As the government’s purge of homosexuals continues, Hawk faces a polygraph test about his sex life and publicly courts Lucy. In 1980s San Francisco, Hawk meets Marcus and Frankie’s adopted son.

After a family tragedy, Hawk has exiled himself to Fire Island where he drinks himself to death. In 1979, Tim visits Hawk to console him and things take a dark turn. Meanwhile, Marcus and Frankie are drawn into the explosion of gay rage prompted by the verdict in Dan White’s murder trial.

In 1986 San Francisco, Hawk seeks redemption and faces Lucy. Marcus and Frankie receive distressing news concerning Jerome. Tim makes a wrenching decision that will change Hawk’s life forever.