Fellow Travelers reviews praise Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer’s ‘fiercely horny’ gay drama.
Fellow Travelers, starring Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer, have arrived ahead of the show’s premiere on Showtime this Friday (27 October).
Based on the novel by Thomas Mallon and adapted by Ron Nyswaner, the limited series follows the forbidden romance between Catholic college graduate Tim Laughlin (Bailey) and cutthroat State Department worker Hawkins Fuller (Bomer) in McCarthy-era Washington and beyond.
Spanning from the 1950s (defined by President Eisenhower’s public crusade against communism and homosexuality) to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s – the plot covers one of the darkest periods to exist as a queer person in 20th century America.
As Tim and Hawkins fall in love (and have lots and lots of sex), their relationship is put under strain by underhanded government scheming, the real threat of social ostracisation and differing political ambitions.