- Title: Armistead Maupin's Tales Of The City
- Date: 12th October 1993
- Summary: Brian wanders into Sam;s Diner very late one night, where he chats up a waitress called Candi. They go back to her trailer, where he realises he has also slept with her daughter, Cheryl. At Carson Callas' apartment, we see DeDe zipping up her dress, having been blackmailed into bed with him. She goes home to Beauchamp and hints about the possibility of having a baby. Norman suspiciously rings someone called Paul and they talk about proofs and 'the next session'. We see Norman going into a funky north-beach bookshop. He has supper at the Beach Chalet with Mary Ann to celebrate his birthday; she gives him a real neck-tie as a present. As they walk afterwards, Norman talks to her seriously about the future, which unnerves Mary Ann and almost ruins the evening. Back at Barbary Lane, Brian and Michael spend their separate bachelor evenings in. When each of them realises the other is alone next door, they smoke a joint together and contemplate the cosmos. The A-gays dine on braised endives. After snorting coke privately with Peter Cipriani, Jon rejoins the party. Rick makes a dig at him about Michael, whom he defends. Brian and Michael go out cruising together at The Stud. Jon and Peter go to the Gay Baths, where Jon eventually joins a man in a cubicle who turns out to be Beauchamp. Edgar rings Anna that night and asks her to climb a mountain with him. From the summit of Mount Davidson, he explains he has been receiving blackmail phonecalls, but he doesn't care about the repercussions of his relationship with her. As they talk, we see Norman discussing his investigation and we learn that Anna's name is an anagram. We go back to the mountain, where Anna has just told Edgar the truth about herself.
- Description:A naive young secretary forsakes cleveland for San Francisco,tumbling headlong into a brave new world of laundromat Lotharios,cut throat debutantes and JockeyShorts dance contests.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:WORKING TITLE FILMS LIMITED
- Programme Episode:Episode 4
- Transmission Date:12/10/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s