Angels In America | Season 1 | Episode 1

Millennium Approaches - Bad News

TV-MA | 1 HR 6 MIN

New York City, 1985. A gay couple's relationship is rocked by the revelation that one has AIDS. A young man named Joe Pitts is offered a job by conservative icon Roy Cohn, who also learns he has AIDS.

1.Millennium Approaches - Bad News

A gay couple's relationship is rocked by the revelation that one has AIDS, and a young man is offered a job by conservative icon Roy Cohn.

2.Millennium Approaches - In Vitro

Louis abandons a hospitalized Prior as Joe and Roy confide in each other over drinks, and Joe makes a drunken confession to his mother.

3.Millennium Approaches - The Messenger

Prior is visited by spectral namesake ancestors who herald the arrival of the messenger, and Roy is visited by the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg.

4.Perestroika - Stop Moving!

While Louis seduces Joe, Prior is being aroused by the baffled Angel. Meanwhile, Roy's health worsens, and Hannah tries to help Harper.

5.Perestroika - Beyond Nelly

Louis arranges a meeting with Prior as Joe visits Roy in the hospital. Prior drags Belize to the courthouse, and Roy paints a new view of heaven.

6.Perestroika - Heaven, I'm in Heaven

A fight with Joe leaves Louis scarred, and Roy plays a final joke on Ethel. Prior wrestles the Angel and later vows to live -- free of secrets.