Angels in America
Angels in America
Angels in America
The messenger has arrived.
Drama
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
76
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Overview
Follow six New Yorkers whose lives intersect amidst the AIDS crisis and the rapidly changing socio-political climate of 1985.
Status: Ended
First Air Date: 2003-12-07
Runtime: Unknown
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
Top Cast
Al Pacino
Al Pacino
Roy Cohn
Justin Kirk
Justin Kirk
Prior Walter / Leatherman in the Park
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson
Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel
Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson
Joe Pitt
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia
Mary-Louise Parker
Mary-Louise Parker
Harper Pitt
Ben Shenkman
Ben Shenkman
Louis Ironson / The Angel Oceania
Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wright
Norman "Belize" Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa
Brian Markinson
Brian Markinson
Martin Heller
Official Videos
'I Am a Messenger' Trailer | Angels in America | HBO Classics
'I Am a Messenger' Trailer | Angels in America | HBO Classics
Episodes - Season 1
Millennium Approaches: Chapter One - Bad News
Millennium Approaches: Chapter One - Bad News
Episode 1
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.
Millennium Approaches: Chapter Two - In Vitro
Millennium Approaches: Chapter Two - In Vitro
Episode 2
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.
Millennium Approaches: Chapter Three - The Messenger
Millennium Approaches: Chapter Three - The Messenger
Episode 3
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.
Perestroika: Chapter Four - Stop Moving!
Perestroika: Chapter Four - Stop Moving!
Episode 4
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.
Perestroika: Chapter Five - Beyond Nelly
Perestroika: Chapter Five - Beyond Nelly
Episode 5
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.
Perestroika: Chapter Six - Heaven, I'm in Heaven
Perestroika: Chapter Six - Heaven, I'm in Heaven
Episode 6
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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