 07/Dec/2003 · Runtime: 58 min
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Prior 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.

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Prior 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.

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Millennium Approaches: In Vitro
Air date: 07/Dec/2003 · Runtime: 55 min
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Louis 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.

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Louis 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.

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Millennium Approaches: Bad News
Air date: 07/Dec/2003 · Runtime: 66 min
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Prior 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.

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Prior 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.

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Al Pacino
Al Pacino
Roy Cohn
Justin Kirk
Justin Kirk
Prior Walter / Leatherman in the Park
Ben Shenkman
Ben Shenkman
Louis Ironson / The Angel Oceania
Mary-Louise Parker
Mary-Louise Parker
Harper Pitt
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia
Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wright
Norman 'Belize' Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa
Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson
Joe Pitt
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson
Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel
Brian Markinson
Brian Markinson
Martin Heller
James Cromwell
James Cromwell
Roy's Doctor
Florence Kastriner
Florence Kastriner
Mrs. Ironson
Howard Pinhasik
Howard Pinhasik
Mr. Ironson
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Melissa Wilder
Louis' Sister
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Fatima Da Silva
Cousin Doris
Robin Weigert
Robin Weigert
Mormon Mother
David Zayas
David Zayas
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Flotilla DeBarge
Singer in Church
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Lisa LeGuillou
Nurse

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Nora Kasarda
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John Kasarda
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Stuart Wurtzel
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George DeTitta Jr.
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Stephen Goldblatt
Stephen Goldblatt
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Ken Regan
Still Photographer
Ann Roth
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Danny Aiello III
Danny Aiello III
Stunt Coordinator
Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols
Director, Executive Producer
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Antonia Van Drimmelen
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John Bloom
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Paul A. Levin
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