As the AIDS crisis explodes in 1980s America, two patients face different challenges. Plus, a look at the social, sexual, and religious implications of the deadly illness.
EPISODE 1
Millennium Approaches: Bad News
Two AIDS patients have disparate reactions to their illness.
EPISODE 2
Millennium Approaches: In Vitro
Prior hears voices from his hospital bed; Louis solicits sex from strangers; Joe makes a confession to his mother.
EPISODE 3
Millennium Approaches: The Messenger
Prior returns home and is visited by a pair of spectral namesake ancestors who herald the arrival of The Messenger.
EPISODE 4
Perestroika: Stop Moving!
While Joe is being seduced by Louis, Prior gets aroused by the baffled Angel; Roy's health worsens.
EPISODE 5
Perestroika: Beyond Nelly
Louis plans to meet with Prior; under the influence of morphine, Roy paints a picture of heaven.
EPISODE 6
Perestroika: Heaven, I'm In Heaven
Prior finally confronts his visions; Cohn tries to manipulate the system to his benefit, while being haunted by one of his victims.
Al Pacino
Meryl Streep
Emma Thompson
Mary-Louise Parker
Jeffrey Wright
Justin Kirk
Ben Shenkman
Patrick Wilson
James Cromwell
Michael Gambon
Simon Callow