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The Best Episodes of Angels in America

Every episode of Angels in America ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Angels in America!

Angels in America is a 2003 American HBO miniseries directed by Mike Nichols and based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning 1991 play of the same name...
Genres:DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:HBO

Best Episodes Summary

"Perestroika: Chapter Six - Heaven, I'm in Heaven" is the best rated episode of "Angels in America". It scored 8.3/10 based on 638 votes. Directed by Mike Nichols and written by Tony Kushner, it aired on 12/14/2003. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Millennium Approaches: Chapter One - Bad News".

  • Perestroika: Chapter Six - Heaven, I'm in Heaven
    8.3/10638 votes
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    #1 - Perestroika: Chapter Six - Heaven, I'm in Heaven

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/14/2003

    A fight with Joe leaves Louis badly scarred; Roy plays a final practical joke on Ethel; Prior wrestles the Angel and then addresses a review board in Heaven; Harper heads out West; Prior, outliving his diagnosis, pays a visit to his favorite angel and vows to keep living--free of secrets.

    Director: Mike Nichols

    Writer: Tony Kushner

  • Millennium Approaches: Chapter One - Bad News
    8.2/10808 votes
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    #2 - Millennium Approaches: Chapter One - Bad News

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/7/2003

    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.

    Director: Mike Nichols

    Writer: Tony Kushner

  • Millennium Approaches: Chapter Two - In Vitro
    8.2/10394 votes
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    #3 - Millennium Approaches: Chapter Two - In Vitro

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/7/2003

    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.

    Director: Mike Nichols

    Writer: Tony Kushner

  • Perestroika: Chapter Five - Beyond Nelly
    8.2/10360 votes
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    #4 - Perestroika: Chapter Five - Beyond Nelly

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/14/2003

    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.

    Director: Mike Nichols

    Writer: Tony Kushner

  • Millennium Approaches: Chapter Three - The Messenger
    8.0/10390 votes
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    #5 - Millennium Approaches: Chapter Three - The Messenger

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/7/2003

    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.

    Director: Mike Nichols

    Writer: Tony Kushner

  • Perestroika: Chapter Four - Stop Moving!
    8.0/10364 votes
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    #6 - Perestroika: Chapter Four - Stop Moving!

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/14/2003

    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.

    Director: Mike Nichols

    Writer: Tony Kushner