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8 Episodes 2024 - 2024
Episode 1
Wed, Jan 31, 202460 mins
Truman Capote is the toast of New York society. But a dishy excerpt published in Esquire Magazine threatens to topple him from his precarious perch.

Episode 2
Wed, Jan 31, 202455 mins
In the aftermath of the Esquire article, Truman starts on a downward spiral. The Swans form a unified front.

Episode 3
Wed, Feb 7, 202454 mins
In 1966, documentary filmmakers the Maysles brothers capture the events leading up to and following Truman's iconic Black and White Ball.

Episode 4
Wed, Feb 14, 202450 mins
Babe makes peace with a harsh reality. Truman makes an effort to get sober.

Episode 5
Wed, Feb 21, 202446 mins
In November 1975, the day after the Esquire article is published, Truman receives an inspiring visit from a fellow writer.

Episode 6
Wed, Feb 28, 202454 mins
In New York, it's the end of an era. In California, Truman tries to usher in a new era with a hunky beau.

Episode 7
Wed, Mar 6, 202455 mins
An increasingly frail Babe learns that she has only six months to live and makes peace with her mortality. She dies in the summer, surrounded by her family, and has a dying vision of reuniting with Truman, whom she praises as being one of the greatest and most important relationships in her life. The Swans attend her funeral, from which Truman has been banned, and begin to go their separate ways. Truman, grieving Babe and regretting their failure to reconcile, slips further into alcoholism and drug abuse, culminating in a disastrous and incoherent appearance on Stanley Siegel's talk show. Jack cuts ties with him and leaves him with Joanne Carson, Truman's only remaining friend. Joanne tries to support Truman's writing efforts, but Truman instead continues to drink heavily as his health declines. He hallucinates Babe comforting him as he dies of organ failure, and Joanne informs Jack that Truman's final words were "Beautiful Babe."

Episode 8
Wed, Mar 13, 202449 mins
In 1984, Truman visits Babe's grave and lies down on top of it, longing to be reunited. He later visits Jack's apartment while pursuing sobriety, and the two reconcile and part ways as Truman vows to finish Answered Prayers as an apology to his former friends. As he writes, he envisions himself reconciling with the Swans by selflessly granting their deepest wishes. Between chapters, he has a vision of his combative mother, which drives him back to drinking and using drugs. During one such episode, he recalls her suicide, and hallucinates Ann, who informs him that Answered Prayers will never restore his friendships, as he wrote it with the intent of destroying high society out of revenge for himself and his shunned mother. He destroys the completed manuscript in secret and departs for his final stay with Joanne. In 2016, Truman's ashes are sold at auction for $45,000 (with Kate Harrington in attendance) as the ghosts of the Swans critique the proceedings.
