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The Worst Episodes of Angels in America

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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Angels in America Season 1 Episode 3 - Millennium Approaches: The Messenger
    8.0/10(482 votes)

    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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  2. Angels in America Season 1 Episode 4 - Perestroika: Stop Moving!
    8.0/10(449 votes)

    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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  3. Angels in America Season 1 Episode 1 - Millennium Approaches: Bad News
    8.1/10(919 votes)

    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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  4. Angels in America Season 1 Episode 2 - Millennium Approaches: In Vitro
    8.2/10(500 votes)

    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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  5. Angels in America Season 1 Episode 5 - Perestroika: Beyond Nelly
    8.2/10(446 votes)

    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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  6. Angels in America Season 1 Episode 6 - Perestroika: Heaven, I'm in Heaven
    8.3/10(706 votes)

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Millennium Approaches: The Messenger" is the worst rated episode of "Angels in America". It scored 8/10 based on 482 votes. Directed by Mike Nichols and written by Tony Kushner, it aired on 12/7/2003. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Perestroika: Stop Moving!".