Episodes 01

“Something’s Coming”

In 1981, local reporter for the New York Native Gino Barelli presses his boyfriend Detective Patrick Read for information regarding a string of killings targeting gay men. Patrick refuses to be Gino’s source out of fear of being outed to the police force. Later, at a bar Gino believes the killer frequents, surrealist art collector Henry tells Gino about a suspicious regular with a penchant for Mai Tais. Afterwards, Gino is drugged and captured by an unknown assailant. Meanwhile, Adam Carpenter’s roommate disappears in Central Park and a man in leather stalks him. Adam finds a photo of the man and seeks out the photographer, Theo Graves. Theo assures Adam that the man in the photo, Big Daddy, has been dead for two years. On Fire Island, in an effort to contain a new virus discovered by Dr. Hannah Wells, state troopers shoot and kill a herd of deer.

Episodes 02

“Thank You for Your Service”

Gino’s captor, Mr. Whitely, frees him after noticing Gino’s Marine tattoo. The next day, Mr. Whitely visits Dr. Wells’ office in distress about an incurable rash. Gino tells Adam about his capture and stresses that the police will not help them. Adam convinces him to set up a phone number for people to call with tips. Concerned about the murders, Patrick’s ex-wife Barbara presents Gino a box of BDSM gear Patrick kept hidden. The police harass Adam for flyers deriding the force for inaction. That night, Adam has ominous experiences on the subway and at a warehouse party. Gino and Patrick go to a leather bar to look out for the killer. Mr. Whitely orders a man a Mai Tai, stabs him in the neck, and vanishes. Newly hired Native writer Fran meets with Dr. Wells and asserts that the U.S. government is responsible for the virus. Theo’s boyfriend, wealthy erotic art curator Sam, holds a young man captive in a cage. The police discover body parts of victims in an alleyway strung up on meat hooks.

Episodes 03

“Smoke Signals”

Fran elaborates, claiming the virus is a biological weapon. Sam’s prisoner, Stewart, escapes. Patrick questions Sam, who insists everything was consensual. A call from Mr. Whitely leads Patrick to a warehouse party. There, he follows a harnessed man into a backroom and whips him. Adam and Theo go on a date at the Ascension Club, where Adam insists Big Daddy is still alive. Whitely orders Adam a Mai Tai before Big Daddy seals the bar doors shut and sets the club ablaze with a Molotov cocktail. Dr. Wells takes blood from Adam and Whitely for testing. Gino and Patrick chase Whitely around the hospital. Whitely restrains Gino in the morgue and locks him in a freezing drawer.

Episodes 04

“Black Out”

Power grid failures cause black outs across the city. Patrick rescues Gino from the morgue. Gino implores Kathy, the proprietor of a local bathhouse, to give a statement regarding the murders to the Native. Hans, the emcee of the warehouse parties, is found dead by his friend Daniel. Theo breaks up with Sam for Adam. Sam intercepts Adam on the street and picks him up for a ride. He declares that Theo will grow bored of him. Patrick comes out to Captain Marzara. Fearing he may be the killer, Barbara shows Gino Patrick’s leather mask. Whitely calls Patrick at the station, identifying him by name. In Central Park, Big Daddy hunts Patrick with a chain mace. At a black out warehouse party, Adam and Daniel encourage others to organize. Pleading for the truth, Gino confronts Patrick with the mask and passes out. Daniel and a friend follow Whitely into his apartment complex. The three are in an elevator when the power goes out and Whitely brandishes a knife.

Episodes 05

“Bad Fortune”

Kathy hires Fran to read fortunes at her tarot shop. Hannah, Adam and Theo visit the shop and all three are dealt the death card. Gino visits and reads his own fortune. Shachath, The Angel of Death appears and encourages him to kiss her. In the meantime, Hannah visits the doctor and discovers her red blood cell count is low. She confides to Adam that he and the other victims of the Ascension Club fire also have low red blood cell counts. Big Daddy attacks Patrick in Barbara’s apartment and later strangles Barbara to death. Mr. Whitely unveils his ultimate plan: displaying a body made out of different victims at the upcoming pride parade to show his contempt and disdain for what he feels is a false sense of community and fellowship within the gay community.

Episodes 06

“The Body”

Two men find a body wearing a leather hood on a beach on Fire Island and call Patrick. Henry accosts Gino in his apartment and threatens him, claiming Native articles on the murders have hindered local businesses. Gino spots Patrick getting into a car with Sam. Gino and Henry follow Patrick and Sam to Fire Island, where Patrick reveals that he met Sam in 1979. They had a threesome with a young man who ended up suffocating. Sam called Henry to dispose of the body for them. Henry brought along Mr. Whitely to dismember the corpse. Patrick deduces that Henry’s associate must be the Mai Tai killer, remarking upon the precision of the cuts in comparison to the killer’s victims. Henry and Gino lure Whitely to a bar with a job proposition. Inside, Henry follows Whitely into the bathroom and Whitely stabs him in the neck with a sedative. Gino calls Patrick asking for help.

Episodes 07

“The Sentinel”

Gino and Patrick enter Whitely’s place, a meat processing facility. Whitley immediately knocks them out and handcuffs them to tables. Henry manages to slip one hand out. He admits to being aware that Whitley was the killer before sawing off his other hand to free Gino. Gino frees Patrick and Whitley desperately attempts to defend his motives before Patrick shoots him in the head. Finally having caught the Mai Tai killer, Patrick denounces the NYPD in a newspaper article and quits the force. He also begins seeing visions of Barbara. Feeling increasingly ill, Hannah asks her mother if she can stay with her. Adam notes to Gino that there must still be a killer at large, considering Whitley only killed seven people.

Episodes 08

“Fire Island”

On a boat en route to Fire Island, Adam is concerned about Theo being sick. On the island, Patrick dismisses Gino’s concerns about abnormal growths on both of their bodies. He later has another vision of Barbara. Henry confesses to Gino that he is in love with him. Fran and her friends manage to fend off Big Daddy. Patrick shoots Big Daddy in the head after he attacks Gino and Adam, but he disappears. Sam drugs Theo’s drink and ties him up in the woods to be taken advantage of by Henry; however, Big Daddy scares Henry off and the souls of gay victims lovingly embrace Theo.

Episodes 09

“Requiem 1981/1987 Part One”

Everyone gathers for Theo’s funeral. Sam faints and when he wakes up he is being treated by a nurse who turns out to be Billy. Then a doctor with Theo’s face enters and tells him he is dying due to pneumonia. Sam and Theo walk through the hallway and find Danny, the first man they both opened their relationship to, dying in his room. Next they meet Stewart, who is also dying. They both return to the Sam’s room, where they find a deteriorated Sam convulsing. Sam awakes to find himself in a cage with Henry being his tormentor. Henry gives a whip to the next tormentor who is flogging a man face down on the table, which is revealed to be Sam’s father. The next victim is Sam’s first boss and the last victim is Sam himself. The scene shifts to a beach where Sam unmasks Big Daddy to find a beautiful man who embraces Sam.

In 1987, Patrick’s condition turns for the worse. Gino visits him in a hospital where the doctors tell him his blindness is irreversible. Gino gets angry at the doctor but Patrick calms him down and asks him to be with him. Patrick has a dream where he is guided by Barbara in a white wedding dress. She guides him to a scene in 1980 where a drugged gay man falls to his death. This is the first Patrick meets Gino. Next they stop in 1977 where Patrick’s patner Steve shot a suspect but left blood in Patrick’s hands. While cleaning up they share a kiss witnessed by Mulcahey prompting Patrick to throw Steve under the bus to cover it up. Next they come upon a vision of Patrick carving up a corpse under Whitley’s directions, where Patrick’s head is added to the sentinel. Lastly they stop in a scene from Patrick’s childhood where his father is teaching him how to shoot but Patrick’s failure angers his father and calls him a limp wristed. Back to the present, Patrick dies with Gino beside him and with a vision of Kathy crooning at his bedside with Barbara and Big Daddy close by. I

Episodes 10

“Requiem 1981/1987 Part Two”

Adam arrives at Hannah’s apartment where they have found her dead. He notices her tape recorder on the table and brings it back with him, where he hears Hannah coughing violently while recording an update on her research prompting Adam to suspect homicide. Adam meets with the coroner who claims Hannah’s cause of death as heart failure while Theo died of pneumocystis pneumonia worsened by him being tied up and drugs in his system leading him to be suffocated.