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It's a Sin

Season 1

5 listed hours · 2021 · Channel 4/Max

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Filed by Lana Reyes · Red Carpet Reality

Watch Russell T Davies's five-episode London AIDS chronicle for ensemble chemistry that makes the tragedy land harder. Joy first, then devastation with open eyes — chosen family in cheap flats and club nights. Davies at full emotional clarity; five episodes you will carry.

TV Flash files Season 1 of It's a Sin (2021) on Channel 4/Max as the only listed season — 5 listed hours, 2021-01-22 from “Episode 1” (S01E01) to “Episode 5” (S01E05). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S01E01 Episode 1

    Hour one as joy-first contract: cheap flats and club nights, Russell T Davies assembling the chosen family before anyone asks the decade to hurt.

  2. S01E05 Episode 5

    Hour five as the carry-it-home close: five episodes, full emotional clarity, ensemble chemistry making the London AIDS chronicle land harder.

  3. S01E02 Episode 2

    Second hour still letting pleasure lead: Davies refusing marble-statue prestige, the flats and nights remaining the point of the tragedy later.

  4. S01E03 Episode 3

    Mid-run hour where the crisis can no longer be a rumor: still chosen family, still open eyes, still Channel 4 craft without a sermon overlay.

  5. S01E04 Episode 4

    Fourth hour as the devastation the opener earned: ensemble still the weapon, Davies at full clarity rather than a biopic highlight reel.

  1. S01E01

    Episode 1

    September 1981 finds 18-year-old Ritchie leaving the Isle of Wight to go to university. In London, Roscoe walks out of parents' home, while Colin arrives from Wales to start a new career on Savile Row. The three boys meet, and along with fellow student Ash and best friend Jill form a gang and move into a flat, christened the Pink Palace. However, a distant threat on the horizon means that life in the '80s might be all too precious.

  2. S01E02

    Episode 2

    As Ritchie and Jill embark on a scheme to become professional actors, Colin is excited to be offered a trip to New York. Roscoe hides his fury when he finds himself excluded from his sister's wedding, while Jill finds herself entering a world of mystery and fear. The stories in the headlines are becoming true, and the shadow of Aids looms, but Ritchie's denial is ferocious and Jill finds herself unable to tell the truth as the situation gets worse.

  3. S01E03

    Episode 3

    While making their way in the world, the terror the friends been avoiding suddenly strikes at their heart in the most unexpected manner. Reeling from the news, everyone has to rally round. And when a hospital takes shocking action, the flatmates must fight like never before.

  4. S01E04

    Episode 4

    March 1988. Ritchie embarks on a lonely journey home. Meanwhile, Jill is in danger, and Roscoe's set to collide with Margaret Thatcher, as protests about the AIDS crisis begin.

  5. S01E05

    Episode 5

    1991. The flatmates rally round as they enter the darkest days of their lives. When Valerie goes on the warpath, it's up to Jill to help Ritchie before it's too late.

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