It's 1979 and Tim, now a social worker in San Francisco,travels to Fire Island where he suspects Hawk is drinkinghimself to death after a family tragedy. Hawk takes Tim on atour of "gay paradise", indulging in dancing,drugs and unbridled sex until things take a dark turn. In SanFrancisco, Marcus and Frankie are drawn into the explosion ofgay rage prompted by the verdict in Dan White's murder trial.Hawk's adult daughter, Kimberly, challenges Lucy to share thetruth about her marriage.