ARMISTEAD MAUPIN'S MORE TALES OF THE CITY {EPISODE 5} (TV)
Summary
Episode five in this six-episode mini-series about the interconnected lives of people residing in San Francisco in 1977, continuing from the mini-series "Tales of the City." In episode five, DeDe and D'orothea learn of Beauchamp's fate, and Frannie is nowhere to be found; Burke has a significant dream about a rose, an incantation, and the man with a hair transplant; Mona's mother, Betty tells her daughter she is in danger at Barbary Lane; Jon is eager to move in with Michael, who prefers to have the noble doctor wait; Mary Ann spots the transplant man at the hospital florist; Michael makes a miraculous recovery from paralysis; Mrs. Madrigal plays matchmaker with Brian and Mona, who share a platonic evening over meatloaf; Mary Ann zealously dissects the meaning of the incantation, and Burke suspects cult activity is behind his amnesia; the female voyeur gives Brian an ultimatum regarding Mona, who is shocked to catch Brian gratifying himself with the voyeur; and, at the Associated Press, Mary Ann learns that Burke was working on an news story about "transsubstatiation." The program concludes as DeDe goes into labor.
Details
- NETWORK: Showtime
- DATE: June 8, 1998 9:50 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:47:07
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:54466
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: LGBTQ+ Collection - Drama; Miniseries; San Francisco; 1970s; Friendship
- SERIES RUN: Showtime - TV series, 1998
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Suzanne Girard … Executive Producer
- Alan Poul … Executive Producer
- Tim Bevan … Executive Producer
- Armistead Maupin … Executive Producer, Based on the novel by
- Kevin Tierney … Producer
- Pierre Gang … Director
- Nicholas Wright … Writer
- Richard Grégoire … Music by
- Olympia Dukakis … Cast, Mrs. Anna Madrigal
- Laura Linney … Cast, Mary Ann Singleton
- Colin Ferguson … Cast, Burke Andrew
- William Campbell … Cast, Jon Fielding
- Barbara Garrick … Cast, DeDe Halcyon Day
- Paul Hopkins … Cast, Michael "Mouse" Tolliver
- Nina Siemaszko … Cast, Mona Ramsey
- Jackie Burroughs … Cast, Mother Mucca
- Whip Hubley … Cast, Brian Hawkins
- Diana LeBlanc … Cast, Frannie Halcyon
- Françoise Robertson … Cast, D'Orothea Wilson
- Domini Blythe … Cast, Helena Parrish
- Swoozie Kurtz … Cast, Betty Ramsey
- Edward Asner … Cast, Jack Lederer
- Sheila McCarthy … Cast, Mildred
- Gregory Calpakis … Cast, Birdsong
- Peter Colvey … Cast, Transplant Man
- Vince Sheffield … Cast, Cop
- Gwen Tolbart … Cast, Nurse Thelma
- Paul Phatisis … Cast, Bluegrass