Angels In America | Season 1 | Episode 5

Perestroika - Beyond Nelly

TV-MA | 1 HR 3 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. High on morphine, Roy paints a different picture of heaven.

Season-1 Episodes

1.Millennium Approaches - Bad News

NYC, 1985. A gay couple's relationship is rocked by the revelation that one has AIDS; conservative icon Roy Cohn also learns he has AIDS.

2.Millennium Approaches - In Vitro

Louis abandons a hospitalized Prior; 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; Roy is visited by the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg.

4.Perestroika - Stop Moving!

While Joe is being seduced by Louis, 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; Joe visits Roy in the hospital; Prior drags Belize to the courthouse; Roy paints a new view of heaven.

6.Perestroika - Heaven, I'm in Heaven

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