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‘Fellow Travelers’
To say Fellow Travelers is simply excellent would be reductive, because the series is so much more: it’s lavish and complex, somber and scary, gripping and downright sexy. The political romantic thriller is based on a novel by the same name that takes a well-known period of American history and views it through the fictional lens of a secret romance between two men. It spans decades, opening in the thick of the AIDS crisis of the 1980s before flashing back to the 50s, when McCarthyism was reaching its peak. Matt Bomer is his usual charming self as Hawkins Fuller, the right hand man to a senator, who keeps his fair share of secrets. But it’s Jonathan Bailey, primarily known for his portrayal of the rakish Viscount on Bridgerton, who steals every scene he’s in as naive Tim Laughlin, a devout Catholic conservative new to D.C. who genuinely believes in Senator McCarthy’s platform. From their first interaction, it’s clear that Bomer and Bailey have sizzling chemistry, and that only intensifies as the pair fall into a certain power dynamic during sex scenes. The bad news is that Fellow Travelers is a miniseries, so our time with these characters is finite — the good news, though, is that only two episodes have aired, so there’s plenty of time to catch up so you can enjoy the rest of Hawk and Tim’s story as it unfolds.
