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The Best Episodes of Angels in America

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Follow six New Yorkers whose lives intersect amidst the AIDS crisis and the rapidly changing socio-political climate of 1985.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Angels in America Season 1 Episode 6 - Perestroika: Chapter Six - Heaven, I'm in Heaven
    8.3/10(684 votes)

    #1 - Perestroika: Chapter Six - Heaven, I'm in Heaven

    S1:E6

    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

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  2. Angels in America Season 1 Episode 1 - Millennium Approaches: Chapter One - Bad News
    8.2/10(876 votes)

    #2 - Millennium Approaches: Chapter One - Bad News

    S1:E1

    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

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  3. Angels in America Season 1 Episode 2 - Millennium Approaches: Chapter Two - In Vitro
    8.2/10(452 votes)

    #3 - Millennium Approaches: Chapter Two - In Vitro

    S1:E2

    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

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  4. Angels in America Season 1 Episode 5 - Perestroika: Chapter Five - Beyond Nelly
    8.2/10(411 votes)

    #4 - Perestroika: Chapter Five - Beyond Nelly

    S1:E5

    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

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  5. Angels in America Season 1 Episode 4 - Perestroika: Chapter Four - Stop Moving!
    8.1/10(410 votes)

    #5 - Perestroika: Chapter Four - Stop Moving!

    S1:E4

    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

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  6. Angels in America Season 1 Episode 3 - Millennium Approaches: Chapter Three - The Messenger
    8.0/10(441 votes)

    #6 - Millennium Approaches: Chapter Three - The Messenger

    S1:E3

    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

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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 684 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".