- Created By
- First Aired on
Dec 07, 2003
- Popularity: 23.9887
- 227 votes
- Networks
- (US)
- Production
HBO Films (US)Avenue Pictures (US)Avenue Entertainment
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
1 seaons till Dec 14, 2003
Last episode: Perestroika: Chapter Six - Heaven, I'm in Heaven
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 6 episodes

Limited Series
Aired
Episode 1Millennium Approaches: Chapter One - Bad News66 min
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.
Episode 2Millennium Approaches: Chapter Two - In Vitro55 min
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.
Episode 3Millennium Approaches: Chapter Three - The Messenger58 min
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.
Episode 4Perestroika: Chapter Four - Stop Moving!57 min
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.
Episode 5Perestroika: Chapter Five - Beyond Nelly63 min
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.
Top Cast
- Al Pacino
Roy Cohn
- Justin Kirk
Prior Walter / Leatherman in the Park
- Emma Thompson
Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel
- Patrick Wilson
Joe Pitt
- Meryl Streep
Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia
- Mary-Louise Parker
Harper Pitt
- Ben Shenkman
Louis Ironson / The Angel Oceania
- Jeffrey Wright
Norman "Belize" Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa
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