Limited Series poster

Limited Series

(2003)

Overview

Millennium Approaches (Episodes 1-3): It is 1985 and AIDS is causing mass death in USA. In Manhattan, Prior Walter tells Louis, his lover, that he has AIDS; Louis, unable to handle it, leaves him. Joe Pitt, a Mormon and Republican attorney, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn toward a job at the US Department of Justice. Both Pitt and Cohn are in the closet: Pitt out of shame and religious turmoil, Cohn to preserve his power and image. Pitt's wife Harper is strung out on Valium, hallucinatin…

Cast

Al Pacino as Roy Cohn
Al Pacino

as Roy Cohn

Mary-Louise Parker as Harper Pitt
Mary-Louise Parker

as Harper Pitt

Justin Kirk as Prior Walter / Leatherman in the Park
Justin Kirk

as Prior Walter / Leatherman in the Park

Ben Shenkman as Louis Ironson / The Angel Oceania
Ben Shenkman

as Louis Ironson / The Angel Oceania

Patrick Wilson as Joe Pitt
Patrick Wilson

as Joe Pitt

Jeffrey Wright as Norman "Belize" Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa
Jeffrey Wright

as Norman "Belize" Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa

Emma Thompson as Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel
Emma Thompson

as Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel

Meryl Streep as Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia
Meryl Streep

as Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia

Brian Markinson as Martin Heller
Brian Markinson

as Martin Heller

Episodes

Millennium Approaches: Chapter One - Bad News poster

Millennium Approaches: Chapter One - Bad News 7.9

December 7, 2003

Prior Walter is diagnosed with AIDS that changes his life and he must deal with such new obstacle. Moreover, his partne…

Millennium Approaches: Chapter Two - In Vitro poster

Millennium Approaches: Chapter Two - In Vitro 8.5

December 7, 2003

Louis abandons a hospitalized Prior; Joe and Roy confide in each other over drinks. Later, Prior hears voices from his …

Millennium Approaches: Chapter Three - The Messenger poster

Millennium Approaches: Chapter Three - The Messenger 7.8

December 7, 2003

Prior returns home and is visited by a pair of spectral namesake ancestors who herald the arrival of the messenger; a t…

Perestroika: Chapter Four - Stop Moving! poster

Perestroika: Chapter Four - Stop Moving! 8.0

December 14, 2003

The story continues with Prior finally confronting the visions, Cohn desperately trying to manipulate the system to his…

Perestroika: Chapter Five - Beyond Nelly poster

Perestroika: Chapter Five - Beyond Nelly 6.4

December 14, 2003

Louis arranges a meeting with Prior; Joe visits Roy in the hospital and gets an unwelcome father's blessing; Prior drag…

Perestroika: Chapter Six - Heaven, I'm in Heaven poster

Perestroika: Chapter Six - Heaven, I'm in Heaven 10.0

December 14, 2003

A fight with Joe leaves Louis badly scarred; Roy plays a final practical joke on Ethel; Prior wrestles the Angel and th…