For those of you who like mini-series, this one is really good. It is based on a book by Armistead Maupin, and is set in 1976 San Francisco. These were the days of drugs and free love, but AIDS hadn't shown up yet. Gay men are everywhere, and lesbians are around too, and then there are straight people. It's really hard to tell who will sleep with whom. The story is centered by Mary Ann, played by a very young Laura Linney. Mary Ann is fresh from Cleveland and pretty conservative, but she loves San Francisco. She moves in to a bohemian apartment complex on a hill run by Mrs. Madrigal (Olympia Dukakis). Through Laura, we are introduced to a large circle of people at the apartment, at her job, the relatives of her friends and co-workers. It's a small world, and it is very interesting. People have incredible secrets (except for Mary Ann) and the way they are intertwined is really great.
Also - Thomas Gibson (from Dharma and Greg) plays a real piece of shit in this one. It's fun to hate him.
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