Angels In America, Millennium Approaches - The Messenger

New York City, 1985. A gay couple's relationship is rocked by the revelation that one has AIDS. A young man named Joe Pitts is offered a job by conservative icon Roy Cohn, who also learns he has AIDS.

Louis abandons a hospitalised Prior as 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.

Prior is visited by spectral namesake ancestors who herald the arrival of the messenger, and Roy is visited by the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg.

While Louis seduces Joe, Prior is being aroused by the baffled Angel. Meanwhile, Roy's health worsens, and Hannah tries to help Harper.

Louis arranges a meeting with Prior as Joe visits Roy in the hospital. Prior drags Belize to the courthouse, and Roy paints a new view of heaven.

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