Angels in America
“The messenger has arrived.”
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 an…
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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 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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Al Pacino
Roy Cohn · 6 episodes
Justin Kirk
Prior Walter / Leatherman in the Park · 6 episodes
Ben Shenkman
Louis Ironson / The Angel Oceania · 6 episodes
Mary-Louise Parker
Harper Pitt · 6 episodes
Meryl Streep
Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia · 6 episodes
Jeffrey Wright
Norman 'Belize' Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa · 6 episodes
Patrick Wilson
Joe Pitt · 6 episodes
Emma Thompson
Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel · 5 episodes
Brian Markinson
Martin Heller · 5 episodes
James Cromwell
Roy's Doctor · 4 episodes
Florence Kastriner
Mrs. Ironson · 4 episodes
Howard Pinhasik
Mr. Ironson · 4 episodes
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